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In reply to the discussion: Police: 1 Dead in Shooting at Copenhagen Free Speech Event [View all]MellowDem
(5,018 posts)and Muslimphobia would make more sense then. It's not the beliefs themselves as much as the identity of the believers, after all, many of these racists hold dear to just as violent of a religion.
I understand that there are many Muslims and many ways to interpret Islam, but the foundational texts contain terrible stuff that allows for things like ISIS. And because it's religion, there is no objective way to prove who is right or wrong, ISIS claims are just as legitimate, and that's just a fundamental problem with all religion.
I don't doubt that apologists could bend the texts to have it be compatible with western values, religious texts can be twisted for any use, but that doesn't address the underlying problem.
And in most of the Islamic world, even the "moderate" interpretation is incredibly bigoted and misogynistic.
Progressive reformers of the religion are playing a useless game in the long run. The best outcome is to convince people Islam is wrong, period. We're finally starting to get to that place with Christianity in the US.