We Need to Talk About Islam’s Jihadism Problem

[Humanist_Activist]

8. The problem with Sam Harris is similar to Hitchens towards the end, and a lot of people...

9/11 kinda broke them.

Smart people, stupid ideas, particularly when it comes to Islam, its like they lost their reason.

The biggest problem is this, and this is true of everyone who is so concerned about everything from Islamic terrorism to the so called Islamic invasion of Europe. Islam is not an existential threat to modern nation states. There is not going to be a huge, USSR threat coming from ISIS or any other radical and terroristic group. Nor do Muslims, in general, pose a threat to anyone.

However, this isn't to say Islam is harmless, it is obviously not, but the ones most victimized by radical Muslims are other Muslims, sometimes even ones who share the same radical beliefs, but are of a different gender. In the areas of the world where radical, fundamentalist and strict Sharia Law Muslims propagate, they are a localized threat.

Islam is a religion full of harmful, outdated and primitive ideas about a lot of issues, a problem it shares with Christianity and Judaism, unfortunately, radicalism simply occurs more often in Islamic majority societies than it does in the other two. Though there should be increasing concern over Jewish settler and Ultra-Orthodox terrorism and discrimination along with radical Christian violence discrimination as well. Particularly in Israel and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Obviously, due to the great moderating effect of secularism in most nations that are majority Christian, the radicals of such countries are very isolated, almost powerless, and generally not active. It seems the problem is the lack of secularism, pluralism, and institutions to strengthen these that is causing problems the world over with religious violence and oppression.