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Phillip McCleod

(1,837 posts) Tue Apr 23, 2013, 09:56 PM Apr 2013

Why the faith of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects doesn’t matter, but yours does [View all]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/why-the-faith-of-the-boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-doesnt-matter-but-yours-does/2013/04/23/dd3b696c-ab63-11e2-b6fd-ba6f5f26d70e_story.html

It simply does not matter that Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the two Chechen-born brothers suspected of perpetrating the attacks were Muslim. Any religion, or lack of one, can be co-opted and used by a person or people as a justification for extremism.

What matters right now, and into the future, is the way the faith and values of every other American can either help us resist the fear-generating effects of terrorism, or help that fear grow and take root like a weed, choking out trust and diversity.

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* agree or disagree? does the line between fundamentalism and violent extremism hinge on, 'the faith and values of every other American', or not?
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Why the faith of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects doesn’t matter, but yours does [View all] Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 OP

If you're like me and consider 'faith' in any religion Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #1

i hope my bias wasn't showing too much in my OP, but, yes.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #3

No, your bias didn't show at all. Sekhmets Daughter Apr 2013 #4

cool, that's what i was going for. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #5

My yardstick for religious insanity is the Irish Catholic stuff Warpy Apr 2013 #2

Curious--what did «churching» signify to your grandmother? okasha Apr 2013 #8

You had to appear before the congregation and ask forgiveness Warpy Apr 2013 #9

That was Catholic? Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #14

My grandmother was born in Ireland in 1877 Warpy Apr 2013 #16

Yes, big difference Dorian Gray Apr 2013 #17

It sounds very old school Isish Catholic to me. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #18

That's. . . strange. okasha Apr 2013 #19

I don't think so. But its success does. rug Apr 2013 #6

Tolerance for diversity and sense of community require constant effort struggle4progress Apr 2013 #7

You could kill a person with an AK-47, but you could also have used a sack of potatoes. dimbear Apr 2013 #10

REM The faith does matter, because efforts to pull back violent extremists will have to come muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #11

NIN ..what you say is true.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #12

You win the internet, sir Act_of_Reparation Apr 2013 #15

Religion isn't "co-opted" for extremism. trotsky Apr 2013 #13

Proving a Conservative Caricature of Boston Bombing Coverage Wrong Mango40 Apr 2013 #20