Just a question, I hope you all dont jump at my throat Options

[Too Exclusive]

Here's an honest question. I hope you guys don't think that asking questions is terrorist-like behavior.

If it's in Muslim religion to hate christians and to kill them, why have terrorism/suicide bombers/terrorist attacks only been going on for 20 years, when Islam and Christianity have been around for thousands of years?

I hope you guys can actually ANSWER this instead of jumping at my throat and telling me to shut the fuck up like you usually do.

This post has been edited by Too Exclusive: 08/08/05 5:46pm

[Druid]

There are 3 big reasons for the increase in violence.
Stupidity - Although the people who carried out the recent attacks were educated people, most are not.
During the early fighting in Pakistan, one of the news teams interviewed 100 people asking a few simple questions.
100% knew America was an evil state of infidels
50% couldn't find America on a globe
15% didn't know the world was round
BTW according to the Koran, the world is flat

Or how about the fact Allah couldn't add.
There are several passages which dictates how a family divide an inheritance.
"When a man dies, and is leaving behind three daughters, his two parents and his wife, they will receive the respective shares of
2/3 for the 3 daughters together
1/3 for the parents together
1/8 for the wife
Which equals out to 112% of the estate

Hopelessness - I think secretly most muslim leaders know they are in a helpless situation and push the idea the fualt lies with the infideals much the same way Hitler blamed the poor conditions in gemany on the jews.
The western world has left the middle east far behind in just about every way.
We think unemployment of 6% is near crisis, yet in most parts of the middle east it hangs right around 20%. This makes it very easy for leaders to recruit young men who have nothing else to look forward to, add to that the fact they are brainwashed into beliving killing and dying for Muhammad is a quick way to paradise.

Jihad - Until recently ( 20 years or so ) there were strict guidlines on who could call for a jihad and under what circumstances. Now any fool calling themselves muslim and preaching their way or the highway can call for a holy war and they are surrounded by idiots who don't know any better.