QUOTE(Cpt. Snot Rocket @ 12/09/07 9:36pm)

Those Muslim "friends" of yours are lax Muslims my friend. They are not devout Muslims. A devout Muslim knows what his duty is. Those "radical extremists" you mention ARE the faithful Muslims. This is another media / politically correct lie that you have bought into. This is the reason why all those "peaceful" Muslims don't condemn the extremists. Because they know the the extremists are correct!!!!!
Here's is my proof that those Muslims you know are not REAL Musilms. Straight out of the Q'uran:
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"They long that ye should disbelieve even as they disbelieve, that ye may be upon a level (with them). So choose not friends from them till they forsake their homes in the way of Allah; if they turn back (to enmity) then take them and kill them wherever ye find them, and choose no friend nor helper from among them" http://www.islam.tc/cgi-bin/quran/qsearch....p;action=search Once the extemists get control they can brow beat or shame the "peaceful" Muslims into subservance by reading them the Q'uran!!!
The war against us infidels is on but we just don't want to acknoledge it. We will loose because we won't fight. But, I'm not going to live in some fantasy world and pretend it's not happening. God save us all.
Sorry guys, did not mean to hijak this thread! LoL!
i think for myself- you may like to lump someone with views opposite to yours as 'buying into a trend', but that's a fantasy. Like others I assess my viewpoint looking at from various angles and sources.
The muslim friends I have are at various levels of Muslim 'devoutness' so that gives me the upperhand in telling you there's a difference between devout Muslims and extremist ones-rather than you taking the lofty position of what type they are without having met them- much like the difference between dedicated Christians and whackos like David Koresh-types- who you cannot argue knew his Bible quotes very well! But don't tell me you would consider him a man of Christian religion -> ie, refusing to let kids leave from his compound during the siege. Need I bring up the vitruous times in the West of Inquisitions in the name of Christian religion for hundreds of years?
No doubt extremists of whatever faith or belief want to crush the freedoms of those they can rule.
Extremists pervert religion as their cause -is there a need to make all Muslims seem like they're frothing at the mouth for the sake of their religion. Those extremists know their perverted ancient powers will be no more if the optimisms of democracy take root in the children and wives they're traditionally used to controlling.
We agree there.
It's easy enough for me to point out things in our 'version' of the Bible too that are not so glimmering- ie, where does it mention outrage at the battles of the 'good guys' slaughtering enemies/ why did the gospel by Mary get left out/ no spoken opposition to slavery etc.,
You miss my point

dare I say again.... those -> devout Muslims you refer to are extremists- I know devout Muslims, and they aren't extremists.... once again I know the difference and there is a difference as to the broad brush stroke you wish to paint most Muslims as on the verge of overthrowing their goverments which wants us all wishing we had firepower at hand [ reminds me of how Afrikanners were told to get ready for a Dunkirk type of situation AND arm themselves to the teeth once they lost power to the majority they'd been suppressing for so long - well that was hyped up as we see now].
My point is,the fear mongering image is very divisive in society, the typical Muslim has done nothing to you personally. Analyze the difference and you'll see- get some Muslim friends and you'll see -> talk to them, then judge. Actually you'll find many who devoutly do their praying during the day but are otherwise funny as hell and you'd probably like them way more than me

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That's reality.... Creating monsters in one's mind is fantasy => 'muslim-Extremists' are hated by the typical Muslim-> why- because they get slaughtered by extremists -for condemning them - like many people in the 'hoods often don't help in giving up the gang-slime that commit crimes- and if you argue that it's easy to get rid off the extermists, you'd be wrong- as you should know they are low-life sneak artists that kill cowardly+ in disguised ways-it's hard to grab them and then not suffer later in reprisal.