cdude1034 said:
Chairman-Mao said:
STEKSTAV said:
Chairman-Mao said:
Muslims in USA don't have it as bad as Christians in the middle east. Religious persecution is a huge deal in middle eastern and southeast asian countries. I did a study project last year on Christians being tortured and killed in Burma and having to flee to Thailand to escape death.
Don't get me wrong, I agree that it is sad this is creating so much controversy when there are much bigger issues to address (BP oil spill, the economy, etc.) but Muslims should just be glad they are allowed to freely practise their religion and not cry over a little controversy.
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WOW! Just wow! That's some racist shit right there.
Islam and Christianity are both based off of the same abrahamic religion, and is the second biggest regligion in the world with 1.3 billion followers around the globe. Should 1bn people just be glad that they can freely practise their religion? Should religions such as buddhism, hinduism and judaism also "just be glad" that the surperior master race of christianity allows them to practise their religion freely?
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Dude I'm not trying to be racist, you're missing my point. All I'm saying is Muslims (and other religions) in North America are treated much better than non-Muslim religions (Christianity, Buddhist, etc.) in Muslim countries like Burma, Malaysia, Pakistan, etc. In North America you can freely practice any religion, in Muslim countries you can freely practice Islam and nothing else.
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I think you're missing his point. It shouldn't matter how other countries treat their people. That shouldn't be the basis of how we treat ours.
Here in America we have (or should have) freedom of religion for all. Whether that be Christian, Muslim, Jewish, or even those weirdo Scientology people :-p
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No arguement there at all. I 100% agree everyone should be able to practise their religion anywhere they want (even scientology people!). I just hate the fact that Muslim countries can't be the same as here. It seems like kind of a double standard that Muslims (and other minority religions) get treated well here but Christians (and other religions) get treated like shit in Asian Muslim countries. I'm not sure if that's the correct use of the term "double standard" or not but I think you know what I'm trying to say.
Just so you know I'm not against the "ground zero mosque" at all, although I do think it would be a great sign of respect towards America if the Muslims put it a few blocks further (or in a different part of NY) from the WTC site.
