ratuscafoarterea said:
VGPolyglot said:
Yes, but that doesn't mean that societal circumstances shouldn't be taken into account. For example, there are many white supremacists who put down blacks as lazy and praise Asians as being hard-working, completely ignoring the circumstances, like how many blacks were slaves and even afterwards were treated poorly which obviously facilitated poverty, while there was a blanket ban on Asians from immigrating for a while, so the Asians that did come were already well off, which meant that they generally did not become poor. I'm saying this is the same. We don't look at the circumstances surrounding the situation thoroughly enough.
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Your example with the Blacks and Asians has nothing to do with the subject on the topic. Not only that these things were relevant a long time ago, but they have nothing to do with Muslims and how Muslims are perceived. Also, you tell me that it was easier for me to blend in. I didn’t even told you my race and you’ve already concluded what race I‘m. Also, I’ve did told you that I’ve met a lot of Westerners, Westerners are not only one race, I don’t know how you’ve came to the conclusion that I’ve blend in more easy because everyone was of the same race as I’m ????? I agree with your opinion, yes it’s the American politics that drag us in to this mess, but you’re missing one big aspect, it’s the American politicians playing and doing what the Saudis are asking them to do. Iraq, Libya, Syria, they all went to shit because Saudis had their business interests in the region.
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It's still British and American politics and here is why:
When they broke up the Ottoman Empire, they hand picked the Saud family and gave them complete power. The Sauds are a violent tribe following non Islamic methods and had a very twisted understanding of Islam (teachings of a non scholar called Ibn Tamiyya).
Over the century this political and financial move has grown to the point where it is now and it's come back to bite the world in the ass.
You think Muslims are happy with this? More Muslims have been killed by these extremists and terrorists than non Muslims. Secondly, every idiot miseducated by the media, far right groups and hate groups has gone on to bully Muslims in every corner of the world, whether it's in public or a forum like this right here.
Like VGPologot said, many of these issues come from a lack of understanding and communication. Far right groups, politicians, journalists etc put these extremists who are not Muslim in the Anne category as Muslims. They actually give power and credibility to these groups. Rather than give credibility to the 1.6billion Muslims, they choose the version of extremists.
Now you have kids who might actually listen to these idiots because people have said they are in fact Muslim and it is what Islam is. They get bullied by noon Muslims, the good work they do is never seen publicly but there is a hunt for bad things they do that are magnified. Even in this forum, for all the negative articles, how many positive articles have been shared about Muslims? Many people who turn to extreme groups have had enough of being ignored, been pushed around, harassed etc. Many of them have gone through this since 9/11. That's 15 years of bullying. Individuals from Iraq and Afghanistan have seen shit that thankfully non of us will ever have to see.
If we can go on an offensive over something said or someone's opinion, imagine these kids who have seen people mutilated, killed, raped and everything been taken away from them.
