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Isn't it sad that this has to be said at all? "Hey, not every adherent of a religion supports killing innocent people of a different religion". It'd be like us having to apologize for the Crusades. Besides, the hits were driven by politics, religion is just a facade.
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It'd be like us having to apologize for the Crusades. Just a nitpick, but Catholic church did apologize to muslims killed by the crusaders[0]. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_apologies_made_by_Pope...
It only took 800 years.
Isn't it sad that this has to be said at all? "Hey, not every adherent of a religion supports killing innocent people of a different religion". It'd be like us having to apologize for the Crusades. Besides, the hits were driven by politics, religion is just a facade.
By writing that message, he's making himself a potential target of terror, especially now that this is on the front page of HN and could be picked up by mainstream media. For safety's sake, I hope he contributes to VLC under a pseudonym and not under his real name.
Better to continue life as you normally would, be alert, and to not give in to fear.
> They control large areas of land, have their own oil fields, and receive direct support from many countries in the region. Namely from rich oil-producing countries. That's one of those things where we could make a fairly immediate change in policy, it would come at a cost, definitely but it would change the situation for IS for the worse far more effectively than any number of bombs dropped would do.
I don't see media speaking much about these countries that allows financing of ISIS. But if we want to eradicate ISIS, I too think we should deal with its financial sources first. Maybe because these countries are the same countries that western companies want to sell weapons to.
* http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/inside-assads-syria/
The folks interviewed in the video reflect many of the opinions wrote about by Salah-Eddin Shaban in the VLC email.
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It only took 800 years.
are you serious??? How long did it take for muslims representatives to say sorry about the invasions and conquest that led to the creation of crusades? I have yet to hear an apology.
Isn't it sad that this has to be said at all? "Hey, not every adherent of a religion supports killing innocent people of a different religion". It'd be like us having to apologize for the Crusades. Besides, the hits were driven by politics, religion is just a facade.
Though It's probably something Western Christians should still bear in mind when talking to or about muslims.
With the immigration crisis and the Paris attacks, it seems that people completely forgot the atrocities that these nutjobs commit in their own home countries. Perhaps it doesn't really matter to most westerners, but we shouldn't blame a billion people for the insanity of a small part of them. It's a crazy situation, for sure...
By writing that message, he's making himself a potential target of terror, especially now that this is on the front page of HN and could be picked up by mainstream media. For safety's sake, I hope he contributes to VLC under a pseudonym and not under his real name.
What you're communicating is essentially what "terrorists" are aiming to achieve and draw power from. Their attacks are targeted to maximize disruption of daily life and make people afraid of some unknown terror. Better to continue life as you normally would, be alert, and to not give in to fear.