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originally posted by: djz3ro
originally posted by: highvein
a reply to: Tempter
Not all Muslims are bad.
I don't think people think that Muslims are bad. I think people think Jihadists are bad.
Unfortunately, around here, a lot of people do think Muslims are bad, they're the ones you see quoting that Islam is meant to be the religion of peace as if Christians never carry out atrocities, it's as if the troubles in Ireland never happened now because, as far as they're blinders let them see only Muslims carry out terrorist attacks. Any time something bad happens, they're the first off the blocks questioning if it was carried out by "The Religion of peace"...
There is another view, however, that traces the pre-Islamic roots of Sufism back through the early Christian mystics of Syria and Egypt, to the Essenes, the ancient Pythagorean orders, and the mystery schools of the Egyptians and Zoroastrians, among others. It is these roots that gathered into the trunk known as Islamic Sufism.
"Every age of the world has seen awakened souls, and as it is impossible to limit wisdom to any one period or place, so it is impossible to date the origin of Sufism."
originally posted by: mtnshredder
Can someone please explain to me why good people follow the writings of one of the most evil books ever written?
I never heard of a nazi stoning his own daughter to death for kissing a Jew. And if it ever did happen I’m sure he wasn’t cheered on by his peers and neighbors. Normal practice for true hateful ideologies.
And , by your posting style ,and lack of understanding the term nationalist , I would assume you are not a US citizen ?
There are various definitions of a "nation", however, which leads to different strands of nationalism. Ethnic nationalism defines the nation in terms of shared ethnicity, heritage and culture, while civic nationalism defines the nation in terms of shared citizenship, values and institutions, and is linked to constitutional patriotism. The adoption of national identity in terms of historical development has often been a response by influential groups unsatisfied with traditional identities due to mismatch between their defined social order and the experience of that social order by its members, resulting in an anomie that nationalists seek to resolve. This anomie results in a society reinterpreting identity, retaining elements deemed acceptable and removing elements deemed unacceptable, to create a unified community.[10] This development may be the result of internal structural issues or the result of resentment by an existing group or groups towards other communities, especially foreign powers that are (or are deemed to be) controlling them.[10] National symbols and flags, national anthems, national languages, national myths and other symbols of national identity are highly important in nationalism.
en.wikipedia.org...
originally posted by: LordAhriman
Only the brown ones are bad here in ATS world.
originally posted by: Tempter
Not all Muslims are bad. They're not all here to plant bombs or attack us in the name of Allah.
originally posted by: Xcalibur254
a reply to: Cancerwarrior
I see more condemnation from Muslims when one of their own commits a terror attack than I do from the Right when it's one of their own.
Remember that Right Wing extremism is the number one cause of terrorism in the US. Yet anytime such an attack actually makes the news the cries of false flag are deafening. Or they're secretly a Leftist trying to make the Right look bad. Or worst of all the people that actually try to justify the attack.
originally posted by: usernameconspiracy
The majority of Muslims are good people, just like the majority of any other group of people in the world are good people. It's when you narrow down to groups of radicals in any group that you get to the point where you'll find a grouping of all bad people.
All radical liberals, conservatives, Christians, Muslims, Astros fans, etc. are bad people with bad intentions. The other ninety-nine percent are just ordinary people living ordinary lives, all varying levels of good to bad humans based only on personal character, rather than political or religious identity.
originally posted by: rickymouse
I would say that maybe two out of a hundred Muslims are bad,
originally posted by: oloufo
in germany 'mein kampf' is forbidden but everywhere in the world you can buy it and i know there are many people reading it with a smile. why people still celebrating hitler and his gang of psychos? dont know. no education maybe?
originally posted by: pthena
a reply to: Gothmog
And , by your posting style ,and lack of understanding the term nationalist , I would assume you are not a US citizen ?
What can I say? I lost my papers. I hope ICE doesn't catch me.
Without my papers they won't know where to deport me too.
I can look up nationalism just like any one else.
There are various definitions of a "nation", however, which leads to different strands of nationalism. Ethnic nationalism defines the nation in terms of shared ethnicity, heritage and culture, while civic nationalism defines the nation in terms of shared citizenship, values and institutions, and is linked to constitutional patriotism. The adoption of national identity in terms of historical development has often been a response by influential groups unsatisfied with traditional identities due to mismatch between their defined social order and the experience of that social order by its members, resulting in an anomie that nationalists seek to resolve. This anomie results in a society reinterpreting identity, retaining elements deemed acceptable and removing elements deemed unacceptable, to create a unified community.[10] This development may be the result of internal structural issues or the result of resentment by an existing group or groups towards other communities, especially foreign powers that are (or are deemed to be) controlling them.[10] National symbols and flags, national anthems, national languages, national myths and other symbols of national identity are highly important in nationalism.
en.wikipedia.org...
But seriously, my people have been highly migratory. We used to raid all up and down the European coasts and the British Isles. Then one of my ancestors signed up as a mercenary for this guy named William who defeated Harold. So we settled down in England and got all Anglicized. Then the West called out, so we ended up in North America.
To make matters more confusing, there's this religious text that says "for your citizenship is in heaven." So we dispossessed people to get their land and … Well, I'm just so confused. Are we supposed to like migrants or hate migrants? If we go around hating migrants then they may see themselves as separate from us and then divisions and fighting will never cease.