Miami Imam Arrested for Funneling Money to Taliban in Pakistan

But, but, but, but...........these people are peaceful? "I had a friend, blah blah blah" As history has told us, you can't trust these people. Plain and simple.
 
I have a couple of friends I served with in the Army who are Muslims. I would call them secular Muslims because they don't buy into the extremists ideas at all. I know these guys pretty good and can honestly say I trust them. The vast majority of Muslims are Muslims because they were raised in that religion by their parents. It doesn't mean they are all untrustworthy. We've seen plenty of Christians in the news who have gone to extremes by killilng others in the name of Christianity. It doesn't mean all Christians believe in killing abortionists in the name of Christ.
 
Foxmeister said:
I have a couple of friends I served with in the Army who are Muslims. I would call them secular Muslims because they don't buy into the extremists ideas at all. I know these guys pretty good and can honestly say I trust them. The vast majority of Muslims are Muslims because they were raised in that religion by their parents. It doesn't mean they are all untrustworthy. We've seen plenty of Christians in the news who have gone to extremes by killilng others in the name of Christianity. It doesn't mean all Christians believe in killing abortionists in the name of Christ.
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I think this is right. There are also religiously observant Muslims who don't subscribe to the militant Jihad view of war with the West and so on. Where the extremists seem to have been successful is in radicalising (part of) a generation of young Muslim men (in particular, though sometimes women too). Some of those radicalised by these people are second- and third-generation immigrants to the West, although of course most are probably "locally grown".

I'm not particularly surprised about the story of the imam in Florida though. Although I don't believe that most imams in the West would be involved in that sort of thing, many are.
 
Ridingthewave said:
Foxmeister said:
I have a couple of friends I served with in the Army who are Muslims. I would call them secular Muslims because they don't buy into the extremists ideas at all. I know these guys pretty good and can honestly say I trust them. The vast majority of Muslims are Muslims because they were raised in that religion by their parents. It doesn't mean they are all untrustworthy. We've seen plenty of Christians in the news who have gone to extremes by killilng others in the name of Christianity. It doesn't mean all Christians believe in killing abortionists in the name of Christ.
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I think this is right. There are also religiously observant Muslims who don't subscribe to the militant Jihad view of war with the West and so on. Where the extremists seem to have been successful is in radicalising (part of) a generation of young Muslim men (in particular, though sometimes women too). Some of those radicalised by these people are second- and third-generation immigrants to the West, although of course most are probably "locally grown".

I'm not particularly surprised about the story of the imam in Florida though. Although I don't believe that most imams in the West would be involved in that sort of thing, many are.
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Why are so many people racists today? Because their parents were racists, their grandparents were racists, etc. It's how they were brought up within their families. It's those kinds of "values" that have been passed from one generation to the next in a family.
 
ummmmm......I was referring to these Imam's. Trust is something I wouldn't just throw around to everyone regardless of background. For me, has nothing to do with raising or family values passed down. Just sayin'........ :p
 
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