Hello Funked,
Originally posted by FUNKED1
I'm shocked that an anti-muslim hate website would try to deny documented muslim casualties. What's next, a link to kkk.org on how slavery wasn't all that bad?
Come now Funked, I know you can do better than that.
First, the KKK hate all minorities simply because they are minorities. They consider them to be biologically inferior to Caucasians, they believe the to be sub-humans who are to be subjugated or eliminated. They are quite open about hating all non-whites. Their hatred is not based on the actions or the ideologies subscribed to or espoused by non-whites.
The Religion of Peace website, doesn't hate Muslims, it doesn't hate people because of race or ethnicity, it happens to believe that Islam is not a peaceful religion and attempts to document that. In this they do resemble people who don't hate the Chinese or the North Koreans, but do think Communism is dangerous and needs to be stopped. Nor is TROP a pro-Bush, right-wing website, they have been open in their criticisms of the President and the administration, and they don't think the current middle-eastern foreign policy will succeed. Nor, I should add, are they particularly pro-Christian, in fact I've often winced or rolled my eyes at some of the "all religions are equally stupid and we need to get past them" style editorials they've linked to approvingly.
This is in marked contrast to Iraqbodycount.net which is a left-wing group that got started
prior to the invasion of Iraq on the supposition that the coalition would kill thousands and thousands of innocent Iraqis. This again is akin to starting a website to track the number of civillian deaths "caused by the allied invasion of Europe" prior to the D-Day landings and then assess the goodness or badness of the Allied cause based on those figures. Regarding their estimates themselves the CBC reported:
"But the numbers published on iraqbodycount.net don't distinguish between Iraqis killed by coalition forces or by insurgents, arguing that they are all a result of the March 2003 invasion and the U.S.-led coalition is responsible for preventing them." In other words, whoever killed them, our working assumption is that its all the coalitions fault.
Anyway here is the statement from the "About" page on the Religion of peace. You'll have to point out to me
About TheReligionofPeace.com (http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Pages/AboutSite.htm)
Ever since 9/11, Americans and others have been asking, "Who are Muslims and why do they want to kill me?" Western leaders have responded by insisting that Islam is a Religion of Peace. This is a line that is parroted from some Islamic clerics (presumably the ones who aren't calling for Jihad). But what does this mean?
Peace can have two different meanings. Westerners usually think of peace as being free to live one's life as one pleases, and allowing others the freedom to do the same.
But peace is also a condition that can be brought about through subjugation, in which unbelievers are brought under the domination of Islam to live meekly as dhimmis. Regrettably, this is the sort of peace that the Qur'an and Hadiths (the Islamic traditions) teach.
This non-partisan, straight-shooting Website provides a list of attacks committed by determined Muslims in the name of their faith. We also provide news from the world of Islam and links to other sites with additional information on the religion for people that want to better understand the violence on the part of thousands and the support or apathy on the part of millions.
Islam is a broad faith and it would be wrong for anyone to stereotype Muslim individuals. Most, in fact, are perfectly fine, either in spite of Islam or because of their interpretation of it. In fact, there are exceptional Muslims whose faith gives them character - the tiny handful of Muslim-Americans, for example, who choose to tell the rest of the world that America is not a legitimate target for terrorism. They stand in sharp contrast to American groups like CAIR and MPAC, which use their influence to complain of petty grievances and inflame hatred against a country that tries hard to accommodate their faith in spite of the violence.
On the other hand, however, Islam is clearly not a religion of peace. The ridiculous level of violence committed in the name of this religion is staggering, despite the many billions of dollars that are spent each year to prevent attacks.
Nor should Westerners continue to think that the solution to the violence is greater understanding and tolerance for Islam, as Muslim apologists often imply when commenting on high-profile terror attacks. It is the killers and their supporters who need to learn understanding and tolerance, not their victims.
Islam will be a peaceful religion when Muslims stop preaching hate, stop killing in the name of Allah, and stop remaining apathetic to the violence. Until this happens, we will faithfully document each of the reasons why this is anything but a "Religion of Peace."
