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Maybe something can be done to stop it? First thing is to acknowledge the factors that cause it. You can start with the clumsy, greedy and disrespectful foreign policy of the US et al as they have moved to secure the distribution of oil. If we accept some culpability in this process then we...

Not sure our concentration camps are the cause of extremism on this country. I think it is more to do with us blindly following the US into the middle east on the back of their heinous foreign policy.

I agree, a very powerful message woould be sent and perhaps the Islamic community could do more. I just don't feel comfortable blaming others for their inaction based on the fact that they share the same fate. Perhaps it would be more useful to look into the reasons that some Muslim's have...

A fair point Pasta but there is a fair bit of information out there as to the reasons that more moderate Muslims aren't condemning the more radical ideas. We don't expect that as a reasonable and moderate Christian someone like Daveinsouthampton should speak out about the Westboro Baptists or...

All of that, you are constantly using the actions of the extremist few to marginalize and condemn an entire religion.

There are certainly some problems with extremists across the globe. I an just not sure that the kind of misrepresentation of information that we see on these kinds of threads is helpful in dealing with them.

We came to an understanding soon after this incident.

In this sense surely all faiths are the same? As time has moved on then surely religious texts have to be updated and certain parts must be left out. The problem arises when no logic or common sense is applied to this process. My mother in law told my five year old that dinosaurs didn't exist...

To be fair though, those of us who are a long way away from all of this can only really go on the 'facts' that are presented to us. And you really have to admit that what has been presented as fact on this and many other threads leaves much to be desired and doesn't stand up to the most basic...