Reply #45: I agree, but I also think [View All]

[Dorian Gray]

that we don't hear from some centralized Muslim cleric condemning these beliefs for two reasons: a) There is no centralized authority in Islam that represents the entire dogma of the faith. The closest we come to a centralized authority is the rulers of Iran, or other such individual states, who may be able to speak in a generalized way about the beliefs of the majority of that state, and b) it doesn't make good press. There are smaller Muslims groups that are speaking out about the violence, but nobody cares because it doesn't sell stories. It's much easier to demonize Muslms as the enemies.

I do hold forth that there is a fanatical element of Islam that exists and feeds off of hatred for the West. It's successful because they embrace those that are downtrodden and promise them a higher ideal. They demonize their enemies (Israel, the US, Christians), and live in fear and hatred. But, that is no different than the entire human condition. Those tactics exist in Northern Ireland, they exist in Europe. Hell, they even exist in the USA when it comes to political fervor.