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You simply need to be more precise with your language. The terrorists desperately want this to be about religion. They want this to be about Muslims vs the res

You simply need to be more precise with your language. The terrorists desperately want this to be about religion. They want this to be about Muslims vs the rest. If they can make it that, if we in the west will believe that THAT is it, the terrorists can speak directly to all the 1.6 billion Muslims in the world and recruit from them. They will justify their horrible actions vs other Muslims with the reasoning that they did it for all Islam which was "threatened". It is a political struggle within Islam. Every western nation is walking on eggshells to keep it so. Don't support the terrorists by saying "They said Allahu Akbar, it's religious". Want to dishearten Daesh? Challenge them and spit in their face, show them their actions is for nothing? Walk with Christian if you're Muslim and a Muslim if you're a Christian (or atheist or whatever).

TeMPOraL 11y ago
I think both sides are painting it as religion issue on purpose. You have a point about terrorists looking for recruits. But then by calling it a religious war, the West can just assume they're crazy fanatics who won't listen to reason and doesn't have to stop and consider that the other side may have some valid concerns.
chappi42 11y ago
Imho of course this is about religion. But not mainly Muslim vs. 'the rest', but within the Muslim communities: moderate, shi'its, sunnits, fundamentalists, wahabits, normal... Most people 'of the west' are no longer deeply religious in a former Christian sense. I think many muslims are of the same not deeply religious kind. 'Problem is', that the Muslim religion has too much influence in the 'worldly' government matters in most of the (moderate) 'islamic states'. This must change. Do you think a Daesh would care? Spit them and they shoot you. It wouldn't have been different with a Nazi in former times. Of course you are right with your 'walk with Christian if your Muslim...' this goes without saying. But I don't see a problem here with the majority of people 'in the west'.

TeMPOraL 11y ago

I think both sides are painting it as religion issue on purpose. You have a point about terrorists looking for recruits. But then by calling it a religious war, the West can just assume they're crazy fanatics who won't listen to reason and doesn't have to stop and consider that the other side may have some valid concerns.

chappi42 11y ago

Imho of course this is about religion. But not mainly Muslim vs. 'the rest', but within the Muslim communities: moderate, shi'its, sunnits, fundamentalists, wahabits, normal... Most people 'of the west' are no longer deeply religious in a former Christian sense. I think many muslims are of the same not deeply religious kind. 'Problem is', that the Muslim religion has too much influence in the 'worldly' government matters in most of the (moderate) 'islamic states'. This must change. Do you think a Daesh would care? Spit them and they shoot you. It wouldn't have been different with a Nazi in former times. Of course you are right with your 'walk with Christian if your Muslim...' this goes without saying. But I don't see a problem here with the majority of people 'in the west'.