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Probably because Islamic extremism is still a big unsolved problem. The world wants a solution. Therefore people take notice and want to know about attacks by
by exodust 8y ago
Probably because Islamic extremism is still a big unsolved problem. The world wants a solution. Therefore people take notice and want to know about attacks by Muslims. Non-muslim attacks are not often orchestrated with the background force of religious ideology.
The recruitment and corruption of young minds with hatred-infused Islamic propaganda, is still happening. I caught this doco on TV recently about the Red Mosque, it's disturbing and sad to see young people being corrupted. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4504626/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4504626/
- maxerickson 8y agoThe disparity in media coverage is particularly out of sync with the reality given that white and rightwing terrorists carried out nearly twice as many terrorist attacks as Muslim extremists between 2008 and 2016. It's not the only unsolved problem.
- samueldavid 8y agobut that refers to domestic terrorism, not globally
- aragorn2 8y agoSo? If’s it’s domestic, than it’s not an unsolved problem?
- maxerickson 8y agoPersonally I'm a lot more worried about getting shot in Michigan than I am getting blown up in Kabul. Of course I'm not very worried about getting shot.
- grumpydba 8y agoIt is however the most murderous one.
- aragorn2 8y ago“Fun” fact: “...an American is at higher risk of being killed by another American with a gun than a European is of being killed by a terrorist.” https://towardsdatascience.com/fear-factor-guns-vs-terrorism-e6b92ebb576d https://towardsdatascience.com/fear-factor-guns-vs-terrorism...
- aragorn2 8y agoInvading sovereign countries and drone attacts sure are helping in solving that problem. /s
- grumpydba 8y agoTwo wrongs do not make a right. My country is under constant Islamist assault and we won't tolerate this insane reasoning anymore.
- aragorn2 8y agoWhy is that? Perhaps invading sovereign nations and drone attacks have something to do with it. Or perhaps funding, arming and supporting apartheid states, toppling governments... Your country is a global bully and when someone gives you a taste of your own medicine, you seem shocked and surprised.
- jiojfdsal3 8y agoThe US has "invaded" several countries in Latin America like Chile and Venezuela. Why aren't these countries producing crazed terrorists like what you see in the Middle East? Britain "invaded" Hong Kong until 1997. Where are the terrorist networks in Hong Kong?
- aragorn2 8y agoMuslims have bigger balls to fight the bully. Edit: to clarify, this notion that it’s perfectly fine to invade and kill non-Americans but when they fight back, you point to their religion as the problem, is ludicrous. Hence the ludicrous reply.
- dragonwriter 8y ago> The US has "invaded" several countries in Latin America like Chile and Venezuela. The fact that you have to use square quotes there may hint at the difference. OTOH, while the US was backing unpopular dictators in Latin America like it does in the Middle East campus and engaging in mass direct and covert armed intervention against other regimes, violent (including terrorist) internal and international opposition to the US policy was also quite common. But also, that was in the context of the Cold War, which both meant that the opponents often had state (perhaps indirect) support and that there were constraints on activity fron that sponsorship, because things like major attacks on the US homeland risked escalation against the sponsoring state.
- aqibgatoo 8y agoAnnexing countries illegally for natural resources and then labeling the defendants and terrorists..
- jiojfdsal3 8y agoWhy doesn't Latin America countries with oil have constant suicide bombing incidents like what you see in the Middle East?
- acct1771 8y agoBecause it's easier to just infiltrate and corrupt them politically, which the machine can't do nearly as easy in to middle east.