Now Turkey Gets It

[Jackdaw33]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-36658187

[Old_Geezer]

Maybe they're trying to keeping their fellow non-extremist Muslims in line Ummmm ? Get your government to support us or we'll kill you.

[naomi24]

//I really can't get my head round why they'd do it knowing they are harming their fellow Muslims livelihoods.//

And neither can most other westerners because they don’t understand an irrational culture in which an idealistic cause is paramount and in pursuit of that cause, all life, regardless of whose life it is, is expendable.

[-Talbot-]

Islamist killing fellow followers of Islam but if you say this atrocious terrorist attack has anything to do with Islam then you branded a racist Islamaphobe.

[naomi24]

^That's because people don't understand the culture they're defending.

[-Talbot-]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmFy62vWAAAvyZJ.jpg

[mikey4444]

We don't know for sure who is responsible for yesterdays terrorist attack.

If its ISIS, than who can be surprise. Ditto if the Kurds, and that dispute has been going on for a lot longer than the current uprise of militant Islam.

Interesting flow chart on the following link ::::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34503388

[Gromit]

ISIS are an army not a branch of Islam. To blame their supposed religion is giving legitimacy to mass murderers.

[naomi24]

Regardless of which faction is responsible, you can guarantee they're Muslim.

[naomi24]

Acknowledging reality doesn't equate to bestowing legitimacy.

[Gromit]

Pretty sure this one is an ISIS attack.

[Gromit]

Change the record naomi.

[Old_Geezer]

They are trying to create an Islamic state. I agree that form of extremism is not common to many believers of Islam, but just because not all Muslims are ISIS supporters it can't be said that all ISIS supporters do not constitute an extremist branch of Islam.

[naomi24]

Gromit, why? You don't.

[Gromit]

Utter tripe.
Were the IRA an extremist branch of Christianity? Of course they weren't.

ISIS are just a bandit army in pursuit of land and wealth.

[naomi24]

Dromit, your ignorance is showing again. Before you spout on about one religion or another, you need to do some serious study.

[mikey4444]

The issue of the Kurds has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam.

[Booldawg]

Even though you can doubt both IS and IRAs level of involvement in a particular faith, you can't deny that the violence they carry out is done so within a religious framework.

[naomi24]

Gromit doesn't think the Kurds are responsible. Didn't you read his post?

[Khandro]

Gromit; //ISIS are an army not a branch of Islam.//

How little you know: in simple terms, ISIS are Sunnis trying (and failing) to overthrow the Alawite regime of Assad to form a Sunni Caliphate and are backed by Saudi Arabia. Hezbollah is Shia and is backed Iran.
I do wish people would stop talking about "Muslims" and "Islam", we might then see a fuller picture.

[naomi24]

Booldawg, the IRA's ideology is founded on politics. The ideology of ISIS is founded solely on religion. BIG difference. The two groups should never be compared.