Islam & Terrorism

[birdie1971]

I've heard it said that the reason we in the west are experiencing Islamic terrorism is because of the west's meddling in the Middle East – the removal of Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi being prime examples. The removal of these dictators has fueled this rise in Islamist factions in those countries and hence the rise of Islamic terrism worldwide. At least, that is what 'they' say.

Jermy Corbin said as much in a speech just the other day. On the surface it all sounds quite plausible. That is until you start to think about it in any depth.

If the west's meddeling in the Middle East is the cause of such artrocities in the west such as the appaling attack in my own city – Manchester – then I have a few questions:

1. Why has Australia been subjected to Islamic terror?
2. Why has Bali (in the muslim country of Indonesia) been subjected to Islamic terror?
3. Why have the Philippines been subjected to Islamic terror?
4. Why were 20+ coptic Christians murdered in Egypt by Islamists this week?

I could go on and on and on with further examples of Islamic terrosism that has nothing whatsoever to do with the Middle East. Suffice to say that Islamic terrorism is not about the politics of the Middle East. That's just a convenient excuse made by apologists who don't want to or simply don't understand Koranic scipture.

[mibn2cweus]

If religiously inspired terrorists didn't believe they had an invisible friend in the sky that might make it somewhat more difficult to justify blowing themselves up to win a favoured spot in the happily ever after.