Shan-ul-Hai

Extremism is not limited to Islam



Posted: Sunday, April 27, 2008

by
Globally Rational

Extremism isn't limited to Islam

I came across an interesting article today; you should check it out before you read this post.

People often tell me that Muslims deserve the treatment they get because we tend to produce more extremists than other religions. Let's disregard all other factors (for example, the fact that Christian extremists have been common in the past, just not today) and take a look at one of the many incidences where a Jewish rabbi calls for extremist action. I don't have a problem with every Israeli just because a few of them call for atrocities so why do people have a problem with all Arabs just because a few of them do the same?

Islam does not promote the murder of innocent civilians. I think it's the Middle East environment that leads to the development of violent ideals at times. You hear about Muslims "terrorists" more often than their Jewish counterparts because the world's Muslim population is 100 times the world's Jewish population. Just think about the watershed events in the history of the Holy Land:

I'm sure I'll get plenty of unrelated comments keep in mind that this is not a post about Israel and Palestine; my only purpose is to establish that Islam isn't the only philosophical system that occasionally (in very rare cases) breeds extremism.

Click here to see this article (and more) on the author's homepage, where you will also be able to comment on the articles or subscribe to the Globally Rational feed.

Shan-ul-Hai, the chief author of Globally Rational, is a self-described cosmopolitan scientist.  His articles typically involve the application of evidence-based logic to some of the world's most interesting and thought-provoking affairs.  His background as a Pakistani-American supplements his training as a scientist and his skill as a writer, leading to a myriad of of unique perspectives.
This Article has been viewed 1,901 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)
» left by Susan Thom
 3 years 287 days ago.
175 fans.
hi Shan-ul-Hai, this was a well written, interesting article that shows human kind's stupidity and lack of compassion or intelligence. these actions are occurring now, where shall we be in the future? there is enough on the planet for everyone. it is man who wants it all. thanks for sharng, best regards, sue thom
» left by Anonymous 1 year 205 days ago.
   notice that all those incidences were hundreds of years ago when people were still barbaric
 
today we are civilized
» left by yosef
from Iran 1 year 156 days ago.
war is an Unavoidable reality(caused by Greed of heads, blind hatred of their followers), it is not caused by religion as only factor as Hitler, mussolini , staling killed much more than what all religion called wars killed untile now. it is not true to reduce a nation's attempt to take his home back from a group of Zionist Racists only a religious war, between jews and muslims. it is battle of humans violated rights against zionist racism.
We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.