I am glad that the question of non violent extremism was raised, however. Terrorism is a red herring - there have been very few terrorist incidents in this country, nothing comparable to what the IRA did. The real problem is that there is a large and expanding community in this country which does not want to accept the core values that the rest of us live by, wants to have little to do with the rest of society except to assert their "rights", and where a disturbing proportion seem to look down on the "dirty kufr".
Well said. Taliban/ISIS are just the tip of the iceberg, the true problem is the mindset which nurtures those groups. Until muslims acknowledge that mindset is problematic, and honestly deals with it, groups such as ISIS, Boko Haram, Taliban will keep on rising.
The mindset which thinks its ok to stone people for adultery, kill people for apostasy, keep female sex slaves (under certain conditions) etc. is prevalent among many muslims, regardless of their cultural and national background. But when groups who are crazy enough to actually act upon this mindset start popping up, muslims start claiming it has "nothing to do with Islam".
Also, I find it strange that muslims believe ISIS, Boko Haram etc. are the only ones committing atrocities, when we almost daily read about atrocities being committed against non-mulims, by muslim mobs, in muslim nations. Perhaps, its a rather convenient way for them to not acknowledge reality? They want to start and end the discussion on ISIS and the likes, instead of acknowledging that those groups are just the tip of the ice berg.
Rather than acknowledging that the resentment against non-muslims is a reality in most muslim nations, precisely because non-believers are deemed as unworthy kafirs, they will be in denial. People don't gather around and start burning fellow human beings in a momentary fit of rage, like some muslims have a tendency to do in muslim nations, there is something deeper that lay behind those actions.
The vast majority of muslims thinks its perfectly fine to penalize apostasy with death. Religious belief is put first, human beings are put second. And they really believe such a mindset is unproblematic for their societies. People in muslim societies in general, are not judged upon their actions and deeds as human beings. They are rather judged upon their religious background.
Religionsim, ie religious zealtory, is all too common among muslims, and its raging havoc in muslim nations, why would any sane being in the west want that shit in the west (again)?
Topic: David Cameron's recent speech on extremism