People who are doing this kind of things are no muslims, they are misguided and follow leaders that are even more misguided. Islam means "peace" and being a muslim myself I can assure you that acting like this has nothing to do with our faith, specially during ramadan a muslim is asked to show the best side of her/him, give aid to the people in need and resist any temptations. It is sad that the words muslim and terrorist nowadays are used in the same sentence while those have nothing in common.
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If you have ever looked into the theological reasoning of supporters of Islamic State (and others like them), you can easily see that they have quite strong arguments. Muhammad himself was a warlord who killed lots of people and conquered lots of lands. So it shouldn't be surprising if his followers are violent, too. More surprising is to hear claims that islam somehow represents "peace".
This is a huge and interesting topic. Its true that Muhammad himself killed lots of people but I surely think that many moslems are for peace. I have never read the Quoran but since everything is happening right now about Isis I believe I need to take a look at it.
For your claims of peacefulness to be taken seriously, you'll need to reject the Quran as it is now and draft a new version without the violence. Christains should do the same with their Bible. Both books contain some good, uplifting material but they both also contain a lot of horrifying commands that, when taken literally and obeyed, produce extreme of violence in the world. I understand that the extremists live very differently than the moderates but they will continue to represent one another as long as they are citing the same book as the motivation. They claim that their extremism is simply a more faithful and true practice of what their holy book commands. The christian crusaders claimed the same thing.
Totally agree with that. Have nothing to add on
I truly agree! I also know some muslims and this act is a total difference from a muslim. I feel sorry that you guys are compared to these attackers.