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Classic whataboutism at play, I condemn all of these things you have mentioned, and indeed, it has nothing to do with Islam.

Neo-Fascist Islamophobes: " MuH mUsliMs arE sAvAgeS aNd TerRorist," Police declare terrorism incident after teenager stabbed in Surrey https://news.sky.com/story/police-treating-surrey-stabbing-as-a-terrorist-incident-11668741

Astonishing how some dead Muslims reminds white nationalists islamophobes Nigeria is a country that exists and they gotta take a brief break from their usual 24/7 ranting about how Africans are lower IQ people "look at all the coverage these dead NZ Muslims get, Christians don't get this coverage when killed in Nigeria, Philippines or the ME!" It's not covered just like Muslims killed by a drone or suicide bomber in such countries is not covered, compare with some Christians in the same country being killed in a terror attack, an inequality in media coverage won't be in the Muslims favour. Speaking of the incident in Nigeria, it was most definitely a Herder-Farmer conflict, at its roots it's not a religious conflict, but a conflict about land and natural resources, and for you're information, Boko Haram have killed lots more Nigerian Muslims. Nigeria's pastoral conflict 'six times deadlier' than Boko Haram in 2018, ICG says https://edition.cnn.com/2018/07/27/africa/nigeria-herdsmen-boko-haram-report/index.html

A quote from the terrorist manifest A quote from Sam Harris in 2006 No offense to you, but i see no difference between all 3 of you Islamophobes. The only difference is, one is responsible for making this shit mainstream, one takes it to practices through mass murder, and you are just gullible person who are just inflaming the paranoia.

I wholeheartedly agree with the OP. The authorities should start mass covert surveillance on this dangerous community to ensure that they aren't harbouring dangerous elements that would harm the society! .

The history of the region shows that decades of intervention by foreign forces is the root of the problems in the region. It's the same in parts of Africa and the Middle East. If the various global powers "chose" to get out of (and stop interfering) a few decades ago, you wouldn't be dealing with, in your own words "massive third world immigration".

Indeed, the killings are geopolitical in nature, not religious. look at the graph I posted at the previous page about terrorism in Europe, what change in religious teachings cause the huge spikes in killings in 2004? There is no religious explanation, it is the Iraq War. Has the global Muslim population massively increased, or has the instability caused by the West in pursuing a war of aggression lead to political violence caused by the vacuum of power and a rush to fill the vacuum by any means necessary?

Actually Eyeball is right. Muslims are by far the biggest victims of terror attacks across the world. It's in our interest to prevent terrorism and condemn it. The countries and people the western governments have been invading for decades and bombing, generally don't like you, and people there would kind of like to bomb you back. That has little to do with Islam, and a lot to do with people being angry that their family members are in multiple pieces. One of the biggest mass killings i remember was that bombing that the USA did in Iraq which killed nearly 200 civilians. Another one was in Somalia where a former soldier killed 300 civilians as revenge attack. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/17/somalia-bomber-was-ex-solider-whose-town-was-raided-by-us-forces Again, that has nothing to do with Islam and everything to do with their interactions with the West. You ask any Balkan Muslim what they think of the US/West and you will get largely positive response.

I agree with you, and to remind you, vast majority of muslims want peaceful and mutually beneficial co-existence . However handful of "crazy" people should not let all of us down.

That's not what i've said, read again.

BTW does anyone know what occurred in 2004 which might have accelerated the sudden rise in "Islam inspired" attacks? Was there a sudden change in Islamic teachings at that time? Was there some massive immigration of Muslims into Europe? Or anything else?

Since 9/11, Americans have been the biggest terrorist threat to the United States. Not my words! https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-06-24/white-americans-are-biggest-terror-threat-united-states I never go to ex-Christians, ex-Jews, ex-Hindus, ex-Buddhists, nor to ex-anything to study anything. No, I go to academics and scholars of those religions/ideologies to study those religions/ideologies. After that, I form my opinions on the subjects I'm researching. Why? Because that's what people with integrity do. However, if you go to ex-Muslims exclusively to study Islam, then it's clear you have no intention of learning about the religion -- rather, you've already made up your mind. Yes, Propaganda and over generalization!

The attack on the Muslims in NZ has entirely undermined the Far-right narrative of Islam and Muslims being "violent and backward". It will be interesting to see the response from these low-life opportunists and whether they link the white man's crime to ideology. Regardless, in the grand scheme of things, this terror attack is a direct result of the current Islamophobia where Islam and Muslims have collectively been blamed for any act of terror and deliberately dehumanized . The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Whoever is killed protecting his wealth is a martyr, and whoever is killed protecting his religion is a martyr, and whoever is killed protecting his life is a martyr, and whoever is killed protecting his family is a martyr.” RIP to the victims!

How pathetic to see Islamophobes pulling the "context" card to distance themselves away from right-wing terrorists, while still condemning Muslims for the same "excuse" when we distance ourselves from groups like ISIS. Terrorism is terrorism. Victims are victims. This is nothing less than a tragedy and a smear on humanity, no matter the perpetrators. I know there are many out there who do not think the same way, who will celebrate these deaths or distance themselves and their ideas away from it while still spreading the same hate that led to this. All the while, we who call for justice and peace will continue to be murdered, blamed, held responsible, and our ideas will be considered "the problem" because someone who shouts "Allahu Akbar" commits a similar attack. My message to those Far-right social nobodies who are enjoying this attack: The Quran says: Say: "Can you expect for us (any fate) other than one of two glorious things- (Martyrdom or victory)? But we can expect for you either that Allah will send his punishment from Himself, or by our hands. So wait (expectant); we too will wait with you."

Completely false analogy, the Zionist apartheid terror state is a product of European migrants who were dumped in Palestine after the Christian Europe packed them in the gas chambers. The Zionist are foreigners to that land, they colonized that land because they were better armed. How would you feel if an outsider barges inside your house and takes over? Any sane human would defend his property. And to those who try to paint that Muslims by nature are anti-Jews (which is a lie) then surely the greatest acts of genocide of the Jews in history would have been committed by Muslims, not Christian Europe.

More pictures Skies covered with balloons by Photography Arabia, on Flickr Gems of Saudi Arabia by Photography Arabia, on Flickr Arabian Oryx by KSA الصور, on Flickr FORT DE AL ULA, ARABIE SAOUDITE by Eric Lafforgue Photography, on Flickr Old Saudi Castle by Abdilrahman Hamdi, on Flickr The Desert by Tariq Almutlaq, on Flickr Untitled by Ayman Zaid, on Flickr JEDDAH_TAHLYIA STREET_23 by AHMED SAMIR, on Flickr Bab Malik Fahd , Masjid Nabawi-Madinah by MakkahMadinahPhotosdotcom, on Flickr KAFD Skyline II Dec-2-16 by Bader Alotaby, on Flickr Tabuk by Photography Arabia, on Flickr Abha by Photography Arabia, on Flickr Zig Zag by Photography Arabia, on Flickr

Besides the Jews thriving in the Muslim world for centuries from the persecution in the west, let me remind you not all Jews are Zionist and not all Jews support the actions of Israel. People who do not support genocide do not support it regardless of who it is against. You guys can go on about and accuse the victims, the indigenous people of being terrorists and support Israel's colonization, ethnic cleansing and mass killing of civilians, but never for one moment speak of the reality that Israel is a Zionist colonialist apartheid state born of terrorism. This indeed illustrates that some Americans still have the same psychology as they had when they were engaging in their genocide of the indigenous people of the Americas.

In regards to America, i feel that despite its riches and promises, America is ultimately not exactly a very desirable place to live. I noticed ridiculous problems while i was in the US, such as expensive healthcare and housing, the costs of education, extremely materialistic and sexualized culture obsessed with superficial nonsense and ingrained prejudice and bigotry against section of its population, imperialistic arrogance, and shallowness of so many of its people. There is also a great deal of gun violence, unheard of in almost every other country on the planet, school shootings, mass shootings and the killing of civilians and cops on daily basis. It is home to 25 percent of the world's prison population and few if any can match America's wasteful food practices, yet 50 million Americans live in miserable poverty. In a nutshell, America is falling behind in every field imaginable! You just need to travel a bit to get a good clue and confront the unpleasant truth. I'm currently living in KSA, but travel quiet often abroad due to work. Nonetheless i am happy with my choice. To be sure, KSA has its problems but they are typically different than the problems that are advertised and highlighted. Overall, though, KSA is as a good place to live as any, if not better. South African traveler documents his experience in KSA.

KSA, like any other country, would like to have good, friendly, relations with countries that wish to have such relations with KSA. This general case is magnified because the region despite its rich history and the wealth of its natural resources, has known more conflict than has been its share and less prosperity than it deserves. I think KSA's interaction with the rest of the world, in any kind of field is a good thing. As long as it creates the true conditions that strengthen KSA's touch with the rest of the world and give hope of a much brighter future for the region. And no, i'm not triggered. My modus operandi is to combat what I honestly, genuinely and truthfully consider to be a false image about KSA presented by those who have an agenda against KSA.

Lies, in order to advance a particular political agenda. It does indeed come from the behavior of Israel. No one is focused on hating Jews nor interested in killing them because they are Jewish. In fact history is my testimony of how the Jews thrived for centuries in the muslim world while they where persecuted in the west. The fact of the matter is, the Zionizt apartheid state in Palestine is a state established on a project to take land inhabited by people living on that land and giving it to another people who were mostly transplanted there at the time from Europe. And I reject the notion that any group (be they Jewish, Muslim or otherwise) has the right to claim land that is inhabited by others as its own. As long as political Zionism is rejected and put aside and discredited, I favor a confederate solution for Palestine that will include Israel, an autonomous capital city of Jerusalem, along with states in Gaza and the West Bank.

The people in KSA are very eager and do constantly talk about politics and various other things. On this point, the image of KSA as a totalitarian like society is wrong and a lie. There are plenty of people who openly criticize KSA's policies on any issues, although the 2 area that can get you in trouble is, if you overtly say things that are deemed extremely insulting on issue that are actually highly regarded in the society, i.e Islam. Or if you are a puppet to foreign country, and used as a tool and excuse to meddle into the internal sovereign affairs of a independent country under the cover of "human rights" or "women right" to have their interests served, as Canada previously attempted. This is a holy place, none of your business. The Holy Ka'aba by Rehan Jamil, on Flickr