I regress at least for this one time.
The following statement was made on one of the post and I would like to say a word or two about it. Keep in mind it does not really matter who said it initially.
"Again, completely out of touch. First off, Islam is the religion, Muslim is the practitioner of said religion. That's like saying "Catholic Christian people...."
Yes and No!
The word Muslim to me means a people much like Americans and Europeans. They just simply originated from the Middle East nations. Therefore you can have American Chinese, Japanese, Muslims and you can have European Muslims or French Muslims, etc. Rem Americans were European at one time.
Because there are so many Muslims (est. 2.2. billion) and because a large percentage (above 90%,,,,,,kinda of skittish about using percentage now.lol) of them (Muslim people) that practice Koranic Islam, the phrase Islamic religion (as used wordl wide) is synonymous with the Muslim people. This in my mind is a misnomer in that there are Muslim Catholic and Muslim Christians (as in Protestants), etc. etc.....
My definitions;
Muslim Islamist : a Muslim who practices Koranic Islam (a non-peaceful turbulent religion) and is regardless a peaceful person (sheep) as much as the rest of us are. lol.
Muslim Christian: A Muslim who practices Christianity be it Protestant or Catholic, etc....Also peaceful
Muslim (other religion): A Muslim who practices (the other religion). Also peaceful, I believe
Radical Islamic Terrorist: A person who practices both the Koran and Hadiff (a Radical form of Islam) and literally considers both of them to be true beyond all doubt
Therefore they take steps to bring about a world wide Caliphate and submission or slavery to every person who does not believe in the Islamic religion. Keep in mind Radical Islamic Terrorist are represented by many different cultures including American and European and they ALL believe in the Radical form of Islam.
I had earlier stated that 99.5% of all terrorist acts since 2001 and around the world were made by Muslims and by my own definitions this was WRONG since there are other cultures that are not of the Muslim people carrying out terrorist attacks in the name of Alah!. I DO NOT know the percentage of these cultures versus the Muslim and it really does not Matter.
What I should have said is that 99.5% of all terrorist acts since 2001 and worldwide were made by Radical Islamic Terrorist regardless of the culture they came from.
Having said that, it is estimated that 8-20% of the 2.2 billion Muslim population are Radical Islamic Terrorist. This is in addition to the other people from other cultures that practice this same form of Islam. That is a staggering number of 160 mil to 450mil possible Radical Islamic Terrorist worldwide. In contrast, China with the largest organized Military in the world has only 3.7 million soldiers. What would it take to stop these Radical Islamic Terrorist if only a small percentage of them (the numbers are growing all the time) became active.
To be fair, not all of these people that practice this Radical form of Islam have committed any acts of terrorism but according to their beliefs, they have to eliminate all nonbelievers. The question is therefore, Just when are they going to strike and how many of them are going to come forth. Keep in mind (as I said before) that Hitler only had 17 million soldiers at the height of the Nazi Regime, Japan having 6 million, Italy 200,000 and yet caused at minimum 250 million deaths around the world during WWII.
I do feel sorry for the Muslim people who practice only the Koranic Islam in that they are caught in between a rock and a hard place. If they speak out they are the first to be targeted by the Radical Islamic Terrorist and if they live inside another country they are (in some countries) heavily scrutinized simply because of the impossibility to tell the difference between the Koranic Islamic believer and the Radical Islamic believer. Then in some cases, (I Believe), they are forced by the Radical Islamic believers to help them (hide, assist, feed, etc.) at times within these countries against their will.
Hope this makes clear why I said what I did at times on this thread. I Do Not Hate the Muslim people who practice Koranic Islam and are peaceful. However, I do not LIKE the Radical Islamic Terrorist. In my mind the only good Radical Islamic Terrorist are those that are in their graves. At least these Radical Islamic Terrorist will no longer kill innocent people who just want to live in peace and harmony.
If this makes me a bad and dangerous fellow, then So-Be-It
Blade