15131 said:
15131 said:
I watched the video, Federberg. Thank you for posting it because it only confirms how your entire train of thought appeals to emotions, not reason.
The fact that not all Muslims are ISIS members does not prove that ISIS itself is not Islamic in doctrine. The fact that not all Christians are saints does not mean that saints are not Christians. Human life is not so facile, Federberg. It is undeniable that many Muslims in the West prefer living in the West because it is so much more prosperous and successful than the Islamic world; many people who are nominally "Muslim" do not want to live under a strict Shariah law state. I do not dispute that. But this is simply for personal and emotional reasons. This preference has nothing to do with doctrine.
Furthermore, most Muslims who live in the West still retain an anti-Western, anti-Christian animus from their ancestry. They like living in the West but there is still a part of them that wants to stick it to Christians and Westerners because of longstanding rivalries. It is also indisputable that there is a very substantial jihadist presence throughout Europe, which is why France had to declare a state of emergency, why Belgium had to shut down Brussels for a weekend, and why the FBI has to wiretap scores of mosques in the United States.
Extremist preachers or political leaders are always going to have opponents because of their temperament. But political ideologies and religious movements are ultimately spurred on by such personalities. They inspire followers and they also draw support  in times of crisis because of their powerful uncompromising stance. When you consider the demographic transformation of Europe in conjunction with certain Islamic teachings, the threats of terrorism and cultural degradation are entirely real, even if there are some Westernized Muslims who, at the present time, don't like the radicals.
Do not forget that the Muslim Chattanooga shooter who grew up in the U.S. sarcastically said on his Facebook page after graduating high school "My name generates national security alerts, what does yours do?", in order to mock Islamophobia. Then a couple years later he became radicalized and proved that what he was mocking had truth to it.
