I can't quite come up with a common denominator for all these attacks and violence over the last couple of decades. The reasons given for the WTC bombing (93) and then destruction (01) was American Imperialism and support of Israel.
London was more a case of perceived discrimination and living conditions as was the rioting in Paris although a lot of Muslims blamed it on the Iraq war.
Madrid was sort of about Israel but mostly about attempts to bring down the government.
According to the Spanish judiciary, a loose group of Moroccan, Syrian, and Algerian Muslims inspired by al-Qaeda joined with the separatist group ETA in orchestrating the attacks
Bali was pissed off Muslims striking at Western tourists because of Australia's role in the liberation of East Timor and the fact that it was just plain "de rigueur" at the time.
With all these disparate groups running around I was wondering what the common denominator was and then we got this letter and everything started to make more and more sense.
Mr. Janssen: More Islamic violence directed toward others! When will the deep thinkers in the West manage to grasp that the "root cause" of Islamic violence is Islam.
SO! If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, etc................!
Now don't get on a high horse and start accusing me of "Hate crimes" because the sad fact of the matter is that while Christianity was founded on a concept of love and forgiveness, Islam was born out of war and revenge and the underlying foundation for each faith manifests itself over and over.
Even Christianity had its dark side and needed a "Reformation" to bring it back into line and perhaps Islam is about due for the same thing.
After all is said and done, we here at Perspective got to wondering just how you could get a person to blow themselves up for a cause when I personally can't even get my friends to help me move without bribing them with copious amounts of free beer and pizza.
Then we were sent this little note that explained it all........................
I was depressed last night so I called Lifeline.
Now don't get on a high horse and start accusing me of "Hate crimes" because the sad fact of the matter is that while Christianity was founded on a concept of love and forgiveness, Islam was born out of war and revenge and the underlying foundation for each faith manifests itself over and over.
Even Christianity had its dark side and needed a "Reformation" to bring it back into line and perhaps Islam is about due for the same thing.
After all is said and done, we here at Perspective got to wondering just how you could get a person to blow themselves up for a cause when I personally can't even get my friends to help me move without bribing them with copious amounts of free beer and pizza.
Then we were sent this little note that explained it all........................
I was depressed last night so I called Lifeline.
Got a call center in Pakistan.I told them I was suicidal.
They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck.
Allan W Janssen is the author of the book The Plain Truth About God (What the mainstream religions don't want you to know!) and is available as an E-Book H E R E ! and as a paperback H E R E !
Visit the blog "Perspective" at http://allans-perspective.blogspot.com
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