There are a hundred stories around the world of Muslim leaders calling for the violence to stop, showing Muslim police and troops firing at the rioters, and Muslim Organizations and religious leaders stating clearly over and over again that this is totally against Islam and seeking peaceful alternatives. Why aren't any of these links sent here by "newbies" and the same "oldbies" who are just wanting to bash Islam.
If you really want to find the truth about Islam, there are hundreds of sites on the Internet where you can get articles and stories from around the world. Anyone who still has a warped image of Islam as a violence perpetrating religion just wants to have that image.
Nigeria has a long history of ethnic and religious rioting. Just recently there were riots there regarding the Miss World Pageant, and in 1999 almost 2000 people were killed in rioting.
To be fair, lets talk about the recent anti-Muslim riots... In Sydney Australia December 2005, thousands of white men rioted in Cronulla Beach, attacking anyone who appeared Arabic, Middle Eastern, or Muslim. In 2002 in Gujarat, India over 2000 people were killed in anti-Muslim riots. In September 2004 in Kathmandu anti-Muslim rioters stormed the mosques, and Muslim businesses. On October 19, 2005 11 were killed in anti-Muslim riots in Burma.
Do I need to go on? Fair to say that Muslims do not appear to be the only group, ethnicity, or religion that has it's share of violent trouble makers.
The strange thing is, I don't recall any media outlet screaming that Christian rioters attacked Muslims in Sydney, Australia, however there were plenty of headlines that Hindus killed Muslims in India. I wonder why that is?
Edited by Mishmish