I think she exaggerated to highlight the point.
ok, well, the unfortunate truth of the global situation is that most terrorists ARE muslim.
I don't get what the complaint is. We call terrorists terrorists, she is complaining that muslims are getting a bum rap. I would ask, how many non-muslims are out flying planes into buildings, blowing up cars full of explosives in markets crowded with civilians or cutting people's heads off and praising allah while they do it?
Nobody is arguing that all muslims are terrorists, the truth is that probably a tiny tiny tiny percentage of muslims are terrorists, there are more than 1 Billion muslims and I bet only a few thousand terrorists. The problem is that the vast majority of terrorists are muslim. That does not mean that we ONLY call muslims terrorists, I have already given an example of Eric Rudolph who was labeled a terrorist. Much of what the IRA did in the past was terrorism. I don't see America or the western world having any trouble labeling things as terrorism that fit the bill.
I don't know what to do about it all. Should we deny the truth because it makes people feel bad? I don't think we should.
Personally I find the reaction to terrorism in the different cultures to be very telling. In the west, we won't stand for it. Rudolph was captured and locked up. The Unabomber was hunted down and locked up. The western world shunned the IRA for decades. terrorist tactics are unacceptable to us.
In the muslim countries, terrorism is defended as legitimate. Rather than being disgusted with the terrorists in their midsts and hunting them down and getting rid of them. The muslims name streets after the suicide bombers, put their faces on bags of chips and posters, teach little kids that the suicide bombers are hero's. They are glorified. They are at least tolerated and allowed to proliferate.
Even on the pages of RF, rather than being denounced whole-heartedly, the actions of FTO's are defended and they say things like: well, so and so are terrorists too! I hear that kind of argument from my children. There is never any admission that the muslim terrorists are wrong. It is always an excuse instead. They want to argue over the definition of the word rather than talk about the problem when it is obvious that no matter what definition one uses, if those who are suicide bombers, fly planes into buildings and cut off heads are not terrorists, then nobody is.
If the middle east is ever going to get rid of its terrorism problem, it is first going to have to admit it has a terrorism problem. no matter who they want to point the finger of blame at, the fact remains that almost all terrorists are muslim. I would suggest that their focus would be better spent dealing with internal problems before pointing the fingers elsewhere.
At least that is my opinion.