Why are most terrorists Sunni Muslims?

[ronki23]

They don't prove your claim.

You obviously didn't look at them then. The Ba'ath party was influenced by Amin al-Husseini. One of the founders, Zaki al-Arsuzi was a Nazi

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

You obviously didn't look at them then. The Ba'ath party was influenced by Amin al-Husseini. One of the founders, Zaki al-Arsuzi was a Nazi

I did and your graphics don't say that. Maybe you should find different graphics to show off.

 

[ronki23]

I don't think you understand what Sufis are if you think that Sunnis (or Shia for that matter) can't be Sufis.

It's not anything like the same concept, but think of the term evangelical and how it can be applied to many different types of Christian with very different beliefs.

Sufis can be either Sunni or Shia. I like Sufis and I also like Ahmadis. Shirdi Sai Baba was born a Muslim, as was Kabir. Several bhagats of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Bhai Mardana were Sufi . The word 'Allah' is used many times in Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Guru Nanak even went to Makkah.

I'm not saying the majority of Muslims are supporting these acts by Al Qaeda and ISIS but the majority of the perpetrators are Sunni AND a sizeable amount are anti Semitic, anti American, and believe 9/11 was an inside job. Can't they admit that these are Sunnis?!

 

[Notanumber]

You're hero was an alcoholic that drank himself to death.

If he did, at least he had the good grace not to take others with him.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Hitchens speaks the truth


@Lyndon @Armoured

You two think you can refute Hitchens?

Refute Hitchen's what, specifically? FYI, I'm neither "left" nor am I an apologist for Islam.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Ba'ath party are a political movement, not religious. And it also comprises of Sunnis. Its roots lie with the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. They're literally the Muslim wing of the Nazi party

Ba'athists are fascists, not NAZIs, as such. Either way, what's your point?

 

[LionLooking]

I was going to say that in the UK a large amount of criminals whore involved in selling dodgy merchandise, theft, gangs and grooming are Pakistanis

Maybe (do you have any statistics to back up your claim?). The vast majority of criminals here in the UK are white.

 

[The Emperor of Mankind]

I wasn't for a moment suggesting that no one who criticises Israel is antisemitic, mmerely that criticising Israel is not, by itself, indicitive of antisemitism.

Fair enough; I went off on a bit of a tangent there. I wasn't trying to imply you were suggesting this by any means

On a related point, it is kind of interesting watching some of the crazier religious right wing groups in the US at the moment, who most assuredly are antisemitic, yet demand unconditional support for Israel.

I cannot disagree with this. This phenomenon, in my opinion, is some of the most concentrated political cynicism in the Western world. 'We hate the Jews but we'll support Israel so long as its existence ensures Jesus comes back and all unbelievers will burn!'.

It's disgusting, really.

 

[ronki23]

Here are some statistics that support my hypothesis that the majority of Sunnis refuse to blame themselves for their sins

 

[ronki23]

Why are there different labels attached to Sunni extremism i.e. Qutb, Salafi, Deobandi,etc.? These are all Sunni groups and the majority of Sunnis are anti Semitic and 9/11 conspiracists.

 

[sooda]

Osama bin Laden
Ayman Al Zawahiri
Mullah Omar
Abu Bakr al Baghdadi
Sayyid Qutb
Yassin (debatable as he could be argued to be a freedom fighter but I'd give that label to Arafat)

In Sunni majority countries there is no freedom of religion and the apostasy from Islam is death. Most Sunni majority countries want to wipe out Israel.

I'm not saying Shias are perfect but in Iran they have one of the largest Jewish communities in the world and there aren't many Shia terrorist groups except Hezbollah. Bahrain and Lebanon are ok and they're Shia countries.

Shia Islam also makes more sense

Are you Shia?

 

[sooda]

This dates back to a rigid form of Islam Wahhabism - Wikipedia which tried enforce outdated practices rigidly. Saudi money helped spread this rigid ideology. They were given a boost by the USA which sought to use the Taliban to oppose the USSR in Afghanistan.

So the summary answer is political.

The Taliban are not Wahhabi.

 

[sooda]

It wasn't that long ago that many terrorists were Catholic and Protestant Christians in Ireland. There have been Buddhist terrorists.

Currently, Sunni Islam feels tat it is at war with the rest of the world. And, yes, the majority of Muslims are Sunni.

"Currently, Sunni Islam feels tat it is at war with the rest of the world. "

That's not true at all. The Arab spring in Syria came after 5 years of drought, the collapse of the oil sector and agriculture, sectarian strife and idiotic leadership.

OBL was a student of Sayeed Qubt and Al Banna.. Taliban is Deobandi.

 

[sooda]

Why are there different labels attached to Sunni extremism i.e. Qutb, Salafi, Deobandi,etc.? These are all Sunni groups and the majority of Sunnis are anti Semitic and 9/11 conspiracists.

Where did you come up with that notion?