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Originally posted by Lifetime:
Here's a question that I've been pondering on for a while..
Why is it that people of the Islamic faith are so strongly devoted to their cause?
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Well actually, loads of them aren't!! This is just so much crap, if you'll excuse me saying so, a misconception fostered, as per usual, by the media, which thrives on stereotypes, cos it means they have to do less work (less taxing on tiny brains..)
The muslims I know are mostly pretty moderate. Some of them even drink alcohol. A lot of them couldn't give a good stuff about the religious side, - it's more a cultural bond. Girls smoke cigarettes where their parents can't see them..... Of course, this is in Britain, not in the Middle East. However, in the Middle East also, there are many different ways of practising Islam, many of which are a lot more laid back than the popular conception believes.
There's also a lot of hypocricy. For example, wealthy arabs come over from Saudi and such like places, and have cocaine and drinking parties. I've been to some of them, so I can tell you this is gospel truth. These are men who in their own countries wouldn't even touch a alcopop.
However, what IS happening, right here, right now, is that lots of 'moderates' are becoming a lot LESS moderate as America continues bombing Afghanistan.
Temperatures are rising, and right wing groups are quick to use the bombing as an excuse to incite people to a more fervent practice of their faith, to 'see of the invading infidel - it could be their turn next... etc etc rant rant'.
If this continues, moderate leaders will be pushed out as hardliners garner more and more support from peoples who are becoming more and more extremist, swayed by right wing rhetoric which blames all troubles on the West. The bombing of Afghanistan plays right into such leaders' hands. Arafat is in serious trouble right now, for example. He's not hardline enough for many of this people, and he may lose control very soon. Similar problems in Pakistan, where the leadership are caught between the rock of their people's thought, and the hard place which rejection of America will land them in.
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