Five Truths You Should Know About Terrorism And Islam
November 18, 2015
Five Truths You Should Know About Terrorism And Islam
by Faisal Kutty
In less than 24 hours, ISIS took responsibility for terror in Beirut, Baghdad and Paris. Understandably, social media quickly lit up as people sympathized (mostly with the French), pontificated and pointed fingers. As the dust settles it’s important not to lose sight of the following:
1) Muslims have roundly condemned these vile criminal acts and terrorism in general
Within minutes of the news, tweets and Facebook status updates queried why Muslims were not condemning the horrendous attacks in Paris. One Toronto couple even put up a lawn sign asking Muslims if they were sorry.
Even a quick Google search reveals that Muslims came out strongly against the Paris attacks. Those who bothered to pay attention or suppressed their observer bias would have seen extensive coverage of this outpouring of condemnation.
More:
http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/11/18/five-truths-you-should-know-about-terrorism-and-islam/
