The Most Dangerous Belief In Human History

I agree. I hate generalizing any community. But, more outrage and protests against jihadist is expected from the moderate muslims which is lacking.

 

Even I hate it when whole community gets maligned owing to the acts of jihadists....But as @SeekingMind mentioned...even the educated Muslims are not coming out in open and condemning such acts ....is where the problem lies. It's true that terrorism has no religion...but to save Islam from disgrace....muslims need to be more vocal about the love for the countries in which they stay....be it India or Europe or Australia or the US...

 

This is not as easy as it sounds. Try looking at it this way:
Marco Rubio, a presidential candidate in the United States, and by all accounts an intelligent man, is unable to come right out and say that evolution is scientific fact, that it ought to be possible to believe in God and yet reject the notion that the earth is five thousand years old (or six - but who's counting?) or that the bible is the last word on these matters. Why? He is pandering to his base. He is afraid that this will make him unelectable.

Now contrast this with what 'educated muslims' fear. They are afraid that some fanatic will behead them, bomb their little shop or hurt their families. So, if a presidential candidate in a country that leads the world in science and technology finds it difficult to endorse ideas that might cost him merely a news-cycle or two, invite derision from the idiocracy, if a leader is unable to actually lead and persuade, then what right does he/do we have to expect condemnation of zealots from people who have so much more to fear, so much more to lose? It is easy to invite sacrifice from others.

The problems are much deeper than this. Supporters and perpetrators of terrorist acts are not all uneducated. Not all people who are uneducated and oppressed resort to terrorism.

 

Agree. But look beyond The US...Muslims need to come out in open and show their allegiance to the respective countries they are staying in.
I'm not saying they are not doing so...but the numbers are dismal.
I'm sorry to say but a very worrying feature is the atrocities being committed on the minorities commuties in the Islamic nations like Pakistan...
All these things and much more is polarizing the world...

 

You missed the point.

I am trying to say that when an ostensibly educated, intelligent, presidential candidate is unable to defend a proven scientific fact for fear of losing an election, how can an average citizen in fear for her life speak up? I am contrasting the relative safety of the US, the unarguable nature of evolution as scientific fact, and a relatively modest loss (election, threat to/from the ultra-right fundamentalist base) with the explosive atmosphere in places like Pakistan or Bangladesh that are rife with islamist violence.

I am looking beyond the US. I am trying to say that when a so-called leader cannot speak up about a factual issue in the safety of the US, how can ordinary people speak up about highly controversial, blasphemous (for them) religio-political matters bordering on apostasy in a violent society where the threat to their safety is far greater? When they do, it is a great credit to them. When they do not, I am inclined to understand and give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

I'm not saying that you are wrong..but what about IS flags in J and K...violence eruptions in West Bengal...supporting Pakistan team during Indo Pak cricket matches etc etc...
Religious bodies condemning terrorist attacks is one thing but when these bodies shelter and encourage terrorist activities....that's where the problem lies...
E.g. .....four five months back...the Indian army was fighting terrorists in one of government buildings in Kashmir and the local mosque was continuously blaring out anti India rants....and the locals throwing stones on armymen....AND this is not some vague thought of my mind but was a news in all National dailies....
See...I'm not doubting your love and faith for your country...but...you need to acknowledge that there's some deep rooted problems...which needs to be corrected....URGENTLY....
I come from family of Indian Freedom Fighters and army men....and I'm proud to be an Indian...and i do have many Muslim friends who're very devoted to India...
So...please don't take my post personally...it's just my observation...

 

True. There's nothing wrong with saying this - but the original point was 'moderate educated muslims should condemn terrorism'. I was trying to suggest why they may be afraid to.
As for people who actively support, shelter and encourage terrorist acts or otherwise provide aid and comfort to the enemy - they are terrorists themselves, not moderates. No one would argue otherwise.
J&K is a whole another ball of wax!