Man decapitated at company near Grenoble, France, Islamist flag found on site

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I have a Aunt and Uncle who went to Tunesia on holiday they just got back last week, pretty horrible to hear they are gunning down tourists on the beach there.
 
You can discriminate against religion though. Putting the whole of Islam on trial for the actions radical groups isn't good in my opinion.

Not to mention that there is indeed actual racism against people of a certain skin colour and look that are associated in the public mind with that religion.

Not good in yours, perfectly fine in my opinion. Religion doesn't need protection.
As same as you can't fault every Muslim for the action of the extremist you can't fault me just because there are racist who use this discussion for their motives.
We should be able to discuss or even dismiss any Religion without any repercussion or the veiled accusation of being a racist pos..
 
This will end up badly. France is not a good place to fuck with.

Peace to the affectef families.

Europe in general isn't a good place to fuck with. We still have people around that were alive back when a certain European nation committed the largest genocide in history for no real reason whatsoever. We already have rising nationalist parties and a lot of people are getting fed up with immigration. Europe's still pretty progressive but who knows what could happen if this keeps up, not to mention if Europe gets its own 9/11.

And before someone asks no, this is not a "but what about those poor Muslims" post or an attempt at diverting attention away from Islamic extremism. Terror groups need to be dealt with, their members rooted out. The concerns about political Islamism needs to be addressed. But I'm worried that because of the fact that this is so hard to actually do that a string of terror attacks, or a large attack, can cause polarization to reach a critical point where the situation could snowball out of control.
 
You can discriminate against religion though. Putting the whole of Islam on trial for the actions radical groups isn't good in my opinion.

Not to mention that there is indeed actual racism against people of a certain skin colour and look that are associated in the public mind with that religion.

That is the main problem.

Its not that damn islam when hate is being thrown around, but its the damn islamists, and damn islamists can be anyone who is looking middle eastern/arab like, so you create a picture in society that every dark middle eastern arab looking person might be a fucked up sick pos out to kill you.
 
David Cameron keeps saying Islam is a religion of peace. Surely this is meaningless now, shouldn't it be Islam is made up of a majority of peaceful people?

As long as you have countries hanging, beheading and stoning people to death it just isn't true, it just shuts down any discussion about any of the obvious problems before the discussion has even begun. It's just part of the problem and wrapping people in cotton wool so they don't get offended isn't helping with finding the root cause.
 
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Another sad day :(
 
I hope when you say "those people" you mean terrorists, and not Muslims in general.

It should be pointed out that the negatives attitudes that Muslims encounter in Europe is actually much more pronounced than in the US, where Muslim communities have been better integrated. There are a lot more homegrown Islamic radicals in Europe than in the US for this reason.

yes, of course. chances are high that those people aren't born in france, so if you already knew the guy for other things you boot him out before he does it again
 
You can discriminate against religion though. Putting the whole of Islam on trial for the actions radical groups isn't good in my opinion.

Not to mention that there is indeed actual racism against people of a certain skin colour and look that are associated in the public mind with that religion.

There is indeed actual racism...somewhere? I feel you've drifted a bit from the original kamorra post you were replying to where you said

When did that happen? I think being racist and putting all nuslims on trial for the crimes of radicals is netting a ban.

So you presumably think west4th was being racist when he said "Islam is a cancer"? Or was it somewhere else?
 
120 civilians killed by ISIS in Syria today
at least 27 in Tunisia
at least 16 in Kuwait
one man decapitated in France

I have no words.

Fuck this barbarism bullshit. Can't fucking stand it

These motherfuckers need to get raided by the world, no fucks given. A fucking onslaught by world forces on their strongholds
 
Fuck this barbarism bullshit. Can't fucking stand it

These motherfuckers need to get raided by the world, no fucks given. A fucking onslaught by world forces on their strongholds

This is the mentality that pretty much gave birth to ISIS. As horrible as they are, this is not the solution.
 
That is the main problem.

Its not that damn islam when hate is being thrown around, but its the damn islamists, and damn islamists can be anyone who is looking middle eastern/arab like, so you create a picture in society that every dark middle eastern arab looking person might be a fucked up sick pos out to kill you.

Bullshit. What you guys are doing is shutting down a discussion about Religion by accusing everyone who dares to criticizes said Religion being secretly a Racist.
I fucking despise every single Religion, it's a breeding ground for intolerance, homophobia, hate and funnily enough actual Racism.

Fuck, this shit makes me mad.
 
yes, of course. chances are high that those people aren't born in france, so if you already knew the guy for other things you boot him out before he does it again

You're wrong. Every one of those attacks was perpetrated by French citizens. Born and raised in France. 1st generation immigrants don't do shit. They're not a threat. Why do you keep thinking these are outsiders ? We all knew this would eventually happen because salafists have been gaining more and more ground in the last 2 decades. They have been rallying young muslims from poor suburbs all over the country. They have taken peaceful mosques and turn then into propaganda tools. All leading to this.
Part of the muslim youth in France, whose parents were moderate muslims from North-Africa or even just " cultural " muslims were radicalized by the salifi agenda. Most of them wanted to " go back to their roots " as part of their quest for identity. Only they didn't go back to the Islam of their parents (the maliki version, which is a peaceful one) but to the one promoted by Wahabi scholars and clerics. And it all lead to this. It was bound to happen.

We were lucky to get 0 terror attack post 9/11 while Spain and England got their own big terror attacks. Now we're their main target in Europe. And you know what out government did just yesterday ? Signed a new multi-billions contract with Saudi Arabia.
 
There really is no word for what I'm feeling that would do justice to this whole ordeal. It even brings out the worst in me, a meek, nonconfrontational man by making me for a brief moment fantasize about being there just before these actions happen and slaughter the perps. Violence breeds violence etc. They propably want the western world to grow hateful of islamist so that normal peaceful islamist turn resentful towards westerners thus making them more easily radicalized in the future.
 
Bullshit. What you guys are doing is shutting down a discussion about Religion by accusing everyone who dares to criticizes said Religion being secretly a Racist.
I fucking despise every single Religion, it's a breeding ground for intolerance, homophobia, hate and funnily enough actual Racism.

Fuck, this shit makes me mad.

I depise all religions too and I'm no fan of Islam but I'll understand this argument about how it's not possible to criticize Islam. Islam gets shit on , whether it's on TV or in newspapers, every day of the week. I mean there are shows on French TV about Islam all the fucking time. You have intellectuals, both liberal and conservatives, who are very vocal about it and they get invited all the time on TV to talk about how bad Islam is. And they're very respected/popular so yeah I don't get your argument.
 
Going after the people that are commiting these atrocities is not the solution?
Where is your logic ?

Because that would take invading the Middle-east, which would give rise to ISIS type groups. Makes sense. I don't think they disagree about the nature of ISIS, or that being rid of them is a good thing.
 
You're wrong. Every one of those attacks was perpetrated by French citizens. Born and raised in France. 1st generation immigrants don't do shit. They're not a threat. Why do you keep thinking these are outsiders ? We all knew this would eventually happen because salafists have been gaining more and more ground in the last 2 decades. They have been rallying young muslims from poor suburbs all over the country. They have taken peaceful mosques and turn then into propaganda tools. All leading to this.
Part of the muslim youth in France, whose parents were moderate muslims from North-Africa or even just " cultural " muslims were radicalized by the salifi agenda. Most of them wanted to " go back to their roots " as part of their quest for identity. Only they didn't go back to the Islam of their parents (the maliki version, which is a peaceful one) but to the one promoted by Wahabi scholars and clerics. And it all lead to this. It was bound to happen.

We were lucky to get 0 terror attack post 9/11 while Spain and England got their own big terror attacks. Now we're their main target in Europe. And you know what out government did just yesterday ? Signed a new multi-billions contract with Saudi Arabia.

I've always wondered why Salafists and Wahabi followers are even allowed to spew their hateful beliefs. To even allow them to countries that are secular.
 
Leaving the religion is equivalent to committing treason in Islam. Also, the punishment is impractical now as it requires an Islamic state. Why? For someone to commit treason, they have to show that they are against a state while initially being a part of it. The penalty for treason is death in many countries still. And even within Islamic law, there are valid opinions and positions that call for imprisonment over death. We even see this historically, where someone would challenge the basic precepts of Islam and would not be put to death, such as Al Razi (who wasn't even imprisoned because he wasn't a political challenge). Ibn Taymiyyah, the one who is cited as the father of Wahhabism, was even charged with apostasy. But he wasn't put to death. Even the founder of the largest Islamic school of law, Abu Hanifa, was charged with apostasy but wasn't put to death.

Historically speaking, the death penalty for apostates only came into play when it was politically feasible - i.e. to suppress minority opinions.

"We don't always execute apostates... sometimes we just imprison them."

"Oh, I guess there's nothing to see here... time to move along."

I don't think that most Muslims literally want to kill apostates, but I don't think your explanation is doing what you think it's doing. And there are still people who are murdered for apostasy today despite there not being a Caliphate, so I guess it's not entirely impractical.
 
We were lucky to get 0 terror attack post 9/11 while Spain and England got their own big terror attacks. Now we're their main target in Europe. And you know what out government did just yesterday ? Signed a new multi-billions contract with Saudi Arabia.

Jesus fucking christ.

These fuckers just wont learn.
 
Bullshit. What you guys are doing is shutting down a discussion about Religion by accusing everyone who dares to criticizes said Religion being secretly a Racist.
I fucking despise every single Religion, it's a breeding ground for intolerance, homophobia, hate and funnily enough actual Racism.

Fuck, this shit makes me mad.


I feel you man. All you can do is take stock in the fact that there are others who feel and think as you do.
 
I depise all religions too and I'm no fan of Islam but I'll understand this argument about how it's not possible to criticize Islam. Islam gets shit on , whether it's on TV or in newspapers, every day of the week. I mean there are shows on French TV about Islam all the fucking time. You have intellectuals, both liberal and conservatives, who are very vocal about it and they get invited all the time on TV to talk about how bad Islam is. And they're very respected/popular so yeah I don't get your argument.

You missed my point. I'm not some guy on the French television. I'm obviously talking about how things go down on here.
 
I've always wondered why Salafists and Wahabi followers are even allowed to spew their hateful beliefs. To even allow them to countries that are secular.
Worldwar II. We still want to prove how super tolerant we are.

Seriously, the moderate Muslims must gain a voice. And fast. Mumblin to yourself, "I'm not okay with this simply" isn't cutting it at this point. Take a stand, moderate Muslims, and be loud!!
 
Really terrible for Tunisia, the lives and the livelihoods of the people there. Family went there last year and I was not sure why they'd feel safe. Very sad to hear, complete and utter murder.
 
You can't be racist against religion.

You can be hella bigoted though.

And fuck these attackers. What they believe and what I believe has almost nothing in common.

Kamorra said:
I fucking despise every single Religion, it's a breeding ground for intolerance, homophobia, hate and funnily enough actual Racism.

1. That's not accurate as it paints with an absurdly wide brush..
2. You are making the case of religious fanatics stronger by spouting this bullshit. Congratulations. You are their ally.

FoxSpirit said:
Seriously, the moderate Muslims must gain a voice. And fast. Mumblin to yourself, "I'm not okay with this simply" isn't cutting it at this point. Take a stand, moderate Muslims, and be loud!!
We take a stand all the time and get killed for it all the time. You lot don't see this because you're hopped up on Kamorra style THEY"RE ALL THE SAME idiocy. Take a look at Malala Yousafi. You think she's the only one? The number one target of fanatics is moderates.
 
You can be hella bigoted though.

And fuck these attackers. What they believe and what I believe has almost nothing in common.



1. That's not accurate as it paints with an absurdly wide brush..
2. You are making the case of religious fanatics stronger by spouting this bullshit. Congratulations. You are their ally.

Yeah, whatever. If guys decided if I'm racist against Religion or just an ISIS ally shot me pm.

You lot don't see this because you're hopped up on Kamorra style THEY"RE ALL THE SAME idiocy.
Never said that.
 
Speaking of leadership, what is up with those hateful religious leaders who come into the country and establish an audience? I know some of them get banned, but are some of them still around/popular? Are there any more liberal religious leaders that have big followings too? Do more liberal Muslims follow any particular spokesperson in the community?
 
Yeah, whatever. If guys decided if I'm racist against Religion or just an ISIS ally shot me pm.
You are making incredibly bigoted statements. And it's the over the top and hateful reactions of people like you that makes it incredibly easy for fanatics to make the case that 'there is war on Islam and we must protect ourselves'. Congrats.

TimeEffect: To a large degree your question doesn't make sense. Unlike the view you might get from the outside Muslims are not homogenous at all. Each small community (divided by sect, language, country of origin, etc.) has its own leaders and any sort of attempt to organize all the disparate peoples such as ISNA aren't paid much attention.

Edit: Kamoora. Oh you didn't? Well as a Muslim what I heard from your lovely little rant was that you despise my world view and what I think.
 
You are making incredibly bigoted statements. And it's the over the top and hateful reactions of people like you that makes it incredibly easy for fanatics to make the case that there is war on Islam. Congrats.

You did read my posts but you missed the difference of what I wrote and what you're accusing me of. Not once did I talk about people I talked about Religion and Religion only. It's your distorted view which makes this about individuals. Congrats.

Edit: Kamoora. Oh you didn't? Well as a Muslim what I heard from your lovely little rant was that you despise my world view and what I think.
Do you care about what my world view is? I'm pretty sure you don't and it does no harm to any of us two. Let me spell it out. I don't have a problem with you or any other individual for that matter. I don't like any form of Religion.
 
What-the-actual-fuck.

I've been in France all this week for work meetings and leaving on Sunday back to good, old, safe Australia.

Seriously this has been one of the most unusual work trips I've had in a LONG time and i go all over the world with my job. France is definately teetering on the brink of something truly scary with this + taxi strike + other bubbling things (i'm sure).

Clearly this attack (these?) happened to take advantage of the taxi drivers strike chaos.

But still...so long as my flight gets off the ground!
 
What-the-actual-fuck.

I've been in France all this week for work meetings and leaving on Sunday back to good, old, safe Australia.

Seriously this has been one of the most unusual work trips I've had in a LONG time and i go all over the world with my job. France is definately teetering on the brink of something truly scary with this + taxi strike + other bubbling things (i'm sure).

Clearly this attack (these?) happened to take advantage of the taxi drivers strike chaos.

But still...so long as my flight gets off the ground!

Sorry its France. They strike. There's no connection. Its just what they do.
 
You did read my posts but you missed the difference of what I wrote and what you're accusing me of. Not once did I talk about people I talked about Religion and Religion only. It's your distorted view which makes this about individuals. Congrats.

I'm a religious person. How does this not apply to me? You hate what I think, you hate what my family thinks, you hate what a lot of my friends think, and you don't even fucking know me or them.
 
I'm a religious person. How does this not apply to me? You hate what I think, you hate what my family thinks, you hate what a lot of my friends think, and you don't even fucking know me or them.

You can't expect that everyone agrees with you about your beliefs. You're the one attacking me in this thread, you're making it personal where it shouldn't be. If you really don't get that I don't hate you or whoever you listed I can't help you. Just a tip: You're not Islam.
 
I'm a religious person. How does this not apply to me? You hate what I think, you hate what my family thinks, you hate what a lot of my friends think, and you don't even fucking know me or them.
They don't believe in your religion.
 
This "widespread violence and extremism" would not be as noticeable if there were legitimate Muslim armies fighting against Western powers.

Look at what was happening before the toppling of the last Islamic caliphate. Did you see this "widespread violence and extremism" then? That was because many Muslims did not need to be frustrated and forced towards extremism to challenge foreign armies. The state itself was ready to fight. The creation of Da'esh is testament to this fact. There wouldn't be a Da'esh if there weren't certain foreign policies by the West that support things that are only in its own interest at the expense of the locals. There wouldn't be a Da'esh if people didn't feel frustrated that their governments aren't doing anything to challenge what the West does in Muslim countries. Of course their violent and crazed response is indefensible but it is easy to understand how someone reaches a point where he just wants revenge/vengeance.

In the Muslim world, people are aware of the drone strikes that have killed tens of thousands, the unwavering support of Israel despite it being in the wrong, and the support of tyrants that the West has shown. They are aware that even if Muslims play by the West's rules (i.e. democracy) but the results aren't in the West's favour, that the West will intervene (Hamas) or not try to support the result (Muslim Brotherhood). They know that the West speaks against the spread of extremism yet is one of the biggest supporters by proxy (Saudi Arabia).

They even see this single event that creates a rallying cry against Islam yet at the utter silence when the same extremists kill Muslims in the Muslim world. Most Muslims are against this murder. Most if not all of the terrorist attacks carried out by Da'esh or whatever are condemned by Muslim organizations. The same isn't said when Obama's drones kills a wedding procession and then kills the mourners at the funeral of those who died at the wedding procession. It's as if all of us Muslims are responsible for what Da'esh does yet none in the West can do the same for what their ELECTED LEADERS do.

The hypocrisy is palpable.

The Ottoman Empire, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries was anything but extreme. Why do you think there wasn't anything close to the level of extremism then as there is now? Islam didn't suddenly change. The Qur'an didn't suddenly change. And it wasn't as if people didn't believe in the Qur'an as the literal word of God then.

We don't even need to go that far in history. Heck, even in the 80s, whenever you heard of terrorism and Islam together was when the Palestinian and Israeli conflict was mentioned - which is inherently a nationalistic conflict, rather than a religious one.


Well said. And unfortunately Muslims are going to be demonized by mainstream media now and more ignorance and violence will happen. It's a vicious cycle that won't end anytime soon.
 
I'm a religious person. How does this not apply to me? You hate what I think, you hate what my family thinks, you hate what a lot of my friends think, and you don't even fucking know me or them.
I'd say it's fairly clear that it's not you or them that is being referred to then.

I think the idea of lashing an adulteress is abhorrent. Does this mean I'm directly insulting you?
 
You can't expect that everyone agrees with you about your beliefs. You're the one attacking me in this thread, you're making it personal where it shouldn't be. If you really don't get that I don't hate you or whoever you listed I can't help you. Just a tip: You're not Islam.

I follow the religion of Islam. It's a strong part of my idenity and my worldview. You hate Islam. You hate a large part of my identiy and my worldview. If you don't then maybe it's not Islam that you hate and you're wording things incredibly poorly.

They don't believe in your religion.
That's perfectly fine. Hating my identity and my worldview without knowing me though kinda is.

I'd say it's fairly clear that it's not you or them that is being referred to then.
How so? He despises all religions. I'm a religious person.

I think the idea of lashing an adulteress is abhorrent. Does this mean I'm directly insulting you?
Saying you think lashing adulteresses is abhorrent is kind of completely not the same as saying you despise all religions like kamorra up there does.
 
And like I said my religion makes up a large part of my identity and my worldview. Saying he hates my identity and my worldview but he's just fine with me personally is kinda nonsense.

People should be respected, ideas don't need to be.

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It's like, if I really love football, and I'm a massive football fan and I go to matches every week and wear football shirts. You're still allowed to not like football, and to say that it's an expensive waste of time and boring. That's not an attack on me. Dig?
 
And like I said my religion makes up a large part of my identity and my worldview. Saying he hates my identity and my worldview but he's just fine with me personally is kinda nonsense.

I get where you're coming from but you're also really bending over backwards here to get offended.
 
I don't even know what to say at this point to convince this total stranger that I don't hate him. It's ridiculous.
 
I follow the religion of Islam. It's a strong part of my idenity and my worldview. You hate Islam. You hate a large part of my identiy and my worldview. If you don't then maybe it's not Islam that you hate and you're wording things incredibly poorly.


That's perfectly fine. Hating my identity and my worldview without knowing me though kinda is.

How so? He despises all religions. I'm a religious person.


Saying you think lashing adulteresses is abhorrent is kind of completely not the same as saying you despise all religions like kamorra up there does.

If you want to tie that much of your identity up in certain ideology (I'm guessing a subset of such, as Islam is really varied), that's great, but it's on you how you deal with the criticism others have towards that ideology.

It goes without saying that criticism of a religion, or the general idea of religion, isn't a criticism against an individual or group. It's really a stretch to suggest it's racist as some of stated in this thread. If you can't take part in, or even be party of, discussions of this nature without being offended, then perhaps you should refrain from engaging in them instead of making generalizations about everyone else.
 
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