Quote Originally Posted by tony
About 5 of my friends growing up, 2 of them good friends were Muslim. Every religion has radicals. Hitler justified his actions through Christianity. Catholics who blow up Abortion Clinics aren't referred to as terrorists.

Islam is a peaceful religion from my understanding and through my interraction with various people. I roll my eyes every time I hear someone say something deragatory about being Muslim.

I do know the obvious with 9/11, but those individuals do not speak for an entire religion. So why is it considered so bad to be Muslim?
It has more to do with timing then anything. The fact is, whenever you CURRENTLY see a suicide bomber or some other brainwashed asshole doing a murderous deed chances are it's someone identified as "muslim"...or who claims to be one. The problem facing decent muslims is that their religion has come to be related with terrorists and/or violent behaviour.
That is the time in which we live.

In the middle ages it would have been catholic bishops & priests stretching real christians they called 'heretics' on the rack and burning them at the stake etc.

As for Hitler, youre correct, not only did he use his warped view of christianity to justify his position, he, and others in the third reich, were obviously influenced by their catholic connections and roots. Anti antisemitism runs very deeply within the core of catholic dogma/practice....even though your typical catholic parishioner may not even be aware of that or feel that way personally. The most violent language I have seen printed in reference to jews can be found within books written by catholic 'saints', books which still carry the sacred seal of approval by the vatican.

I would view anyone who blows up an abortion clinic to be a terrorist, whether they are catholic or pentecostal or whatever, and I have heard the media call them the same. The word terrorist however currently tends to be synonymous with 'muslim' in the mind of the public...and that unfortunately is what decent peaceful muslims must overcome.