Why does Islam seem like such a violent religion? Are the people we hear about in the news everday extremists?

Question

I just heard that an anonymous Islamic militant group is threatening the olympics on cnn.com. it seems all we hear about islam is about violence. i feel that this can't be true--is it only fundementalists that we hear about in the news?

Answer 1

What about Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland

or Sikh Extremists and Tamil Tigers

or Jewish Soldiers attacking their neighbouring countries

Point being Religious and even Atheists have just as much propensity for violence regardless of their moral and cultural viewpoints.

Edit-Yes it's just the extremists we see there are hundreds of millions of Muslims who are peaceful. It is just certain passages of the Koran that they have chosen to make into their basis for the beliefs they hold much like people misinterpret passages in the Bible.

Answer 2

no, its the actual religion

someoen sent my dad a sickening email once

it made me start crying

a little boy, around 6 was punished for stealing bread

know what his punishement was?

his arm was placed under a truck wheel so he could never use it again

and they took snap shots of the truck slowly going over his arms

Answer 3

You must believe that Islam was build on valence , Muhammed did plan 332 wars and he converted people to Islam by the sword, Islam is not a religion it is only the thoughts of a man full of revenge to the people who exile him from Mecca to Medina

Answer 4

its media propoganda. its like saying all black men are prone to violence cuz the media portrays it that way. im a muslim and i have never went out to kill anyone. people will justify thier brand of politics by using religion to do so. after all george w. bush does it.  

Answer 5

Islam is a peaceful religion, it's being judged by the actions of the Radicals,  who make the headlines.

Answer 6

There are extremists in any and every religion, race, and facet. To say that the extremists portray the entire religion is no better than defining every Christian, Jew, or race by the extreme. Blacks aren't more prone to violence than others, nor are conservatives as "upper class, racist snobs" that they're presented as in the media.

Islam isn't a violent religion. There are violent people who practice the religion, but they don't represent it.

Answer 7

you are violent the yahoo he is  violen because rejected to i aske for another relegion about juish or crition sometime  i thing are victime the media news tv cinima books and i aske you why yahoo dont k loke you question as violent i dont aske youwhat is the islam but i aske what is the original the name of yahoo

Answer 8

Islam is a peaceful religion. Islam comes from the arabic word "salaam" which means peace. Those terrorists are not true muslims. They are ignorant of their own religion. A true muslim is one who submits himself completely to God and follows the rules of the Qur'an. This holy book never encouraged evil doings.