I thought the speech, though somewhat inspiring and optimistic, was naive and full of propaganda and untruthfulness.
That will do it, it's pathetic how a handful of people can ruin a whole group's (in this case massive religion) reputation, and think they accomplished something and benefitted others.
Their actions benefited nobody.
And where are all the moderate Muslims who are publicly condemning their actions? There has been no push from Islam to bring out these terrorists hiding within their communities.
Funny, I remember the US's response to 9/11 being an invasion of Iraq; then it has the nerve to drag every NATO country in with it.
Since their formation, people that call themselves Americans have only ever been self-interested, at least through every example I've seen.
If the US was not out to get involved with every current international affair since WWII and attempt to spread its democratic influence wherever it treads, it wouldn't have so many haters.
Though, it's good to see someone finally trying to make amends.
Of course they're self-interested - they have to consider the security and success of their own country first (and they have good reason to).
So you're saying that it's America's fault that so much of the Islamic world hates them?
Oh, thank goodness for that. I just want someone to help clear up all these misconceptions about Islam and Muslims. We're not terrorists, and you would be sure of that if you tried reading the Qur'an a bit more rather than taking verses here and there. I hate it when people take one verse and say that Islam is based on it. I remember that there was a discussion here about Islam and someone quoted the Qur'an. There was a verse on Jihad, giving the Muslims to fight back against a nation that was attacking them. It was misinterpreted as permission to fight against non-Muslims by some members of the discussion and I had to point out that the verse before it specified who the Muslims had to attack.
No, but your scriptures and holy texts allow for violence to be perpetrated against immoral infidels, and defines justice and innocence in different ways to the West.
The verse I quoted, the Verse of the Sword, overrides all other verses in the Qur'an that precede it (chronologically).
Furthermore, Muslims are obligated to perform Jihad (though if someone is already doing it then they don't have to), and to fight until the entire world is under Sharia law. Just to be clear however, I'm only talking about the doctrine - people are people, and they'll act however they want to act. But Islam is my issue here.
I would honestly like to sit in your school and see what they teach you about your religion, cause it seems they even lie to you. You would be considered an apostate.
Yes, that's the sad part of how a small number of individual can affect a large group of them, most of the times in a bad way.
Their actions, of course, did not benefit anybody.
I know enough about Islam itself as I speak of this matter - and the thing is that those extremists and terrorists believe that the way they chose is the right way.
Those people never went deep enough into Islam itself, in actual...
And that bolded part is all that matters...
Till now, I like Obama's presentations of things, and his personal viewpoints. He can make a difference, and really weaken racism over the whole world.
I just imagine and wait for that day when every people would hear out to another and when nobody would dislike another based on their appearance and race.
Have you really studied it enough? 1400 years of Islam says that destroying the West is alright.
Racism? Islam isn't a race.
