tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652372332761185426.post5207498491069818506..comments2023-02-19T16:18:31.353-08:00Comments on Corner Politics: You don't actually want peace.Corner Politicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08267238401691409774noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652372332761185426.post-66373237016612679492016-07-25T08:55:40.328-07:002016-07-25T08:55:40.328-07:00In my opinion Everyone should understand that Musl...In my opinion Everyone should understand that Muslims are not involved in terrorism. Some people are committed in the name of Muslims. Their main objective is terrorism. They can not have any religion. Read more..In my opinion Everyone should understand that Muslims are not involved in terrorism. Some people are committed in the name of Muslims. Their main objective is terrorism. They can not have any religion. <a href="http://www.kirpalsingh-histruesuccessor.org/" rel="nofollow">Sant Kirpal Singh</a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652372332761185426.post-43554558960618130912015-12-05T15:38:35.224-08:002015-12-05T15:38:35.224-08:00Totally agree with you. the power imbalance is not...Totally agree with you. the power imbalance is not addressed in this piece directly and is difficult to do. thanks for your input!Lamiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02068909934154911485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652372332761185426.post-42082496255973267512015-12-05T14:33:50.593-08:002015-12-05T14:33:50.593-08:00thank you for this piece. reform in islam is not ...thank you for this piece. reform in islam is not going to make the slightest bit of difference to the violence in the middle east and the offshoots that are now reaching the western world. no analysis can be taken seriously that ignores the first invasion of iraq, the decade of sanctions that saw half a million iraqi children die (& we don't even know how many adults) due to lack of access to medicines, a second illegal invasion and occupation that saw the theft of trillions of dollars of wealth and total destruction of infrastructure. not to forget the support of rebel groups in syria to overthrow assad - which has rather backfired, the french actions in mali & algeria, the group of western countries bombing libya, the ongoing violence and injustice against palestinians, and the current support of the saudi campaign in yemen - didn't they just bomb another hospital in yemen yesterday?<br /><br />all this violence has been perpetrated and/or supported by western nations but there really is not enough analysis that puts responsibility on them for the foreseeable result of all this bombing, the drone attacks, the indiscriminate killing and the refusal to rebuild what their bombing has destroyed.<br /><br />also, as you mention, there is a very christian aspect to some of this - if you look at the recent pronouncements of mr blair, to the rhetoric of the junior mr bush while in office, the engagement of the religious right in the US with the military as large numbers of them enlisted and continue to do so. regardless of the way any reform within christianity, the large scale killing by actors who profess a strong faith shows that this reform is not stopping them from killing hundreds of thousands of people nor in any way reducing the profits of the arms industry.<br /><br />so it really saddens and frustrates me when muslims organisations and individuals, instead of bringing out the inherent injustice and brutality of the current & recent military actions undertaken by the western nations, instead rush to dissociate from the brutality that is resulting. i understand why many of them need to do it - they aren't in a position to reframe the rhetoric, and should they dare to bring up these issues, they would immediately be targetted as terrorist sympathisers with some horrendous consequences. we can see that in the targetting of mosques and muslims in western countries and the high level of hostility they are facing. i understand that they don't have the power to reframe and readjust the focus.<br /><br />and yet, if we really want to solve the problem of what is called "islamic terrorism", there is no other way of doing it. yes, muslims are not perfect, yes there is certainly need of continuing reform as there continues to be with all religions. and yes, a lot of the violence in the middle east and elsewhere is cloaked in islamic language and islamic justifications. i don't deny any of that. but unless we change the fundamental circumstances of their lives, revert to peace and to peace-building activities, build up communities and infrastructure, that reform can't happen.stargazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00430290445762377335noreply@blogger.com