What is your opinion on muslim faith (islam) ?

All religious fanatics kill people in the name of their God. Not all religious people are fanatics though, many are peaceful. Islam is no more capable of dangerous acts than any other religion.

Religion doesn't kill people, people kill people

Terrorism is nothing to do with Islam. Terrorists who are muslims are just terrorists who also happen to be muslims. It's like saying people are terrorists because they have brown hair. It doesn't follow.

Moreso, the muslims I know and interact with on a day-to-day basis are peaceful, respectful, tolerant, and quietly resolute in their faith. This is how I see Islam. Because this is the vast majority. If people choose to see Islam through the tiny minority that make the news for negative reasons, they should see everyone this way, i.e. All English are Harold Shipman, all Americans are Jeffrey Dahmer, all Australians are Chopper Read. None of these statements are true. Neither is the fact that muslims are intrinsically terrorists.

I don't equate Islam with terrorism. What I feel when I see a person of that region and faith is wonder-I truly wonder what their life is really like, not what we've been shoveled down our throats by the US media (and gov, no doubt).

I note ONE thing whenever I hear "terrorism"....that Americans have perpetrated FAR more terrorist acts upon Americans than by anyone else. Period.

Islam is a beautiful religion. A terrorist is not a muslim They use Islam as an excuse for their horrible actions, but everything they are trying to achieve is forbidden in Islam. Their missuse of the word Jihad (holy war) is a great example.Jihad is supposed to represent the struggle within yourself against the temptations of life. The choises you make everday to do the 'right' or the 'wrong' thing, It does NOT stand for war against others as so many terrorist and dumb racist believe

It's like any other religion, some good followers, some bad. Secular education discourages fanaticism.

Islam pisses me off...or rather the leaders that practice it. They have a faith that fostered the growth of key sciences and technology during a renaissance that happened well before the Western one...and they can't even band together in solidarity? These are the people that created the first robots before Columbus discovered America...and they live in such a backwards way?
I hope the North African democratic movements do well. Dudes need to get on their game.

Best religion but people are misunderstanding it

my friend is a muslim, this was before i knew what terrorists were so of course i think i respect it as much as any other faith (apart from christianity, they can suck balls) but it all depends on the individual themselves and how they interpret things.

Islam is an unreformed fundamentalist religion, and as such is a serious threat to free thought.

I've never spoken to a Muslim who could give me a rational explanation as to why the Muslim faith has any validity.

"Its a threat" its not a threat and fundamentally good"

Whats with all these absolute answers?
Surely theres some sense of common sense middle-ground for us south park republicans?
You know like, the average muslim is a decent person but theres enough radicals to make them a threat to western people?

What people do in the middle east has nothing to do with Islam ... Islam is perfect people are not so blame it on them not on their religion

Welp... Lupe Fiasco is muslim, so i guess i like muslims.

Yes, i just judged a whole religion to be ok based on one rapper that i like.

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Perhaps it's now rather clear that it's not the particular religion or its beliefs but religion itself, as an institution, that is too often abusive. Remember, religions were institutions of social control - that is their function in all societies. In that light, all religions have the capacity to be benign or brutal, depending on local customs, resources, and political stability.

السلام عليكم

I think Islam has the potential to promote good values in a society, but the 'word of God' is open to interpretation, and as such can be bent to the will of whomever wields it, regardless of their mental or moral status. It is partly because of this that so many countries in the Middle East and North Africa are fractured, posing both an internal and external threat. It's partly because of this that despite much of the secular world striving towards equality and a balance of freedom vs. security many countries with Islam at their foundation are relatively static, or are regressing. But this is not an inherent fault with Islam, rather the fault of some who follow it.

I consider myself agnostic although I was born into a Muslim family. The point is, I've read the Quran and I find it no more or no less violent than the Bible so no, I don't find Islam to be a violent religion. In fact, when I was a strong believer, I find myself to be more at peace than I am now...Unfortunately, I started to doubt when I seriously asked myself if I truly believe in the existence of God.

I don't care. You should have your own things to believe, but if you start shoving it down my throat then shit's gonna get real.

Muslims are all fucking faggots. We know this to be true.
Ask and Islamic man if he has ever sucked a cock and see what he says. They all do.

"It promotes peace and mutual respect as well as good values and ways of life."

What a fucking joke.

http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/topics/doom.html

i think its funny how u could come on here and say "christianity is a backward oppressive philosophy" and no one would have a problem with that, but then all these politically correct dickheads get their bloomers in a knot if you criticize islam.

islam is fundamentally at odds with christianity and the american way of life. they want us dead and the fact that some of you want to tolerate that just shows how niave and stupid you are