Varieties of Responses to Reality

I am amazed at the vast variety of responses to Islamic terrorism from the average person. What most non-Muslims do not realize is there is a variety of responses within the Muslim community as well.

1. The terrorists are Muslim but they do not represent me.
2. The terrorists are not Muslims. No true Muslim would do this.
3. The terrorists are agents of [Jews, Western governments, evil doers] executing false flag events to achieve some goal against Muslims.
4. The terrorist attacks never happened. They are propaganda narratives pushed in the media.

I wonder if these ideas would have traction in the non Muslim world?

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One good argument against Muslim denouncements of terrorist acts:


Here is what Muslims and Muslim organizations are expected to say: "As a Muslim, I condemn this attack and terrorism in any form."

The implication is also that any crime committed by a Muslim is the responsibility of all Muslims simply by virtue of their shared religion.

This sort of thinking — blaming an entire group for the actions of a few individuals, assuming the worst about a person just because of their identity — is the very definition of bigotry.

Muslims, like myself, hate such violence & terrorism just as much as non-muslims.

We shouldn’t be expected to prove our innocence just because of our religion.

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I really get tired of the lack of nuanced thinking of the masses. Not everything is a straight binary.

Charlie Hebdo Is Heroic and Racist / We should embrace and condemn it.

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