Even as an atheist, I find this the most to-the-point criticism of bigotry against Islam I’ve heard so far: facebook.com/Mediamatters/vi…

You need to watch this: Reza Aslan calls out the media for...

You need to watch this: Reza Aslan calls out the media for generalization and bigotry when reporting on Muslims.

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@stilkov absolutely no reason to confuse bigotry against Muslims & criticism of fundamental Islam. Former is despicable, the latter is not.
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@zeevs I completely agree. All religions merit being criticized.
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@stilkov @zeevs They are all wrong in the sense of truthiness. But they are not equally dangerous.
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@codeblogger @zeevs How so? They’ve all managed to create murderous zealots at different times.
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@stilkov That doctrine is fundamental Islam. @codeblogger
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@zeevs @stilkov But that's what we see. Fundamental Islam with ISIS and Saudi Arabia.
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@codeblogger @zeevs everyone agrees that ISIS sucks, The Saudis are our accepted allies. Focus on that, not the other billion Muslims.

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@stilkov we’re not focusing on 1.6bn Muslims. But you can’t focus on ISIS without understanding where it comes from. @codeblogger
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@zeevs @codeblogger but don’thou see that every time you talk about Islam in general, you *are* talking about 1.6bn people?
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@stilkov and it stems from a religious doctrine. One that’s followed by a substantial subset of that 1.6bn (~20%) @codeblogger
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@zeevs @codeblogger no, it doesn’t stem from that routine, but uses it
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