Not all Muslims are terrorists

There are 1.6 billion Muslims in the world. Honestly, if they were all terrorists do you think any of the rest of us would be alive or living the way we are now? Seriously?

There were some odd, dangerous and hurtful comments after the latest wave of attacks in Ankara, Turkey and Brussels, Belgium. All along the lines of all Muslims being terrorists or freedom of movement in the EU leading to arms and terrorists moving around too easily. This kind of comment only incites hatred and not just from the groups you would think.

For a start it is totally inappropriate to use the attacks in Belgium on 22 March to make comments like ‘free movement means free movement of Kalashnikovs’, which was a wonderful comment by Nigel Farage of UKIP just moments after the news broke. Of course he is hoping that Britain comes out of the EU but when so many people lost their lives or were injured that was really not the time to make a comment like that. Totally heartless and not at all funny.

Of course there were the usual trolls like Katie Hopkins who made comments about Belgium asking for it by allowing freedom of movement. Luckily the people of Belgium hit back and defended Muslims on twitter after her latest weird outburst. I wish I could put her comments down to her recent brain surgery but sadly I can’t.

1.6 billion Muslims do not want to turn the world Muslim and take away our freedoms. They want to live in peace and safety just like the rest of us. They are not responsible for a handful of extremists who are taking the name of Islam in vain for their own political and mentally unhinged agenda. It is like saying all Christians are responsible for the shootings in Norway by Anders Breivik.

There lies another issue too. Why is Breivik not described as a terrorist and fundamentalist Islamic groups are? That is a bit of a strange way to describe things if there is no consistency. When I was growing up we were still on the dawn of the Irish Peace deal and there were still the bombs being planted in London. Those were white Christians and they were also described as terrorists so why have things changed?


We only lose when we give in to the groups taking the name of religion in vain. A true Muslim lives for peace but these people are dying for war. I refuse to be afraid and I refuse to give in to the hateful comments that are spawned on the internet after an attack. It is said that the pen is mightier than the sword but in the modern age of the internet, where people can post their hateful spew anonymously, I would agree with that statement but we are misusing its power.

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