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When it comes to murder...yeah, that's how I'm starting this article...but when it comes to murder we often think of Nazis or notions of religions persecuting and killing people throughout history. Even now, the last resort of a debater on Facebook is to label someone as a Nazi. That'll show them. Or even better, if you ever run for president of the United States you can try to win the campaign by claiming your opponent and all of his or her supporters are Nazis, neo-Nazis, and racists, even if it's not true. You should win hands down. Here's the part where some snooty elitist gets all offended, claiming I'm making light of the suffering of millions of people.

During the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazis, had they simply remained peaceful and advocated a message about how great it is to be German and live in Germany, there would have been no cause for World War 2. But when a person begins to call for followers to violently impose ideas on other people, to the point of killing them, then the world cannot just sit by and "respect" such an ideology. This goes for political AND religious ideas.


The reason Islam is different than almost every other active religion is because the actual founder of Islam called for the killing of people who either oppose or won't submit to the ideas of Muhammad. This is unlike Jesus who never advocated killing anyone who would not believe. This is unlike Buddha who never advocated killing anyone. This unlike the Sikh's Guru Nanak who never advocated killing anyone. We can no longer pretend only some Muslims are violent since the source of the violence is NOT so called "extremists" or "radical Islam". The source of Islamic aggression is the Qur'an itself and specifically Muhammad. Any faithful Muslim simply following the ideas of Muhammad will eventually seek hostility toward non-Muslims.


In the same way the world ridicules Nazism out of our culture, making it impossible for anyone to publicly practice that ideology, so too we should ridicule Islam into obscurity. I am NOT calling for violence against Muslims or even necessarily banning them, but I am calling for politicians and society in general to STOP saying "Islam is a religion of peace" and pretending it is respectful. It is no more respectful than any other death cult. Charles Manson's group was not to be accepted and respected as legitimate. Jim Jones' message was not to be accepted and respected as legitimate.