#righttooffend

I don't like posting my religious views on Facebook. I have relationships that aren't based on religion and it's ok to have a differing point of view. Isn't it? But I'm not prepared to alienate and risk losing people on my opinions. This the better venue for me.

If your religion approves of murder - If the god you believe in demands vengence in the form of taking lives then you need to look for another deity to worship. If the clerics and leaders in your religious community are supporting terrorist attacks and defending the murder of innocents in the name of the prophet/god/'insert deity here' then you need to set away from them. In fact you should be calling the police.

That is the politically correct version I might consider posting to Facebook.

The real version is something more like: What the fuck, people?? Why aren't we screaming and yelling and taking drastic action against these morons who believe they are above the law? 

We're kidding ourselves if we think these are the actions of a small few. It might be a 'small few' on the world stage but there are Millions and millions of radicalized Muslims around the world and I suspect the movement is significantly larger than we hear about in the media.

The solution starts with the Muslim Community making bold statement across the board denouncing this behavior and identifying those within their community who are threats. The issue is cultural and the solutions is cultural. It'll be hard to swallow and create rifts in the community but it has to be done.

Much like my reluctance to post views to Facebook, the Muslim community needs to come out and address the core issues - regardless of who gets offended.

#timeforchange