A Blame Game?

I will post About Lebanon a bit later, but first I thought it would be fair to showcase the other point of view regarding the Paris riots.
I had argued that there is a problem within the current understanding of Islam that is causing Moslems all over the world to act violently. Jamal insists: It’s not a Moslem problem.

Issam, a regular commenter on this blog, elaborates on why he thinks I am wrong:

Mustapha , you are not fair to Muslims.

Why is it that the US civil Rights movement with all its riots, looting and Christian leadership is accepted as an expression of the struggle of Blacks in the US for freedom and equality.

Islam is undergoing a revival. The extremists you and some of your commentators describe are a minority and on the fringe. The majority of Muslims are peace-loving. law-abiding people with moderate political views.

The extremists exist in Muslim communities , as they do in every religous community, but they are on the fringe and a small minority. They are the sensational darlings of the media and thus their presence is exaggerated.

Social and economic factors plus discrimination are the real culprits here. Le pen’s movement is also a factor that can’t be discounted in this outburst by disaffected African youth.

In 1968 it was French students who were burning buses and cars in Paris. No one blamed it on Christianity or Judaism.

I know it is fashionable to blame Muslims ( the real New anti-semitism) but you are way out in Right field when you say that “Moslems are showing a unique tendency to use collective violence as a mean of expressing discontent.” What about the IRA. Orangemen, the Anti-aparteid movement ,Jewish, Christian and Hindu “extremist” groups.

Mustapha you may not be a self-hater( a term coined by the Jews) but you definitely have double standards.

Issam