Violent Islam

[seekerman]

Islam is the most violent religion on the face of the earth today. Below is a partial listing of the violence, killing and maiming by muslims against muslims and muslims against non-muslims. Muslims make no distinction between men, women and children in their religious violence as seen in these examples. And this is just a partial list.

From Wikipedia....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...2.80.93current

5 August 2000 – Christmas Eve 2000 Indonesia bombingskilling 18 [3]
USS Cole bombing at a Yemen port, October 12, 2000. 17 American sailors were killed, 39 injured.
March 4, 2001 – 2001 Netanya bombing, Netanya. 3 dead
May 18, 2001 – 2001 HaSharon Mall suicide bombing, Netanya. 5 dead
June 1, 2001 – Dolphinarium discotheque suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 21 dead
August 9, 2001 – Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing, Jerusalem. 15 dead
September 9, 2001 – Nahariya train station suicide bombing, Nahariya. 3 dead
11 September 2001 – 4 planes hijacked by 19 al-Qaeda hijackers: two planes crashed into World Trade Center and one into the The Pentagon. Nearly 3000 dead.[4]
November 29, 2001 – Pardes Hanna bus bombing, Israel. 3 dead
December 1, 2001 – Ben Yehuda Street Bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
December 2, 2001 – Haifa bus 16 suicide bombing, Haifa. 15 dead
13 December 2001 – Suicide attack on Indian parliament in New Delhi by Pakistan-based Islamist terrorist organizations, Jaish-E-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Toiba. Aimed at eliminating the top leadership of India and causing anarchy in the country. 7 dead, 12 injured.
January 25, 2002 – 2002 Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing, Tel Aviv. 25 injured
January 27, 2002 – 2002 Jaffa Street bombing, Jerusalem. 1 dead
February 16, 2002 – Karnei Shomron Mall suicide bombing, Israel. 3 dead, 30 injured
March 2, 2002 – Yeshivat Beit Yisrael massacre, Jerusalem. 11 dead
March 9, 2002 – Café Moment bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
March 20, 2002 – Umm al-Fahm bus bombing, Israel. 7 dead
March 21, 2002 – King George Street bombing, Jerusalem. 3 dead
March 27, 2002 – Suicide bomb attack on a Passover Seder in a Hotel in Netanya, Israel. 30 dead, 133 injured.
30 March 2002 and 24 November 2002 – Attacks on the Hindu Raghunath temple, India. Total 25 dead.
March 29, 2002 – Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing, Jerusalem. 2 dead
March 31, 2002 – Matza restaurant suicide bombing, Haifa. 15 dead
April 10, 2002 – Yagur Junction bombing, Yagur. 8 dead
April 12, 2002 – 2002 Mahane Yehuda Market bombing, Jerusalem. 6 dead
May 7, 2002 – 2002 Rishon LeZion bombing, Rishon LeZion. 15 dead
May 7, 2002 – Bombing in al-Arbaa, Algeria. 49 dead, 117 injured.
May 19, 2002 – Netanya Market bombing, Netanya. 3 dead
June 5, 2002 – Megiddo Junction bus bombing, Megiddo Junction. 17 dead
June 11, 2002 – 2002 Herzliya shawarma restaurant bombing, Herzliya. 1 dead
June 18, 2002 – Patt Junction Bus Bombing, Jerusalem. 19 dead
June 19, 2002 – 2002 French Hill suicide bombing, Jerusalem by the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. 7 dead, 35 injured.
July 16, 2002 – 2002 Immanuel bus attack, Israel. 9 dead
July 17, 2002 – Neve Shaanan Street bombing, Tel Aviv. 5 dead
July 31, 2002 – Hebrew University bombing, Jerusalem. 9 dead
August 4, 2002 – Meron Junction Bus 361 attack, Israel. 9 dead
September 19, 2002 – Allenby Street bus bombing, Tel Aviv. 6 dead
September 24, 2002 – Machine Gun attack on Hindu temple in Ahmedabad, India. 31 dead, 86 injured.[5][6]
12 October 2002 – Bombing in Bali nightclub. 202 killed, 300 injured.[7]
October 21, 2002 – Karkur junction suicide bombing, Israel. 14 dead
October 27, 2002 – Sonol gas station bombing, Ariel, West Bank. 3 dead
23 October 2002 – Moscow theater hostage crisis; Some 40 to 50 Islamist militant separatist seized a crowded Moscow theater taking 850 hostages. 170 killed, 700 injured.[8]
November 21, 2002 – Kiryat Menachem bus bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
January 5, 2003 – Tel Aviv central bus station massacre, Tel Aviv. 23 dead
March 5, 2003 – Haifa bus 37 suicide bombing, Haifa. 17 dead
April 30, 2003 – Mike's Place suicide bombing, Tel Aviv. 3 dead
May 16, 2003 – Casablanca Attacks – 4 simultaneous attacks in Casablanca killing 33 civilians (mostly Moroccans) carried by Salafia Jihadia.
May 18, 2003 – 2003 French Hill suicide bombing, Jerusalem. 7 dead
May 19, 2003 – Afula mall bombing, Afula. 3 dead
June 11, 2003 – Davidka Square bus bombing, Jerusalem. 17 dead
August 5, 2003 – 2003 Marriott Hotel bombing in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bomber detonated a car bomb outside the JW Marriott Jakarta lobby, killing 12 and injuring 150
August 19, 2003 – Shmuel HaNavi bus bombing, Jerusalem. 23 dead
September 9, 2003 – Tzrifin bus stop attack, Israel. 9 dead
September 9, 2003 – Café Hillel bombing, Jerusalem. 7 dead
October 4, 2003 – Maxim restaurant suicide bombing, Haifa. 21 dead
December 25, 2003 – Geha Interchange bus stop bombing, Israel. 4 dead, 20 injured
January 14, 2004 – 2004 Erez Crossing bombing, Gaza Strip. 4 dead
January 29, 2004 – Gaza Street bus bombing, Jerusalem. 11 dead
February 22, 2004 – Liberty Bell Park bus bombing, Jerusalem. 8 dead
March 14, 2004 – 2004 Ashdod Port bombings, Port of Ashdod. 10 dead
11 March 2004 – Madrid train bombings. 191 killed, 1460 injured (alleged link to Al-Qaeda).
August 31, 2004 – Beersheba bus bombings, Beersheba. 16 dead
1 September 2004 – Beslan school hostage crisis, approximately 344 civilians including 186 children killed.[9][10]
9 September 2004 – 2004 Australian Embassy bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bomber exploded a one-tonne car bomb, which was packed into a small Daihatsu delivery van, outside the Australian embassy at Kuningan District, South Jakarta killing 9 and injuring over 150
October 7, 2004 – 2004 Sinai bombings, Sinai peninsula, Egypt. 34 dead
November 1, 2004 – Carmel Market bombing, Tel Aviv. 3 dead
January 13, 2005 – Karni border crossing attack, Gaza Strip. 6 dead
February 25, 2005 – Stage Club bombing, Tel Aviv. 5 dead
5 July 2005 – Attack at the Hindu Ram temple at Ayodhya, India; one of the most holy sites of Hinduism. 6 dead.
7 July 2005 – Multiple bombings in London Underground. 53 killed by four suicide bombers. Nearly 700 injured.
July 12, 2005 – HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (July 12, 2005), Netanya. 5 dead
21 July 2005 London bombings – Four attempted bomb attacks disrupted part of London's public transport system two weeks after the 7 July 2005 London bombings. The explosions occurred around midday at Shepherd's Bush, Warren Street and Oval stations on London Underground, and on a bus in Shoreditch. A fifth bomber dumped his device without attempting to set it off.[11]
23 July 2005 – Bomb attacks at Sharm el-Sheikh, an Egyptian resort city, at least 64 people killed.
1 October 2005 – 2005 Bali bombings in Jimbaran & Kuta, Bali, Indonesia; a series of bombings kills at least 20 and injures over 100
October 26, 2005 – Hadera Market bombing, Hadera. 7 dead
29 October 2005 – 29 October 2005 Delhi bombings, India. Over 60 killed and over 180 injured in a series of three attacks in crowded markets and a bus, just 2 days before the Diwali festival.[12]
9 November 2005 – 2005 Amman bombings. a series of coordinated suicide attacks on hotels in Amman, Jordan. Over 60 killed and 115 injured.[13][14] Four attackers including a husband and wife team were involved.[15]
December 5, 2005 – HaSharon Mall suicide bombing (December 5, 2005), Netanya. 5 dead
7 March 2006 – 2006 Varanasi bombings, India. A series of attacks in the Sankath Mochan Hanuman temple and Cantonment Railway Station in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi. 28 killed and over 100 injured.[16]
March 30, 2006 – Kedumim bombing, Kedumim. 4 dead
April 17, 2006 – 2006 Tel Aviv shawarma restaurant bombing, Tel Aviv. 11 dead, 68 injured
11 July 2006 – 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Mumbai, India; a series of seven bomb blasts that took place over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai. 209 killed and over 700 injured.
January 29, 2007 – Eilat bakery bombing, Eilat. 3 dead
March and April 2007 – 2007 Casablanca bombings, Casablanca, Morocco; seven suicide bombers killed one and injured four over a five-week period
30 June 2007 – 2007 Glasgow International Airport attack, Glasgow, Scotland; A car loaded with propane canisters was driven into the glass doors of the Glasgow International Airport terminal and set ablaze. 1 killed and 5 injured.[17]
14 August 2007 – Qahtaniya bombings: Four suicide vehicle bombers massacred nearly 800 members of northern Iraq's Yazidi sect in the deadliest Iraq war's attack to date.
23 December 2007 – The Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariate-Mohammadi (TNSM) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing targeting a military convoy on behalf of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan. The blast in the Mingora area of the Swat Valley killed five soldiers and six civilians.[18]

[seekerman]

February 4, 2008 – 2008 Dimona suicide bombing, Dimona. 1 dead, 9 injured
5 February 2008 – February 2008 Bosaso bombings by Al-Shabaab. 25 dead, 80 injured.
2 July 2008 – In the Jerusalem bulldozer attack, an Arab resident of east Jerusalem identified as Hussam Taysir Duwait (also referred to as Hussam Duwiyat,[19] Hossam Dawyyat,[20] or erroneously as Jabr Duwait[21]), attacked several cars on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem, Israel using a front-end loader (erroneously referred to as a bulldozer in the media[22]), killing three people and wounding at least thirty other pedestrians, before being shot to death.[19][23] Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev said that an inquiry indicated the attacker had been acting alone. 3 dead, 30+ injured.[24] Three copycat attacks have occurred since then.
26 July 2008 – 2008 Ahmedabad bombings, India. Islamic terrorists detonate at least 21 explosive devices in the heart of this industrial capital, leaving at least 56 dead and 200 injured. A Muslim group calling itself the Indian Mujahideen claims responsibility. Indian authorities believe that extremists with ties to Pakistan and/or Bangladesh are likely responsible and are intent on inciting communal violence.[25] Investigation by Indian police led to the eventual arrest of a number of terrorists suspected of carrying out the blasts, most of whom belong to a well-known terrorist group, The Students Islamic Movement of India.[26]
3 August 2008 – The 2008 Mogadishu bombings in Somalia. 21+ dead, 46+ injured.
21 August 2008 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan spokesman Maulvi Umar claimed that the group was responsible for 21 August 2008 suicide bomb attack on a military complex.
23 August 2008 – Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for the 2008 Swat Valley bombing.
13 September 2008 – Bombing series in Delhi, India. Pakistani extremist groups plant bombs at several places including India Gate, out of which the ones at Karol Bagh, Connaught Place and Greater Kailash explode leaving around 30 people dead and 130 injured, followed by another attack two weeks later at the congested Mehrauli area, leaving 3 people dead.
29 October 2008 – 2008 Hargeisa–Bosaso bombings by Al-Shabaab. 30 dead, 80 injured.
6 November 2008 – Someone using the name Abdur Rehman claimed that the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan was behind a 6 November 2008 suicide bombing that targeted tribal elders, who had gathered in the Bajaur tribal area to discuss efforts to coordinate with the government against the Pakistani Taliban. The blast took the lives of 16 and injured 31.[27]
26 November 2008 – Muslim extremists kill at least 174 people and wound numerous others in a series of coordinated attacks on India's largest city and financial capital, Mumbai. The government of India blamed Pakistan based militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba and stated that the terrorists killed/caught were citizens of Pakistan, a claim which the Pakistani government first refused but then accepted when given proof. Ajmal Kasab, one of the terrorists, was caught alive.[28][29]
30 March 2009 – In telephone interviews with news media Mehsud claimed responsibility for the 30 March 2009 attack on the police training academy in Lahore.[30][31] He told the BBC that the attack was in retaliation for continued missile strikes from American drones for which the Pakistani government shared responsibility. In the same interview Mehsud claimed two other attacks: a 25 March attack on an Islamabad police station and a 30 March suicide attack on a military convoy near Bannu.[30]
4 April 2009 – Mehsud claimed responsibility for the Binghamton shootings, stating that they were in retaliation for continued missile strikes from American drones. The FBI denied this claim and stated this was nothing to do with Massod[32]
18 June 2009 – 2009 Beledweyne bombing by Al-Shabaab. 35 dead.
17 July 2009 – 2009 Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels bombing in Mega Kuningan, South Jakarta, Indonesia; suicide bombers hit the Marriott and 5 minutes later the Ritz-Carlton. 9 killed and 53 injured
27 August 2009 – Azam Tariq, spokesman of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a security checkpoint along the Pakistan-Afghan border near Torkham on 27 August 2009. Tariq said by telephone that the attack was the first in retaliation for the death of Baitullah Mehsud. Although the exact number of casualties was unknown, a doctor at a nearby hospital told Dawn News that they had received 22 bodies and local people working at the blast site said they had retrieved 13 bodies.[33]
5 October 2009 – Azam Tariq claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed five at the UN's World Food Programme Islamabad offices on 5 October 2009.[34]
12 October 2009 – The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, through Azam Tariq, claimed responsibility for the October 2009 attack on the army's headquarters at Rawalpindi. Tariq told the Associated Press that the attack was carried out by its "Punjabi faction" although the military insisted the attack originated in South Waziristan.[35]
15 October 2009 – The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed responsibility for three separate coordinated attacks in Lahore. 10 militants targeted buildings used by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), the Manawan Police Training School and the Elite Police Academy.[36]
25 October 2009. Baghdad, Iraq. During a terrorist attack, two bomber vehicles detonated in the Green Zone, killing at least 155 people and injuring 520.
28 October 2009 – Peshawar, Pakistan. A car bomb is detonated in a woman exclusive shopping district, and over 110 killed and over 200 injured.
3 December 2009 – The 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. A male suicide bomber disguised as a woman detonates in a hotel meeting hall. The hotel was hosting a graduation ceremony for local medical students when the blast went off. 25 dead – including four government ministers – and 60 injured.[37]
2010–current [edit]



Police investigating on the site a few hours after the 2011 Marrakech bombing
1 January 2010 – Lakki Marwat, Pakistan. A suicide car bomber drove his explosive-laden vehicle into a volleyball pitch as people gathered to watch a match, killing more than 100 people.[38]
5 January 2012 Iraq bombings, Baghdad and Nasiriyah, Iraq by Islamic State of Iraq. 73 dead, 149 injured.
14 February 2010 – 2010 Pune bombing, Pune, Maharashtra, India. bomb blast ripped through the city's popular German Bakery, close to the Osho Ashram and diagonally across from the Jewish Chabad House[39] killing 17 people and injuring 65.Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) claimed involvement of Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT).Police arrested Mirza Himayat Baig Inayat Baig,who allegedly heads Lashkar-e-Taiba's (LeT) module in the state.ATS has also arrested Bilal Baba Hussain Fareed Shaikh (27).In its chargesheet filed in a Pune court, the ATS has also named six other accused – all co-conspirator and absconding – Mohsin Choudhary, Yasin Bhatkal, Riyaz Bhatkal, Iqbal Bhatkal, Faiyaz Kagzi and Zabihuddin Ansari.[40]
02 March 2011 – 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting, Frankfurt, Germany. The 2011 Frankfurt Airport shooting occurred on 2 March 2011 at Frankfurt Airport in Germany. The shooter, Arid Uka, was arrested and charged with killing two United States airmen and seriously wounding two others. He was sentenced to life in prison on 10 February 2012. The shooting was the first deadly attack in Germany with an Islamist background.
14 January 2012 Basra bombing, Basra, Iraq. 53 dead, 130 injured.
27 January 2012 Baghdad bombing, Baghdad, Iraq by Al-Qaeda in Iraq. 32 dead, 71 injured.
23 February 2012 Iraq attacks, Baghdad, Iraq by Islamic State of Iraq. 83 dead, 250+ injured.
20 March 2012 Iraq attacks, Baghdad and at least 9 other cities, Iraq. 52 dead, ~ 250 injured.
28 May 2010 – Attacks on Ahmadi Mosques Lahore, Pakistan. Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan claimed attacks on two mosques simultaneously belonging to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, killing nearly 100 and injuring many others.[39]
7 December 2010 – 2010 Varanasi bombing, India. 2 dead, 37 injured.

[seekerman]

1 January 2011 – Alexandria, Egypt. A car bomb exploded outside a Coptic Orthodox church after worshippers had gathered for a prayer celebration on New Year's Eve. 21 dead, 97 injured.[41]
24 January 2011 – Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow, Russia. A suicide bomb attack in the international arrivals hall of Domodedovo International Airport, Moscow killed at least 37 people and injured some 180.[42] Attacks were later attributed to the Caucasus Emirate an Islamist terrorist organisation.
25 January 2011 – Manilla, Philippines. A bomb under a bus seat detonated on a passenger bus commuting in Manilla. 5 dead, 14 injured.[43] The attack has been attributed to the Islamist Terrorist Organization Jemaah Islamiyah.
26 January 2011 – Khasavyurt, Russia. A car bomb explosion detonated by the Caucasus Emirate an Islamist terrorist organisation ripped through a cafe, with the blast killing and injuring both cafe workers and customers within the Russian city of Khasavyurt. 4 dead, 6 injured.[44]
18 April 2011 – Pattani, Thailand. Suspected Muslim insurgents have set off a car bomb that killed one soldier and wounded 25 people in restive southern Thailand.[45]
25 April 2011 – Maiduguri, Nigeria. An explosion at a hotel killed 3 people and wounded 14 others in northeastern Nigeria. A second explosion went off at a cattle market in the town of Maiduguri; it is suspected that the attacks have been perpetrated by the radical Islamic sect Boko Haram (figuratively, "Western or non-Islamic education is a sin")[46]
28 April 2011 – 2011 Marrakech bombing, Marrakesh, Morocco. A suicide bombing struck a cafe in Djemaa el Fna square, killing mostly foreigners and several Moroccan's, in the centre of Morocco's southern city of Marrakesh, which is located in southern Morocco. 16 dead and at least 20 injured.[47] The attack was attributed to the Moroccan Islamic Combatant Group.
8 June 2011 – Narathiwat, Thailand. Suspected Islamic militants killed two Buddhist monks and left a bomb at the scene that subsequently exploded and wounded five police officers. 2 dead, 5 injured.[48]
18 July 2011 – 2011 Hotan attack, Hotan, China. A group of 18 young Uyghur men who opposed the local government's campaign against the full-face Islamic veil perpetrated a series of coordinated bomb and knife attacks and occupied a police station on Nuerbage Street, killing two security guards and taking eight hostages. The attackers yelled religious slogans, including ones associated with Jihadism.
30–31 July 2011 - 2011 Kashgar attacks, Kashgar, China. A series of busy markets and restaurants were attacked by the East Turkestan Islamic Movement in the city of Kashgar, by carbombs and stabbing attacks, killing 23 and wounding 42 people in total.[49]
27 January 2012. Baghdad, Iraq. Suicide bomber kills 33 at funeral procession.[50]
28 February 2012 - 2012 Yecheng attack, Yecheng, China. At around 6 p.m. on February 28, 2012, a group of eight Uyghur men led by religious extremist Abudukeremu Mamuti attacked pedestrians with axes and knives on a crowded street. Local police fought with Mamuti's group, ultimately killing all and capturing Mamuti. One police officer died and four police were injured, while 15 pedestrians died from Mamuti's assault and 14 more civilians were injured.[51]
20 March 2012 – 2012 Midi-Pyrénées shootings in Toulouse, France Algerian gunman on a motorcycle kills 4 at a Jewish school. 7 dead, 5 injured.
30 April 2012 – Gunmen of Boko Haram kill 15 people and wound many more in Nigeria.[52]
11 September 2012 - On the anniversary of the 2001 September 11th attacks in the United States, Islamist militants killed 4 and wounded 7 in the Benghazi U.S. Consulate attack including American Ambassador Christopher Stevens.
29–30 September 2012 Muslims Attack Buddhist Temples, Homes Over Quran Facebook Photo in Chittagong. The latest reports indicate that about 15 temples and pagodas and about 100 houses of Buddhists living in the area had been set on fire.[53][54]
21 November 2012 - Tel-Aviv, Israel. Bus explodes on Tel Aviv's Shaul Hamelech Street; 28 wounded, one seriously, one moderately.[55]
21 February 2013. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. A series of two bomb blasts in a crowded place killed 16 people and 119 were injured. There were two blasts on Thursday at 6.58 p.m. and 7.01 p.m. The bicycle had a bag hung to its carrier, which the police believe had an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
15 April 2013. Boston Marathon bombings. Two brothers, Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnev, planted two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The blast killed 3 and injured 183 others. [56]
7 May 2013. Hangu, Pakistan. In a wave of pre-election sectarian violence a suicide attack, at a rally for a candidate of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, a pro-taliban religious party, killed at least 15 people and injured more than 40 including an election candidate.[57][58][59]

[larrylyates]

Seekerman, I realize you and I have our differences (though I would be pleased to tone down my rhetoric ) but this Thread is awesome! You have truly done some excellent research and present it in such a way that the facts speak for themselves. They speak so loudly that none can respond except in silent sorrow.

Thank you for posting this and for the lengths you have gone to to silence the opposition with the simple truth.

[seekerman]

Originally Posted by larrylyates

Seekerman, I realize you and I have our differences (though I would be pleased to tone down my rhetoric ) but this Thread is awesome! You have truly done some excellent research and present it in such a way that the facts speak for themselves. They speak so loudly that none can respond except in silent sorrow.

Thank you for posting this and for the lengths you have gone to to silence the opposition with the simple truth.

Actually, I didn't do the research, all I did was google. Maybe you missed it, but I credited Wikipedia at the beginning of the first post as the source for the information.

From Wikipedia....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...2.80.93current

It does show, beyond a doubt, that Islam is the most violent religion on the face of the earth today.

And I enjoy our discussions, look forward to more of them.

[larrylyates]

Originally Posted by seekerman

Actually, I didn't do the research, all I did was google. Maybe you missed it, but I credited Wikipedia at the beginning of the first post as the source for the information.

From Wikipedia....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...2.80.93current

It does show, beyond a doubt, that Islam is the most violent religion on the face of the earth today.

And I enjoy our discussions, look forward to more of them.

I did miss that part, but it changes nothing. You did an excellent job of refocusing the discussion on the facts of history. The truth is indisputable. Thanks for the wikipedia reference. It's a valuable documentation.

[odooley6985]

All three religions were/are violent. I always lol when people say Islam was spread by the sword. So was Judaism and Christianity. Its just that the later have gone away from their violent pasts where Islam hasnt.

[bbyrd009]

Originally Posted by odooley6985

All three religions were/are violent. I always lol when people say Islam was spread by the sword. So was Judaism and Christianity. Its just that the later have gone away from their violent pasts where Islam hasnt.

This is where you deceive yourself; the two above are obviously engaged in some mutual-admiration society, and I consider them beyond hope anyway.

However, to imply that Christianity and Jewry have become civilized, when they represent (in order) the world's largest dealers in arms, and the race most efficient at using them, along with acheiving the sustained political chicanery needed to make their nefarious schemes appear to be the will of the people, seems uninformed, at best.

Those two have never even met a Muslim--I checked--and you would do well to consider that there are other forms of 'violence' than one person striking another; although they are the pros there, also. How many Muslims have ever given you a problem? See the lie.

[odooley6985]

Originally Posted by bbyrd009

This is where you deceive yourself; the two above are obviously engaged in some mutual-admiration society, and I consider them beyond hope anyway.

However, to imply that Christianity and Jewry have become civilized, when they represent (in order) the world's largest dealers in arms, and the race most efficient at using them, along with acheiving the sustained political chicanery needed to make their nefarious schemes appear to be the will of the people, seems uninformed, at best.

Those two have never even met a Muslim--I checked--and you would do well to consider that there are other forms of 'violence' than one person striking another; although they are the pros there, also. How many Muslims have ever given you a problem? See the lie.

I agree with everything you have said.

[Walks_in_islam]

There are 1 billion Muslims worldwide. There are 2.8 Muslims in the United States. There are 16.3 American citizens living abroad.

How many Americans have been killed in terrorist attacks inside the United States since the September 11, 2001, atrocities? Arguably 16. Egyptian Hesham Mohamed Hadayet killed two Israelis at the El Al ticket counter at the Los Angeles airport on July 4, 2002. On June 1, 2009, Abdulhakim Muhammed killed one soldier at a recruiting center in Little Rock, Arkansas, and Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 soldiers during a shooting rampage in at Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009.

Of course, the police and politicians will cite the lack of deaths from terrorism as evidence that their protective measures are working. Earlier this year, the conservative Heritage Foundation compiled a list of 39 terror plots that had been foiled since September 2001. Going through the list, about 23 of the plots might plausibly have resulted in terror attacks of one sort or another. Several were aimed at subways, military bases, and shopping malls. To get a feel for the number of people that might be killed in typical terrorist attacks, consider that four subway bombs killed 52 people in London in 2005; the deadliest attack on a military base killed 13; and blowing up the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killed 187 people in 1995.

Making the huge assumption that all 23 plausible plots would have succeeded in killing an average of 100 Americans each, that means that 2,300 would have died in the last 10 years, or about 230 per year. (This implies a rate that is 10 times higher than the rate between 1970 and 2010, excluding the 9/11 attacks, by the way.) Even at this higher rate, your chances of dying in a terrorist attack would be about 1 in 1.7 million.

Ohio State University political scientist John Mueller and Mark Stewart, an engineering professor at University of Newcastle in Australia recently estimated that the U.S. has spent $1 trillion on anti-terrorism security measures since 2001 (this figure does not include the costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan). Assuming that 2,300 Americans might have been killed by terrorists inside the United States, this implies a cost of more that $400 million dollars per life saved.

In addition, the National Counterterrorism Center has been compiling worldwide deaths of private U.S. citizens due to terrorism since 2005. Terrorism is defined as “premeditated, politically motivated violence, perpetrated against noncombatant targets by subnational groups or clandestine agents.”

In 2010 (the latest report), 15 Americans were killed in terrorist attacks; nine died in 2009; 33 in 2008; 17 in 2007; 28 in 2006; and 56 in 2005. The vast majority of private U.S. citizens killed in terrorist attacks died in the war zone countries of Iraq and Afghanistan. So the sad tally of Americans killed by terrorists around the world since 2005 comes to a total of 158, yielding an annual rate 16 Americans killed by terrorists outside of the borders of the United States.


The total number of murders in Chicago last year exceeded the total number of Americans killed worldwide by the world's 1 billion Muslims since 2005 by 348.

Total terrorist attacks on every single individual on the planet resulted in a combined 8,969 deaths since 1970 and nearly 3,000 of those were on a single date, 9/11. 8969 deaths over a 43 year period from a religion that has 1,000,000,000 adherents.

By comparison, 14,153 people were murdered over the last 17 years (as far back as the records go) in Chicago.


So is death by terrorist attack the rule or exception?

The three companies that insure the majority of Protestant churches in America say they typically receive upward of 260 reports each year of young people under 18 being sexually abused by clergy, church staff, volunteers or congregation members.

Last year, more church pastors sexually assualted children in the United States than total Americans killed in the entire world by 1/6th of the world's Population in the last 8 years. No matter how many individual articles are pulled together, the numbers will always say that Islam is a peaceful religion and that Islamic countries are safer to live in than non-Islamic countries.

Preachers always try to delude their sheeple. The numbers DO show that something is working better there than is working here.