No, they are human beings and God’s children as much as you or I. Let’s not ascribe negative stereotypes across a religion that has nearly 2 billion members, most of whom are peaceful. We cannot come to any positive resolution by comparing our best to their worst. These countries are as backwards as they come. The Devil delights in these conflicts and he’s the only winner.
I had an Iranian room-mate for a few months while in college in the 70s. He was one of the nicest guys you could meet. And he hated and feared BOTH the Ayatollah & the Shah. He said both only wanted personal power, and both were evil men. He wanted to stay in America, because America has religious freedom. He told me I didn’t know how good I had it, as a Baptist, to be free to worship the way I believed.
However, you wouldn’t find many of that opinion in rural Afghanistan. It is a place where men are willing to die for the right to kill their women - wives and daughters - if they feel like it. There are pockets of extreme evil. And having spent 6 months in Afghanistan, I can now understand those passages in the Bible where God commanded the Jews to kill everyone...
Opinion polls in Egypt and elsewhere has shown 80% support for stoning adulterous women and killing those who convert to Christianity.
That is the real face of islam. The vast majority of muslims are not peaceful in any real way. Thety just refrain from fighting now that they can’t win. Once that changes... Welll, just see how they treat non-muslims anywhere they rule.
The peaceful majority is nothing but fantasy.
My wife is currently under the evil stares of the Afghan Nationals at this very moment and would strenuously object to your description.
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