If the tolerance minded liberals will not take on the issue of religious tolerance honestly for fear of hurting peoples feeling then the GOP will take over and control it - and the ISIS dream of a global war of cultures will come true.
Religion is a word like sports that can means so many different things.
The Marathon, Fencing, Basketball and Curling are all part of the Olympics.
Religious belief systems are just as are diverse.
If your religious beliefs cannot comprehend violent deaths to unbelievers it does not disqualify others from holding these what the SCOTUS would call "sincerely held religious beliefs".
This is not about 1.5 Billion Muslims but the Pew research data indicates a substantial minority support what we would consider extreme beliefs.
We are talking about 100s of millions.
Sure Christianity has its right wing crazies that support death to homosexuals and supported the 1984 bombing of a abortion clinic. These are just written off as extreme and mostly not taken seriously — yet.
To simply state that ISIS is a form of extreme abnormal Islamic extremist and not discuss how to fight the sincere religious ideology that leads seemingly secular raised members of the Islamic community to its doors will not help solve the problem.
We now know that many ISIS recruits, thousands, come from families that do not hold these beliefs. Islam's primary "holy scripture" is easily read and comprehended as supporting violent Jihad. Until we are willing to discuss the problems and not give religion a "culture" tolerance pass then we will continue to live in a world where "murdered by Jihadist" is growing menace.
Worse if the tolerance minded liberals will not take on the issue honestly for fear of hurting peoples feeling then the reactionary right wing will be alone and the ISIS dream of a global war of cultures will come true.
