Are all Muslims bad?

(H/T: Anti-Strib)

Tracy at Anti-Strib had a posting about why he thinks Muslims suck. He has 10 very compelling reasons to justify war against the factions that are tied to the items in his list. But there is more that needs to be said regarding the "peaceful" members of the religion.

The best way to articulate this is to take another example in recent theocratic history. In recent years the Catholic church has had a scandal regarding the sexual abuse of children. Most of the members of Christian society were outraged. They called for changes in either the leadership or the entire religion. Many/Most called for actual charges and prosecutions.

In other words many people wanted the bad seeds rooted out of their "community" for lack of a better word.

There was no room for ambivalence on this issue. You either support the removal of the bad seeds that give your organization a bad reputation or you are not for their removal/punishment. You either want the badness to be stopped and you speak against it or you excuse it/ignore it tacitly giving approval.

There is no room for grey.

That is why I have been so critical of the College Republicans National Committee leaders that have been scandalous within the organizations and their affiliates. They give the Republicans in general a bad name and should be ousted.

That brings us to the Muslims. Not all Muslims are killing Americans or Westerners. Not all Muslims are burning bibles (notice no outcry by the liberals for this one either), threatening another 9/11 regularly, were responsible for Somalia, setting off car bombs, endorse honor killings or were supportive of 9/11.

But it is the very rare Muslim that does not try to rationalize this behavior. It is the very, very rare Muslim that does not try to blame the West for all of the violence perpetrated by the "extremists". It is the very, very, very, very rare Muslim that speaks out against all of this rogues.

And sadly none of my Muslim friends fall into these categories. All of them rationalize the violence, blame the West (specifically America) and do not denounce in any unqualified manner the violence.

If it is true that these extremists do not represent the views through their actions of Muslims in general then the Muslims in general should do two things for their own sakes. First they should denounce every single act of violence unequivocally. Second they must not just speak about but act to remove the "extremists" from their religion. That is the minimum that Muslims in general must do to prevent the justification of the idea that the Muslim religion is no longer a religion of peace.

To me it is becoming more clear that the Muslim extemists are extreme only because they perform the actions that the majority of Muslims in general want done: the annihiliation of the West. Extremists get that label from the Western media, not from the Muslims themselves. It is becoming more clear that the silence (or the equivocations) actually acknowledge the support of the so-called extremists.

Just as the Republicans who know the truth about Eric Hoplin, Paul Gourley and Brian Mezanec but say nothing are as guilty as Hoplin, Gourley and Mezanec so too are the quiet or excuse-making Muslims as guilty as the "extremists".

Just as the Catholics who said nothing about the baby-raping priests are guilty in their complicity so too are the quiet or excuse-making Muslimes as guilty as the "extremists".

Just as the Americans who justified the actions of Lyndie England are guilty in supporting abhorant acts so too the Muslims who justify the "extremists" actions are guilty in their tacit support of grisly acts against humanity.

So, does that answer the question of "Are all Muslims bad"?