tape delay to prevent anything like this from happening. It sounds like those in charge did not see a problem with it till the neanderthals began beating their chests in protest and then it's all of a sudden her fault.

Yet that same culture oppresses women, homosexuals, and free speech. Just because the right wingers don't like Muslims doesn't mean we have to automatically support them. Their culture (not all of their people, there are many wonderful Muslims) is still stone aged.

Do you have any examples?

A lot of people here understand that killing and war will only encourage more radical views. Also people here understand that not all Muslims are the same, not all Muslims think the same. There is a lot of diversity within the religion and within all the different cultures.

Positive change will never be brought about by bombs, guns and occupation.

realize they were being subjected. With communication flying high in this day and age it is bound to happen sooner than later. Good things take time sometimes.

The Sufi are far more liberal than other sects. The man behind the controversial Islamic Center is one. His wife wears no scarf and is the leader of a large organization. They are routinely targeted by more conservative sects.

enlightened and have severe problems with extremists of their own. That being said, I find it difficult to not recognize the contributions to the great cultural and scientific contributions made by the Islamic world throughout history. While Europeans were slogging around in the swamps of the Dark Ages, it was the eastern universities keeping the lights burning. You don't have to outright totally reject a culture because of the practices of its extremists.

around the world.

I'm also made to feel like I must always go through the obligatory throat clearing to denounce fundamentalist Christians before being allowed to criticize fundamentalist Islam.

It actually is possible to have to separate conversations about the two.

We oppose knee-jerk right-wing Islamophobic fuckwits who troll on liberal websites to further their myopic and violent perception of the world, exploiting misdeeds of some Muslims to justify their hatred of all Muslims.

don't worry, it's a common mistake.

They have literally ethnically-cleansed northern Iraq of the indigenous Assyrian/Chaldean populations, and are now targeting the Yazidis. These are small minority communities that are given the "option" of converting to Islam, paying a hefty tax, or being killed (in reality, the first one isn't even an option as witnesses have reported that even after some converted they were slaughtered anyway.)

I know our media is only able to tackle one crisis at a time, and that's Gaza right now. But there is another tragic genocide occurring in the region that is being ignored. IS has won territory in Syria, Iraq and now there are reports that they have made their way into Lebanon (interestingly, the three most diverse middle eastern countries.) Wish they'd make their way into Saudi, but you know -- can't bite the hand that feeds you.

If the west goes in with weapons and warplanes it will just radicalize more people to their cause.

and yet we have gone in to help Saudi Arabia and other countries in the interest of oil

suddenly it will be deemed to be our problem for humanitarian reasons

" the woman in the segment was delivering her news bulletin out of the London office and said similar incidents would not happen in the future."

All in the name of peace for God.

to take a society in which this happens even slightly seriously.

It's the Twenty-First fucking century, you medieval boneheads.