Looking for the roots of terrorism

[Kirkland Laing]

Culture has a very strong influence on people's lives, even more so than religion per se.

This is dead right. It's a regional thing rather than a religion thing. Look at the way women are treated in India, the attitude to rape, domestic violence, honour killings, acid attacks and so on. Basically a big chunk of the world are backwards fucking savages towards women and anybody not from their group or tribe. Religion is just another thing they use to differentiate and justify their actions but not even the main one in most cases (not recently though in Muslim countries).

[El Kabong]

Culture has a very strong influence on people's lives, even more so than religion per se.

This is dead right. It's a regional thing rather than a religion thing. Look at the way women are treated in India, the attitude to rape, domestic violence, honour killings, acid attacks and so on. Basically a big chunk of the world are backwards fucking savages towards women and anybody not from their group or tribe. Religion is just another thing they use to differentiate and justify their actions but not even the main one in most cases (not recently though in Muslim countries).

Islam is but a means to normalize such practices. India IS a "Muslim country", there are over 180 Million Muslims in India.

[Beanflicker]

That's out of over a billion people though.

[El Kabong]

That's out of over a billion people though.

10.9% of all the Muslims in the world live in India placing it right behind Indonesia which is home to 12.7% of the entire population of Muslims

[SlimTrae]

Most of Turkey practises Islam.

[Beanflicker]

That's out of over a billion people though.

10.9% of all the Muslims in the world live in India placing it right behind Indonesia which is home to 12.7% of the entire population of Muslims

Yeah but you have to look at it in context, in reality only 12-14% of India is Muslim, wouldn't really classify that was a majority, that's roughly the same percentage of America that is black.

[El Kabong]

Yeah but you have to look at it in context, in reality only 12-14% of India is Muslim, wouldn't really classify that was a majority, that's roughly the same percentage of America that is black.

I believe you said "That's out of over a billion people" so again...low percentage total (14.6%) but still a shit ton of people

[Beanflicker]

Yeah but you have to look at it in context, in reality only 12-14% of India is Muslim, wouldn't really classify that was a majority, that's roughly the same percentage of America that is black.

I believe you said "That's out of over a billion people" so again...low percentage total (14.6%) but still a shit ton of people

Yeah but when you say India is an Islamic (or a Christian country, or a "insert group here") country, that implies that the group in question is a majority or has significant power. 100 million Muslims is a lot, but not compared to over 800 million Hindus. It also has around 25 million Christians. Lot of people, but just a drop in the bucket in India.

Here in canada we have only 22 million Christians... but that's out of 32 million people haha.

[brocktonblockbust]

Hyderabad has the most Muslims in India.
India officially has 1,050,000,000 Hindus out of 1,380,000,000 people (2014 Bharatiya Janata census). Hindus make up
76.016% of the population.

[Kirkland Laing]

Culture has a very strong influence on people's lives, even more so than religion per se.

This is dead right. It's a regional thing rather than a religion thing. Look at the way women are treated in India, the attitude to rape, domestic violence, honour killings, acid attacks and so on. Basically a big chunk of the world are backwards fucking savages towards women and anybody not from their group or tribe. Religion is just another thing they use to differentiate and justify their actions but not even the main one in most cases (not recently though in Muslim countries).

Islam is but a means to normalize such practices. India IS a "Muslim country", there are over 180 Million Muslims in India.

There are also 800 million Hindus and gang rapes, acid attacks, honour killings and so on are all popular pastimes in the Hindu population and honour killings are backed by a lot of Hindu politicians.

[Beanflicker]

Islam surely does not have a monopoly on bad ideas and archaic customs.

[El Kabong]

Islam surely does not have a monopoly on bad ideas and archaic customs.

....it ain't for lack of trying though

[Andre]

Culture has a very strong influence on people's lives, even more so than religion per se.

This is dead right. It's a regional thing rather than a religion thing. Look at the way women are treated in India, the attitude to rape, domestic violence, honour killings, acid attacks and so on. Basically a big chunk of the world are backwards fucking savages towards women and anybody not from their group or tribe. Religion is just another thing they use to differentiate and justify their actions but not even the main one in most cases (not recently though in Muslim countries).

Islam is but a means to normalize such practices. India IS a "Muslim country", there are over 180 Million Muslims in India.

There are also 800 million Hindus and gang rapes, acid attacks, honour killings and so on are all popular pastimes in the Hindu population and honour killings are backed by a lot of Hindu politicians.

Yeah both cultures suppress their females and stand over them while their 'just religions' stand idle about it.

[Beanflicker]

There are terrorist Hindu groups as well who have perpetrated tons of attack in India against minorities. Hell, even the Buddhists have the Bodu Bala Sena. I don't think there exists a true religion of peace because humans aren't peaceful by nature. We want to conquer and conquest and spill the blood of those who believe in a different imaginary man in the sky.

[Master]

There are terrorist Hindu groups as well who have perpetrated tons of attack in India against minorities. Hell, even the Buddhists have the Bodu Bala Sena. I don't think there exists a true religion of peace because humans aren't peaceful by nature. We want to conquer and conquest and spill the blood of those who believe in a different imaginary man in the sky.

Humans can also show love, peace and compassion.