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Yes, it's used as a scapegoat No it's a problematic religion
Debate Score:34
Arguments:21
Total Votes:43
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 Yes, it's used as a scapegoat (11)
 
 No it's a problematic religion (10)

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Is Islam being made a scapegoat?

So does Islam actually promote and encourage acts of terrorism, most recently the savage attack in woolwich, or is it the work of extremists deliberately misinterpreting what the Koran teaches? If so are there innocent muslims being made a scapegoat or is it just a flawed religion?

Yes, it's used as a scapegoat

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No it's a problematic religion

Side Score: 20
2 points

I personally feel that to brand a whole religion as this or that, is wrong on the highest level. It's persecution. However i can understand why people aim their fears, anger and frustrations at Islam. It's a religion that often contradicts itself and the morals it stands for! Not to mention that extremists promote hatred and violence towards the USA the UK and the world. They are obviously not the only threat, but how do we deal with extremist muslims in a way that is sensitive to their religion, but also comes up with a solution to this cancer? I'm firmly on the fence.

Side: Yes, it's used as a scapegoat
2 points

Yes there are Islamic extremists and yes they are a problem but the whole religion is being scapegoated because of the actions of these extremists which is wrong. Their are a lot of law abiding Muslims that are being persecuted because of the actions of extremists which is wrong instead of persecuting a whole religion we should be using law abiding Muslims to help find the extremists, persecuting the majority because of the actions of a minority will just drive people to more extremism.

If the extremist tells the non extremist that non Muslims are evil and out to get them, the non extremist won't believe him but if he keeps seeing Muslims getting persecuted because of religion he might begin to believe the extremist.

Muslims are not the first religion to churn out extremists, the IRA were Catholic extremists but not all of Catholicism was blamed for their extremism, the Ku Klux Klan were christian extremists yet Christianity was not blamed for their extremism and it is the same for Muslims

If we blame all muslims for the actions of muslim extremists then all white British people are xenophobic who want to bomb mosques and curry houses because if the actions of the EDL, all catholics are paedophiles and terrorists because of the actions of some priests and the IRA and all white christian Americans are racist because of the actions of the Klu Klux Klan.

Side: Yes, it's used as a scapegoat
Nox0(1393) Disputed
1 point

Islam is an oppressive cult, strictly against freedom of speech or any kind of equality. You may see that everywhere in the world where they have majority, or even in the UK where they have closed communities, sharia law, everyday tries to oppress it on others. It's not small percentage of extremist it's in least a third of them and it's the third that controls the behavior of the rest. IRA was very local thing and not about religion but about being and not being British which was quite obvious from their demands. KKK were racists and also very local, they were against black who were Christian too... so?

But with Islamist it's exactly same in every single country and it's just and only about Islam and it's superiority over human rights.

Side: No it's a problematic religion
TheAshman(2299) Disputed
1 point

The troubles in northern Ireland were all about religion it was between catholics and protestants Britain had left northern Ireland to govern itself they asked Britain to intervene because they could not control the catholic vs protestant violence, the IRA were a catholic militia. If you weren't catholic you were not allowed in, the northern Ireland troubles were all about religion, to outsiders the catholic religion also looks terribly oppressive and sexist, does this make all Catholics terrorists no.

The KKK might have been localised to southern america but when you consider this area is larger than the UK that's pretty big and they were still a christian terror organisation guilty of killing lots of people but the rest of Christianity is not blamed.

Islam on the other hand as soon as one of those guys steps out of line its the end of the world their and gonna kill us all Its bollocks, yes some are extremists, yes they are a threat but that does not mean that because my dentist or pharmacist is a Muslim that they are a threat to the worlds well being. I know that isn't going to change your mind because you seem to have swallowed the right wing rhetoric hook line and sinker, if that makes you feel safer and better than to use your words those "desert monkeys" then fine keep drinking the Kool Aid, but all your islamaphobic rants do on here is make you sound like a bigot.

Side: Yes, it's used as a scapegoat
possum1(37) Disputed
1 point

I don't know where you got those statistics young man! A third of all muslims are terrorists? I highly doubt that. I can see what you are saying - the closed communities for muslims in the UK is actually unbelievable. To be banned from a certain street or area in our own country, because it is "sharia controlled" is a disgrace. However thats as much the governments fault for allowing that to happen as much as the muslims trying to implement it. I may not agree with everything you say, but with people like Anjem Choudary spouting their bile, i can understand why some people react negatively towards Islam.

Side: Yes, it's used as a scapegoat
3 points

Quran is poorly written book, very easy to use to made people killing each other. I has nothing that you can get from less problematic religions. It's like using hand grenade as a paper weight.

Side: No it's a problematic religion
2 points

It's a broken religion with really bad past record, Very well known for it's tendencies to lead people to fundamentalism. Disagreeing with it usually leads to stamp as "islamophobia" (In western countries) or amputation or death in Islamic countries.

Side: No it's a problematic religion
2 points

It's a broken religion with really bad past record, Very well known for it's tendencies to lead people to fundamentalism. Disagreeing with it usually leads to stamp as "islamophobia" (In western countries) or amputation or death in Islamic countries.

Side: No it's a problematic religion
1 point

it creates terrorists and learns people to kill....

source:history

Side: No it's a problematic religion
possum1(37) Disputed
1 point

It certainly does create terrorists, but every race and religion contributes their fair share of rapists, murderers and the like!

Side: Yes, it's used as a scapegoat

With the finger pointed at Sharia Law, the call for the execution of homosexuals would make the Islamic faith a violent one.

Side: No it's a problematic religion