humanities.philosophy.objectivism

Bill C wrote:
>
> The study found that among the nation's younger Muslims, 26 percent say
> homicide bombings can at least rarely be justified "in order to defend Islam
> from its enemies."

Defend Islam against what enemies? Who was attacking Islam, how were
they attacking it and when? Under what situations is it necessary to
defend Islam, or any religion for that matter? IOW, how, in today's
world, can any religion be attacked? Sure, there have been some
impolitic remarks here and elsewhere against Muslims, but that has been
more in the context of self-defense /from/ Islam. A defense, I may add,
of life and limb -- not of religion.

Even if there is some attack on Islam which must be defended against,
how does a suicide bombing defend against it? Wouldn't a religious
attack be most effectively thwarted by a religious defense?

So I translate acceptance of terrorist attacks "in order to defend Islam
from its enemies" as just acceptance of any attack against Western
civilization.

TommCatt
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