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Originally Posted by Mohoender
As far as the only terrorist attack I ever escaped was performed by Christian, I can only agree. In 1988, over France, members a fundamentalist christian group launched a number of attacks in movie theaters showing "The last temptation of Christ". The first attack was made in a theater on St Michel square (Paris) and resulted in 14 people burnt to various degrees (I was supposed to be there and changed my mind while waiting in line, I was lucky that day). Another attack made one dead.
The most outrageous about this is that five people involved in the first attack were only condemned very lightly : jail with sursis (which means that they never ever got in jail) and a 70000$ fine (for all five). That fundamentalist group (AGRIF) is still in existence today. Yes I know justice is blind.  |
It's similar for us Brits, we suffered for decades from attacks by the IRA (and the reprisals by the loyalist paramilitaries like the UVF) both sides where Christian.
We need to be wary of falling into the trap of assuming all Muslims are the same, this is EXACTLY what the terrorists want. They want the west to turn on their moderate islamic popuations, they want the moderates to feel threatened and persecuted so that they will join the extremist mindset.