can i add to this?
most muslims agree with the cause. sadly, alot agree with the methods.
i hope people can look beyond and understand that this is wrong.
there are a couple of facts that never pleases muslims when brought up. prior to the invasion of palestien, many jews bought land and legally moved. the thing was is that alot of land was sold to the new residents. so how can you expect to get the land back if you werent going to buy it back. now of course it is a little more complicated than that. but the issue there is land not religion.
afghanistan. a war torn country, supported by the west during the cold war and abandoned later after all that died down. they had their oppurtunity to make things right. but noooooooo, they chose to fight each other. then decided on a dictatorship govenment that wouldnt even allow television. its funny, the Taliban officials seemed to have access to the internet, satellite and cell phones, obviously the news (TV), but banned them for everyone else in the name of religion. they banned women from going to school, forced men to grow beards (which by the way is a preference not a requirement) all in the name of religion.
look at japan, after the war the decided to dedicate thier lives to work. now they dominate the worlds economy. same with germany, not the same economic strength as japan, but doing pretty good for herself.
the end does not justify the means. especially if the means involve violence, murder, and destruction.
for the muslims who disagree: during the first battle to defend their right to live as muslims, badr. even though that battle invloved pretty much all the abled muslims, and a defeat could have pretty killed the religion alltogether, the muslims were still forbidden to kill the elderly, children, women, cut down trees and destroy buildings. this was even though they were fighting for existance.
there are other ways, look at ghandi.
peace.
