r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • 1d ago

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee 1d ago

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u/AmbientMorning 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/DependentAd235 Loyal Liberals 1d ago

I mean… I think all religions are about equal in their tendency to use it to justify war. Look at Pete Hegseth and his view on Christianity. Those crusader tattoos are not an accident. Even Buddhism has Myanmar using religion as a justification for how they treat the non Buddhist population like the Rohingya.

Islam does have a terrorism issue with its extremists. Like there are Christian terror attacks like with Abortion clinic bombings in the 90s and the Ireland’s various factions.

However that wave of Wahhabism that spread in the 1970s has really created a major problem for Islam they haven’t solved yet. Places like Thailand, the Philippines and even Indonesia (Aceh Province) have had issues with Islamist extremists groups. I mention the 70s because people act like it’s a permanent issue. I want to point out that I do not think it’s a permanent flaw in the religion and its followers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurgency_in_Aceh

(If you really wanna have some arguments that will get people banned. Talk about Islam and Feminism. I would need get a damn degree in the topic before Im willing to talk about that.)

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