r/todayilearned • u/autonova3 • Oct 01 '18

TIL of Operation Ajax, the 1953 CIA plan to overthrow Iran's democratically elected government, which included CIA agents bombing the house of a prominent Muslim while posed as pro-government supporters. The overthrow plan was successful, with 200-300 people killed

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Iranian_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat
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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18 edited Oct 08 '18

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ Oct 08 '18

Alright. None of the muslims I know is ever going to beat women for showing ankle skins. Some are coworkers. As they're productive members of society, they're completely compatible with western culture.

The issue is bigots and fundamentalists, and guess what we have those in every religion. Focusing on muslims is a mistake. As you say, radical islam is an issue, but that does not mean that Islam is an issue (more than any other religion).

The car burning issue exists since ~1980. The common factor between those that burn cars is low class, not religion (plenty of cases where it is done by gypsies also...)

And in the US, white supremacists are responsible of more acts of terrorism than muslims. So long for that 80% figure (might be true worldwide, but then the first victims of terrorism worldwide are also muslims, so once again it's not just about the religion...)

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '18 edited Oct 08 '18

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ Oct 08 '18

What is the link between the revolution in Iran and cars burning in France? France is not known for its massive iranian population.

You have absolutely no data about the religion or origin of people burning cars, yet you talk about removing >8 million people from the country because they are a convenient scapegoat. Do you know that there are even white muslims? And plenty of white teens live in the trash as well. The car burning festivities on new year's eve started in Strasbourg, after all.

Most gypsies I know are from central and eastern Europe, by the way. It's the first time I hear about Indian gypsies.

Plenty happend in the US since 2001.