Are All Muslims Terrorists?
- The Youth's Lens
- Dec 3, 2018
- 2 min read
No. They’re not.
The hatred towards all the 2 billion Muslims in the world whenever there is a rare reported case of a Muslim shooter is unjustified. 0.0002% of Americans have been killed by Muslims after the 9/11 attack that took place seventeen years ago, but why are Muslims still branded with the title of a ‘terrorist’, before they even introduce themselves?
By collectively blaming a group for the actions of individuals, people think that it’s reasonable to get their revenge from any individual belonging, or associated with that group, often not realising that since 1970, only 10.4% of terrorist attacks have been conducted by ‘Islamist-motivated’ groups. Moreover, if one were to maintain that just a small number of cases are enough evidence to show that all Muslims are terrorists, then shouldn’t all Muslims be seen as pacifists too, since 5 out of twelve Nobel Peace Prize winner have been Muslims? Additionally, why is it that terror attacks motivated by Christianity are just excused as mistakes or acts done out of mental instability?
Many of us are very quick to attribute any acts of terrorism to Muslims, even before there are any reliable press releases revealing the actual perpetrators to be blamed. In fact, we seem to be more interested in reading about terrorist attacks conducted by Muslim extremists, as according to The Guardian, terror attacks by Muslims receive 357% more media attention than terror attacks by non-Muslims.
Islam most definitely is not a ‘dangerous’ religion, or a threat to the West. Like any other religion, it is peaceful, and unquestionably does not promote violence.
Prejudice is a dangerous thing to have. One sentence, one look can lodge into one’s memory, leaving them wondering, “Why me?”.
Written by Nandini Sinha
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