Syria, Iraq, ISIS, and the Middle East.

[Locust]

In other news this song is really fucking good

[Duuring]

http://en.etilaf.org/all-news/news/kurdish-anti-pyd-protests-in-hasaka.html

Woops did our favorite anarchist freedomfighters just start oppressing people?

[Nipplestockings]

Pls duuring, you make me cringe. The PYG are a political party, not anarchists. What they do can go from good to bad just like any other group in power.

[MrTiki]

An interesting piece written by a Singaporean Muslim:

Spoiler

“I want to thank well-meaning non-Muslims who, in the wake of these attacks, have emphasised that they have been carried out by a small, twisted minority. A terrorist’s goal is to sow hatred and discord, and by not giving in, you are defeating their plans.

But I want to say that as a Muslim, I wish that we weren’t so quick to emphasise that this has nothing to do with us. While I personally have never killed anyone and none of my friends and family have ever resorted to violence, radicalism has everything to do with Islam. And the failure to address that out of a well-intentioned commitment to tolerance is making the problem worse.

ISIS is a Muslim organisation, and it is an Islamic problem. Let me say it again to be perfectly clear. ISIS is a Muslim organisation, and they are a cancer at the heart of Islam. And the problem will not go away until Muslims confront that.

ISIS attackers scream ‘Allah hu’akbar’ during their attacks.

ISIS recruits cite Qur’anic verses as justification for the rape and enslavement of women.

ISIS soldiers kill archaeologists, gay men and women, and people who refuse to convert to Islam because they are blasphemers.

There are no Christians in ISIS. There are no Buddhists, Jews, Pagans, Taoists, Houngans, Catholics, Wiccans, Hindus or even Scientologists in ISIS. ISIS is a Muslim organisation and they kill in the name of Islam.

So don’t say that ISIS aren’t ‘true Muslims’ or that they are ‘not really Muslims’. Like any large organisation, ISIS exists in a spectrum.

You have the aimless, restless teenager who never amounted to anything in his life and traveled to Syria because he can’t find a job and doesn’t know if the Qur’an is to be read from left to right or right to left. But you also have pious professionals, businessmen, and academics who read their Qur’an cover to cover, pray every day, were seduced into radicalism, and truly believe that the Islamic State’s goal of conquest is a noble one. The so-called ‘Caliph’ Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi has a doctorate in Islamic studies.

So if you feel that Muslims are being oppressed or killed in Muslim countries, I expect you to also be just as outraged by ISIS. Because they have killed more Muslims in Iraq, Syria and Jordan than the entire US army.

They have done more damage to the name and reputation of Islam than any Western nation. ISIS is Islam’s biggest enemy, not the US, not Israel or France or Germany or the Russians.

We have to own the problem. We have to admit that this is a religious problem, and we need to renew our commitment to a secular country which treats all religions equally. I have believed in the importance of secularism all my life, and with every day that passes that belief grows stronger. Religion is no way to govern a nation. Not any religion, and not any nation.

ISIS is not America’s problem, nor the British, nor the French. ISIS is not Syria or Iraq’s problem. ISIS is a problem for Muslims. And if you can’t admit that, you’re not really a good Muslim either.”

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I have to say that I disagree with the last lines of it, as it definitely is at least in part a Western problem; both its creation and its targets, but I commend the guy for having the guts to write something so bold, particularly given the political climate of Singapore.

Thoughts?

[MarshalKim]

Donald Trump and Putin can solve this problem.

[UniversitasMetal]

Can this retarded lie stop? US or "the West" did not create ISIS.

[MaxLam]

Can this retarded lie stop? US or "the West" did not create ISIS.

Seeing this I decided to change my vote and voted ISIS instead of "and".

[William]

Can this retarded lie stop? US or "the West" did not create ISIS.

I'm pretty sure we did. Nothing like going in, removing the Tyrannical leader that was able to suppress the extremists, then inserting a weak puppet government, rearming their military, and then leaving it to sectarian conflict.

[BabyJesus]

>>>>when ISIS targets your city

[Nipplestockings]

Can this retarded lie stop? US or "the West" did not create ISIS.

Your definition of a lie is anything that contradicts your sheltered worldview.

[UniversitasMetal]

Can this retarded lie stop? US or "the West" did not create ISIS.

Your definition of a lie is anything that contradicts your sheltered worldview.

You need to stop projecting.

Can this retarded lie stop? US or "the West" did not create ISIS.

I'm pretty sure we did. Nothing like going in, removing the Tyrannical leader that was able to suppress the extremists, then inserting a weak puppet government, rearming their military, and then leaving it to sectarian conflict.

If US didn't remove Saddam, what do you think would have happened to the Kurds, or Kuwait? Its not like USA invaded for no reason.

[Colonel Howe]

Holy shit

[Grantrithor]

Its not like USA invaded for no reason.

wew lad

[BabyJesus]

So recently I found out that ISIS has targeted a city like 10 minutes away from me. Now a group of Muslims just moved in across the street from me. Should I be worried? 

[Nipplestockings]

Yes, they've read your internet messages and they're coming to get you. Make sure to scream "MUZZIES OUT REEEEEEEEEE" at the top of your lungs when you see them.