We Cannot Blame Islam for the Actions of One Man

Thousands of Christian protesters
surrounded the governorate in Giza to
protest against the blockade of the
construction of the only church in the area
Photo Credit: AsiaNews.it
A reader from Chicago calling herself Mary314 left this comment in response to my article Muslim Atrocities Are Not Done By Muslim Extremists: "[W]hen one person commits an act, you do not blame the ENTIRE ethnic group nor do you blame the religion."
I have to agree with her. Last year, in my article One Bad Apple does Not a Jihad Make I admitted that we cannot condemn an entire religion for the actions of one man. When a man who is Christian kills a woman we do not blame Christianity if the cause was money, jealousy, rage, revenge, or lust and not religious fervor. The same should apply to any other religious group.
And even if a Christian man yells out "Jesus is Great" and kills someone it is not appropriate to blame Christianity because the man is doing exactly the opposite of the teachings of Jesus.
And even if 2 or 3 Christians in the whole world were to kill in the name of their religion during a single year, such an anomaly, such small numbers hardly warrant condemning an entire religion.
I do not condemn Islam when a Muslim man kills another person for a reason unrelated to his religion. However, when a Muslim yells "Allahu Akbar" before blowing himself up in an attempt to take as many infidels with him, and then another Muslim does the same, and then a dozen more Muslims, and then a thousand more commit evil in the name of Islam, at some point, for God's sake, at some point we have to stop saying we cannot blame Islam because of the actions of one man. It is not one man. And it is not one man doing the opposite of the teachings of Mohammed.
A Muslim in Sweden tried to kill infidels (1) because of the presence of 500 Swedish troops among the Allies in Afghanistan. I have no doubt that Muslims and Swedish leftist idiots are asking for calm and "please, please do not blame an entire religion on the actions of one man."
Marquette Park, IL a Muslim convert shoots his family members to 'take them back to Allah' and out of the 'world of sinners'. [See my article Only the Natives Understand Islam] OK - this is only one man.
Buffalo, NY - The founder of a Muslim TV station beheads his wife, Shariah style, for seeking a divorce. [See my article Beheadings, Honor Killings Over Muslim Divorce] OK - this is only one man.
Little Rock, AR - A Muslim with 'religious motives' shoots a local soldier to death inside a recruiting center. [See my article Muslim Atrocities Are Not Done By Muslim Extremists] OK - this is only one man.
Glendale, AZ - A woman dies from injuries suffered when her father runs her down with a car for being too unislamic. [See my article Muslim Atrocities Are Not Done By Muslim Extremists] OK - this is only one man.
Ft. Hood, TX - A Muslim psychiatrist guns down thirteen unarmed soldiers while yelling praises to Allah. [See my article A Muslim in Plain Sight] OK - this is only one man.
Binghamton, NY - A non-Muslim Islamic studies professor is stabbed to death by a Muslim grad student in revenge for 'persecuted' Muslims. (2) OK - this is only one man.
Irving, TX - A Muslim immigrant shoots his two daughters to death on concerns about their 'Western' lifestyle. [See my article Honor Killings In The US] OK - this is only one man.
Jonesboro, GA - A devout Muslim strangles his 25-year-old daughter in an honor killing. [See my article Honor Killings In The US] OK - this is only one man.
Baltimore, MD - A 62-year-old Jewish moviegoer is shot to death by a Muslim gunman in an unprovoked terror attack (3). OK - this is only one man.
Denver, CO - Saying that it was 'Allah's choice', a Muslim shoots four of his co-workers and a police officer (4). OK - this is only one man.
Seattle, WA - An 'angry' Muslim-American uses a young girl as hostage to enter a local Jewish center, where he shoots six women, one of whom dies. [See my article Why the Muslim shot the Jews in Seattle] OK - this is only one man.
Salt Lake City, UT - A Muslim immigrant goes on a shooting rampage at a mall, targeting people buying Valentine's Day cards at a gift shop and killing five (5). OK - this is only one man.
As of today, the website The Religion of Peace has cataloged more than 16,500 Muslim terror attacks since 9/11.
Mary314, I want you to look at the photo at the top of this page taken a few weeks ago. These are Coptic Christians protesting against the blockade of the construction of the only church in the area. Muslims do not want the Church built. Shortly thereafter a mob of more than 3,000 Muslims attacked them, killing 5. The vicious animals damaged and looted or burned at least 50 Christian-owned shops, including jewelry stores and pharmacies. Many Christian families have been thrown out of their homes by other Muslim residents.
Isn't it a bit disingenuous to maintain that these are all attacks by one man.
I will give you this promise: If we catch this one man and put a stop to all these attacks, I will stop blaming Islam for them.
ENDNOTES
(1):
DailyMailOnline, Sweden bomb probe
It has also emerged Abdulwahab - who had lived in the UK for 10 years - visited radical Islamic websites and Facebook groups including one which offers advice on preparing for Judgement Day.
Another website he visited - Yawm Al-Qiyaamah - shows pictures of Tower Bridge engulfed by flames and has more than 8,000 followers.
His Facebook page features an Islamic flag being raised over a world in flames. On the page, he says he is a member of the group Islamic Caliphate State, which seeks to establish Islamic rule worldwide and adds: ‘I’m a Muslim and I’m proud.'
See also my article Muslims Show Sweden Value of Tolerance
(2):
The Religion of Peace, Islamic Terror Attacks on American Soil
Of course, 9/11 was neither the first nor the last time that Muslims have killed Americans on U.S. soil in terror attacks. In fact, since that day, Muslims have killed at least 58 people in 33 separate acts of terrorism in the United States (by the standards that Muslim-American groups set for hate crimes). Perhaps more importantly, there have been quite a few planned mass murders of Americans by Islamic terrorists that were thwarted by the FBI, law enforcement and overseas intelligence operations both before and after 9/11.
(3):
Militant Islam Monitor, Muslim executes Jewish moviegoer in Baltimore - tells police he was ' planning to kill someone for months'
At about 8:30 p.m. on June 16, 2006. Mujtaba Rabbani Jabbar, 24, stood in a packed Loews Valley Center movie theater in Owings Mills northwest of Baltimore and "started firing as people were watching" X-Men: The Last Stand," according to a police account. He shot Paul Schrum, 62, a Pikesville medical supplies salesman sitting near Jabbar, three times in the upper body with a .357 magnum handgun, killing him.. Jabbar then walked to the lobby, placed his gun on the counter and waited for police. County detectives said they knew of no motive for the shooting. It bears noting that Owings Mills is a heavily Jewish area.
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For anyone wondering about the history of deadly Islamic terror on American soil in the last 35 years, here’s what we could find:
Date Country City/State Killed Injured Description
4/14/1972 USA New York, NY 1 3 Ten members of a local mosque phone in a false alarm and then ambush responding officers, killing one.
1/19/1973 USA Brooklyn, NY 1 1 Muslim extremists rob a sporting goods store for weapons, gunning down a police officer who responds to the alarm.
7/18/1973 USA Washington, DC 8 2 Nation of Islam members shoot seven members of a family to death in cold blood, including four children. A defendant in the case is later murdered in prison on orders from Elijah Muhammad.
10/19/1973 USA Oakland, CA 1 1 Nation of Islam terrorists kidnap a couple and nearly decapitate the man, while raping and leaving the woman for dead.
10/29/1973 USA Berkeley, CA 1 0 A woman is shot repeatedly in the face by Nation of Islam terrorists.
11/25/1973 USA Oakland, CA 1 0 A grocer is killed in his store by Nation of Islam terrorists.
12/11/1973 USA Oakland, CA 1 0 A man is killed by Nation of Islam terrorists while using a phone booth.
12/13/1973 USA Oakland, CA 1 0 A woman is shot to deah on the sidewalk by Nation of Islam terrorists.
12/20/1973 USA Oakland, CA 1 0 Nation of Islam terrorists gun down an 81-year-old janitor.
12/22/1973 USA Oakland, CA 2 0 Nation of Islam terrorist kills two people in separate attacks on the same day.
12/24/1973 USA Oakland, CA 1 0 A man is kidnapped, tortured and decapitated by Nation of Islam terrorists.
1/24/1974 USA Oakland, CA 4 1 Five vicious shooting attacks by Nation of Islam terrorists leave three people dead and one paralyzed for life. Three of the victims were women.
4/1/1974 USA Oakland, CA 1 1 A Nation of Islam terrorist shoots at two Salvation Army members, killing a man and injuring a woman.
4/16/1974 USA Ingleside, CA 1 0 A man is killed while helping a friend move by Nation of Islam terrorists.
3/9/1977 USA Washington, DC 1 1 Hanifi Muslims storm three buildings including a B'nai B'rith to hold 134 people hostage. At least two innocents were shot and one died.
7/22/1980 USA Bethesda, MD 1 0 A political dissident is shot and killed in front of his home by an Iranian agent who was an American convert to Islam.
8/31/1980 USA Savou, IL 2 0 An Iranian student guns down his next-door neighbors, a husband and wife.
1/31/1990 USA Tuscon, AZ 1 0 A Sunni cleric is assassinated in front of a Tuscon mosque after declaring that two verses of the Qur'an were invalid.
11/5/1990 USA New York City, NY 1 0 An Israeli rabbi is shot to death by a Muslim attacker at a hotel.
1/25/1993 USA Langley, VA 2 3 A Pakistani with Mujahideen ties guns down two CIA agents outside of the headquarters.
2/26/1993 USA New York, NY 6 1040 Islamic terrorists detonate a massive truck bomb under the World Trade Center, killing six people and injuring over 1,000 in an effort to collapse the towers.
3/1/1994 USA Brooklyn, NY 1 0 A Muslim fires on a vanload of Jewish boys, killing one.
3/23/1997 USA New York, NY 1 6 A Palestinian leaves an anti-Jewish suicide note behind and travels to the top of the Empire State building where he shoot seven people in a Fedayeen attack.
4/3/1997 USA Lompoc, CA 1 0 A prison guard is stabbed to death by a radical Muslim.
10/31/1999 USA Near Nantucket 217 0 An Egyptian airline pilot runs a planeload of 217 passengers into the water after uttering a Qur'anic prayer.
3/17/2000 USA Atlanta, GA 1 1 A local imam and Muslim spiritual leader guns down a deputy sheriff and injures his partner.
9/11/2001 USA Washington, DC 184 53 Nearly 200 people are killed when Islamic hijackers steer a plane full of people into the Pentagon.
9/11/2001 USA Shanksville, PA 40 0 Forty passengers are killed after Islamic radicals hijack the plane in an attempt to steer it into the U.S. Capitol building.9/11/2001 USA New York, NY 2752 251 Islamic hijackers steer two planes packed with fuel and passengers into the World Trade Center, killing hundreds on impact and eventually killing thousands when the towers collapsed. At least 200 are seriously injured.
3/19/2002 USA Tuscon, AZ 1 0 A 60-year-old man is gunned down by Muslim snipers on a golf course.
5/27/2002 USA Denton, TX 1 0 Muslim snipers kill a man as he works in his yard.
7/4/2002 USA Los Angeles, CA 2 0 Muslim man pulls out a gun at the counter of an Israeli airline and kills two people.
9/5/2002 USA Clinton, MD 1 0 A 55-year-old pizzaria owner is shot six times in the back by Muslims at close range.
9/21/2002 USA Montgomery, AL 1 1 Muslim snipers shoot two women, killing one.
9/23/2002 USA Baton Rouge, LA 1 0 A Korean mother is shot in the back by Muslim snipers.10/2/2002 USA Wheaton, MD 1 0 Muslim snipers gun down a program analyst in a store parking lot.
10/3/2002 USA Montgomery County, MD 5 0 Muslim snipers kill three men and two women in separate attacks over a 15-hour period.
10/9/2002 USA Manassas, VA 1 1 A man is killed by Muslim snipers while pumping gas two days after a 13-year-old is wounded by the same team.
10/11/2002 USA Fredericksburg, VA 1 0 Another man is killed by Muslim snipers while pumping gas.
10/14/2002 USA Arlington, VA 1 0 A woman is killed by Muslim snipers in a Home Depot parking lot.
10/22/2002 USA Aspen Hill, MD 1 0 A bus driver is killed by Muslim snipers.
8/6/2003 USA Houston, TX 1 0 After undergoing a religious revival, a Saudi college student slashes the throat of a Jewish student with a 4" butterfly knife, nearly decapitating the young man.12/2/2003 USA Chicago, IL 1 0 A Muslim doctor deliberately allows a Jewish patient to die from an easily treatable condition.
4/13/2004 USA Raleigh, NC 1 4 A Muslim man runs down five strangers with a car.
4/15/2004 USA Scottsville, NY 1 2 In an honor killing, a Muslim father kills his wife and attacks his two daughters with a knife and hammer because he feared that they had been sexually molested.6/16/2006 USA Baltimore, MD 1 0 A 62-year-old Jewish moviegoer is shot to death by a Muslim gunman in an unprovoked terror attack.
6/25/2006 USA Denver, CO 1 5 Saying that it was 'Allah's choice', a Muslim shoots four of his co-workers and a police officer.
(5):
Woman Honor Thyself, Trolley Square Muzlim HorroR
In just six minutes, 18-year-old Sulejman Talovic left a tragic path of destruction that forever changed the lives of dozens of people. “His intent was to shoot as many people as he possibly could,” said Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank.
Police released details Tuesday on Talovic’s shooting rampage that left five people dead before off-duty Ogden police officer Ken Hammond and four Salt Lake City police officers killed him in “a shootout,” Burbank said.
Four other shooting victims are hospitalized.Witnesses told the Deseret Morning News that Talovic appeared to be “hunting” people. Some described a calm expression on his face as he aimed his shotgun and fired.