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What is something that people think is dangerous but in reality is completely harmless? (lemmy.fmhy.ml)
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[–] 10 points 3 years ago (3 children)

My point was that people fear the average person who works a common job raising a family but is also Muslim. There's definitely crazy religious zealots in Islam, but they are the minority of the ~1.5 Billion.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Yeah individually religious people can be fairly benign. The fundamental problem is with religion.

    Extremists are able to hide behind the guise of religion because non-extremists enable them. Because the only way for “moderate” religious people to oppose religious extremists is to admit that it’s all metaphorical bullshit.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I think you mean that the problem is with extremist, not with religious people. Also, people where I live do oppose them because being an asshole is generally against Islam. (I live in a Muslim majority region)

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