Oh, how I've missed this place...

Been away for a few days, mostly losing the will to live after reading the fascist crap on here.

I see in my absence I'm now suspected of being somebody called Harry Hewitt. Yet I'm also supposed to be NFSH. Who is also Vince...

Actually Sandie, I'm you, or rather you are me. You're a character I dreampt up in order to discredit fascism by spouting nonsense on internet forums.

Ok. Some basic principles. Defending Muslim people against oppression and insults is not actually the same as supporting Islam ok? I'm really not a big fan of any organised religion but I don't like to see some beaten up/abused/repeatedly accused of being a terrorist just because of a religious belief I don't happen to share.

It was the same back in the 70s/80s/90s when people would commonly equate Irish Catholics with the IRA. That wasn't acceptable then and it isn't acceptable to do it to Muslims now.

Now, the only reason it could be said that a comparison with Christianity is a lazy one is because it is spectacularly easy to make. Misogynist? Anglicans may now have women priests but there is still a large part that won't accept them and are given special provision. And of course the Roman catholic religion still won't allow it at all. Homophobic? Erm, the Anglican Church is on the verge of splitting down the middle over allowing gay priests. We could go on...

Christianity neutered? I don't think so. The UK Head of State is the head off the Anglican Church, Bishops sit in the House of Lords just because they are bishops, sectarian divide in Ireland (including the terrorism from decades past which we mentioned earlier) and, to a lesser extent, Scotland. What about the neo con movement in the US, all in the payroll of the Christian right, not to mention the anti abortion activists/terrorists that claim to have God on their side. And the Roman Catholic Church still does have a very big say in many people's lives in comtinental Europe.

Whereas most Muslims are no more fundamentalist or in favour of terrorism than the average family who would call themselves Christians. Both the Qoran and the Bible have their fair share of brutally nasty stuff and homophobic Christians are just as quick to wield out Sodom and Gomorrah in order to support their bigotry. However, both moderate Christians and Muslims realise that an awful lot of both books were very much written 'of their time' and not to be taken literally. The ones who pick out and emphasis the nasty stuff such as the subjugation of women are just people who have their own agendas and you can find those in any group of people.

Really, if you actually knew any Muslim people you'd know this.

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