Why do Muslim terrorists do what they do?

Answer 1

First, we should admit that terrorists are not only among Muslims but also among all other religions as well. However, media and politicians, for their own goals and objectives, are exaggerating Terrorist acts committed by the claimed Muslims to fulfill these goals and objectives.

Muslim, as other religion followers, are extremists who think that they defending their own cause by attacking civilans and innocent people.

Those extremists are brainwashed and knowing nothing about Islam or any other religion.

All religions, including Islam in particular, call for peace, tolerance, and cooperation for the good of mankind.

Answer 2

Answer 1

Not only Muslims are doing terror. Also Christians and Jews are doing terror. Look to the massacres done by Jews in the last century in Palestine. Look to the millions of victims who were killed by Christians the WW1 and WW2. Look to the massacres against Muslims in Burma and in Serbia. All people of different faiths are doing terrorist acts to fulfill their own and personal interests and not for religion purposes.

Answer 2

Terrorism exists independent of the ideology that motivates it. There are millions of Muslims who have never hurt another person and who seek to truly find spiritual enlightenment and connection to the Divine. There are also millions of Muslims who seek to torture and humiliate all those who do not believe as they believe (even if that includes Muslims of other sects). In fact, more Islamic terrorism and militancy is directed at other Muslims than at Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Christians, and Baha'i combined.

Terrorists are typically individuals and groups who are so obsessed with terrestrial power that would sacrifice their humanity and the lives of their compatriots to achieve it. Within Islamic Scriptures, you can find defenses to just such activities (just as you can find verses condemning this type of activity). Much of Suras 8 and 9, and large segments of Sura 2, actively promote violence and warfare against the Unbelievers and it takes strong textual readings and nuanced interpretations to limit their extent. Those individuals and groups that are looking for terrestrial power are not interested in the complex apologetics required to delimit the conflict and instead see it as license to pursue their desires on power.

Answer 3

Answer 1

Not only Muslims are doing terror. Also Christians and Jews are doing terror. Look to the massacres done by Jews in the last century in Palestine. Look to the millions of victims who were killed by Christians the WW1 and WW2. Look to the massacres against Muslims in Burma and in Serbia. All people of different faiths are doing terrorist acts to fulfill their own and personal interests and not for religion purposes.

Answer 2

Terrorism exists independent of the ideology that motivates it. There are millions of Muslims who have never hurt another person and who seek to truly find spiritual enlightenment and connection to the Divine. There are also millions of Muslims who seek to torture and humiliate all those who do not believe as they believe (even if that includes Muslims of other sects). In fact, more Islamic terrorism and militancy is directed at other Muslims than at Hindus, Jews, Buddhists, Christians, and Baha'i combined.

Terrorists are typically individuals and groups who are so obsessed with terrestrial power that would sacrifice their humanity and the lives of their compatriots to achieve it. Within Islamic Scriptures, you can find defenses to just such activities (just as you can find verses condemning this type of activity). Much of Suras 8 and 9, and large segments of Sura 2, actively promote violence and warfare against the Unbelievers and it takes strong textual readings and nuanced interpretations to limit their extent. Those individuals and groups that are looking for terrestrial power are not interested in the complex apologetics required to delimit the conflict and instead see it as license to pursue their desires on power.

Answer 4

Answer 1

Because they say that they are Muslims but there not they do not study and practice. It the Qur'an it says that the worst sin is to kill someone and if you kill someone its like you killed the world. I am a Muslim and i am not a terrorist.

Answer 2

The Qur'an can be read in many different ways.

The Liberal Muslim seeks to live a life of honesty and truth and looks at the Qur'an to provide guidance about how to live a life of the highest moral quality. Therefore, he reads those lines which show God's love and compassion for others and the ways which humans can express that compassion. These individuals do not become nor do they aspire to be terrorists and overwhelmingly condemn their activities.

The Fundamentalist Muslim looks at the Qur'an in an attempt to justify his hatreds and anxieties about the world and reads those lines which appeal most to his burning desire to see others in as much pain as he finds himself. He imputes his desire to see wretchedness an pain visited on the world by reading the text in a way that expands the defenses for violent conduct and which minimizes exhortations to peace. This ultimately leads to terrorism and violence.