Iran is the only majority Shiite country in the world. There are small minorities in Iraq and other countries.

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Iran is the only majority Shiite country in the world. There are small minorities in Iraq and other countries.

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Iraq is majority Shia but was under Sunni rule until recently.

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If you really wish to learn about a religion, learn from its adherents.

If you just want to justify your bigotry, stick with the internet.

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Or one could read the historical record .

Observe the criminal data trends throughout Western Europe over the last 20 years.

This is not remotely a close call.

Flying planes into buildings, forcing child marriages, forcing women to wear garbs from head to toe, etc etc is enough for me

Also most, if not all, muslim countries are sht holes

That is enough for me. The virtue signaling by liberals on this thread is unparallel

A good case can be made that Islam itself has handicapped the technological and academic development of the Muslim world

Prominent accounts are already expressing outrage over RFK Jr.'s comments, but it's actually even broader than what he's saying: Muslims in general (and not just Arabs) have not distinguished themselves in science, at least in the modern age. https://t.co/MpRGemvedg pic.twitter.com/JqFKtri3nO

— i/o (@avidseries) October 27, 2026

Facts are not racist.

According to our resident liberal whack jobs, yes they are.

What's funny is that it is all about virtue signaling nothing more

historian said:

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Facts are not racist.

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According to a New York Times reporter it's false

Yet she apparently has not even bothered to read her own paper's reporting on this….

The New York Times, 24 years ago:

"A blunt new report by Arab intellectuals commissioned by the United Nations warns that Arab societies are being crippled by a lack of political freedom, the repression of women and an isolation from the world of ideas that stifles creativity.”… https://t.co/FEKAeeRRic

— James Kirchick (@jkirchick) October 27, 2026

The thing I respect about China is that if they found out a "religious" group was talking about conquering them in their own country and murdering them for their race they would deal with it the same day. https://t.co/FHQn7wR9FP

— Lee Kuan Yimby (@LeeKuanYimby) October 26, 2026

Almost a thousand a week.
The equivalent of 4 planes crashing daily with no survivors .

Imagine if Christian’s were killing Muslims at this rate - it would be all over the MSM news daily . https://t.co/IqNQsC51wc

— Catherine Blaiklock (@blaiklockBP) October 30, 2026

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Almost a thousand a week.
The equivalent of 4 planes crashing daily with no survivors .

Imagine if Christian’s were killing Muslims at this rate - it would be all over the MSM news daily . https://t.co/IqNQsC51wc

— Catherine Blaiklock (@blaiklockBP) October 30, 2026

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If one were truly naive, one might accept the bare minimum estimate of about 80,000 killed in Gaza and Iran since 2023. The MSM is almost completely silent about it.

Christians have suffered horrendously in Iraq and Syria as a result of our actions, and again, little or nothing is said.

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Christians in Iraq enjoyed protection and near-equal rights with Iraq's Muslim majority under Saddam but were among the first groups targeted amid the breakdown in security and sectarian bloodbath that prevailed for years after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that overthrew him.

The U.S. occupation and the chaotic years that followed ushered in the rise of religious militancy, with the al-Qaida terror network taking the lead. Killings, kidnappings and bombings became an everyday occurrence, sometimes with multiple bombings on the same day.

https://www.the-independent.com/news/a-timeline-of-disaster-and-displacement-for-iraqi-christians-iraq-timeline-saddam-hussein-us-ruins-b1812797.html

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According to a report by Christian Solidarity International (CSI), Christians and other minorities are at greater risk of being killed or abducted under the Syrian Transitional Government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa.

The transitional government replaced the 54-year-old-dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad when it collapsed in December 2024. The collapse ended an era of widespread state terror and mass violence, but al-Sharaa -- a former member of al-Qaida -- committed numerous horrors against religious minorities in Syria during the uprising against the prior regime, CSI says. The al-Sharaa regime has continued to threaten and kill Christians.

https://billygraham.org/decision-magazine/articles/syrian-christians-at-heightened-risk-of-being-killed-or-abducted-report

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Islamist extremism is indeed evil, but much of the scaremongering about it comes from a Western political establishment that is indifferent if not complicit.

Regardless of how many civilians were killed in Gaza, the responsibility for every single death belongs to Hamas. They hold 100% of the blame.

It goes not matter how many times the antisemites repeat terrorist propaganda like brainless robots, it does not change the facts. We all know who started the war, who uses civilians as human shields, who deliberately places civilians in harm's way, who kills civilians in cold blood trying to escape, and who are the actual genocidal maniacs. In each case it is Hamas.

Bigotry is always irrational.

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Regardless of how many civilians were killed in Gaza, the responsibility for every single death belongs to Hamas. They hold 100% of the blame.

It goes not matter how many times the antisemites repeat terrorist propaganda like brainless robots, it does not change the facts. We all know who started the war, who uses civilians as human shields, who deliberately places civilians in harm's way, who kills civilians in cold blood trying to escape, and who are the actual genocidal maniacs. In each case it is Hamas.

Bigotry is always irrational.

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Bigotry is what you're advocating when you try to justify collective punishment. It's the same logic that Hamas and others like them use.

Not when their religion focuses on conquest and murder. Islam has always been about that ever since Muhammad created it. One only needs to know their history.

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Not when their religion focuses on conquest and murder. Islam has always been about that ever since Muhammad created it. One only needs to know their history.

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You're now stating explicitly what was implicit in your defense of collective punishment, i.e. intolerance of Muslims as a group.

When was the last time Iran started a war with another country?

Again, Hamas Harry aka Sam Lousery defending terrorists. What's new?

https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/01/16/iran-growing-evidence-of-countrywide-massacres

You might think it appropriate for a nation to do nothing when attacked. Most Americans do not agree. Weakness and timidity only invites more attacks. History has proved thus repeatedly. Bullies must be confronted and countered.

Iran started a war with the US in 1979 and we've been at war ever since, although many have refused to acknowledge that reality. In those same years they've started wars with many other countries in Europe and elsewhere. In 2026, they have attacked all of their neighbors including some who thought they were friends.

It really is foolish to defend and make excuses for terrorists.

You're changing the subject. We're not talking about doing nothing when attacked. We're talking about whether being attacked justifies 100% of what you do in return, no matter what.

I didn't change anything. Dealing with threats appropriately is the subject.

The Dems opposed everything done in response to Iran's terrorist activities and their policy essentially is to do nothing or worse. Under Obama & Biden it was to funnel huge amounts of cash to Iran yo help their nuclear ambitions. That's much worse than doing nothing.