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>
> What about people on the fringes of Christianity that warp their
> religion in similar ways?  Remember the murder of Alan Berg in
> Colorado?  Firebombing and shooting up of various Jewish temples in
> the U.S.?  The North Carolina guy that put the bomb at the Olympics
> and at abortion clinics and bars?  Or any of the other Operation
> Rescue style abortion clinic bombers and shooters?  These are
> terrorists just as much as the Muslim terrorists are, and they claim
> to be acting on their strong Christian faith.  Why aren't you
> condeming Christianity in the same strong voice that you're condemning
> Islam?
>

The difference is that 4 planes were not hijacked and flown into civilian
targets without warning by Christians.  Nor are people fighting wars of
expansion in Chechnya, The Balkans, or Kashmir in the name of Christ.  Nor
was it the Christians that tried to fly an airplane into the Eiffel tower a
few years ago.  The list goes on.

Most importantly read the Holy Books.  That is at its root why Islam is
Evil, and Christianity is not.  The Koran preaches over and over a
believer's duty to kill unbelievers, and them as evil personified.  Even if
the Bible was as hate-filled as the Koran, Christians have moved into the
future, and do not act on the directives for violence. The same cannot be
said for Muslims:

Here are excerpts from the following page:

http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/pgtrpt/2000/

These are edits from articles describing international terrorist activity in
the year 2000 only:

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International terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida, Lebanese
Hizballah, and Egyptian terrorist groups, continued to operate in Africa
during 2000

In January, a suspected threat from Algerian terrorists forced organizers to
cancel the Niger stage of the Paris-Dakar Road Rally. Race officials
bypassed Niger and airlifted competitors to Libya after receiving
information that Islamic extremists based in Niger were planning a terrorist
attack

People Against Gangsterism and Drugs (PAGAD)--South Africa's most militant
Muslim organization--was responsible for most of the bombings

Islamist militants associated with the ADF are believed responsible for a
series of deadly bombings and other urban terrorist incidents that occurred
from 1997 to 1999.

In August, Bangladeshi authorities uncovered a bomb plot to assassinate
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at a public rally. Bangladeshi police
maintained that Islamic terrorists trained in Afghanistan planted the bomb.

the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) mounted several terrorist attacks
in the southern Philippines against Philippine security and civilian
targets. Philippine officials also suspect MILF operatives conducted
bombings in Manila, including two at popular shopping malls in May

Indonesian nationalists and some radical Islamist groups occasionally
carried out violent protests. One demonstration culminated in a mob attack
against the US Consulate in Surabaya on 15 September, and another involved
the Islamist militant Front Pembela Islam (Islamic Defenders' Front)
threatening US citizens in the country. Other Islamist extremists in October
searched for US citizens in a central Javanese city, warning them to leave
the country.

A Malaysian Islamist sect known as Al-Ma'unah targeted domestic security
forces for the first time in July. Members of the group raided two military
armories in Perak state, about 175 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, and took
four locals hostage
Islamist separatist groups in the Philippines increased attacks against
foreign and domestic targets in 2000

In February, security forces dealt a severe blow to the New Pattani United
Liberation Organization--a Muslim separatist group--when they killed its
leader Saarli Taloh-Meyaw. Authorities claim that he was responsible for 90
percent of the terrorist activities in Narathiwat, a southern Thai province.

Authorities suspect Muslim separatists conducted several small-scale attacks
on public schools, a government-run clinic, and a police station in the
south

The only clear instances of international terrorism in Central Asia this
year occurred in Kyrgzystan as the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's (IMU)
insurgent efforts continued

The Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) infiltrated fighters into
mountainous areas of Surkhandar'inskaya Oblast southern Uzbekistan during
the spring and summer of 2000

Paraguayan authorities in February arrested Ali Khalil Mehri, a Lebanese
businessman having financial links to Hizballah, for violating intellectual
property rights laws and aiding a criminal enterprise involved in
distributing CDs espousing Hizballah's extremist ideals

Salah Abdul Karim Yassine, a Palestinian who allegedly threatened to bomb
the US and Israeli Embassies in Asuncion, and charged him with possession of
false documents and entering the country illegally

Antar Zouabri's Armed Islamic Group (GIA) actively targeted civilians

Cairo tried and convicted numerous terrorists in 2000, including 14
al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya members, in connection with attempts to reactivate
al-Gama'a in Egypt

The Palestine Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS)
claimed responsibility for several attacks

Two previously unknown groups, the Movement for the Struggle of the
Jordanian Islamic Resistance and the Holy Warriors of Ahmad Daqamseh,
claimed responsibility for the attacks

Four women were injured slightly in one attack. Police sources reported that
the suspects were affiliated with a group called the Islamic Renewal and
Reform Organization

A variety of terrorist groups--including Hizballah, Usama Bin Ladin's (UBL)
al-Qaida network, HAMAS, the PIJ, the PFLP-GC, `Asbat al-Ansar, and several
local Sunni extremist organizations--continued to operate with varying
degrees of impunity

At least three groups reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack,
including the Islamic Army of Aden, Muhammad's Army, and a previously
unknown group called the Islamic Deterrence Force.

Other international terrorist groups that have an illegal presence in Yemen
included the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, Libyan
opposition groups, the Algerian Armed Islamic Group, and al-Qaida

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Is it any wonder Islam has a bad name?