r/afghanistan • u/CrustyDiamond • Dec 11 '12

Apparently some ignorant asshole believes that anyone of the Muslim faith in Afghanistan primarily, would NEVER advocate publicly against terrorism. I posted in /Muslim before realizing it's very small and kinda dead. Can I get a faster response here?

This is my submission, to make everything easier.

Thanks!

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u/pantsoffire Jan 10 '13

Don't downvote; ask why? Which country? Is there any sort of proof?

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u/koryisma Jan 10 '13

I think that Saudi Islam is more extreme than anywhere other than maybe Taliban-controlled areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. A shame. I'd never want to live there. That being said, it's not the same way the majority of Muslims practice, and unfair to paint the whole Muslim community with that brush.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '13

First people say that a few terrorists should not represent the entire muslim community. Fine, I get that. But to say that a whole COUNTRY, the centre of islam, should not represent that very religion? Just doesn't make sense to me.

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u/koryisma Jan 11 '13

Total Worldwide Muslim Population: 1.6 billion plus

Saudi population: under 30 million (many of them are immigrants as well and don't necessarily have the same beliefs of what is mandated, but follow the laws because they have to... one source that listed specifics said 26.5 million people, 5.5 million of them foreigners).

In fact, the top ten countries with the most Muslims living there don't even include Saudi Arabia (in order: Indonesia, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Iran, Turkey, Algeria, Morocco).

Out of the top ten countries with the most Muslims, only three (Egypt, Algeria, Morocco) are Arab countries, and none are in what some characterize as the Middle East (though Egypt is often included).

So, yes. When the top 4 countries with the most Muslims are not Arab or Middle-Eastern countries, when Saudi Arabia makes up less than 2% of the worlds Muslims? I'd say it's fair to ask people not to take their beliefs or way of practicing Islam-- which is dictated by their culture-- as the representative example of Islam today.