Wednesday 9 December 2015

#youaintnomuslimbruv

#youaintnomuslimbruv has spread around the world. It is being called a symbol of defiance, a display of strength in the face of terrorism. More accurately though it is a reflection of what many people have been saying about Muslim's for a very long time now.

The Muslim faith is a peaceful faith. After the Paris Attacks the Muslim Council of Britain responded by saying the attacks were not Islamic, but evil actions. Some people however question this and are willing to believe some horrible things about the Islamic faith. This is shocking given that the christian faiths have some pretty horrible things in their own bible.

In an experiment people were given the Christian Bible decorated as a Quran. They read a few highlighted passages (mostly negative passages) and then talked with the researcher a little bit. He asked what the difference was between the Quran and the Bible and people said the Bible was more positive... This is when he revealed the deception to the shock of participants.

This goes to show that even our own so called peaceful faith has elements we wouldn't be happy with. There are sadly many misconceptions about The Muslim faith which have allowed hatred to foster and need to be disproved if we are to move forward and work together with our Muslim brothers to eradicate terrorism.

Donald Trump has earned my loathing with his insane suggestion that the west should bar Muslims from entering our countries. He is an embarrassment and I hope no one in the UK will follow in his bigoted foot steps. Some of my best friends are Muslim and I take personal offence when people suggest they aren't worthy to be in my country - because frankly they are some of the best men and women I've ever known.

Paul Ryan however has earned my respect with his responce to Mr. Trump and I genuinely don't understand why he isn't running for President. His summation on the issue is to me perfect. Mr. Trump's bigotry is not a trait of conservatives nor should it ever be.

We in the UK have always welcomed immigration and cultural diversity and I see no reason that should end and the Conservative party has always been a bastion of sensible immigration policies. Yes we can oppose open door immigration but to close the door on an entire group of people just because they happen to share a faith with a bunch of terrorists out in the desert is not something I could never be part of.

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