I'm actually taking a History of Religion class and from what I learned Islam is supposed to be a pretty peaceful religion for the most part.


oh wow you're an expert now!

one guy was arrested and said he was from ISIS apparently

Dunno if it's mods or not. I submitted around 4:10 central time, haven't seen it up. A bit haphazardly written but got the point across.

this will really change how people think about the refugee crisis

True that. Many people in my country (Greece) want the government to close the borders because they are scared

Today as well, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake has triggered a tsunami warning in Japan.

It's pretty silly not to blame religion when an attacker screams god is great in Arabic as he or she massacres civilians, but hey, that's just my opinion.

Also Toondude you are right about Islam. Took a course on it myself and these people are definitely on the fringe, however large the fringe may be these days. Ideologically, it's a twisted version of what is actually written - a lot of it based on hadiths, which are largely tenuously connected anecdotes of what Muhammad allegedly said or did. These kinds of things are ripe for exploitation as justification for extremism.

Just cause the guy said he was Isis doesn't prove it but we'll see.

They'll take credit for anything that improves their brand of terror.

Not to veer the discussion to a debate on the tenants of Islam but I thought it was worth mentioning

as a muslim, everyone in my community and everyone that I know is deeply upset by this
anyone who thinks that these attacks are """religiously""" motivated needs to understand that religion is the most powerful political tool in the world and that these attacks are spearheaded by people attempted to gain power

http://www.france24.com/en/livefeed

really good source for following the events

Deftones are apparently in Paris, hope they're safe as well

"Islam is fucked. "

shut the fuck up

"when i was living in france every muslim i met was an asshole. it sucks how taboo it is to have an aversion to islam in the EU, because damn it's an obvious problem"

stop being so fucking stupid. everyone in france is an asshole

"We are still currently trying to determine the safety and whereabouts of all our band and crew. Our thoughts are with all of the people involved in this tragic situation."

EODM announcement.

word up fish

No more or less than anywhere else.

ElegantElephant you are exactly right - people use religion as a means to con others into radicalism like this. Islam is not alone and cannot exclusively shoulder the blame.

Coming from an agnostic person.

yeah but this shit doesn't happen with christianity or judaism

That isn't really true. In contemporary history it is less common but in the past it was certainly the case. The Crusades are the obvious example.

a total slaughter inside the bataclan, reportedly