Moscow terror attack

@twighead said in #30:
> That's why we call them Daesh
>
> using the name ISIS is an insult to the goddess, and more credit than they deserve
On the other hand, Daesh is the Arabic acronym of "al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham", which means pretty much the same thing.

@Under-the-radar said in #31:
> On the other hand, Daesh is the Arabic acronym of "al-Dawla al-Islamiya fil Iraq wa al-Sham", which means pretty much the same thing.
Yeah though I heard they dont like it because it sounds like other arabic words which are insulting

@Under-the-radar said in #3:
> Well that's not exactly surprising, is it?
>
> I mean why would ISIS strike Russia now? And they "took responsibility" through some Telegram channel as far as I am aware. Who's to say it's really them?
>
> It *could* be them, sure. It could also be Ukraine. Or it could be the US. Or it could even be Putin organising an attack on his own people to blame Ukraine. As far as I am concerned, it's 50-50 (or rather 25-25-25-25).
No. The terrorist act has nothing to do with Ukraine

@WassimBerbar said in #25:
> Then people are gonna generalise and blame all muslims because of what ISIS is doing, a groupe that is Shii شيعي, not even Sunni سني.

What is the source of your information?

According to all respectable sources I have, Daesh is Sunni سني.

Source (one of many): www.rand.org/topics/the-islamic-state-terrorist-organization.html

@WildTiger said in #34:
> What is the source of your information?
>
> According to all respectable sources I have, Daesh is Sunni سني.
>
> Source (one of many): www.rand.org/topics/the-islamic-state-terrorist-organization.html

Yup--they're aggressively anti-Shia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Shias_by_the_Islamic_State

Notably, the Camp Speicher massacre was against Shia Muslims

@clousems said in #35:
> Yup--they're aggressively anti-Shia.
>
> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Shias_by_the_Islamic_State
>
> Notably, the Camp Speicher massacre was against Shia Muslims
Ah.
Then people are gonna generalise and blame all muslims because of what Daesh داعش is doing, a even more from a group that is Sunni سني.

Actually, upon further research, it seems that the terrorist wackadoo organizations (al-Qaeda, ISIS, al-Shabaab*, Boko Haram) are overwhelmingly Sunni, which kinda surprised me. Apparently, they all follow a specific ideology of a single Sunni thinker from the mid-20th century.

*ironically fun to say

The terrorists were all of the "Religion of Peace." Islam. That is all we need to know.

@WassimBerbar said in #36:
> Ah.
> Then people are gonna generalise and blame all muslims because of what Daesh داعش is doing, a even more from a group that is Sunni سني.

A vanilla cake or a chocolate are both still cakes. This Muslim sect, or that Muslim sect, who cares. It is still Islam.

@MartinPlath said in #38:
> The terrorists were all of the "Religion of Peace." Islam. That is all we need to know.

If one group of people does something wrong in the name of another group which they are not accurately representing, should we blame both?

That kind of fallacious reasoning is what leads to Islamophobia. And, to ironically use a cliche, if we give in to Islamophobia, the terrorists win.