[Nursie]

>> First of all.. certainly as a Muslim, I condemn the attack on Charlie Hebdo. This is not Islam.

Pretending Islam is one single thing seems to be part of the problem.

Are the IS fighters following Islam? Were the Hebdo shooters? Or are you?

All would answer yes but clearly are very different, conflicting philosophies.

[rikacomet]

If you can't believe either me or them, then you surely can try to find out what Islam is yourself right? Best help is self help! To start looking, pick up a genuine English Translation of Quran.

[Nursie]

I'm not really interested TBH, had my fill of Christianity when I was a kid and now don't want anything to do with any religion.

I'm just trying to say that someone saying 'this is not true Islam' is about as useful as the Southern Baptists saying Catholics aren't Christian - it doesn't really mean anything, there is no 'one true way' to any of this stuff.

Mostly because gods are a fantasy.

[thret]

Or you could read the following chapter from The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon. It is quite entertaining.

http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap50.htm