Islam and the Mexico drug war

Please forgive me if this is poorly written, I am using my phone and a new app to try to blog from.

I read a blog by an uber conservative blogger recently that still has me all hot and bothered. It talked about my generation being a bunch of Jersey Shore watching real wannabe housewives. We are completely disappointing and lost in our reality shows and malls. She also focused on religion and Islam; namely that they are a very scary religion we should go too war against. Her words were scary to say the least and I was more than offended. So I left a comment with many organizations that used christianity as a reason for terror and murder. I also pointed out that taxi drivers and pedestrians have been attacked for appearing to or admiring to be Muslim.

The comment was quickly dismissed because these organizations I named were "not Christians." Which was precisely the point! These organizations at the core are hate organizations with the intent to gain power through violence and intimidation, BUT they used organized religion as a means to organize, recruit and build support. It works.

Look at the Mexico drug trade right now. The big drug cartels, one of which its named "la familia" is a prime example. The highest members go to church and encourage everyone else to do so. The larger organized crime "families" also are known for there family "values"and for keeping religion close to heart.

Islam is not the enemy. The Koran has murder as the SECOND worst sin while it is commandment number 6 in the Bible.

I believe Islam is not the enemy. I believe Muslims come in all shapes, sizes, and spectrums of beliefs. I do not believe we should persecute an entire religious belief due to a subset. We didn't persecute the entire group of peoples who believe in God for the catholic molestation and child abuse issues. Or because of the KKK, Hitler and other "Aryan nation" crazies. Or all mormons because of the crazy ranch in Texas that believed in marrying 12 year old girls to 30 plus year old men.

These are people using the Islamic faith and more than anything the growing American discriminationagainst Muslims to recruit to gain power.