You're the one who is the apologetic for Islam so you're the one who has to explain the video of cutting off the hands.
You didn't ask me to explain it. You merely stated that you'd never seen any video of Christians doing the same.
That's why I helpfully pointed out places where you could see Christians do such things in person, since your post implied that since you hadn't seen any videos of Christians committing horrific acts like that, that meant Christians
didn't commit horrific acts like that. Which, of course, was incorrect.
As for your statement above, what specifically do you want me to address regarding the video?
You haven't come out and stated it explicitly, but it's pretty clear from the above accusation that I'm an "apologetic for Islam", as well as you tossing around "Islamophile", that you're espousing some sort of false dichotomy regarding Islam and attitudes towards it. You can either think Islam is the Worst Thing Ever, or you love it so much you want to
marry it...or so you seem to be saying.
But that's not only not true, it's not anywhere close to what I and others are trying to say. Any definition and discussion of "Islam" can't be about
only the violent extremists, or
only the peaceful moderates. No, any definition of "Islam" has to encompass and address
both of those. More, it also has to encompass
everything in between.
So, the fact that you've seen videos of some Muslims cutting the hands off people (without knowing what specific video you mean, I can only assume this is in Saudi Arabia, the worst offender when it comes to things like that) means nothing other than some Muslims cut the hands off of people. The problem comes when you try force responsibility or blame for that on Muslims who not only haven't severed any limbs, but would never even
want to.
"Islam" comprises
both of these disparate groups of Muslims and their discordant beliefs, whether you or anyone else likes it or not. And yes, this
does cut both ways.
Er, so to speak.
