To what degree is this a fair analogy? "Islamo-fascists are to Muslims what the KKK is to Christianity?

Well I think the main problem is that the KKK is not trying to push Christianity as much as it is trying to promote racism. Now I do understand that the Klan has Christian roots, but I believe the analogy is a bit off. I would think (and I am a Christian mind you) that those who blow up abortion clinics and stuff like that would be a better analogy than the Klan.

The KKK is definitly a small time player in world events today whereas the Islamo-fascist are a pretty big time player in todays world events. The KKK is regularly denounced by most Christian groups while I rarely hear any denunciations of Islamo-fascist by any big time Muslim groups. I fear for the Popes life in Turkey this week whereas I don't think any leader of the Muslims has anything to fear if they were to visit a Christian country this week. It is my belief that the Islamo-fascists are much worse as a group than the KKK was in it's heyday.

To some extent, it's fair. The KKK is a specific organization, so if you wanted to say, the KKK is to Christianity as al Qaeda is to Muslims, you'd be right on target.

No, it's not fair to judge whole groups by the actions of a few, no matter what groups or what actions you're judging. You might as well say that American serial killers are representative of all Americans, or that violent street gangs are representative of all American youth.

I think that this is a fair and accurate analogy. They both use their holy writings and beliefs as justification to inflict fear and terror on anyone who doesn't support their views. The KKK, however, is far more insidious. While it doesn't seem to kill enmasse, it does by using the political and economic system in our country to deny the rights of individuals to succeed. Affirmative action bans are a glaring example. To say that they don't use Christianity is mistaken. Why else do they use God's name and the Christian cross as a banner? Christianity is not any more quick to defend or denounce its' freaks than are the Moslems.

This is unfair.

Most Christians are very quick to denounce the KKK.

However a recent survey in the Uk showed that 30% of "British Muslims" believed the Al-Quaida inspired 7/7 bombers were "justified".

I doubt you could find 30% of Christians who'd "justify" a mass murder attack by the KKK!

Plus few Muslim leaders speak out against Al Quaida. Most Official Christian Leaders would speak out against the KKK.

I beleive many Muslims sympathise far more with Al Quaida than they do with Western civillian victims. They apparently are not supposed to denounce any other Muslim and at the end of the day Al Quaida are fellow Muslims. They have more allegiance to them than to Non-Muslim people.

does anyone actually know any muslims? does anyone pay attention to muslilm groups when they renounce the attacks?

oh... what... did Fox News not show it so it didn't happen?

I know some and they all denounced it... I also read several different stories about major muslim groups denouncing 9-11 after it occurred?

just because you know Christians and how they feel... don't presume you have any ideas about how muslims feel, if you have never talked to them...

it may not be the most accurate of examples... but the KKK do use the Bible to excuse their actions... the membership is heavily Christian... granted it's perversions of what the Bible is saying if you ask me... but most muslims think what the terrorists are doing is a perversion of Islam

This is a fair analogy in my opinion.

I have several Muslim friends. They all relate the same answer when I ask my no one renounces the actions of the terrorists - that they are afraid their own families will be targeted and that even THEY do not know who is a radical and who is not in their own mosques. I have found SOME statements renouncing terrorists' actions on the Internet -perhaps a bit comforting, but still, again in my own opinion, not enough.

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Sounds good to me, extremism and hatred are no strangers to SOME (not all) Christians. Ask any openly gay person or atheist if they have ever gotten a ration of gobshite perhaps even physical violence directed at them in the name of the lord. Personally I still have to remind myself not to blame all Christians for the deeds of a few. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes was a bunch of bullies and no better than a street gang in my high school. They attacked and beat several students because of a different faith, race, perceived homosexuality or just being different enough to deserve a whooping. Sounds just like the Taliban or KKK to me. I assisted one of their victims to the school nurse and they were kind enough to teach me the atheist’s prayer, "God, protect me from your believers" Unfortunately for many the answer to the question, "What would Jesus do?" is, "Jesus would knock your teeth out." I am sure many will feel God wants them to do me physical harm for pointing this out, go ahead and flame me. Just proves I am right.

I'm sure that Northern and Western Christians REALLY appreciate this analogy.

I'm about as connected to the KKK as I am the Spanish Inquisitions.

Lundstrom's abortion clinic bombings is a better analogy.

I agree with the rest of your premise, by the way.