Are There Any Peaceful And Harmless Muslims?

If so, why don't they speak out and condemn Muslim Terrorists?

Islam is so internally divided, fragmented and tangled up with Religious differences, Jihad militancy, politics and poverty that It is beyond understanding and makes no sense. Fanatically aggressive elements are constantly at war with each other and with non Muslims. Christianity is also divided into denominations, but is generally peaceful and often even cooperative with each other. Right now, the ISIS branch of Islam is in the news every day and warring in Syria and other locations in the Middle East. It appears that ISIS is defeated in Syria but, put out the fire in one place and it breaks out somewhere else.

I won't try to accurately explain Islam except to say it is very obviously a counterfeit of Christianity with a lot of copy-cat doctrine. The ISIS, who has been doing most of the fighting in the last few years has become the strongest element of Islam, but may now be beaten back and maybe disintegrating ... temporarily. But be sure, it will rise up again.

So what does ISIS mean? The proper name, Isis, capitalized, followed by lower case letters, is the name of a goddess from the polytheistic pantheon of Egypt. That is not the same as ISIS, an acronym, all capital letters which stands for Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. Wikipedia says, "It is a Salafi jihadist unrecognized proto-state and militant group."

ISIS declares itself to be a "state" but is stateless, without a country. It is also a fanatical advocate of the Islamic doctrine of Jihad which has come to mean "Holy War".  They also claim to be the proto (original) "State" of Islam and are a very warlike branch of Islam but unrecognized as a state.

Islam is not a nation, or state either, but I often treat it as one in my writing. It is, however, more than a religion. The religion itself contains political, military and economic arms. It is composed of several offshoots of which two are most prominent, Sunni and Shiite. Several Middle Eastern nations are predominately one or the other of these two. Some of these Islamic nations are rigidly dominated and controlled by their Islamic majority. But ISIS is at the moment a stateless nation of hard-core Muslims seeking to destabilize, conquer and then unify several Muslim nations into a Muslim State called by the historical name Levant.  I am not an authority on the subject but maybe not too far out of focus. I don't think anyone really understands the multitude of undercurrents running through Islam.

It is hard to tell who the ISIS, and many other Muslims, hate worst, one of the other branches of Islam, or Israel or America.

It is plain to see that most harmless Muslims will not openly condemn their terrorist haters. They should, but they don't and probably never will. For that reason, I, myself, sometimes border on lumping all Muslims into the same hateful class. However, not all Muslims are terrorists or sympathizers.  But if that is true, why don't they speak out against Muslim terrorists? I have met Muslims in Israel and surrounding nations who were peaceful and harmless ... but they dared not criticize those who were not ... for fear of suffering the consequences.

To understand many of those silent Muslims, imagine yourself and family as residents of Nazi Germany or Japan during WWII when peaceful citizens would be severely punished if they spoke against their fanatic, hateful and dangerous leaders. Or, if you were Chinese or Russian, living under Mao or Stalin's Communism; would you speak out against their vicious ruthlessness? What if you lived in a New York ghetto; would you condemn or witness against drug dealers or killers who lived next to you, when your children must go to school and play in the streets? There is a high price to pay sometimes for doing what every good citizen should do, but doesn't do, to stop such intimidation and brutality. 

Many Muslims, though drastically misled, brain-washed, and eternally lost, are harmless and in fear of their own safety, in their own neighborhoods.  It is easy for us to criticize them ... but what would we do?

If I lived in a Muslin country... would I condemn terrorists and fanatics who cut off peoples' heads? Or if I lived in a New York ghetto, would I openly confront, report or witness against these U.S. murderous, gangs or drug dealers, and risk my wife and children's lives ... or mine? No, probably not. What I would probably do is acquire a snipers rifle with a scope, find a very private roof-top and solve the problem for everyone... in the name of Law and Justice. But, you say, I would be arrested and sent to prison. So what? I am 88. How long a life sentence would I have to serve?  Besides, with the resulting headline, "Elderly Pastor Executes Notorious MS13 Gang Chief Who Threatened His Family", I could probably get elected Mayor of the city.  I'm not even sure God would blame me. Would I really do that?  I'm not sure of that either... but I think about it.

The bottom line is to love the eternal souls of all people, stand your ground against thugs, criminals and terrorists, assist and unite with reasonable, law abiding citizens, speak out against cowardly, criminal politicians and always get out and vote.  I don't advocate violence against any religion or race but Jesus used a whip to drive the irreverent moneychangers out of the Temple.That time may come in America.