I was at a catholic wedding recently, and there was an intercession for Jews.  Later on, my Dad, who is very atheist, said "Why just the Jews?  What about the Muslims and the Hindus and the Buddhists?"  In turn, my very Catholic mother said, "I think its because the Jews are supposed to share the same special covenant with god".  I said, "So, why does that exclude the Muslims?".  My mom couldn't reply.  "Out of those three religions, Islam is the only one that accepts the other two as legitimate religions".  So my mom took the terrorist approach.
 "Well... peaceful Muslims don't necessarily apologize for the acts of the extremists..."
"What does this have to do with the conversation, and why should they have to?"
My mom couldn't answer again, so I tried explaining to her the concept of jihad, or holy war.

"Well... peaceful Muslims don't necessarily apologize for the acts of the extremists..."


This bothered me so much.  There are different sects of Islam just like there is different sects of Christianity.  Why should a Suffi have to apologize for an extremist?  The two are essentially two different religions.  So many people think this way.  The second one sect of Islam apologizes for the independent actions of another, I want the Pope to apologize for Westboro Baptist and every other peaceful religious leader to apologize for the hate filled Christian churches.  It sounds ridiculous, doesn't it.  The sad part is, that it only sounds ridiculous when you're talking about Christianity, which is nothing more than pure racism and prejudice.

So, you want a public apology from a Muslim?
Then I want a public apology from the fucking Pope, and every other Christian leader.

Stop being an ass.