Propaganda and Islam: What you’re not Being Told
Propaganda is the wheel by which the government steers the bus of a
nation; typically driving it into war or off the cliff of humanity. It
is amazing to see how many people who are otherwise rational human
beings will blindly follow the herd on the matter of how subhuman a
perceived national enemy is. Image credit: braveandboldthinking
The western media wonderfully paints Islam as a death cult bent on
world domination. Over and over again the American populace is shown
footage of the atrocities committed by fanatics or of Arab men burning
American flags. The problem, of course, is that this isn’t remotely
representative of the Islamic population of the world. Are there Muslims
who employ terrorism? Of course. Are there Christians who employ terrorism? Of course. There are even Buddhists who employ terrorism.
Some general facts about Islam might help break the noose of wartime
propaganda that rests around America’s neck. Below are a list of
statements this journalist has seen in the last week on social media,
followed by the data to put that statement in perspective.
“All [or most] Muslims are terrorists.”
