I wish I could say that the past decade hasn't changed my point of view regarding Islam and radicalized muslims. What I am about to say is of course common sense and shouldn't really need to be said honestly, but I'm gonna go ahead and cover my back. Of course the vast majority of muslims are normal people in every sense of the word.
That being said, my patience for these kind of things is waning slowly but surely. Month after month after month the West is hit by news of Muslim extremists commiting atrocities in the Middle East, Asia and even in the West. We're at a point now that whenever I read the "terror attack" headline, I just assume that it is muslim extremists.
So what's up? Why is this a continuing theme?
There are many answers to those questions and I'm sure it can all be rationalized. Western influence in the Middle East, volatile political situations in muslim countries, civil war uprisings and military remnants of deep-rooted proxy wars.
But with the amount of times these rationalizations are uttered, it starts feeling like an excuse we're making up in order to avoid sounding like bigots. One part of me wants to keep repeating it: "It's a minority, the majority of Muslims are peaceful" and that is the truth. Another part of me is sick and tired of this shit. It's not satisfying anymore. It doesn't solve any problems.