Christians do the same exact shit...it's just never publicized. The fact of the matter is that Christianity/Catholicsm has been responsible for millions of deaths throughtout the centuries so don't give me that right wing bullshit!

What? Where have you heard about Christians doing these things in the name of their religion in the past 20 years? Or Jews? Or Mormons? Or Buddhists? Or people of a number of other religions?

ComeOnMAN, I'm sorry, but your post sounds childish. This stuff is happening in extreme Islamic cultures. You won't make it go away with fluffy-bunny articles to counteract it. Heck, for all of these images Urban has shared, I could probably pull up a dozen more, depicting atrocities committed by Muslim extremists, most of them against women. Why are you afraid to bring it up and discuss it? Are you afraid of insulting Muslims? Because there are some good ones out there who despise what's happening in their culture as much as I do.

@ComeOnMAN

"The point of this post is not to condemn Islam because I do know several Muslims who condemn this extreme and radical behavior."

"Extreme Islam: A platform for injustice, abuse and murder"

You obviously didn't read the entire article nor did you understand the title of the post - EXTREME ISLAM.

You can go ahead and try to belittle me with your “child” comments; but that doesn’t discount the fact that EXTREME ISLAM is a problem and if you can’t see that, you are blinded by the luxurious of living here in the US.

Anyone can go to a search engine and find positive articles about anything. Shoot, I am sure you can find something positive about murder, rape and child porn if you look hard enough. If you want to read positive articles, make your way to the newsstand and pick up the latest copy of Readers Digest.

The person who commented second: YOU DIDN'T READ THE ARTICLE. READ AGAIN! As for the actual article, good job...well written.

Sean - yes, you are right. This story was released today; and yes, thankfully she was pardoned.

Thanks for the link!

Shey - thanks for the comment. It's typical that many of the people that comment on this blog and don't read the entire article.

Have a great week!

Hmm...

"THERE ARE TONS OF GOOD STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE OF ALL RELIGIONS WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE GREATER GOOD....But usually that only happens in the United States"

Speaking from Britain...please tell me some of these 'good stories' - it would be interesting to hear a few tales of American multicultural spirit - It's quite hard for the rest of the world to picture the Evangelists, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and Muslims of America holding hands and laughing together, as they spoon soup in to bowls for the homeless and perhaps braid eachother's hair...if that is indeed the type of scenario you refer to when you speak of 'working together for the greater good' (A phrase quite popular in fascist rhetoric also.)

"Whatever man- I have never seen a picture of someone being lashed, and it reinforces my beliefs in making changes over there for the majority who live in fear of these freaks."

Yes, I applaud Urban Conservative's use of shocking pictures to 'reinforce' your 'beliefs in making changes' - it's a technique often used on young children to shock them into taking your side of an argument. Of course, it could also be interpreted as meaningless propaganda - i.e. 'here are some horrible pictures I have found, through my extensive research on google images, which I can use to back-up my claim that the entire islamic faith is evil and extremist and should therefore be irradicated by America as we are the sole keepers of truth and justice afterall...'

..Which brings me to:

"The point of this post is not to condemn Islam because I do know several Muslims who condemn this extreme and radical behavior. I am trying to make a point that what you see on this blog (and other’s like mine) is not extreme at all…In fact, you have no idea what EXTREME really is!"

This is quite an ambigous comment - it appears to be both an obligatory disclaimer that "Of course, I don't think ALL muslims are extremist..." (which I assume is mainly there to assert that you, yourself, are not extremist for some of your firmly right-wing views - an accusation that you've obviously lost some sleep over.) yet it also seems to suggest that the beheadings and whippings you've depicted do not do justice to the extent of EXTREMISM we have to fear from Islam...it's just too EXTREME for us to handle...
wow...you are truly an oracle of wisdom.

Browsing your website has prooved mildly entertaining. We definately have an extensive catalogue of stupidity in England, but it is nothing compared to the extent of dogmatic, uninfromed, bigoted verbal diarrhea involved in American politics.

Thank you.

the local muslim community the persons that live in it in the city i live in the people are rude to non muslims they block our city sidewalks when i ask them to move they get verbally abusive they even tried to assault me they plug the parking meters down town where they have their masque and you tell me i should or we should be nice to them you got to be kidding they should go back to where they came from as they say not in my backyard or nimby wise up america before its to late

there is no such thing as :EXTREME ISLAM".

I am a Canadian raised convert to Islam and I had my parents try to throw these kind of news reports in my face.
First and foremost, whether its Extreme Islam or whatever, religion is unique to each person. One cannot force beliefs onto another, and this is ALL I see going on here from this article and the comments. So anyone who thinks your religion is "better", you're wrong, because it is innate, it is spiritual, it is something that only that one person can feel. So stop.
Second of all, follow the media in North America closely (particularily USA). Whenever something bad happens, it is either targeted as a black, a Muslim, or the news won't even make headlines. White people, Jews, Christians, you are all innocent, you couldn't possibly do anything wrong (this is what is protrayed in the media anyway). If some white Christian committed murder, they won't make headlines "Christian man murders". It will simply be "Murder case". But the minute its a Muslim or a coloured person, the media goes crazy to emphasize that. This is why your heads are SO warped. It isn't fair to any of us.
I was raised Christian, and I know that 99.9% of people aren't visibly Christian. So how can these "Muslim" people chop of girls heads because they were Christian? Were they wearing a logo? I know this is a really sad story, but think about it. When someone sees you walking down the street, do they know you're Christian, Jewish, Buddhist or whatnot? NO. But of course, this sick murder was committed, and yet again, targeted towards "bad Muslims" yet again. Maybe the girls weren't so innocent either. Don't be so quick to judge. There are always three sides to the story, one person, the other, and the truth.
In regards to the lashings of the Saudi girl, I do NOT agree with that, however, some laws are extreme and seeing that I learned a lot about Islam from Saudi women, what made media was obsurd. They are treated like porcelin dolls, who are catered to hand and foot, who shouldn't be handled by anyone but their loved ones, because they are seen as delicate jewels. Americans complain Saudi women aren't allowed to drive. Well did people forget to notice that they don't drive because if you are a woman in Saudi Arabia..you have a chauffeur? True fact. So when they hear that a woman was with a bunch of unknown men, that means 1) she left her house without telling anyone where she was going 2) she put herself willingly in a dangerous situation and 3) some sick jerks stole her virginity, but SHE was the one that put herself there...it was her own stupid choice to go. HOWEVER, the story that originally came up was INVALID, thats why when the story was presented as the truth, it was pardoned. It was not her fault. She was not "asking for it".
I could argue all day here, but that isn't the answer. The answer is DON'T BE SO QUICK TO BELIEVE THE MEDIA. I know my fiance was raised in the middle east and the way they see us is incredibly sad...they think white people are provocative. But, we must remember the world is seen through two different eyes when it comes to Christianity and Islam. Take a woman who wears the veil (hijab) - she sees this as her freedom from judgement, her freedom from people speaking to her breasts rather than listening to what she's saying, its her freedom from a guy checking out her butt. Take a modern American woman, she sees freedom by being able to paint her face in makeup, wear lots of provocative perfume, and wear low cut shirts. Her freedom is to be able to have people judge her, and to have guys think about her boobs rather than look into her eyes. This is a small example, but a huge highlight of the difference from one religion to the next.
There is extreme on both sides, however, often times, it is exaggerated. Bush will say whatever he wants to have America on his side so he can keep bombing Middle Eastern countries to take oil. Its a money market, and you're all brain washed. Sit down with a Muslim, I am sure you'll change your mind. Speak to me if you would like. I lived both lives. I know the difference.

"One cannot force beliefs onto another, and this is ALL I see going on here from this article and the comments. So anyone who thinks your religion is "better", you're wrong, because it is innate, it is spiritual, it is something that only that one person can feel. "

With all due respect Converttoislam. The stories above illustrate Muslims trying to force their beliefs on to others. And, please don't get me wrong extreme Christians in the form of White Supremecists, KKK etc. are just as bad.