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"Yes, I guess I pretty much believe that every Arab who blows something up is an "Islamic terrorist".
What do you call them?"
There are something like two dozen different Arab countries. There are many more countries that are predominantly Islam from western Africa to Indonesia. Not every fight they get into is about religion. Not all of them are on some kind of jihad against unbelievers. Just to take the example of the Palestinians, their main issue is land. They and the Israelis both want to live on the same territory and that has proved to be kind of hard to work out. Religions differ between the two peoples but the primary issue isnt a religious one. So, no, I dont call those guys "Islamic terrorists" because they dont claim authority from Allah but rather claim that the land is rightfully theirs. No doubt you can find groups that ARE religious but just to take one of the most important examples, Yasir Arafat wasnt particularly religious.
In sum, it is wrong to group 1.2 billion people into one category and think you can understand them that way. It is like grouping together everyone in the world who is Christian or everyone who speaks English. The world is more complicated than that.
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