Why aren't Muslims speaking out? Options

[radhikaeatsraman]

I was having a discussion with my uncle and my father about the current situation with terrorism and the Middle East. During the discussion, I kept emphasizing that the majority of Muslims are good people and probably don't support terrorists and their actions. But then they said that they're all keeping quiet, and that by doing that, they're indirectly supporting it. By ignoring it, it's going to continue.

Then, they went on to say that in order for the terrorists to commit these acts, they need money for weapons and other equipment. Who provides it? Right after 9/11, millions of Muslims across the US were caught having connections to al-Qaeda, and many of them are in prison for it.

So why aren't "good Muslims" speaking out? Is it because of fear, or are they quietly supporting it?

[TeeNage_WasTeLan...]

I didn't challenge his faith. I am just posing the possibility that it may be false. I follow the same faith! You are right though, the use of such fallacies is pretty absurd. I am well aware what ad hominem and straw man are as well as several other ones too but that doesn't mean I should point them out as soon as they arise. Its just stupid. I said this argument was pointless b/c it was just going around in circles.