OK. So let me just summerise all this.
This thread is about the ISIL terrorist group, specifically the event where a person's head was removed, given to a child to hold and a picture taken. The picture was then uploaded and distributed on the internet and reported in all major news sites.
The public response to that is understandable disgust. (That was the whole purpose of uploading the image. That's what terrorists do, cause fear and reaction to further their cause.)
The ISIL terrorist group have claimed to have established an Islamic State and their intention is to spread it world wide to create a world wide Islamic utopia. (The words used by ISIL may be different, but I am just trying to summerise things here.)
The controversy in this thread is not that a terrible thing has been done to the dead soldier (an Iraqi soldier I believe, or maybe a civilian who did not support the group or who was of an ethic group that ISIL intends to destroy via genocide) but also the consequences to the child. We can only imagine the damage that would be done to any child in that environment.
Instead, the controversy is that the muslim community claims that the ISIL group are not musilms, or to put it in the words of some commentators, "true muslims".
It has been established by all (I think) on this forum that ISIL does not represent the views of all muslims.
The problem seems to be that while not advocating ISIL views and actions, the muslim community seems to be rather reluctant to outrightly condemn ISIL or similarly motivated groups and individuals.
Examples of that are a lack of clear, unequivocal condemnation of ISIL by the international muslim community. There is lots of hand wringing, embarrassment and "stepping back" but no clear outright condemnation. There seems to be, to the non muslim community, a double standard. I admit, this is all "impressions", but impressions count.
Specific examples of this are a group that were rounded up recently by a police action where specific threats to the public were being planned and/or discussed. The intent was for small groups of individuals to abduct and decapitate random members of the public. The muslim response was a loud and clear indication that the police action was inappropriate. (Pity they did not have some anti ISIL banners at the time, but i digress.)
Another example is the man (dunno why he is always referred to as a "young man", is if that is a legal excuse to behave badly) who attempted to murder two police officers (2 at a minimum, he was running into the station as well) but was shot dead in the process.
The muslim community reacted by stating that he was misrepresented and that judgment on his actions needed to be held back until a full coroners report was finalised. No outright condemnation of his actions. The Victorian muslim spokesman even said on live TV something along the lines of "young people often play up".
The shit stirring on this thread is primarily one member who insists that all sorts of evidence should be ignored. The latest is that the beheading of Foley uploaded by ISIL was fake. (No explaination why they faked it though. Were they keeping him for an end of show makeover revelation?) That his grieving parents were fake. His grieving brother and sister were fake. I guess that there is even less evidence that other stuff happened, like people spitting on women. That was probably fake as well. Right?
I guess we should believe, therefore, that all news and videos regarding ISIL are fake, including the retaliation attacks by allied forces. No? I can't help but notice that there were no accusations of "fake" regarding the terrorist killed by police. Double standards right there. Hey, the guys family are all fake, right? Well, that would be a pretty disgusting accusation against that grieving family, no more so or less than the Foley family, right?
At least it's consistent. The entire muslim world are, in effect, crying "fake" whenever something negative happens in the muslim community. That's the point of this thread. It's the hypocrisy of it all.
Yes, there is shit stirring and accusations and outrageous comments, but so far I only see them emanating from one member.
