(reminder that they aren’t alone in this. It doesn’t excuse them but one has to look at one’s own country)

Couldn’t that be called subconsciously wanting to fit in?

Um, islam and peace in Arabic both come from the Arabic root س ل م, so to say that they aren’t related is just wrong.

Most religions have/had a very strong violent aspect directly related to them. (Crusades, Israel’s Torah “backed” colonization, India creating a hindu state, etc.).

Everyone is free to believe what they want but imposing something on others is not cool :/

I for sure have just created a Lemmy account now that Sync is here!