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Kareem Abdul-Jabber: These Terrorist Attack Are Not About Religion?

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The article “Kareem Abdul-Jabber: These Terrorist Attack Are Not About Religion”, has a weak argument. On January 09, 2015, Kareem states that just because there are some bad Muslims out there, doesn’t mean that all Muslims from the Islamic religion are bad. The truth is, Kareem doesn’t know what he is talking about. France itself had around 9 terrorist attack on the year 2015. Paris has had the biggest casualties from all the attacks.

The article, “Kareem Abdul-Jabber: These Terrorist Attack Are Not About Religion”, was published in Time, a news magazine. Time is based in New York City. We also know that Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is recognized as a Legendary NBA basketball player. Kareem also filmed two popular films, Game of Death and Airplane. The article was also published in Nbcnews, Jamiiforums, and Audioboom. He is a well-recognized man and was even looked up too by some people, for his accomplishment. We can conclude that he is influential and may have the power to get people talking. Kareem wanted to get his article to …show more content…

He claims that his religion is as noble as any other religion, and hopes to be seen with equality as well. Pathos is also included in his argument, “That’s what I and other Muslims long for—the day when these terrorists praising the Prophet Muhammad or Allah’s name as they debase their actual teachings are instantly recognized as thugs disguising themselves as Muslims.” In this statement, he wants the readers to feel bad that the Islam religion is being judged unfairly making the readers feel pity for them. Kareem includes logos as well, “When the Ku Klux Klan burn a cross in a black family’s yard, prominent Christians aren’t required to explain how these aren’t really Christian acts.” He tries to give a fact about how Christian are being misinterpreted by others, in hope that Muslims will be seen like that as

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