Salute, Mr. Dan! #Respect Christopher ***** just going back through your comments I just thought I would give you a bit of a factual evidence education in relation to how you are obviously interpreting the Quran and as most Islamic extremists are also.. Firstly did you know that Adolf Hitler was raised a Catholic and many of his MEIN KAMPH ideologies were based on the Bible??.. Interesting hey!!.. Im a Christian, but i dont want to go and gas people in chambers though!!.. As most Christian/Catholics dont!!.. But, lets move on... To put it simply, The Quran does not promote violence no it does not. People are quick to use verses from the Koran to show that Islam is about violence, but it only seems like violence when it is taken out of context. People can say that the Bible promotes violence as well (if the verses are taken out of context). For instance, here are some choice passages from the Bible which when read in isolation makes the Bible appear to be a primer for evil: 1) In Samuel 15:2-3, the Lord orders Saul to kill all the Amalekite men, women and infants, 2) In Exodus 15:3, the Bible tells us the Lord is a man of war, 3) In Deuteronomy 13:6-16, the Lord instructs Israel to kill anyone who worships a different god or who worships the Lord differently, 4) In Mark 7:9, Jesus is critical of the Jews for not killing their disobedient children as prescribed by Old Testament law, 5) In Luke 19:22-27, Jesus orders killed anyone who refuses to be ruled by him. Political and religious extremists have abused Islamic, Jewish, or Christian scriptures continuously throughout history. This would not happen if context was taken into consideration. Remember that the Bible and Koran came approximately 2000 and 1500 years ago, respectively. It is also important to distinguish between Islam and Islamism. Islamism is an ideology that demands mans complete adherence to the sacred law of Islam and rejects as much as possible outside influence, with some exceptions. It is imbued with a deep antagonism towards non-Muslims and has a particular hostility towards the West. It amounts to an effort to turn Islam, a religion and civilization, into an ideology. Islamism is not equivalent to Islam. Why do people think Islam revolves around violence? Because people commit the hasty generalization logical fallacy -- what is true for a small sample must be true for the whole population. So, a minority of Muslims that are anti western radical fundamentalists that have misinterpreted the Quran and other religious teachings (and an even smaller portion have actually fought against the U.S. in one way or another) must represent the believers and followers of Islam as a whole. Therefore, it is a dangerous religion and threat to western society its populace, and democracy. This, in addition to the terrorist activity, have falsely made people to believe that Islam is about violence. On the contrary, people who take the time to understand Islam will know that Islam revolves around peace. Their greeting, Asalamu alaykum, literally means: peace be upon you. The teaching of the Islamic Prophet, Mohammad (pbuh), can be read in the book called the Hadith. It is a sharp contrast from what extremist Muslims do. Muslims believe: the sin of killing one innocent person is equivalent to the sin of killing an entire. In this context, innocent is referring to anyone who hasnt caused you harm directly. ( example- terrorists bombing the Sari Club in Bali was a sin because they killed innocent people who had done no harm). In conclusion, no religion promotes violence. People have to take the time to understand another persons religion before they jump to conclusions. Take context into consideration, dont let a minority group influence your perception of a group as a whole. The taliban, ISIL and al qaeda dont represent Islam because they dont act in ways that Muslims should act in. Thanks again for your time Chris.. Take care out there mate.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 13:03:04 +0000
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