Donvan...You need to be re-educated about islam

Submitted by Taliah (United States), Aug 28, 2007 at 08:47

Donvan,

First of all there is no written text in Islam that says muslims should kill Christian. All human beings are sacred and respected in the Quran. Unlike Christianity , Islam acknowledges that there will be people of the book (ingel, Gospel, Bible, Torah, and the Quran) who will enter paradise, so with that why would a practicing Muslim hate their fellow brother's and sister's. We are all created from one JUST GOD, and it it is not for any Muslim to judge or kill another human being. Those individuals in Pakistan who killed the Christian Missionaries were wrong , just as any suide bomber is wrong. Revenge in Islam is forbidden and the killing of inncocents is forbidden.

In fact the Quran says that no harm should come to women, children, the elderly, or even a tree during the time of war. Dovan, I hate it to my core when people hijack the religion of Islam for their own political and evil whims. When Muslims first spread the word of islam after the death of Prophet Muhammad, they respected the rights of the people they conquered and offered them protection. Give me break Christian are killing muslims every day . Look at what is happening in Iraq, is it not Christian soldiers who are bombing , raping kids, and shooting innocent Iraqi people. Was it not the Crusaders who marched into the lands of Muslims , Jews, and Polytheist, and executed them in cold blood, wiped out entire towns in the name of religion. I know Christian does not condone the killing of innocents and I do blame the faith but the people, so before you go blaming an entire religion I would suggest that you read text on islam that are written by true scholars who do not have a hidden agenda, not some biased text, or some right winged news channel . Ignorance is not bliss but brings about more intolerance....

Islam is a growing religion and no matter what misguided and judgemental person says about it ...there are hundreds and thousands of Christians and people of other faiths reverting to it everyday....not by coersion or some missionary's preaching , but because these individuals were courageous enough not to follow propoganda but to you the intellect God gave them to learn about Islam in and objective manner.

In addition, Pakistan is a militaristic state, there are a lot of injustices that happen that country and would not think any sane person would want to go there to convert individuals to Christianity . I am totally against using faith as means to gain political power, and using food and shelter to deceive people into converting to any religion. It seems hypocritical in a way , if a person is to commit a good act it shouldn't be done with a hidden agenda, but should be pure.

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