hubers' false conclusions

Submitted by Infidel (Canada), Mar 21, 2008 at 20:43

The twist and turns of your article are intended to deceive and are not a correct understanding or interpretation of my responses. My use of the word "taqiyya", comes from "Wikipedia".

The word "Taqiyya" literally means: "Concealing or disguising one's beliefs, convictions, ideas, feelings, opinions, and/or strategies at a time of imminent danger, whether now or later in time, to save oneself from physical and/or mental injury."

Secondly, your statement that "Muslims, particularly during the early years of Islam when they were a persecuted minority" is bogus. Having studied the Qur'an and the Hadiths for 7 years and the history of Muhammad; I did not find any mention of the history of Muhammad or Islam that Muslims were a persecuted minority. During Muhammad's conversion of Arabs to Islam from 610AD to 632AD; he instigated over 70 wars as he attacked and robbed caravans, murdered Jews and Arabs who refused to convert to Islam and raped women, married a 6 year and had sex with her when she was 9 years old.

Thirdly, your statement that the "Ali" faction hid their true identity to avoid persecution, is false. There is no historical evidence or statements that Muhammad hid his true identity from anyone. Muhammad was a successful "War-Lord, and war lords don't hide from anyone.
Fourthly, if Islamic teaching of the early Middle Ages is not a normative Muslim belief, then please explain why 19 Muslims attacked the Twin Towers in New York, Sept 11, 2001, and murdered 2,974 Americans. If you followed International News, you would know that Muslim attacks on innocent people occur on a weekly basis. And perhaps you can explain why al-Qaeda has been attacking and murdering innocents from 1969AD.

My last point is that I don't believe what I want to believe, rather I believe what history teaches me and I'm not trying to feed my prejudices, I'm studying and learning history. Why don't you give it a go?

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