You prove my point

Submitted by Rick (United States), Mar 22, 2008 at 15:46

"we are supposed to spread islam by the force of the sword and words...the latter is used more...but if a nation attacks islam or we see that unjustice is being done towards a people where they are not following the word of good then we are supposed to interfere thats how it is..."

How did Islam spread over such a large area in 100 years? They did it by the sword. Christianity was also spread by the sword, but the difference is that Jesus didn't personally do it, Muhommad did.

The fact is that you, as it is within your religion, believe that until a land is under Sharia law, then the people will be at war, because they haven't submitted yet.

This is just a 1,400 year old version of Europe's colonialists, "White Man's Burden," or Hitler's Mein Kampf.

It's not right.

Are the Arabs in Darfur defending themselves? Were the Turks defending themselves? Were the rightly guided Caliphs defending themselves? Islam is both a defensive and an offensive religion.

When Saddham ruled Iraq, did Muslims rise up and defend themselves? He was a secularist and by Islamic law had to be brought down, but was he?

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