Not Helping!

Submitted by Akram (Australia), Mar 31, 2008 at 21:37

As an atheist from Muslim background (I have been labelled as a Muslim-atheist!), I don't think this confrontational approach is working. As a matter of fact, it appears to be getting quite the opposite results to perhaps the original intentions of such websites.

I think the way forwards is only by dialogue; one can put forward the "hate-mongering" verses from the Koran etc to try to prove a point, but at the end of the day, there are probably as many, if not more, hate-mongering refernces in the Old Testament! Its no good saying that most Judeo-Christians don't practice it anymore; it is only a matter of time before such resurgence takes place within those communities; its all Swings and Roundabouts I am afraid!

It has become fashionable in recent years for people like yourself to put only one point of view. The Islamic world has many problems, mostly deeply rooted in ignorance, lack of decent education and democratic values; these inevitably spill over in to the political arena; it is just so easy to create extremism out of that lot under the circumstances. The 'western' muslims can be sucked into all this just the same. There are so many injustices that one sees around us and the West has its fair share of blame to acknowledge in creating these in the first place.

If by becoming 'liberal' muslims, it means accepting the 'suremacy' of the US/West/Israel, I am afraid you could go on til the proverbial cows come home and you have no hope in hell of reverting the situation! This is one battle the West has lost and the take over of the world by Islamists, unfortunate though it is, is inevitable! May take 100/150 years, it is bound to happen. It is all part of this 'mysterious circle of life' that has been replicated many times on this planet in the known human history.

If you have any doubts about my atheism given the above, I'd openly be happy to send Allah,Mohammed and your Yahweh, Abraham, Moses etc all to hell! This evil of mono-theim, started by none other than YOUR clan if I am allowed to say (with the concept of the "chosen people" of God!!). If the Jews can call themselves "the chosen ones", then the same right cannot be taken away from any other mad clan following false prophets and draging the rest of humanity with them.

Start valuing life equally; A westeners life=someone from the third world (muslim or otherwise); then you may have a right to speak on the subject. Otherwise you are a hypocrite, no different from a 'jihadi idiot'; the only difference being your love for YOUR life of comfort and an impending threat to YOUR life-style, perhaps at the expense of many in the 'developing' world!

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