The Enemy is İgnorance

Submitted by Khaled Al-Mutairy (Turkey), Jun 26, 2008 at 03:03

Ianus from anti-Semitic/anti-secular Poland wrote :

İ simply imply that you are just ignorant, and seem to have this bad habit of spreading hatred against İslam rather than maturely accepting the viewpoint from that of a Muslim –who is only here trying to clear out misunderstandings –albeit a plethora of erratic, badly thought-out articles/posts by people who simply find it easier to label the religion of 1.3 billion people as ‘evil'

İ don't need ‘theories by Allah' to prove that you are just ignorant, and a racist.

İnterestingly enough, İslam is the fastest growing religion in the United States, Europe, and parts of Asia. İ guess the world is becoming more and more "evil" one Conversion/Shahaada at a time! Or maybe people are simply enamored by the poetic Qalimaat (words) of the Quran --which, alas, are often grossly mistranslated/misquoted by those with a rogue agenda to smear our Religion.

‘'Ever-present vices and crimes?"

Kindly substantiate your claim. Otherwise your post is just garbage (along with the rest of the hateful tirade you wasted your time typing).

< Now I am curious how you got that word "all"? Has your Quran told it to you or you suggest you do know ALL the members of this ... forum (I wish you did put that "f ..." word in between) to make valid conclusions>

İ don't know why the editors decided to put ‘....' there. Rest-assured, İ don't need to use foul language to prove a simple point that you still fail to fathom.

Actually, İ do not know any members of this forum. İ couldn't anyays, since it was my first time browsing it. ...

İt is easy to propagate lies and smearing-campaigns against İslam –but no evidence has been provided to support your facts.

İ could go make anti-Christian or anti-Jewish remarks and spread lies about these Abrahamic faiths as well. But İ need not (and could not) sink to that level of desperation by resorting to said tactics.

İ happen to have undying respect for any faith that helps people be spiritual and be on the 'right path' –those which ask of me to respect and show compassion to the views of others, to work hard, and play a constructive role in society.

Whatever God you worship and whatever religion you preach/follow is a private matter anyways.

2:256 There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the Shaitan and believes in Al}ah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

2:62 Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.

<I know it's so much sweeter to preach to a Moslem choir on Friday morning in one of 77 000 Turkish mosques, isn't it? The Ummah is so knowledgeable, so virtuous, so anti-racist (despite the notorious Turkic racism and megalomania), so tolerant of any flattering opinions, so narcissist to the point of punishing any critical remark!>

Again –silly and pointless remark. Actually İ never get to make it to Jummah Prayers due to my work schedule (İ wish İ could). As for Turkish ‘'racism and megalomania" –kindly explain. Every single expatriate İ have met here had undying love for Turkey and its people –all of whom had no incidents of racism against them. Again, you fall victim to lies and stereotypes without ever having travelled to the country or even posing your questions to Turks so they could talk some better sense into you.

İ'll tell you one thing for sure. The staff at any Turkish airport wont harass or interrogate people based on their race or background –unlike in the States where being Middle Eastern/Muslim can be a liability (especially when travelling there). America went through, and continues to go through out-of-control racism and ignorance.

Turkey has been secular and relished its multi-ethnic history since the beginning of the Ottoman Empire! Racism? Try again my son.

For the record, İ am not Turkish. But being the son of a diplomat, İ have lived in Buenos Aires, Washington DC, Cairo, İslamabad, Algiers, Rome and now am in Turkey (where İ live and work). Those are places İ have lived in; İ have travelled to many more countries. İ am proud to say İ have seen the best of the world and met lovely people of different faiths/beliefs.

İ recommend the same for you and others on here.

<We are looking here not for good feelings and happiness of anyone, but what we are looking for is the truth and nothing else.>

İ'm glad you seek "truth and nothing else" by browsing the internet ...

--Keep it up. Senator McCarthy must be smiling amicably in his grave.

Weeds do grow fast indeed! How cute, you're now embedding a few Latin phrases. Can İ join the game?

‘'veritas vos liberabit"

<"Constructive dialogue" with Moslems? About what? About how "beautiful" their stupid and sickening fairy tales are and how bloody and inhuman the reality of Islam is? You want to hear the former but I can't but insist on the latter. So you see the truth tends to conduct no "constructive dialogues" with big lies. It tends to fight its enemy.>

Right Right.

‘'Stupid"..."sickening fairy tales"..."bloody and inhuman"..."big lies"

Argued like a true intellectual!

İt is tough to acknowledge the truth (or even quest to confront/seek the truth) when you already believe in your own lies –lies that you believed because of what people told you to believe. You can only be a real man if you see things from a more neutral and fair perspective.

For the record - by "constructive dialoge" İ mean a panel whereby we can compare the similarities of the 3 Abrahamic faiths.

A more rational one at that. İ would hope that the media will start playing a positive role to bridge the gap.

ad multos annos! =-)

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