Khaled: Why does the Koran curse and abuse non-Muslims?

Submitted by Plato (India), Jul 2, 2008 at 01:23

Khaled, you wrote:

>>Islam is in fact a religion (followed by 1.3 billion strong and growing) that promotes peace and understanding among people of all faiths, and it strongly prohibits all forms of violence and aggression against all people regardless of their faith or race<<

Mr. Khaled, here in India we have a lady (god-woman) called Mata Amritanadamayi who has a following in hundreds of thousands (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mata_Amritanandamayi). She doesn't preach much but in less than ten years she has far outshown your prophet who despite 13 years of preaching could get only a handful of followers. Only when Muhammad gathered a band of armed followers could he increase the number of his followers. I doubt if the mata's followers have a single pistol between them unlike the heavily armed cohort of the prophet.

If she has so many hundreds of thousands in just a few years, without force of ams, how many would she have after 1400 years? Compare and contrast with Muhammad.

You say Islam promotes peace and understanding between people of all faiths. Why then does the Koran curse and abuse people of other faiths calling them najees etc. (2;88, 2:89, 2:161, 4:46, 5:60, 9:30).

Why did your prophet threaten the Julanda brothers of Oman with destruction if they did not accept Islam? That threatening letter is still supposed to be exhibited in Sohar fort, Oman. You are from Bahrain, why don't you go have a look, it is a short distance.

Regards

Plato

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