Khaled: As dhimmi told you, put up or….

Submitted by Plato (India), Jul 8, 2008 at 12:43

Khaled,

Bakwaas? You seem to have spent a lot of time with Urdu speaking people!

You wrote:

>>they misinterpret the verses and use it for their own 'gain'<<

What is the misinterpretation? And what do they gain by it? Why are you shying away from elaborating? Like other Muslims you make a statement without anything to back it up and expect your readers to accept it without question. Just as Allah and his apostle expect people to believe blindly.

>>they think what they are doing is right when it is not. İ suggest that you speak with one of the 150 million Muslims in your country. Because you are sadly mistaken.<<

What am I mistaken about? Can you elaborate rather than making a statement as though it is self-explanatory. I would think that about 95% if my Muslim compatriots are just plain folks trying to make a peaceful living in this bewildering and unjust world that Allah has given them. But the other 5% are an angry lot who think the Hindus owe them a living for having usurped power from them when Muslim rule self-destructed.

>>you are a hangover from the days of the British, when hindus used to discriminate against Muslims day in and day out.<<

??? I wish you were more specific. I was born after the British left India. But from what I was told by my elders who did live under the British, they were not partial towards any particular religion. In fact the Hindus have a grievance that the British divided up the country to appease the Muslims.

>>be a man and read up more about it rather than logging onto this blog. And worry first about the ill treatment of Dalits (and the hindu caste-system and widow-burning activities) before insulting İslam.<<

What if I were a woman? And read up about what? I am not clairvoyant. You ask me to read up on some unknown matter. The dalits? If so I suggest you read up on what the condition of the dalits is in India now. When was the last widow burned? And when was the last honour killing in an Arab country or Pakistan or Aftghanistan. And when was the last genital mutilation conducted in a Muslim country?

I would even consider circumcision a form of genital mutilation. Why attempt to meddle with Allah's work?

I also urge you to be a man (if you are not a woman) and read the Koran and reflect on what it says about keeping slaves, thrashing your wives, chopping off hands of thieves, women being valued only half as much as a man, mangled cut and paste stories from the bible….

Insulting Islam? What does Islam do? Insult, curse and abuse every religion Allah had heard about. What does Islam say about the pagan religions? What does Islam have to say about Christians and Jews??

Muslims like you shamelessly accuse unbelievers of insulting Islam but have nothing to say about the abuse, curses and insults their Allah heaps on us.

I do worry about the caste system. I don't worry much about widow-burning because it hardly ever happens in today's India. But I do worry about honour killings and genital mutilation of women, and the thrashings which Muslim women suffer because the Koran sanctions it.

No hindu will consider your pointing out that their religion suffers from the caste system as something offensive. The large majority of Hindus today do consider that it is an offensive practice and so have legislated severe punishment for any discrimination against dalits. Why have Muslim countries not legislated against husbands thrashing wives and honour killings?

Regards,

Plato

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