I took another aproach to Islam - Read the Quran

Submitted by Dino (United States), Dec 15, 2008 at 05:00

I have thought many times why bi laden and the likes do what they do. The answer is simply the book of Quran . Like the following verse 9:5. "Then when the Sacred Months (the 1st, 7th, 11th, and 12th months of the Islamic calendar) have passed, then kill the Mushrikun {unbelievers} wherever you find them, and capture them and besiege them, and prepare for them each and every ambush. But if they repent and perform As-Salat (Iqamat-as-Salat {the Islamic ritual prayers}), and give Zakat {alms}, then leave their way free. Verily, Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful."

I can keep giving you many verses. After reading the book then I now know why Islam will not tolerate the jews. Muslims will often talk about christain crusaders, but remember it came after Islamic conquest had began.
In the 1820s Islam was spread to western part of Nigeria by the Sword.

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