Re: mslims neither divided nor disturbed

Submitted by logical thinker (United Kingdom), Jan 4, 2009 at 09:09

Ali. I appreciate your ideology about kindness and unity. But some of my thoughts

1. Muslims are not united. They have over 70 sects. Shias, sunni, sufi, deobandi, aga khani (ismaili), wahhabi, etc. I've met many muslims. Each sect hates the others. My female colleague, a sunni, was in love with a Shia man. The condition for marriage was that he convert to Sunni. The relationship broke. I met an arab muslim. he does not consider non-arabs as muslims. He hates Indian/Pakistani muslims as they are dead-body worshippers (sufi muslims). For him, they are all infidels.

2. Now coming to the point of Afghanistan. It became a breeding ground for jihadists. USA is known for IT, France is known for fashion/food. What is Afghanistan known for? Terrorism. Even before 9/11, a lot of terrorist acts had their roots in Aghan/Pakistan. Do you expect Taleban/ Al-Qeeda to correct this? Do you expect world to stay quite and wait for graduates of MIT (madrassa institute of Terrorism) to cause havoc. NO. The biggest disease of 21 century is terrorism and conclusive action needs to be taken to destroy it. Regarding Iraq, US intention was to get rid of tyrannical Saddam Hussein. US Army never took to terrorist means. It is a classic case of Shia Sunni rivalry and US got involved in it.

Some questions about your so called respect for other religions:

1. Muslims demand their religious rights where ever they go. Polygamy. Prayer halls in public places, etc. But why do muslims not give the same respect and rights to other religions. Saudi Arabia does not allow any other religion's churches, temple, or syangogues. whereas there is a mosque next to vatican. talk of respect and freedom?? hypocrisy.

2. Anybody travelled to mid-east? During ramadan, nobody can eat in public during the fasting time. If caught, you'll be punished with imprisonment. Talk of my human rights in Islam.

3. In Dubai, if an infidel and muslim are involved in accident, it is the fault of infidel. Infidel has to accept that accident was his/her fault. Islam truly!

I can go on and on. I know many people will scream from rooftop that this is not Islam and blah blah blah. But, a religion is as good as the people that practice it.
Rather than explaining to me, go and work on correcting these malpractices in Islam.

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