Submitted by Mohamad Nozzi (Singapore), May 12, 2009 at 09:02
The following are the extracts from Plato:
Of course I will attack the women soldiers if they attacked my country. But I will not take the soldiers or civilian women and children or even men as slaves. This is something that the Koran allows Muslims to do. You are allowed to take booty in the form of women and children. Let me quote from The Legacy of Jihad, page 169 which quotes from Al Siyasa Al Shariyya of Ibn Taymiyya:
…Some [jurists] are of the opinion that all of them (prisoners) may be killed, on the mere ground that they are unbelievers, but they make an exception for women and children since they constitute property for Muslims.
The above verses from Muslim extremists for keeping unbelievers, women and children, to be the properties of muslims certainly act against Quran 9:28 in which you have highlighted to us. For we have treated the pagans to be unclean, the act of associating with the pagans, such as, women and children, in keeping them to be their properties has indeed violated against Quran 9:28. Allah should be strongly against them with their actions due to they did not obey what is listed in Quran 9:28. I indeed agree with you to accuse them. It is the same as pork and pig. We, muslims, treat pig and pork to be unclean and that is why we do not even want to touch it. All muslims would agree with me that we, muslims, do not even keep pigs and pork to be our properties. We, muslims, do not keep pigs and pork to be our properties not because we have the fear but that Allah abhors.
You accuse muslim extremists strongly. To me, it is by all means and we, moderate muslims, support you. However, we will only be gainst you if you treat our muslim religions to be the same as muslims extremists since we do not act like them. They have violated the Holy Quran. Not only that, Muhammad is supposed to be set as a good example for all muslims to follow and yet muslim extremists act against it.
The following is the extract of Quran 9:28 in regard to the unclean things, the pagans, is mentioned:
009.028 YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean; so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque. And if ye fear poverty, soon will Allah enrich you, if He wills, out of His bounty, for Allah is All-knowing, All-wise.
The same is to Hindu. Hinduism forbids his followers to eat beef. However, I ever saw Indian with Hindu religion ate beef in Singapore. Cow is supposed to be the god of Hinduism. What was that so? Could you blame all Hinduism believers to be like that just because a few offenders? Certainly you cannot!
The same is for Muslim extremists. They like killing without mercy. However, they have to face the Last Judgment Day that they could not escape. Their action is entirely different from Muhammad's life style.
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