Sorry.. to "A shocked Muslim"

Submitted by JP Jr. (United States), Dec 26, 2002 at 02:33

A shocked muslim: Could you please be sure to include the fact that Islam was FORCED onto many people during the 600's, when extremist took the words of the Koran, and decided to force their religion upon non-believers.

You say that muslims can live peacefully among non believers? Yet, history tells us differently. Even today, we as humans can not co-exist, when such fanatics of a religion are calling for "Holy War" against non-belivers.

Your religion oppresses people. ...You follow a book that says women are not equal. Women are only allowed to marry Mulsims? Yet, men have the free will to choose? Men are allowed four wives, girls so young, we would arrest them for pediphilia in our country. Your religion says that if a man dies a martyr, he goes straight to heaven, where virgins are awaiting. This sounds like a sick, twisted fantasy. A way to call upon ignorant people to force the Koran against those, and not worry about the consequences.

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