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Submitted by Shums (Sri Lanka), Aug 9, 2006 at 04:55

No need to apologize for something you didn't know of Mr. Frank. And I respect you for your understanding.

You say you don't understand way some of the Muslims in the world don't say anything about killing the innocent. What I believe the reason for this is nothing but ignorance. Let me tell you something, I was born to a Muslim family. I was brought up in that nurture. When time went by I was questioning my self of my born faith, I thought I go deep in to my faith finding what its all about rather being one by name.

Lot of things made sense for me, it had a to z about how a man should live is life from the time he wakes up from his bed, to the time he goes back to his bed. how he should live it, it is unbelievable but its true, how you should eat, drink, even how you should have sex with your wife, you see this is just not a religion it is all about how a man and women should live his or her life With out being a burden to a another human.

My loving prophet told his flowers 1400 years ago that a day will come, where there will be 72 sects of Muslims, out of which 71 of them will be doing it out of ignorance, and will not enter paradise. And the remaining one will be less in numbers. When I went deeper in to my faith and what god's final messenger had to say, it made sense to me that Al-qaida and so many others like that, is fighting like cowards and killing the innocents. Its even told how you should fight. When you enter the shaulin temple they teach you first how you should try to walk away from a fight. Try and sort it out in a moor peaceful manner. Even if your enemy hits you, you try and bear the pain.

Well in Islam its told like I told you before, if I hit you once you can hit me back, but if you leave it to god his hit back on you will be far painful, but if you bear the pain and ask god to forgive the man who gave you pain, with out him asking forgiveness from you, the reward for you is beyond imagination. You see from this god loves every one of us, god gives you something beyond your imagination for forgiving the man who put you in pain, but you where wise to understand that man was a fool. Mr. Fran what you have to understand, every living thing has a birth day as well as a expiry date. The expiry date for this world is not far from it. love your neighbor, if he's in hunger feed him, let him be in any religion end of the day he was created by god. This is Islam.

Love Shums

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