To Ali : if islam is peaceful then why issue fatwas ?

Submitted by J R (United States), Sep 21, 2006 at 23:35

Why not reply in peaceful terms to the Pope ? and request a debate on that issue like rational and civilized human beings? Why not be the better person ? if islam is peaceful and tolerant why not treat christians and jews with peaceful and tolerant means ?

who is killing who in Darfur or Algeria ? who killed 200 tourists in Bali? and 333 schools children in Baslan? and 52 in London and 191 in Madrid ? and beheaded western hostages while praying ALLAHU AKBAR ( our god is greatest ) ? and buddihist monks in Thailand and Christian schoolgirls in Indonesia ?

What tolerance is this to force women to wear hideous and demeaning sacks, or stone to death women who get raped or honor killing daughters and sisters for dating unapproved of men ?

Muslums in the name of islam have carried out over 5800 fatal terroristic atrocities since 9/11, and countless thousands since the islamic conquests began in 623 AD, and expect no criticism ? Who invaded Byzantine Greeck Orhtodox Christian Turkey in 1391 until it fell 30 years later in the hands of muslums ? where did all its christians go ? Who killed 1.5 million christian armenians in 1914 in modern turkey hiding behind the excuses WW1 casualties. BUT , if a POPE dares to tell the truth about islam or Danes publish cartoons about mohammed, then let the outpouring of islamic hate and outrage begin. Kill nuns in somalia, shoot or stab priests in turkey, And, in some twisted reach of logic, some even demand the Pope to issue an apology ! Go figure !

The problem with muslums is that everybody is in charge of islam when it gets criticized but not a single muslum is in charge of islam when it commits atrocities, they blame others. I 'd say grow up and start taking responsibility for your own actions. Begin the real debate and clean house.

J R

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