Sohail

Submitted by JustMe (United States), Sep 21, 2006 at 23:53

Is Iran's leader a true Muslim follower? or is he classified as a terrorist? What about those who bombed all those churches after hearing the Pope's words? Were those ordinary Muslims or terrorists? What about those who ranted and raved on London's street corners after the Danish cartoons with signs saying we need to convert or die? And all the death threats that have come along with both incidents?

I'm not even mentioning the most abhorrent acts, which we have all labeled as terrorism. But what about these other actions like the young college graduate who started reading the Koran and decided to run his SUV through a crowd on campus? The guy in Washington State who went into the Jewish synagogue and shot several rounds in the name of Allah (I believe someone was killed)? Are these guys terrorists? What is the common thread? They all believe they somehow have the right to kill whoever they perceive as the infidel for Allah (and apparently innocent bystanders are fair game too). They believe this due to the teachings from the Koran. Islam.

Of course man can always take the word of God and pervert it with their own meaning, which Catholics did with their crusades. (By the way, not all Christians are Catholic) But I have seen some pretty radical, threatening words from the Koran and Muslims claim it has never been changed and is to this day in the exact same form as it was when Muhammed received it. So I guess you can't claim Muslims are perverting the words that are in such an untainted book. All I know is the situation is pretty messed up. It's hard to believe that humans--living, breathing human beings--can be so driven to kill other humans without a second thought.

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