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Submitted by ahmadzafire (United States), Oct 17, 2006 at 09:41

ok!! point taken but to me muhommad wasnt a violent man but forces pressured him to fight back the oppressors. It's like the case in which Dr.king and malcom x both stood for the same cause.... peace among all man but both had different ways to confront the situation. Jesus choose to be peaceful by G-d words and mohammad was told by G-d to fight back in order to survive.

But what happened being peaceful got jesus a bad name from the jews and almost death sentence and fighting back cause mohammand many enemies even in todays times. The point is we have to learn how to balance the two. No one wants violence but unfortunately it part of the human race. We have to kill to survive etc,food and so on. but for man on man killings.....we still do even if the situation is controlled(death penalty,race on race crimes, abortions etc).

We as a race are responsible for that and must take the teachings and example from the past to better the future of mankind.

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