I still disagree

Submitted by Bowles (United States), Oct 22, 2006 at 17:18

Sorry, Susan, but I still disagree. Ahmed said, and I quote, "Islam is a peaceful religion and not a false like the Bible (for christs). Nobody have to think that islam is the religion of terror or something else. In the holy Quran stands that moslem have to fight against everybody who attack the Islaman. we call this fight jihad."

If Islam were "peaceful" it would not require people to fight (note that he said "have to") against "everybody who attacks Islam".

What constitutes an attack? The fact is, as demonstrated by recent events, any public disagreement with Islam may be considered to be an attack upon it. Hence the riots pursuant to the political cartoons in Denmark, and the murder of a nun in response to the Pope's quote of a centuries old scholar. It was not just the "extremists" who had serious problems with this non-violent expression of ideas; it was mainstream Islam across the world that was "outraged" enough to randomly kill people in response to pictures and words. You won't find that kind of behavior being manifested by legitimate Christians.

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