know it before bashing it

Submitted by Mohammed (Canada), Nov 21, 2006 at 07:10

Well, first of all, in islam a person who does jihad is NOT ALLOWED to kill innocents or even harm them in any way. These people only kill the ones who attack them i.e. soldiers etc. I'm not claiming that all MUSLIMS today adhere to the basic laws of jihad, I'm saying that if you really want to know what islam is truely about, go and study it first before blaiming ISLAM for what some so-called MUSLIMS do.

Secondly, in paradise EVERY PERSON will get ANYTHING he/she wants. Isn't that your concept of paradise? IF a person ends up in paradise and IN THAY PLACE and state he wants a cheeseburger. he will get it. BUT the qur'an states that in paradise you will taste foods better than anything you have tasted on earth. So why would a person want a cheeseburger there? AND your choice will NOT be influenced by satan, i.e. your DESIRES will be pure and justified. And further, the pleasures of paradise are UNIMAGINABLE by humans on earth and CANNOT be compared to anything you find here. And Allah Knows best.

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