Ultimate Challenge for the Muslims Here

Submitted by Noah Wilk (United States), Jan 23, 2007 at 01:44

Let's see if we can make this interesting. This challenge is to Mo, Avenger, Harrak, and all the other Muslims and Muslim apologists here. Let's see if your "religion" makes you strong enough to weather the challenge. If you cannot answer the challenge, that will constitute proof that your "religion" is weak, invalid, and obsolete.

Michel, I want you to pay special attention to this thread.

The rules are very clear.

We are going to be discussing Islam, and only Islam. Any mention of Christianity will immediately render the pro-Muslim side's argument invalid and will constitute proof that Islam is a weak religion incapable of defending itself on its own merits. What Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, or any other religion does is irrelevant to the argument because Islam must be able to stand on its own feet and be judged without regard to what other religions do.

I am going to ask a series of questions, and we shall see if the Muslims here have the integrity, the intelligence, the honesty, and the courage to answer them without resorting to false accusations, without obfuscating the issue, without evading the issue, and without changing the subject. This is your chance to earn respect from the rest of us. Don't blow it.

1. Why is it that of the roughly 400 known terrorist groups in the world, over 90% of them are Islamic, when Muslims account for just 17% of the world's population (roughly 1 billion out of 6 billion)?

2. Why is it that of all the conflicts and wars currently occurring on the entire Earth, over 90% of them involve Islam? Islam vs. Jews in Israel, Islam vs. Buddhists in Thailand, Islam vs. Christians in Africa, Islam vs. Hindus in India, etc. If Islam is truly the "religion of peace", why is it that Islam is incapable of living in peace with any other religion?

3. Why is it that Muslims have temper tantrums when they are not allowed to have their way in non-Muslim countries, while the Muslims themselves do not allow non-Islamic practices in their countries? For example, you cannot worship as a Christian in Saudi Arabia or Iran. If Islam is as tolerant as it claims, why can't Christians practice their religion in Muslim countries?

4. If Islam is the "religion of peace", why do we see such virulent hostility and outrage over insignificant things such as cartoons of Mohammed, or books critical of Islam? If Islam is a civilized religion, why do Muslims torture, rape, kill, loot, arson, and riot on behalf of Islam every time someone "offends" them with honest criticism? Why do not other religions except Islam react that way?

5. If America is the Great Satan and we are so reprehensible, why are Muslims moving here? If Islamic society is so grand and glorious, then why not stay in the Islamic countries? And why is there so much intolerance, ignorance, poverty, suppression of basic human rights, and misery in all Islamic countries, if Islam is such a wonderful religion?

We'll stick to just those 5 questions for now, so as not to overwhelm you.

Now...does anyone want to place a bet on whether or not any of our "Muslim guests" will be able to honestly and directly answer those questions without resorting to name calling, insults, obfuscation, and evasion?

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