CHILD SACRIFICE

Submitted by Sofa Sogood (United States), Feb 20, 2007 at 20:46

OK, so, according to the Koran, it's a good thing to slaughter the Infidel if he refuses dhimmihood, and to die as a Shahid is an honor. It's written there for those who choose a literal and radical interpretation.

But, I ask you scholars of the Koran, is it written anywhere that child sacrifice is a good thing? That raising your child to be a Shahid could be a blessing -- recommended -- under any circumstances? In the Torah, Abraham was tested, but in the end the Lord told him not to sacrifice his child. Child sacrifice was common in that part of the world in those days -- by the "pagans" -- according to the Bible -- and under the new law -- monotheism -- it was forbidden. Wasn't this "pagan" practice ever specifically forbidden in the Koran? The Imams in Palestine and Iran interpret it to be good if it's for Jihad and the promulgation of Islam. Can they justify this by anything written in the Koran?

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