Posted on 04/20/2022 4:19:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Islam’s sacred scriptures present the kuffar -- meaning all non-Muslims -- in the most negative terms possible.
The popular Egyptian daily newspaper and website al-Masry al-Youm (“the Egyptian Today”) recently published a fatwa titled “What Is the Ruling on Selling Food to Infidels during the Daylight [Hours] of Ramadan?” The fatwa concluded that, no, it is not permissible for Muslims to sell food, even if the purchaser and consumer is a non-Muslim.
As discussed here, because the daily newspaper that published this fatwa, al-Masry al-Youm, has long been seen as a progressive, reformist newspaper -- one that thrives on exposing and combatting Islamist intolerance -- its readership, which includes not a few Coptic Christians, responded with an uproar. Hours later, the online version of the paper deleted the fatwa, suspended its editor, and issued an apology.
Most instructive regarding this entire episode -- especially for non-Muslims unfamiliar with the minutia of Islam -- was the focus of the apology. No one was upset at, and al-Masry al-Youm did not apologize for, the fatwa’s conclusion (many Egyptian Christians, out of “consideration,” already know to refrain from handling food in public). Rather, the point of contention was that the fatwa utilized -- and, worse, the paper published -- the word kafir (usually translated into English as “infidel”) to refer to all non-Muslims.
As the daily newspaper explained in its apology, “This fatwa applied the term kafir to those who are of a different religion. This is a term that al-Masry al-Youm never uses and completely rejects, as this term draws upon a negative framework that has long afflicted many in Egyptian society.”
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islam is a scourge upon the Earth and must be expunged.
The satanic cult of Muslim must be eliminated.
The Koran has 68 passages that suggest the Muslim lie, cheat, steal, rape and even kill the Infidel. Obozo is a firm believer in the Koran. He has fond memories of the 5 am call to prayer.
The thing about islam is that it gives its adherents lots of religious things to do so as help one feel somewhat righteous. On the other hand, it gives an out for all of the passions that darken the soul so that things like the rape of kafir women become an act of worship.
Ask for a 'burger in the Vatican snack bar on a Lenten Friday...same as Ramadan daytime food in a Muslim shop. Not gonna happen.
There's plenty of other stuff for which to slam Islam.
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