Islamic terror based on Qu’ran: ex-CIA official

The Canadian Jewish News ^ | December 9, 2004 | SHELDON KIRSHNER

[RightWhale]

how I can be sure

Go ahead, wipe 1.2 billion off the face of the earth. Your desire to do so makes you the same, equivalent, and equal to those very persons you so dislike. Another copy from the same mold. Cut from the same cloth. Separated at birth. lalalalalalalal

[RightWhale]

the Quran is believed to be the direct word of God and therefore leaves no room for interpretation

It is considered to be inspired through the personality and point of view of the writer, scribe, speaker, whatever, not direct, and must be interpreted. The terrorists and their madrassas are of course not interpreting and that is their mistake. So, that premise is generally incorrect and misleading and the rest of the essay fails.

[expatguy]

"...It is considered to be inspired through the personality and point of view of the writer, scribe, speaker, whatever, not direct, and must be interpreted...[sic]"

Im sorry but I disagree with this.

Islam divides all human activity into five categories from the permitted (halal) to the sinful (haram), leaving little room for human interpretation, let alone ethical innovations.

[RightWhale]

Yeah. It's fine to disagree. Shows that this Islam thing is highly interpreted.

[expatguy]

"Unlike Christianity, the Quran is believed to be the direct word of God and therefore leaves no room for interpretation unlike the Bible which is a collection of stories according to the apostles."

This is your personal belief.

The Gospel according to Matthew, Mark, Luke, John?

Are you to imply that the bible was written my God?

[expatguy]

Yeah. It's fine to disagree. Shows that this Islam thing is highly interpreted.

Rather it shows that Islam is not understood.

Your sarcasm however was duly noted.

Have a nice day.

[RightWhale]

Rather it shows that Islam is not understood.

Not even by the 1.2 billion Moslems. There should be more to it than running the rituals. This is automatic religion for the busy man on the go.

[blackdog]

Chritianity in the midevil times prohibited education, printed or written materials not approved by the church. Women were forbidden to do much of anything. The governments at the church's direction, tortured and murdered millions whose only crime was asking questions, pursuing science, or didtributing written materials.

Chritianity had it's very dark times. Not quite like Islam who is stuck there forever, but it was a horrible enterprise as well.

[jan in Colorado]

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