Islamic truths

LA Times ^ | 2/18/2006 | Monsoor Ijaz

[Neville72]

ANOTHER WEEK, another Muslim country burns in rage over months-old Danish cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) in an unflattering light. On Friday it was Libya, and earlier in the week it was my father's homeland, Pakistan, where violent protests were scattered across the nation. Some Muslims have decided that burning cities in defense of a prophet's teachings, which none of them seem willing to practice, is preferable to participating in rational debate about the myths and realities of a religion whose worst enemies are increasingly its own adherents.

This week's events should compel those of us who claim Islam as our system of philosophical guidance to ask hard questions of ourselves in order to revive the religion's essential foundation: justice, peaceful and tolerant coexistence, compassion, the search for knowledge and unwavering faith in the unity of God.

[Neville72]

Ijaz, a lonely voice of sanity in the Moslem nuthouse.

[najida]

It's an excellent article. And it points out that there needs to be either change, reformation or fractioning of the belief base.

[BunnySlippers]

Muslims didn't get this worked up over the Itaq war.

[kjo]

I suspect this view is a very distinct minoity in the Islamic world. Where are the protesters decrying the hostage taking and beheadings? Where are the Muslims demanding that 9/11 must never happen again?

The MSM and President Bush keep calling it the religion of peace. The only peace they seem to recognize is the awful quiet of Muslims standing over the dead of their enemies.

Who's their enemy? Anybody not them.

[pipecorp]

"The second truth — one that the West needs to come to grips with — is that there is no such human persona as a "moderate Muslim." You either believe in the oneness of God or you don't. You either believe in the teachings of his prophet or you don't. You either learn those teachings and apply them to the circumstances of life in the country you have chosen to live in, or you shouldn't live there."

Sanity? he tells you flat out ...he must either believe and follow or not. If he believes, he must convert you or kill you. Why is this considered sanity?

While christianity is constantly reviled, mocked and denigrated, tell me, where does Christ say either convert the unsaved or kill them?

[isthisnickcool]

It's an excellent article. And it points out that there needs to be either change, reformation or fractioning of the belief base.

Sharia law is not compatible with free will or free thought. islam is exactly the type of thing the founders feared when the came up with the establishment clause. islam is a way of government pretending to be a religion.

islam is not designed for "change, reformation or fractioning of the belief base". Anyone that thinks those things are possible has not studied islam. islam is not backing off, it's making a full court press for domination everywhere because that's what it was designed to do.

[RKV]

Already posted at http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581088/posts

[Neville72]

"Sanity? he tells you flat out ...he must either believe and follow or not. If he believes, he must convert you or kill you. Why is this considered sanity?"


Far be it from me to defend Islam but it's clear that Ijaz doesn't believe the Koran instructs its believers to "convert or kill".

He says there are no moderate Muslims. I'd disagree. By his own words decrying the insanity many Muslims exhibit and his recognition of the terrible lack of progress in that part of the world, I'd say there's at least one moderate Muslim....Ijaz himself.