Posted on 07/15/2008 8:28:10 AM PDT by Righting
Koranic verses on the duty to kill
We've learned a lot since Antony Thomas's drama-documentary Death of a Princess set Saudi Arabian blood boiling in 1980, but the director's latest television film The Qur'an (for Channel 4) will certainly cause anger among many Muslims when it is screened on Monday.
Only a fool supposes that what you see on television is what you get. The scene that amused me was shot at the lovely, ancient convent of Saydnaya in Syria. Over a background of chanting, the narrator says in a hushed tone...
The film The Qur'an asks a serious question, though, which is: if Muslims believe that the Koran is the timeless and unchanging word of God, how come Muslims behave in such diverse ways?
We see Sufi men and women sitting together for prayer, others whirling in dance; Shia formally beating themselves and seeking the intercessory prayers of the eighth Imam, Ali Reza; a German scholar calling for a "new interpretation and reading of the Koran"; a poor little girl being genitally mutilated; Israelis being blown up. There's something here to offend everyone.
After an hour or so, the viewer might wonder whether the film's title should have been Muslims rather than The Qur'an. Yet the role of the Koran may be a matter of life and death to non-Muslim Westerners.
...Yet trouble, from the point of view of the West, comes precisely when violent sectarian Islamists set themselves up without expertise as interpreters of Koranic verses. This one (9:5), has proved particularly dangerous: "Kill the polytheists wherever you find them, and take them and confine them, and lie in wait for them at every place of ambush."
To Islamist extremists, Christians, because they associate creatures (such as Jesus) with God, count as polytheists.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
I predict Mooselims will be outraged!
I would like to laugh to such Muslims outcry and calling of “boycott” of some UK media... over this.
If their ultimate aim is the establishment of Sharia Law everywhere in the World, why do we even tolerate them in this country? By definition, their goal is to overthrow the Constitution, so why not go after them for treason? At the very least, they should be made to sign a document that says they do not wish to replace the Constitution with any other form of law. It'll never happen, but that doesn't mean I can't wish for it.
This all alien civilization stuff to me.
So are they rioting yet?
btt
The muslims keep pushing and pushing until they get what they want. Unfortunately, the Europeans will never fight again for whatever reason. Socialism has destroyed their way of life. Basically, the UK is about to become a majority muslim in the next generations. The love of multiculturalism has killed the continent of Europe. BL
Remember that the Muslim reaction to Fitna was rather bizarre: the extremists actually seem to have liked it, regarding it as an accurate portrayal of Islam, and almost 'good' enough to uses as a recruiting video, while the 'moderates' mumbled some incoherent criticisms of it.
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