Posted on 01/08/2015 5:27:25 PM PST by FR_addict
More than 2,000 people are feared dead after Boko Haram destroyed “10 to 20” communities in Nigeria’s rural northeast, according to a senator from the region. “These towns are just gone, burned down,” said Ahmed Zanna. “The whole area is covered in bodies.” The radical Islamic group razed the town of Baga along with several others over the past five days. The 2,000 are unofficially unaccounted for.
WHY MUSLIMS ARE VIOLENT
This is pretty straight forward folks. There are peaceful Muslims, but there is no such thing as peaceful Islam. Violence is not an aberration in Islam—it is DOCTRINE. Dozens of passages in the Quran exhort Muslims to hate or kill or terrorize infidels (non-Muslims) wherever they find them. For examples, see Suras 2:190-193, 2:216, 2:244, 3:56, 3:142, 3:151, 4:56, 4:74 (beheading), 4:76, 4:84, 4:89, 4:91, 4:95, 4:104, 5:51, 5:32-38, 7:96-99, 8:12-15 (beheading), 8:39, 8:57-60, 8:65-67, 9:5, 9:14, 9:20-30, 9:38-41, 9:73, 9:88, 9:111, 9:123, 17:16, 18:65-81, 21:44, 22:18-22, 25:52, 33:60-62, 47:3-4 (beheading), 47:35, 48:16-17, 48:29, 61:4, and 66:8-12. These are the passages that jihadists quote in defense of their horrible atrocities. Unlike the Old Testament, violence in the Quran is mostly open-ended, that is, not restrained by the historical context of the surrounding events.
While there are passages that Muslims point to that might suggest peaceful solutions (Suras 2:190, 2:256, 5:8, 5:28, 5:32, 8:61, 29:46, 41:34, 109:6), these are overwhelmed by the violent ones. Indeed, the peaceful passages were abrogated, i.e. superseded, by the violent ones—because the violent ones were written later, after Muhammad’s move to Medina (from Mecca). Anyone who wants to commit acts of violence has perfect justification for doing so from the Quran. There is nothing in the Quran comparable to Jesus’ teachings to “turn the other cheek” and to “love your neighbor.”
You can look these passages up for yourself. Below is a site that has three translations of the Quran side-by-side. (Note: English translators of the Quran sometimes try to soften the true Arabic meaning of some of these passages. For example, to “fight” really means to kill in Arabic.)
http://www.usc.edu/org/cmje/religious-texts/quran
In addition to the Quran are the hadiths. These are collections of sayings and actions of Muhammad. Indeed, Muhammad was one of the most violent men in history, setting the example for all Muslims to follow. See this link:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/quran/023-violence.htm
For more information, see our Faith Facts article:
http://www.faithfacts.org/world-religions-and-theology/christianity-vs.-islam
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"same limited intellect and non-existent learning"
That would help explain my first reaction to him in this sense: religion is his business, and he should know about the other competitive religions.
But he seems to be ignorant on basic Islam.
That really shocked me. He is on the same level as George Bush and his religion of peace nonsense.
Ignorance doesn't make a person a bad person, it is just when they rise to a top position they become downright dangerous. -Tom
Hashtags work, if they're laser engraved on a .30 caliber bullet and delivered at high speed.
“Nigeria, however, just doesn’t seem to be doing much about Boko Haram.”
It’s Africa, baby. Watch “Tears of the Sun,” with Bruce Willis.
Someone, somewhere slandered the Prophet Mohammad, so y’know, s#!t happens.
We #d them. How could happen? We #d them!
Probably radicalized by Bush’s war & ivebeengrabbed ...that’s the new meme already, right?
Boko Haram has hijacked the "Religion of Peace". /s
>> We’re at war. Why don’t we call it that ?
Islam is a war plan. A point I make frequently.
Why didn't the two thousand storm them and pluck their eyes out and stomp on them?
Sometimes got's to go medieval or eat the soup.
The Obama administration's unwillingness to declare Boko Haram a terrorist organization until very recently may also have interfered with a resolution to the conflict.
I agree with your statements, but until we have a true leader nothing will be done. A very sad day for the West.
Don’t you dare call them islamic!
Why are the 12 killed splashed all around the world, but untold thousands don’t warrant a mention. What is wrong with this world that turns a blind eye to this.
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Obviously, the promise of “never again” means nothing anymore.
what did Nigeria do to provoke the muslims..
heck all over Africa muslims are using violence to impose islamic rule but we are supposed to believe islam is peace tho Muhammed took the sword and did just as Boko Haram did.
Well, every day it seems there is another story about Islamic aggression causing the death or suffering of people at some place in the world. 100 here, 2000 there, beheadings, enslavement, genital mutilation and preventing women from getting an education, etc. This is happening in our time, during our watch. This is the Holocaust about which people in the future will ask “why didn't the world stop this?”. This will be the legacy of all the apologists.
But didn’t Bush say Islam is a religion of peace?
What’s up with that?
This will make Biafra look like a day at the park before it’s all over.
Martyrs all.
Fox Radio News had the short story the USA refused to sell Nigeria attack helicopters because the military is corrupt. This was just yesterday.
Though I’d heard it was corrupt, I was still unsure. Now, I am believing the reports are true and the corruption in the Military is a big part of this problem.
One of their Presidential Candidates said so. I think they have elections this year. I guess they need to throw the current president, Goodluck Johnathan, out.
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