Posted on 10/31/2001 1:47:06 PM PST by isthisnickcool
QUESTION: Are Muslims supposed to hate Jews? Do Muslims believe that the Torah was given to the Jews- and if yes,what changed?
ANSWER: The Qur'aan is replete with the descriptions of the Jews. They have repeatedly violated the orders of Allah Ta'ala. They are also known to murder many prophets, in particular, Zakariyyah (Alayhis salaam). Thereafter, Allah still bestowed them with a great prophet, Moosa (Alayhis salaam) who liberated them from the oppression of Fir'awn.
They were instructed by Musa (Alayhis salaam) to fight the nation of Amaliqa and regain their land. They responded to him, 'You and your Allah go and fight, we will remain seated here.' When they were trapped in a valley for forty years, Allah Ta'ala bestowed them with food and fruits from heaven but they said, 'That's not enough, they want other foods.' When Moosa (Alayhis salaam) went to the mount to speak to Allah, the Jews in his absence, committed Shirk and started worshipping a calf. All that in total inconsideration of Allah's favours upon them.
Moosa (Alayhis salaam) predicted to them the coming of Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam). That was clearly stated in the Tawrah but they openly denied that. The above are just a few from an infinite list of their disobediences and violations of Allah's orders. Due to their disobedience, Allah Ta'ala said, 'Disgrace and need has been set on them.' Rasulullah (Sallallaahu Alayhi Wasallam) said, 'Verily this (the Jews) are a dirty nation. We do not need them.'
and Allah Ta'ala Knows Best
Mufti Ebrahim Desai FATWA DEPT.
Another failed muslim sit-com!
I believe that Jesus cured the sick, gave sight to the blind, chased away demons and even rose from the dead. What great deeds has Mohammad been credited with???
Politicians, the press, and academics have rushed to declare that this is not a war between Islam and the West. Islam, we have been told again and again, is really "a religion of peace." Perhaps the reason we have to be told this so many times is because it so obviously contradicts the facts.
Let's start with the history. From its inception, Islam was a theocratic religion that imposed its dogma by the sword. The descendants of Mohammed, religious kings called Caliphs, fought ceaseless wars against non-Muslim "infidels." Scholars may try to tell us that "jihad" only refers to a personal moral struggle -- but that wasn't what it meant during centuries of Muslim conquest.
Of course, nearly every religion has a bloody past. Rather than excusing Islam, this suggests to me an indictment of all religious dogmas. Be that as it may, there is a crucial difference between Western religions and Islam: the West's religious cruelties have stayed in the past. For centuries, our religions have made their peace with a secular outlook. They have been forced to recognize the individual mind as the ultimate arbiter of truth and to compete through persuasion, rather than coercion.
But the Islamic world is still mired in the Medieval mindset, and a return to a pure Medieval fundamentalism is the dominant trend in Islam today, a sweeping religious movement some scholars have dubbed the "Islamic Reformation." This outlook is endemic even in "moderate" Islamic states. Saudi Arabia, for example, is ruled by the fundamentalist Wahhabi sect, whose religious police patrol its streets and enforce Islamic strictures. Saudi oil money is also behind the Pakistani madrasahs, the religious schools that trained the Taliban. And the government of Pakistan, our other "ally," helped create the Taliban.
Islam is the driving force behind every major conflict in the Middle East -- and, by one calculation, it is behind about half of the world's armed conflicts, from Algeria to the Philippines. The latest Palestinian intifada was sparked by incendiary anti-Jewish speeches by Muslim clerics in Palestinian mosques. And when Iranian protesters chant "Death to America," they do it after similar sermons at their own mosques.
The evils of dogmatism and religious tyranny are endemic to Islamic culture -- and our evasion of this fact is making a mockery of the War on Terrorism. Consider the demands to halt the Afghan campaign during the holy month of Ramadan -- an attempt to make our leaders obey the decrees of their Mullahs. Or look at our shameful betrayal of Israel, an open attempt to sacrifice the Jews to appease the religious hatred of the Muslims. And worse, our refusal to recognize Islam as the enemy is preventing us from waging a wider war against all Islamic terrorist states.
If we want to win this war, we must begin by recognizing that it is a war against Islam -- or to be more exact, this is Islamic fundamentalism's war against the "infidel" secularism of the West. Our goal in this war should be to beat down, to curtail, to drive out Islamic fundamentalism -- not to replace it with our own religion, but to force Islam, like the religions of the civilized world, to lay down its arms and accept the freedom of a secular society.
Killing huge numbers of "infidels" I suspect.
ANSWER: You might have fluid in your regurgitator or it could just be the Jews fault. Probably the Jews.
The most impressive one indeed!
He created 1.2 billion mindless idiots with no brains and the delusion that they were meant to rule the world.
No small feat.
Islam cites Mohammed as the messenger of Allah. From what I do understand, he was no more than a very successful tribal warrior, could not read / write, had many wives, double taxed Christians and Jews, executed pagans. What is the other side of the story???
From what I understand, this man is not fit to be measured against Christ but may be fit to be measured against a demon.
Now, I continue to read about Islam, but for a different reason. I know the 'why' now. I continue to read because I believe it is wise to 'know your enemy'. Extremist Muslims ARE the enemy of civilization.
The more I learn, the more I think I understand why the U.S.S.R. tried to ban religion from their model of the utopian society. I think it may have been the logical and inevitable result of trying to deal with these dogmatic, primitive people who point to the Kuran as justification for any and all atrocities committed for the glory of 'Allah'.
Not that I think communism is a good idea ... just that I think I understand their frustration.
If anyone is interested in reading more about the twisted sickness of 'jihad', take a look at www.MEMRI.org. Here you can find transcripts of what the clerics are preaching in the mosques ... every Friday ... every week ... right here in our country. Know your enemy!
And, yes, this Nick is cool.
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