Islam is not the issue, Muslims are

The Hindu ^ | Hasan Suroor

[japaneseghost]

Will someone save Islam from these Muslims?

It's the Aga Khan's job.

But I am more than willing to go to Malaysia next summer to kill me some Taliban.
Any FReepers care to join me?

We could make it a FreeRepublic event.

[texson66]

As a Muslim, one is more ashamed and embarrassed by what Osama and his gang have done in the name of Islam than those silly passages in ``Satanic Verses'' and ``Lajja''. This is the occasion, if ever there was one, for appropriate Islamic authorities to ponder and act.

Those silly passages referred to mohammed's approval to worship three female "godesses" in addition to allah. These passages were later removed but they appear at the most inconvient times.When mentioned the "islamic authorities" issue a fattwah (kill the guy...now)!Ask S. Rusdie

[Jarhead_22]

Any FReepers care to join me?

Who's buying the ammunition, and can we get a bulk order in?

[white trash redneck]

Who's buying the ammunition

I'd suggest a good varmint round!

[Tennessee_Bob]

But it is never...Christian terrorism...

I'd like to see his examples of Christian terrorism, particularily those examples of Christian terrorism that are on a scale with the Islamic terrorism in the world.

[janeliberty]

Muslims can protest till they are blue in the face, but can they deny that it is their own black sheep who are responsible for this?

The problem is not Muslims:The problem is Islam The black sheep who don't follow the Qur'an literally are the peaceful Muslims.

Their holy book tells them to fight all non-Muslims (9:121), cut off all their fingertips (8:12) eat and spend whatever you win in battle (8:69) and give 20% of it to Allah and his Messenger (8:41), make sure non-Muslims are content with their state of subjection (9:29)and, of course, you may possess your female captives of war (4:3).

if anyone can point out similar commands to Christians or Jews in their holy books, please do so.

The Holy Qur'an is a blueprint for world domination.

If the founder of the Ku Klux Klan had merely said that God told him to "kill all the blacks", it, too, would be a religion and its current grand dragons would be all over television claiming "KKK is love" and talking about all the Klan bashing going on.

[ikanakattara]

*What* Christian terrorism?

[dell Arpa]

Only think I can think of as remotely close is the whole IRA/Orange thing. Thankfully, only a handful of Catholics and Protestants think its cool to blow up school children.

[Texaggie79]

[Texaggie79]

ping ^

[McGavin999]

I have to give this guy credit, he is getting it. If the Muslim world wants the rest of the world to stop blaming Islam, they have to stand up and defend Islam against the terrorists who are destroying it.

If they are humiliated by what is being said then the way to stop that humiliation is not to lie or to defend the indefenseable, it's to stand up for your religion and demand that the terrorists stop claiming to be Muslims. If they did this, they would gain respect, instead they make excuses and earn only disgust.

[cold_vicious_logic]

eat and spend whatever you win in battle (8:69) and give 20% of it to Allah and his Messenger (8:41)

HAH! It's true, no religeon is exempt from the 'God-wants-you-to-give-me-your-money' syndrome.

I'd love to believe the author's assertions in this article, but everything I'm seeing suggests that islam hasn't been hijacked at all, just that its less sensible members are carrying out the koran's sick commands. The author is correct: if I am wrong, and islam is not the problem, then the muzlims of the world need to come down hard on those who kill 'infidels' in the name of their religeon.

As for the islam-bashers, well, we don't have much else to go on now do we? If we've got islam all wrong, they sure aren't doing anything to help correct our mistakes, other than trite soundclips ('...of course we despise terrorism in any form...').

[Tennessee_Bob]

That's the only thing I could think of as well. I wrote to the author asking for examples, and I have yet to receive a reply. But in all honesty, I don't think I will. That would be asking too much.

[ZULU]

What the author of this piece neglects to mention is that NOWHERE in basic Christian, Jewish, Hindu, etc., religious script is there an religious injunction to conquer, oppress and otherwise obliterate people who are not of your religous persuation. Neither, Christ, the Jewish prophets, nor any precept of Hinduism preach this.

However, in the Koran, in associated Islamic writings, and in the actions and words of their founding prophet, Muslims are enjoined to conquer, oppress and forcibly convert the non-Muslim, and threaten dire punishments in this world for any Muslim who forsakes his/her religion.

[stand watie]

probably!

[japaneseghost]

I was thinking of small concealed knives, and POISON.

[RnMomof7]

I have to give this guy credit, he is getting it. If the Muslim world wants the rest of the world to stop blaming Islam, they have to stand up and defend Islam against the terrorists who are destroying it.

The problem is that IS Islam. Can you name one Islamic country were muslims are allowed to own a bible or convert to another religion? Christians and Jews are tortured untill they convert or murdered.

It is a heathan religion that treats women as property .

The moon god is not kind to non believers..that is not a problem with UBL it is a problem of the quran.....

[dell Arpa]

Yeah, the Hindu terrorism is pretty easy. The Tamil Tigers love suicide bombers as much as Hamas does. I suppose Jewish terrorism would be people like Baruch Goldstein, those two JDL losers, and that group in Israel that tried to blow up the Dome of the Rock back in the 80's. As for Christians, I haven't come up with much past the IRA/Orange Order.