Islam Vs. The World

Too Good Reports ^ | December 2, 2001 | Alan Caruba

[Elsie]

It must have its own Reformation, its own Enlightenment,

It cannot: it has no Savior............

[eastsider]

He has revealed that Islam is neither a religion of peace, nor tolerance.

Bull. He has merely revealed that he and his followers are men of neither peace nor tolerance. And they will reap what they have sown.

[an amused spectator]

Brings to mind an interesting question:

Was Afghanistan in Dar al-Islam? For now it surely has pulled by main strength into Dar al-Harb.

Keep playing, al-Quaeda.

[Diamond]

If Mohammed's claim is false, than all of Islam is false. This fear lies at the heart of other faiths. In First Corinthians, Chapter 15, Paul says, "But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." Such doubt is overcome only by faith and it is by faith alone that any and all religions exist.

This is generally an informative article, with one caveat about the above paragraph. Paul's statement was not made out of fear or doubt. Rather it is a logical assertion that grounds the Christian faith, not in a religious conviction, or concoction of some idea, or some myth, but in an objective event in space/time history.

Cordially,

[Frances_Marion]

"Was Afghanistan in Dar al-Islam? For now it surely has pulled by main strength into Dar al-Harb."

good one..

[Frances_Marion]

"All the major advances of mankind have come from the West"

I disagree with this. If the editorialist means recently, I can see it...but many advances have come from past Islamic empires...mathematical advances for one...

[freedom9]

There's little chance for a reformation in Islam.
One of it's premisses is that Mohammad was the last prophet and there could be no other.

Only an authoratative figure would have the ability to challange or change the strictures of Islam.

(Guess they'll have to wait 'til the Mahdi appears)

[freedom9]

There's little chance for a reformation in Islam.
One of it's premisses is that Mohammad was the last prophet and there could be no other.

Only an authoratative figure would have the ability to challange or change the strictures of Islam.

(Guess they'll have to wait 'til the Mahdi appears)

[Alouette]

mathematical advances for one...

Isaac Newton, Leonhard Euler, Johann Gauss, Albert Einstein were Muslims?

[ZULU]

"The legacy of hatred was deepened by the Christian Crusades, seemingly fresh memories for today's Muslims."

The Crusades were an outgrowth of Islamic intolerance towards Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Crusaders gave the followers of the Mad Prophet everything they deserved. Too bad they were too few to successfully scour the Holy Land of this Islamic plague.

[an amused spectator]

but many advances have come from past Islamic empires...mathematical advances for one...

True. I have heard, however, that the Mohammedans ripped off the "zero" concept from India.

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Especially important were Moslem contributions to mathematics, without which the science we take for granted could not have developed. "Arabic numerals" and the concept of zero, both learned from India and dispersed to the world, revolutionized math in the West, as did algebra, a Moslem invention. Moslem medicine was the best in the world, and Moslem alchemy led to modern chemistry. A Moslem musician set out the elements of musical notation. Moslem navigators invented the astrolabe and perfected the quadrant and mariner's compass that made possible the great voyages of the Age of Discovery — as, for instance, the one by Columbus that eventually led to the formation of the United States.
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[boycott]

Maybe one day those idiots will figure out that jihad means mass sucide for Muslims?

I doubt it. They follow a false prophet so they may not be too bright.

[knighthawk]

ping

[dennisw]

This article is the most uneducated and uninformed piece of tripe I've read today. That means something, because I'm an editor by day.

What a great article. Tells it all. So you're an editor? LOL!

[dennisw]

Thanks!

[dennisw]

a good one!

[GuillermoX]

Amazing how the slaughter of millions of Christians by Muslims since 1915 are never mentioned. Only the Crusades.

[TrueBeliever9]

BTT