[fporretto]

The Spencer book is a brilliant and terrifying thing. Working entirely from facts -- the Qur'an, the hadith of Muhammad's life, and the history of the spread of Islam -- he constructs a powerful case that Islam will never be compatible with American concepts of individual liberty, secular law, and human moral equality. Highly recommended.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
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[Skywalk]

I just love guys like Hooper who talk as if there are major Jewish or Christian movements like the Islamic Jihads and Al Qaedas. There simply AREN'T. It's not like some guy killed a bunch of people because he thought aliens told him to do so and he HAPPENED to be Muslim. They're killing people FOR their religion, and not just in one place, but all over.

Besides, the idea that it's not Islam is preposterous. Please show me the passages in the Lotus Sutra or anywhere else in Buddhism that call for the slaughter or deception of your enemies. Please point me to the massive Buddhist terrorist organizations bent on world domination.

When Islam apologists can do that, maybe i'll consider their case.

I think of it like this, compare Mohammad's life(according to the stories, at least) with Jesus or with Buddha. For all that, compare his life to Kung fu'tze or Lao tze. I can't think of a major religion that has as its CENTRAL figure someone so violent and who sanctions violence as the direct wish of God(let's not get into the Old Testament)