Re: Found! Peaceful Islam NOT!
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Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
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In article <4a13171a$0$23785$bbae...@news.suddenlink.net>,
"harmony" <a...@hotmail.com> posted:
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> the part that makes the 2pct is often quoted by media is: "there is no
> compulsion in religion"
> so one can opt not to be a mommedan in which case 98 pct says ok, be that
> way, and now we will whip you and tax you.
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> "fanabba" <fan...@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:a1c0ccae-43f7-45e7...@e24g2000vbe.googlegroups.com...
> > Found! Peaceful Islam
> > Soon after 9/11 we began to hear about Islam, the peaceful religion.
> > The whole concept seems so ludicrous, but it filled the media. Can you
> > imagine someone calling Buddhism, the peaceful religion? It is like
> > saying circles, the round figure. Yes, but isn't it what you would
> > expect?
> >
> > When scholars use the term, it is usually in quotes, "peaceful Islam",
> > to express the irony of the name. However, in working with the
> > manuscript of my work-in-progress, Waging Ideological War, I was
> > realized that there actually was a peaceful Islam without the quotes.
> >
> > The Sira is Mohammed's biography (sira is an Arabic word that means
> > biography, but Sira is reserved for Mohammed) and has three versions
> > by three authors. The most definitive is by Ibn Ishaq, Sirat Rasul
> > Allah, translated by A. Guillaume as The Life of Muhammad. It is a
> > difficult book to read and that is why Mohammed and Unbelievers was
> > created so that the content would be available to the average reader.
> > The Sira is the only thing that allows us to understand the Koran,
> > since it allows us to sort out which verse in the Koran is earlier or
> > later.
> >
> > Today, the home of Mohammed has the most intolerant political system
> > in the world. Jews have not been in Saudi Arabia for 1400 years.
> > Christians are allowed to pray in their homes, but there cannot be any
> > public display of their faith, such as wearing a cross or carrying a
> > Bible in public. Practically speaking, Arabia is a religious apartheid
> > state. But before Mohammed, the Arabs of Mecca had 360 religions in
> > the city. It is the inherent nature of polytheist religions to be
> > tolerant, so when Mohammed came along with his new religion and new
> > god, the Meccans could have cared less. Tolerance had been their way
> > since the beginning of time.
> >
> > Islam is not only a religion, but a complete civilization. Not one
> > thing inside of Islam is identical to kafir civilization. Thus, the
> > process of becoming Islamic means that the most fundamental basis of a
> > civilization must change. Tolerance was the door that Mohammed came
> > through and closed behind him. Tolerance in Arabia vanished after
> > Mohammed.
> >
> > After Mohammed announced he was a prophet, there were no problems in
> > Mecca. Mohammed was quiet and spread his message to friends and
> > family. There were no problems with anyone. The Sira devotes 13 pages
> > of text to this peaceful stage of his being a prophet. The Sira is an
> > 800-page book, but the actual material devoted to Mohammed as the
> > prophet of Allah is 577 pages. Do the math; 13 pages out of 577 pages
> > are 2% of the Sira.
> >
> > On the 13th page, a Muslim picks a weapon during an argument with a
> > Meccan kafir and bloodies him with a blow to the head. So much for
> > peaceful Islam. For the next 163 pages, 28% of the text, Mohammed
> > argues on a daily basis. It is not that Mohammed is right, but all
> > kafirs are wrong about everything. He even tells the Meccans that
> > their parents are burning in Hell because they did not submit to
> > Islam. He threatens the Meccans, "I will bring you slaughter."
> > Mohammed is pushy, belligerent, argumentive and rude. He is
> > relentless. On a daily basis, he is down at the kabah, a social as
> > well as a religious center, and is constantly in the Meccans' face.
> >
> > The Meccans wanted to harm Mohammed, but he was protected by his
> > powerful uncle. But when his uncle died, the Meccans drove him out of
> > town. In Medina, the next phase of the Sira deals with jihad, killing
> > kafirs. That takes up 401 pages, 70% of the text.
> >
> > Based upon the Sira, Islam is 2% peace, 28% argument and threats, and
> > 70% jihad. If the Sira were a two-hour movie, then the peaceful part
> > would last for nearly 3 minutes, the fist fights, brawls, arguments
> > and threats would last 34 minutes and the killing would take up 83
> > minutes. But the movie ends with the beaten kafirs saying that they
> > will do whatever Mohammed wants, if he will only stop the jihad.
> >
> > So remember, actually Islam is peaceful, a full 2% peaceful, and if
> > we're good dhimmis, we won't mention the other 98%.
> >
> >
> > Bill Warner
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