mahasn ebn sawresho
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Good question. Raped even kids. Many islamic countries say Isis is not muslim - but for me it is like saying "Prophet Mohammed" is not islamic.
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Good question. Raped even kids. Many islamic countries say Isis is not muslim - but for me it is like saying "Prophet Mohammed" is not islamic.
The answer is yesToday i doubt - Did islam truly had a golden age? or did it stole the science and technology and arts from other civilizations and marketed as theirs?
One of whom was claimed to be 120 years old.
Do you think that sources that claims they killed a 120 year old might also be wrong in some other details of the events?
That is important. And the vast majority of people who have converted to Islam, or where born into it, do not support or condone the actions of groups like the Taliban, ISIS, or Boko Haram.I disagree. What's important is to be honest about how people are currently converting what they believe into actions.
That is important. And the vast majority of people who have converted to Islam, or where born into it, do not support or condone the actions of groups like the Taliban, ISIS, or Boko Haram.
I have never seen a poll that puts the number that high (it generally ranges from 10% - 25%).As I understand it from polls, about 30% do condone the actions of these groups. They wouldn't themselves be violent, but they believe these groups are acting correctly.
Remember, it is a mistake to think of Islam as a religion; it is a conquest-driven, totalitarian ideology.
If you knew your early Islamic history you would be fully aware that Muhammad continually preached to any who would listen that Jews had altered their holy books and that the Christians were wrong about Jesus and the Trinity. I shouldn't need to point out what he said and felt about the pagans in Mecca as his whirlwind trip to the Kaaba a few years after the battle above indicates the respect he had for the well established pagans in the region. All of these people slowly began to understand that this man was a clear and present danger to their way of life. My gut feeling is that, at first, they just thought he was crazy and so entertained his ideas... but then very slowly, he began to attract followers... and that got the Meccan's edgy enough to finally plot against him.
There were also the raids against the Meccan caravan's by the early Muslims. These acts hardly endeared them to the people of Mecca and it is little surprise that eventually they put together a force to deal with the Muslims... which didn't go very well...
As I understand it from polls, about 30% do condone the actions of these groups. They wouldn't themselves be violent, but they believe these groups are acting correctly.
Remember, it is a mistake to think of Islam as a religion; it is a conquest-driven, totalitarian ideology.
I sincerely believe that the point of the OP was that ISIS is using the same *principles* and beliefs as Muhammad used. When you ask what should the Muslims have done, it seems to me that what you're saying is that they had every right to behead those 800 people. Did I misunderstand you?
"Freedom of Religion" gets us to another sore point. Yes, yes, I know "there is no compunction..."
But what we see - in practice, in the world - is that inevitably, when Muslims become the majority in a population, all other religions are driven out. So it would appear from the last 1400 years that when a Muslim says "Freedom of Religion", it's fairly safe to assume that that translates to "Muslims want to be free to practice THEIR religion, and they'll work like crazy to stifle everyone else's religion"
I have never seen a poll that puts the number that high (it generally ranges from 10% - 25%).
And the mistake is saying that something that has established doctrine, rituals, and dogma not a religion? Or are you simply unaware that the vast majority of Muslims do not believe in coerced conversion and do not believe Sharia applies to all (Surah Al-Baqarah 2:256)?
It will not be a fair comment to say Islam is not a religion,I condemn you. It is just another old religion of middle east and asia with many wrongs and unexplainables. I do not think the polls tell the truth about muslims,either: I work with them,spend my life with them,daily life explains the things better than statistics to me. Uneducated people's ideas are often not ideas but reflexes to something. Muslims know that they will be treated as 2nd class humans in almost every part of the world though they get the positions and ranks such as uni professors or doctors. There is a french hospital here where you can find all doctors educated in France for medicine,but if I have a chance to choose, my choice is always a Dr. Xavier rather than a Dr. Ismael which is just my prejudice,nothing else.
One has to use extreme caution when pushing against the status quo. Muhammad sought to unseat those in power. Didn't they have every right to attack him? I'm not terribly interested in nit-picking over what a given sura was all about as I am far more interested in the big picture. Far too much distortion creeps into the discussion when we argue over what a couple of scant lines means. The backstory is often far more important.I know all this and it is Islamic History 101 for me but thank you.
The above mentioned verse has nothing to do with Christians, very little to do with Jews and the whole conflict was with Pagans in Mecca. It's true He was a thread for their Religion, trade,....etc. but so what! all He did was telling them they are wrong and advice them to follow him, in his point of view, He is telling the truth and asking people to follow him for their own benefit, regardless of how true that was, don't you think it is the right thing to do?
Even in Medina he remained a clear and present danger. Is this so hard to understand?after 13 years, He left the city for them and started breaching else where, but they didn't leave him alone and followed him with all the harm they could, and decided to fight him in his new place and that is what 8:12 is all about.
What a strange notion. I didn't know that if you stole something from me that gave me the right to steal something from you. Most instructive thinking, really.True, but before that, didn't the Meccans drive Muslims out of their land and homes? didn't they take their wealth? Muslims were just taking back part of what was stolen for them.
so that your problem that you don't get the lessons from so your experience ?I can, but experience tells me it would be a waste of time. You would undoubtedly say some combination of:
- "oh, you're quoting a "weak" Hadith" - or -
- "oh, you're taking that Hadith out of context" - or -
- "oh, you misinterpreted those actions or sayings"
In other words, I will end up debating your personal interpretations as opposed to letting the words speak for themselves.