Is it?
[MENTION=38240]azc[/MENTION]:
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Is it?
I completely agree that this question is so wide open, its hard to answer correctly. I hope rayman is not hoping to start some sort of argument over this.What exactly is a "religion of peace" ?
In chapter 8 verse 60 (of the Quran) he (the prophet-pbuh) said prepare as much as you can steeds of warto terrorize the enemy, so terrorizing the enemy is in fact part of Islam.
Here is the deal.
The man is an Islamic IMAM.
Many consider him a radical.
He is actually in jail for promoting ISIS
He considers the ones who don't agree with his Islamic way "not real muslims"
Here is one of the many videos available in youtube about him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=WNSbkWVSDpM
So here are the questions to you Muslims:
Are his views align with Islam?
He justifies the actions of terrorists as based in the Quran.
At about 00:02:54 of the video he said:
In chapter 8 verse 60 (of the Quran) he (the prophet-pbuh) said prepare as much as you can steeds of warto terrorize the enemy, so terrorizing the enemy is in fact part of Islam.
If I was to believe in all he said I would conclude that Islam indeed is a violent religion.
As Muslims what is your take?
Please explain to the non-Muslims where is he wrong, if he is?
Greetings and peace be with you Raymann,
The interviewer in your video was deaf, she could not hear the imam describe terrorism as the blanket bombing of Afghanistan and Iraq by America. All she kept doing was going back to the execution of Foley, and I agree with her that this was wrong. But to me the greater crime was the bombing of Afghanistan and Iraq; this was the greater act of terrorising an enemy.
I have to say I only watched the first five minutes. America has bombed and fought in more countries than any other since WW2, I recently heard about the blanket bombing of Korea and Vietnam. I cannot believe that you turn a blind eye to your own country, yet criticize others for lesser crimes. Please be careful when making blanket judgements about 1.6 billion people.
In the spirit of praying for justice for all people.
Eric
I just question the reason why so many groups around the world (all under the flag of Islam) feel the urge to terrorize the west as their primary goal.
I said primary goal because the violence also happens between these groups themselves (see Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc).
The topic here is not violence in general so here I'm only concern about violence coming under the flag of Islam.
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