Greetings,
It seems like there are quite a few discussions going on in here, not to mention that some of them are pretty off-topic! I thought I would respond to some points being made by Robert.Lane:
Islam is peace, dont seem very peaceful at the minute, id say quite the opposite.
I think that you are over-generalising on the one hand (in some of your posts) and also not making an important distinction; Islam is a religion and Muslims are people who try to follow that religion as best they can. Therefore we can say that Islam does not teach violence, yet
some of its followers do not adhere so closely to its teachings, and thus show a false image to the world.
I understand that you feel all this protesting is drawing even more attention to the cartoons, and it's true. Protesting and rioting probably wasn't the best way to deal with the situation. It certainly isn't something that we are plainly taught. So what we should understand is that there are many Muslims out there - including scholars and people of knowledge - who condemn the violence and mayhem being caused by people who have not controlled their anger and vented their emotions in an unrepresentative way of Islam. Therefore grouping them under the same umbrella is not fair for all those who are not in agreement with such actions.
banners down in London said it all, Kill those who talk bad about mohammed. I dont know the bloke or really care.
The banners were not acceptable and in no way should be taken seriously to represent the views of all the Muslims who were not present in the protest. There have, however, been many peaceful responses to the cartoons that have unfortunately, not been noted.
if the west is that bad and evil why do muslims emmigrate there why not stay in your own country and let us get on with it. No one asked us whether we wanted to be a multicultural society
Well Muslims are in fact encouraged to migrate to a Muslim country where they will be able to practice their religion freely. Sadly, there is no country which implements Islam 100% and some Muslims don't have the ability to migrate anyway. It is, however, acceptable for Muslims to remain in a non-Muslim country in order to try and teach Islam while practising it as much as possible. Not all Muslims are like the ones you see on television, so while they might lead you to make judgements about others, please bear this fact in mind. Also, I believe Britain chose to be a multicultural society, and I hope by doing so we can be more tolerant and understanding of each others' beliefs, in addition to being able to have the freedom to practice them and the right to have them respected.
Evil seems to be the root of all evil, people pick an choose what they want to keep even though their religion blantantly says otherwise. Whether it be cristians, jew, moslims etc.. you are all hypocrites.
I hope we can see that this is a gross generalisation of millions of people. You are right that there are people out there who pick and choose their religion, however, this does not make
all followers of the respective religions hypocrites.
You all worship the same god, there is only one god, but yet you all argue and fight over prophets. If moses, jesus, and mohamed were here today to see what theyve created they feel sick of them selves and sent you all to hell. Youre all as bad as each other, I guess you all deserve the suffering you afflict on each other. RELIGION the root of all EVIL!!!
There are a few misunderstandings here. Firstly, while the God of Islam, Christianity and Judaism is essentially the same, He is not recognised by everyone as being the same, and there are differences in all three religions as to the true identity and commandments of that God. We also believe in the same Prophets, but again they are viewed differently in the different religions.
Furthermore, while I agree that the world is not a perfect place; this is not the fault of any Prophet nor is it in their power to decide the destiny of anyone - that is an attribute of God only.
The last few assertions were rather unnecessary and I would advise you to avoid doing this again in future for the reasons that they are untrue, baseless and unhelpful.
My God is the same as yours the jews and the christians. You all believe in the same God but give him different names and have different ways of serving him. As for the name of God, who knows. He knows what he's doing and this is all meant to happen and one day we'll all feel like a bunch of --- when He shows us the truth.
Here, you correctly identified the case that the three faiths seem to have different ways of serving the same God. However, it is important to realise that God did not leave mankind without any means of finding the truth. He established evidence and proofs to allow us to distinguish between falsehood and truth; He sent Prophets to various nations to remind and guide them to what was correct; hence if we follow any path, we need to examine what evidence and authority it has in order to convince ourselves that it is indeed the true path to success.
In Islam, this evidence and proof is magnificently established through our holy book, the Qur'an, and through the teachings left behind by our Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Of course there are people who act contrary to these teachings, yet that does not render them any less valid.
Why have I just got a warning
This warning is a result of your previous comments in this thread which were uncalled for. If you have any further enquiries about it, please feel free to contact me via private messaging.
Regards
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