Re: Shoot UK teacher, say protesters
I am going to guess he didn't take a study-at-home course to become an imam.
Who here knows anything about this man's upbringing?
He is probably a native Arabic speaker so I would surmise he studied the Quran and the Hadith in their native language. The Quran dates from the 7th century, does it not. Some of the Hadith took a while to collate but they are said to relate the utterances of the Prophet are they not?
Sure, but what does that have to do with this cleric?
Where else would he get his information? Is there a King James version I don't know about? Perhaps he is illiterate or lazy and relied upon an oral recitation? Perhaps he is just plain stupid or painfully unaware fo the outside world and is unable to bring context to his understanding so as to reconcile contradictory passages?
I haven't come across anything in the Quran or sunna that asks people to burn others at the stake for defamation...
on forgiveness alone
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I don't disagree that he probably lacks subtlety, but he is in a position of authority and commands the respect of at least many hundreds directly. He may be stuck in the 7th Century or merely applying 7th Century language out of context but he is a serious embarrassment. Get rid of the idiot or send him to a refresher course. Take his batteries out of his loud speaker. Somebody on the Muslim "side" needs to sidle up next to the guy and make him an offer he can't refuse. The British government doesn't have that authority. So we don't have WWIII over something so completely idiotic just make him go away.
I agree, although, I don't know what anyone on this forum can do?
BTW, we all know (but some won't admit it) he isn't the only dinosaur with such ideas. The Taliban is full of them. They are absolutely Jurassic. Time for a house cleaning. That is you all's job.
I can't judge a whole lotta of people based on media or bush's and cronies views... if anything just to be totally objective, people who tend to be crazy and have horrible moronic personality disorders make up only 10-15 percent of any population and that is the natural distribution, 10-15 in Oahu, 10-15 in Saskatchewan, 10-15 in afghanistan.. I don't believe them to be solely clustered there....
I pray that there are still normal people in this country who don't give in to every propaganda.. it is becoming like a bad case of rabies and a global phenomenon at that..
peace!