Imam receives death threats for preaching evolution

[hawa14]

Saying that people who believe that Prophet Adam alayhissalaam was created as per what Allah has said in the Quran, have a children's level of understanding, and suggesting that those who believe that he (Adam alayhissalam) originated from apes, are adults and intellectuals, IS wrong.

You're right. I'm sorry I didn't think it through properly when I posted. I was thinking more along the lines of The Big Bang Theory and Islam not necessarily contradicting each other. I still don't think it warrants death threats though. Why not try to explain to the Imam how he is wrong.

AFAIK, during khulafaur rasyidin periods, apostates who purposefully spread negativity and incited hatred and painted lies against Islam were sentenced to death.

But as Muslims we are also required to follow the laws of the country we live in or move out of that country if we find it conflicts with our religious beliefs/obligations. This was done in England, which is not a Muslim country and does not follow Sharia. Second this still doesn't change the fact that the Prophet (saw) was extremely forgiving even to those who purposefully incited hatred and spread negativity. As Muslims we should take the high road, keeping a dignified restraint and expressing our disagreement in a calm manner would promote Islam as a peaceful religion to the masses, and ultimately this should be our aim. When dealing with things on a global scale our actions should benefit Islam, and the way the Rushdie ordeal was handled did not benefit Islam.

 

[Abz2000]

i believe it (the rushdie fiasco) did, it made hateful commentators realise that Muslims will react, and that they'd spend their entire lives watching their backs.
do you know the filth he came out with regarding prophet Ibrahim (as) and the mothers of the believers (ra)?
wouldn't you or your brother or father react if someone said it about your own mother?

"And did not Allah check one set of people by means of another,
the earth would indeed be full of mischief;
but Allah is full of Bounty to all the worlds"
-Qur'an 2:251

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we need to present Islam in all it's aspects - not give false hopes of teddy bears and cuddliness and always turning the other cheek

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka'b_ibn_al-Ashraf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_of_'Abdullah_ibn_'Atik

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theo_van_Gogh_(film_director)



we should not be like the kuffar and pretend to be "tolerant" while secretly hypocritically assassinating people who speak truth.
and let them (the kuffar) not pretend that they are so "tolerant"................they just murdered Anwar Awlaki.
and the zionists murdered an Islamic leader in Dubai.


The wives of the Prophet Muhammad, who are reverently called the "Mothers of Muslims", are compared with prostitutes. So Rushdie calls the mothers of the 1,5 billion Muslims *****s. Salman-al- Farsi and Bilal, two reputable early Muslims, are depicted as profligates. He also makes racist remarks calling Bilal a big black monster. Rules and practices having no basis in Islam are false attributed to it and real laws are ridiculed, not argued against.
But not only did he take liberties with Muslim's sacred honour, Rushdie insults Jews and Christians as well. Prophet Abraham (peace be upon him), who is the father of the three monotheistic religions, Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is described as a "b******". So is Prophet Jesus (peace be upon him). Prophet Moses (peace be upon him) is called "Hitler", and the Virgin Mary (peace be upon her), a *****. He also refers to their mothers as "Harlots". Because of its wild implications and virulent language, the novel constitutes an unprecedented assault on Islam, and, indirectly, on the Abrahamic religions preceding it.