The part about why most suicide bombers are Muslims is based on faulty information. Specifically, that according to Islam, a person who commits a suicide bombing is considered a martyr. Not true at all. A person who commits suicide bombing is considered nothing but a murderer by Islam as well. Suicide bombers are merely "religiously" motivated by people seeking their own ends by twisting Islam and presenting a false picture of it to them. Why do the people believe them? Because they're uneducated and don't know Islam at all. Being a Pakistan Muslim, I've seen people in remote areas of Pakistan who can't even read the Quran, much less know what's written in it. They call themselves Muslim merely because they're parents called themselves Muslim, whose parent in turn called themselves Muslim. Such people are EXTREMELY easy to manipulate using false religious doctrines. Anyone showing up with a beard and shouting some Arabic gibberish can mislead them.
What the suicide bombers are doing is NOT a just cause. It's not even Jihad in the Islamic sense. Because Jihad has to be declared by the state. It cannot be declared by some individual. HTH.
This is in reference to a post by someone about something they refer to as Taqqya. I'm sorry, but that is a complete and utter lie. I've never heard of anything called taqqya, though I admit my knoeledge of Islam is by no means complete. I will definitely ask around about this concept. However, I can comfortably repudiate tha claim that it is ok for Muslims to lie. It is by no means ok. Lying is considered as a great sin and the Quran orders us not to lie to anyone. Like I said in a previous post, Islam is all about acceptance. How can Islam be truly accepted by someone if they accept it under a false pretense. I will post more once I have more knowledge of this particular subject.
Hello. I'm a Pakistani Muslim and I'm sorry, but I could not go through all of the posts. However, I did go through enough to about get he gist of the discussion going on. Well, I would say that you people do not understand Islam or Muslims at all. Please, do not compare Christianity with Islam, since in today's world, they are radically different. The Bible is not even in it's original form today. Anyway, for us Muslims, the Prophet (PBUH) is the single most important person for whom any Muslim who is even remotely in touch with his religion would be willing to die for. I remember when I saw the cartoons in an email. There was simply an explosion in my mind. However, what calmed me down was that you people do not take religion in the same way as we Muslims do. You people do it in the name of freedom of speech, which is in my opinion highly overrated. Why I do not believe in complete freedom of speech is simple. You can say whatever you want? To whomever you want? And nobody can stop you? I mean c'mon. If I start abusing my neighbour without any reason, just because I feel like it, I would be doing a wrong thing. However, in certain things, I agree freedom of speech is important. Somebody in their post stated that freedom of speech is important because people have died for it. Well, for us Muslims, it is the same with the Prophet (PBUH). We love him dearly. And we respect him with all our hearts. When someone abuses him, he is abusing every Muslim in the world. All this aside, the way the protests were carried out was wrong. However, you guys must also understand mob mentality. Who knows, maybe the protest started out peacefully. A few violent individuals on the other hand, started inciting the crowd. The rest of the mob, already angry, joined them. Or maybe it really was staged by their leaders for their own political advantages. Nevertheless you cannot take it as an indication of what Islam teaches. No. Perusal of the life history of the Prophet (PBUH) teaches us that he used to pray for the enlightenment of the people who used to abuse him and Allah. One specific incident comes to mind. The Prophet (PBUH) went to a city, I don't remember the name. Their, the people starting abusing him and Allah and instead of responding in kind, he prayed that Allah show them the right way. So if the Muslims were to truly follow his example, they would not have attacked int he manner they did. Secondly, Islam does not preach that Muslims should conquer the world and impose Islam on others. Islam is all about acceptance. Even if I were to get someone to, say accept Islam, pray five times a day, recite the Quran and so on under coercion, but their heart was not into it, it would do no good to him or me. Instead I would be answerable to that person and Allah on the Day of Judgement. I look forward to answers to this post.
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The part about why most suicide bombers are Muslims is based on faulty information. Specifically, that according to Islam, a person who commits a suicide bombing is considered a martyr. Not true at all. A person who commits suicide bombing is considered nothing but a murderer by Islam as well. Suicide bombers are merely "religiously" motivated by people seeking their own ends by twisting Islam and presenting a false picture of it to them. Why do the people believe them? Because they're uneducated and don't know Islam at all. Being a Pakistan Muslim, I've seen people in remote areas of Pakistan who can't even read the Quran, much less know what's written in it. They call themselves Muslim merely because they're parents called themselves Muslim, whose parent in turn called themselves Muslim. Such people are EXTREMELY easy to manipulate using false religious doctrines. Anyone showing up with a beard and shouting some Arabic gibberish can mislead them. What the suicide bombers are doing is NOT a just cause. It's not even Jihad in the Islamic sense. Because Jihad has to be declared by the state. It cannot be declared by some individual. HTH.
This is in reference to a post by someone about something they refer to as Taqqya. I'm sorry, but that is a complete and utter lie. I've never heard of anything called taqqya, though I admit my knoeledge of Islam is by no means complete. I will definitely ask around about this concept. However, I can comfortably repudiate tha claim that it is ok for Muslims to lie. It is by no means ok. Lying is considered as a great sin and the Quran orders us not to lie to anyone. Like I said in a previous post, Islam is all about acceptance. How can Islam be truly accepted by someone if they accept it under a false pretense. I will post more once I have more knowledge of this particular subject.
Hello. I'm a Pakistani Muslim and I'm sorry, but I could not go through all of the posts. However, I did go through enough to about get he gist of the discussion going on. Well, I would say that you people do not understand Islam or Muslims at all. Please, do not compare Christianity with Islam, since in today's world, they are radically different. The Bible is not even in it's original form today. Anyway, for us Muslims, the Prophet (PBUH) is the single most important person for whom any Muslim who is even remotely in touch with his religion would be willing to die for. I remember when I saw the cartoons in an email. There was simply an explosion in my mind. However, what calmed me down was that you people do not take religion in the same way as we Muslims do. You people do it in the name of freedom of speech, which is in my opinion highly overrated. Why I do not believe in complete freedom of speech is simple. You can say whatever you want? To whomever you want? And nobody can stop you? I mean c'mon. If I start abusing my neighbour without any reason, just because I feel like it, I would be doing a wrong thing. However, in certain things, I agree freedom of speech is important. Somebody in their post stated that freedom of speech is important because people have died for it. Well, for us Muslims, it is the same with the Prophet (PBUH). We love him dearly. And we respect him with all our hearts. When someone abuses him, he is abusing every Muslim in the world. All this aside, the way the protests were carried out was wrong. However, you guys must also understand mob mentality. Who knows, maybe the protest started out peacefully. A few violent individuals on the other hand, started inciting the crowd. The rest of the mob, already angry, joined them. Or maybe it really was staged by their leaders for their own political advantages. Nevertheless you cannot take it as an indication of what Islam teaches. No. Perusal of the life history of the Prophet (PBUH) teaches us that he used to pray for the enlightenment of the people who used to abuse him and Allah. One specific incident comes to mind. The Prophet (PBUH) went to a city, I don't remember the name. Their, the people starting abusing him and Allah and instead of responding in kind, he prayed that Allah show them the right way. So if the Muslims were to truly follow his example, they would not have attacked int he manner they did. Secondly, Islam does not preach that Muslims should conquer the world and impose Islam on others. Islam is all about acceptance. Even if I were to get someone to, say accept Islam, pray five times a day, recite the Quran and so on under coercion, but their heart was not into it, it would do no good to him or me. Instead I would be answerable to that person and Allah on the Day of Judgement. I look forward to answers to this post.