[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHcWd5AFnzQ[/youtube]Walid Shobate is a former PLO terrorist. He is one of the only men standing up for the truth.
OMG the muslims are just so stupid and evil huh?
Any person who would make this woman a second class citizen because of her gender sure are.
Those who wouldn't aren't.
The Koran elaborates: it requires the testimony of two women to offset that of one man (2:282) and every girl deserves exactly one-half her brother’s share of inheritance (4:11)
Those who wouldn't, aren't Muslims.
This isnt open to debate. One believes this or one is not a Muslim.
Spot on!Muslims can behave themselves just as anyone else can. You just need to let them know they'll be no guff taken from them. But when you enforce their self-made 'victim' status then there's no holding 'em.
çãùåú NRG - A Homemade GenocideThere are those that claim that Arab and Muslim states are immune from criticism, because they are not democratic, but Israel is more worthy of criticism because it has democratic pretences. Claims like this are Orientalism at its worst. The covert assumption is that the Arabs and the Muslims are the retarded child of the world. They are allowed. It is not only Orientalism. It is racism.
The Arabs and the Muslims are not children and they are not retarded. Many Arabs and Muslims know this and write about it. They know that only an end to the self-deception and a taking of responsibility will lead to change. They know that as long as the west treats them as unequal and irresponsible it is lending a hand not only to a racist attitude, but also, and mainly, to a continuation of their mass murder.
THat being said, I don't automatically assume that any person associated with an ideology believes in every single doctrine down to the last detail and that it is possible to be Muslim without complete conformity to such doctrines.
Islam is not a cafeteria-style, take what you like, religion.
Islam is all or nothing.
While true, there are progressive Muslims, Muslim clerics that disagree on points of doctrine, and all the rest that goes with being one of the world's greatest religions. So yes, there are Muslims that feel differently in spite of the Qur'an. It is the great paradox of spirituality and religion.
Let's not forget that Aisha was something of a king-maker, and was personally responsible for the deaths of 2 Caliphs, IIRC, including Ali. Let's not forget that Khadijah and Fatima were not only allowed but encouraged by Mohammed to speak their minds to the chagrin of the patriarchy extant at the time. Without Khadijah, there would be no Islam. There are exceptions and contradictions even in Muslim doctrine as evidenced by both its history and its present incarnations.
Islam is not a cafeteria-style, take what you like, religion.
Islam is all or nothing.
Your second party assumptions are neither accurate nor relevant.
did you ever think that maybe some muslims interpret things in the quran differently than other muslims? Do you think thats maybe why theres so many sects?
go to the library section and read up a bit. that is Islam coming from a non-fanatical point of view. the point of view of 240 million muslims world wide.
There are "2" sects. Just like Christianity. What you probably mean to say is that their are many divisions (tribes) within the sects. But even with this statement, the major disagreements in Islam are divided amongst the two sects, not the tribes. And the number one disagreement goes back 14 centuries after Muhammed's death. This disagreement was so strong and had such an impact, that Islam would see the emergence of the Shia and bloody violence would continue in the 21st century.
Inconvenient interpretations in the Qu'ran (like the Bible) are mostly irrelevant and insiginificant.
Well, here's the problem. The one individual that is the focus point of true Islam is Muhammed. Peaceful Muslims and fanatical Muslims both reach back and produce his example to validate certain behaviors throughout history. And despite Christianity's willingness to dive into violence at times in history, Jesus Christ has been Christianity's saving grace. Both religions go back to the prophets. Were Muhammed a Jesus Christ type figure, perhaps Islam would be much healthier today.
Your non-fanatical point of view can trace his behavior back to Muhammed. Problem is, so can the fanatic Radical. So what exaclty is blasphemy in Islam? This is the 14 century struggle.
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