what else can we do to stop war ?
By BisNeSsmiNd
@BisNeSsmiNd (55)
Malaysia
March 8, 2007 3:31am CST
i hate 2 see those children crying over their dead parents..
why world so prejudices to islamic country like iran?
why bush labeled islam with violent?
i hate bush!!!
why there is no action taken towards him although he is the 1 who is dangerous?
1 response
@android781 (46)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
what can we do to stop war? the answer to this question is simple: stop promoting hatred using religious pretexts, i.e.
- calling faithful muslims to fight (jihad) in the name of allah and in the cause of islam;
- dividing the world into a crude dichotomy of "good vs. evil" -- that is, dar al-islam and dar al-harb;
- clamoring for the establishment of shari'a as the universal law;
- forcing humankind to believe that the qur'an and muhammad (sallallahu alayhe wa'salaam) are the ultimate beacon of truth (because they definitely aren't)
- blaming the jews for all the ills of humanity and calling them descendants of pigs and apes
- accusing the jews and the christians of distorting the revealed truths (both the torah and the gospels still stand for closer scrutiny but muslims cannot substantiate their claim of that alleged "distortion")
- promoting aggressively islamic hegemony (what happened to predominantly christian north africa? the jewish communities of yathrib/medina? the jews of persia? the seven christian churches of anatolia [now part of turkey]? the copts of egypt? the buddhist relics of afghanistan? the armenians under the ottomans?)
- circulating lies about islam's history and appropriating the accomplishment and contributions to humanity of other religions, particularly judaism and christianity, as their own and thus rewriting history in conformity with the islamic agenda
- institutionalization of the dhimmitude laws
...the list would be exhaustive but what were mentioned above would probably suffice it....
@android781 (46)
• Philippines
8 Mar 07
... and stop calling jihad "holy war" because there's nothing remotely holy about it....
@BisNeSsmiNd (55)
• Malaysia
9 Mar 07
they call it jihad bcoz they dont do war juz to sy that 'hey world, look - we powerfull' nor neither for their ownself but it is simply to protect their religion, their rights, their life, their country - not killing people for fun!! they dont harmed people if others not harmed them 1st..
and dude, plz respect our own rights - do respect other religious dude! not only islam dividing the world of ' good vs.evil, i believe even people who dont have religious too would definitely against evil...
@android781 (46)
• Philippines
9 Mar 07
i have great respect for religions and religious persons. i myself is a religious person. since i was a child i have reverence for anything holy, be it a statue of the the virgin mary, a buddhist relic, a hindu book, the torah. it's the main reason why i've studied the qur'an and the islamic religious history. to tell you honestly, i almost became a muslim... what's more compelling a sight than an entire nation bowing before one God? or the outward holiness of an islamic garment... but critical thinking and careful examination of facts led me to the conclusion that it cannot be the true religion, in fact, not even a good religion simply because of the facts that i have stated in my first post. why is there so much hatred in islam? a kind of hatred that you can't see in any other religions. it calls for world domination and the destruction/annihilation of the others.. the only religion singling out a race, the jews, as the enemies of God...
as for respect, you don't have to ask for it. you have to earn it... respect begets respect, love begets love, hatred begets hatred... besides nothing in my first post implies any disrespect for your religion. on the contrary, it's out of respect for your and other's religion that i'm stating those facts... unless of course you have a different meaning of "respect" in mind. if by respect you mean muslims are free to call us kafir/infidels, "apes and pigs", "those who gone astray", "those who have incurred Allah's wrath"; and yet we can't even say that you are inciting hatred/war against us because we are disrespecting your religion, then we don't have a common ground. read the whole surah 8 and 9 of the qur'an, and tell me i'm wrong....
