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 The ruins of a mosque in Joplin, Missouri, after a fire last month that Muslims leaders suspect was an arson.
September 5th, 2012
01:19 PM ET
Rising anti-Islamic sentiment in America troubles MuslimsBy Moni Basu, CNN On the program, called "The Threat in Our Backyard," is a lecture on Islam in public schools and a short film on Sharia finance. It's a program organized by people who feel the American way of life is threatened by Islam - in particular, Sharia, or Islamic law. Sharia would bring ruin to America, says Greg Johnson, vice president of the 9/12 Project Tennessee, a sponsor of the event that advocates for shifting government back to the intent of the Constitution's authors. He says he has nothing against Muslims, but he takes issue with the tenets of Islam. Sharia, he believes, would mean that practicing homosexuals would be put to death, women would not be educated and would be married off to men chosen by their fathers, and non-Muslims would become kafirs - nonbelievers - relegated to second-class citizenship. My Faith: After my mosque was torched "And I don't want that coming to America," Johnson says. He's not alone in his fears. A tide of anti-Islam sentiment has been swelling across America in recent months, strong enough to prompt one imam to wish for the days immediately after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks when President George W. Bush declared that Muslims were not our enemies; that the war on terror was against a select few who acted upon their hate for America. "In the 11 years since, we have retreated," says Abdullah Antepli, the Muslim chaplain at Duke University who likes to call himself the Blue Devil Imam. Muslims make up less than 1% of the U.S. population. Yet, say Muslim advocates, they are a community besieged. Hate crimes against Muslims spiked 50% in 2010, the last year for which FBI statistics are available. That was in a year marked by Muslim-bashing speech over the Islamic center near ground zero in Manhattan and Florida Pastor Terry Jones' threats to burn Qurans. Why some American Muslims wear the hijab Antepli likens the current climate to McCarthyism. Left unchecked, he says, anti-Muslim fervor, like racism and anti-Semitism, has the potential to evolve into something dangerous. This year's holy month of Ramadan, which ended August 19, was marred by a spate of violence at U.S. Islamic centers that included a fire, a homemade bomb and pig parts. The incidents were unprecedented in scale and scope, says the Council on American-Islamic Relations. At least seven mosques and one cemetery were attacked in the United States during Ramadan, according to the council and other groups that track such incidents. Particularly visible on the anti-Muslim radar has been the state of Tennessee, where a mosque opened during Ramadan after two years of controversy. The new Islamic center in Murfreesboro opened a few weeks ago after delays caused by legal wrangling, community protests and vandalism. Also in Tennessee, incumbent congresswoman Diane Black found herself publicly opposing Sharia after her opponent Lou Ann Zelenik made it a campaign issue. Follow the CNN Belief Blog on Twitter State senatorial candidate Woody Degan's website also mentions Sharia: "VOTE CONSERVATIVE! VOTE Anti-Sharia, VOTE Against Internet Taxes, Vote FOR Gun Carry Rights! VOTE for your PERSONAL RIGHTS!" And Gov. Bill Haslam recently came under fire for hiring lawyer Samar Ali, a Muslim woman from Tennessee, to work in the international division of the state's economic development department. Ali's critics called her Sharia-compliant and a website called Bill H(Islam) attacked the governor for pursuing "a policy that promotes the interest of Islamist (sic) and their radical ideology." The website links to another that discusses, among other things, Islamic infiltration of public schools. "I cannot stress enough the seriousness of their push to spread their religion to all non-Muslims throughout our country," says website author Cathy Hinners, another speaker at next Tuesday's 9/11 event in Franklin. Why do Muslims pray five times daily? "Why? Why are Muslims so adamant that we accept their religion? The answer is simple. The answer is in black and white. The answer is in the Muslim brotherhoods "Strategic Goal for North America." It's called a global caliphate. One religion, one government, one law... called Sharia." In November 2010, more than 70% of voters in Oklahoma approved a ballot initiative to amend the state's constitution that banned courts from looking at "legal precepts of other nations or cultures. Specifically, the courts shall not consider international law or Sharia law." The amendment died after a federal court ruled it discriminatory. "That was very explicitly anti-Islamic," says Glenn Hendrix, an Atlanta lawyer who specializes in international law. "It specifically referenced Sharia." This year, 33 anti-Sharia or international law bills were introduced in 20 states, making it a key issue. Six states - Louisiana, South Dakota, Kansas, Arizona, Louisiana and Tennessee - adopted such laws prior to 2012. Two Tennessee lawmakers attempted to pass a bill this year that would have made it a felony to practice Sharia, but it failed. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the anti-Sharia bills are based on draft legislation promoted by David Yerushalmi, an anti-Islamic lawyer from New York. Yerushalmi founded the Society of Americans for National Existence, an organization devoted to promoting his theory that Islam is inherently seditious and Sharia is a "criminal conspiracy to overthrow the U.S. government," according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which tracks hate groups. "Ideally," says the center, "he would outlaw Islam and deport its adherents altogether." Hendrix says anti-Sharia legislation is not necessary since U.S. courts ultimately are beholden to U.S. law. But it sends a strong message to the Muslim community. CNN’s Belief Blog: The faith angles behind the biggest stories The American Bar Association, which opposes federal or state laws that impose blanket prohibitions on foreign laws, says such legislative initiatives stigmatize an entire religious community and "are inconsistent with some of the core principles and ideals of American jurisprudence." Valarie Kaur, a legal advocate and hate crimes specialist, says proponents of anti-Sharia bills are battling an imaginary threat. "There is no push to install Sharia law in the U.S.," she says. "Anti-Sharia bills target the religious principles of Muslim Americans and fuel anti-Muslim rhetoric and bias. As a Sikh American whose community has too often become the target of hate, I believe it's time to stand against all forms of racism and religious bigotry." An attack at a Wisconsin Sikh temple last month killed six people. Many believe the shooter mistook Sikhs for Muslims. A Sikh gas station attendant in Arizona was the first victim of reprisal after the 9/11 attacks. Kaur blames tough economic times and an amplification of hateful speech for incidents like the temple shooting and the momentum behind the anti-Sharia campaign. For Muslims, Sharia - which means "path to the watering hole" in Arabic - is the divine law revealed centuries ago in the Quran that governs all aspects of life. More often than not, it's the most sensational parts of Sharia - like cutting off a thief's hand - that garner the most publicity. U.S. courts bump up against it in cases of divorces, inheritance, child custody, enforcement of money judgments and commercial disputes or tort actions. A trial court in New Jersey, for instance, ruled that a husband, who was Muslim, lacked the criminal intent to commit sexual assault on his wife because Sharia permits a man to have sex with his wife whenever he wants. That's the kind of ruling that fuels anti-Sharia activists. Nashville health-care investor Andrew Miller says there's no room for democracy within Islamic ideology. All you have to do is look to any Islamic state, he says. "If you wanted to pray to a large rock and that was your God, I could care less," he says. "But the minute you want to put a gun to my head and say you will pray to this large rock and your family will or you will pay the price, that's when I see a bully. I see an overbearing ideology that wants to force and coerce people. Miller describes himself as a tolerant person but not when it comes to people dictating how others will live. "That's antithetical to the freedoms that we value, the liberty we value," he says. The message that Islam is evil has been repeated so many times - sometimes directly, sometimes in a more subtle fashion - that it has sunk in as reality in the hearts and minds of many Americans, says Antepli, the Duke chaplain. Part of it is fear of the unknown, he says. "I, too, would have a monstrous image of Islam if I did not know any better." But another part of it is orchestrated, he says, referring to "well-organized and polished" anti-Islam websites that have sprouted in recent years. Marry that with ignorance and the end result is lethal, Antepli says. The Center for American Progress, a liberal research and advocacy organization, published a report last year that attributed the rise of Islamophobia to a "small, tightly-networked group of misinformation experts." The report called "Fear, Inc." lists seven foundations that gave $42.6 million to think tanks to promote anti-Islamic thought. It describes "deeply intertwined individuals and organizations" that "manufacture and exaggerate threats of 'creeping Sharia,' Islamic domination of the West, and purported obligatory calls to violence against all non-Muslims by the Quran." The issue of Sharia, say some Muslims, has become a political hot potato in an election year. GOP candidates Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann mentioned Sharia in their campaign speeches. This year's Republican Party platform makes mention of foreign laws: "Subjecting American citizens to foreign laws is inimical to the spirit of the Constitution. It is one reason we oppose U.S. participation in the International Criminal Court. There must be no use of foreign law by U.S. courts in interpreting our Constitution and laws. Nor should foreign sources of law be used in State courts' adjudication of criminal or civil matters." That's the message Miller hopes people will take away from next week's 9/11 meeting; that the tenets of Islam go against the constitution of the United States. It's diametrically opposed to what people like Antepli and Kaur will be saying as America remembers the horror of terrorism. Hateful sentiment, they say, is not the answer. soundoff (2,383 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 Next »
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i agree......all religions but especially islam should be exterminated from this earth.
YOu will be exterminated first for that kind of backwards thinking. GOOD LUCK!
In a perfect world...but until then tolerance is the key.
people will still be people- what is YOUR suggestion for dealing with that?
intelligent americans will always stand against religious inclusion in our government. where religion reigns liberty can not.
R'amen.
This is a very danerous religion and these people have designs on you and on this country. They are working to subjugate all non muslims and as soon as they can they will. Americans are fools to think otherwise.
herewe...are you an expert on the muslim religion? Are you an insider for them? It seems like you could be because you know more about them and their designs on the American populace than most other people know....
JC practicing tauquia are we. (Sow discord and confusion in the infidel)
I love reading republican ignorance..GOOD ENTERTAINMENT!
All of this is just tilting at windmills. Sharia law will never be a possibility in the US. It is prevented by the Const.itution and the Muslim population is too small to get a vote to change it. This is nothing but right-wing, Christian religio-fascist, racist fear-mongering stirred up by ultra-conservative groups like the Tea Baggers and Glenn Beck's Islamophobic 9/12 Project.
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/florida-judge-orders-muslims-to-follow-sharia-law-against-their-will/
Yeah? And what happened AFTER that? What was the result of that ruling?
Aminculi i suggest we give sharia to cases involving MUSLIM on MUSLIM crime (eg chop thier head off, hands off, poke their eyes off etc etc) . Non Muslim on Muslim crime we use American law. that is the best way to deter you guys.
Not good enough, nonsense...ENSENSE! Sorry, I keep gettin that wrong. In America they should follow American laws. The nice thing is that American laws are not in any way threatened by sharia law. I'm not trying to say that sharia law is a good thing. What I'm saying is that this is a non-issue in the US. Never gonna happen. Null value. It's nothing but fear-mongering.
Amin cutli you failed to answer my question. would this arrangement be ok to your people?
Rome was never going to fall, christianity was never going to spread across the world...never is a very long time and the world evolves. I would expect this country to either outlaw religion in order to curtail what is happening or for a new religion to move into fill the gap left by growing anti-christianity. And know what, people will do what they have always done- adjust to a better or worse situation.
Nonsense, what exactly do you mean by "your people". Americans are my people and I do not claim to speak for all of them. I am an atheist, but that carries no affiliation. So what, exactly, do you mean?
Amin cutli If you are an atheist then a little bit further down on the message board is a guy with a beard saying something important regarding the fate of people lke you when the relegion you are defending becomes a majority, enjoy it while it lasts.
Well, when sharia law takes over in the US, I'll worry then. Honestly, I don't see it happening. Until that time, nonsense, I suggest you go back to school, learn some spelling, grammar and punctuation. Then we can work on your intolerance and irrational fears. Oh, BTW, what the in the world is an "Amin cutli"?
Amin cutli I see you. Kiddo can pretend to be a secular American, but you are fooling no body. I am very well educated and know your history as well as your agenda. You can sit in Islamabad and conduct your Islamic agenda. but you want us to close our eyes and wake up the day when all is lost. Ain't happening.
You're correct, nonsense, I am fooling no one. You, however, are fooling yourself.
The Land of Israel is the Promised Land given to our forefathers Abraham Isaac and Jacob and is given to us, their seed, as an everlasting Inheritance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVw3EQ3-Ndw&feature=relmfu
religion does not confer ownership of land. the entire idea is ridiculous.
BUt JEsus told me I could have Yellowstone! Waahhh!!!
tuvia, you are a fruitcake.
more religious retardation
After having "slept on it," I'm even more annoyed by this article than I was when I first read it yesterday.
One thing you all may have forgotten over the past 10 years is that before 9/11, Islam wasn't even a blip on the radar of most Americans. Despite being responsible for the 1998 embassy bombings, by early 2001 I remember very clearly that OBL wasn't on the minds of most Americans–many of us had forgotten he even existed.
This alleged sentiment exists for precisely one reason: The attacks of 9/11 which were perpetrated by Muslims, and the myriad of terrorist attacks by Muslims on American troops and civilians abroad. In such a case, can it really be called anything other than a justified cautious reaction?
By the way, to those of you who claim that "most Muslims are peaceful," I'd like to share an interesting anecdote...
A friend of mine went to Tunisia as a study abroad student during the Spring 2011 semester. When she came back in the Fall I asked her if–as an American–she had been in any danger due to the uprisings there. This girl, a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, replied "Oh no, not at all." Then she paused and added very seriously, "The only time I felt threatened was after bin Laden was killed. You could sense everyone there was really furious about it."
I hope you'll all remember that when you start spouting off that the "average Middle Easterner" rejects bin Laden and his philosophy. After all, how many "average Americans" were furious at our government after McVeigh was executed?
I suggest you go back to sleep.......Why so ignorant?
Mark or should i say Musa or Markaz, reality hurts does it not?
"Whoever sacrifices to any god other than the Lord must be destroyed." Exodus 22:20
"They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their ancestors, with all their heart and soul. All who would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, were to be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman." 2 Chronicles 15: 12-13
" 12 If you hear it said about one of the towns the Lord your God is giving you to live in 13 that troublemakers have arisen among you and have led the people of their town astray, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (gods you have not known), 14 then you must inquire, probe and investigate it thoroughly. And if it is true and it has been proved that this detestable thing has been done among you, 15 you must certainly put to the sword all who live in that town. You must destroy it completely,[a] both its people and its livestock. 16 You are to gather all the plunder of the town into the middle of the public square and completely burn the town and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. That town is to remain a ruin forever, never to be rebuilt, 17 and none of the condemned things[b] are to be found in your hands. Then the Lord will turn from his fierce anger, will show you mercy, and will have compassion on you. He will increase your numbers, as he promised on oath to your ancestors— 18 because you obey the Lord your God by keeping all his commands that I am giving you today and doing what is right in his eyes." Deuteronomy 13:13-19
So, it seems like you fundiot Christian nutters are upset when the fundiot Muslim nutters follow your god's commands, all the while you nutters ignore those same commands to you.
@primewonked. Your clock needs winding, cuckoo-cuckoo
That's exactly the point Christians ignore them.
Sad day. I am ashamed to be an American when we spew hate. Maybe we are no better then Al Qaeda. How is this not anti-semitic, bigotism, and racism of the worst form. Thats why no in the north respects the south because of their long standing racist tones.
I am sad that you are part of this country. Have you ever been in the southy?? Blacks and whites get along in the south of the USA then any other place on earth. We grew up together. The real racist problems are now in the north and honestly have always been. Please stay wherever you are as you are unwelcome in the real world.
why is the US even recognizing sharia law? we don't let other religions come to this country and influence our laws, and religious influence should certainly not be allowed...seperation of church and state.........
We don't. People are being ridiculous.
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
did fox news tell you this????
why do you have the ridiculous notion america is considering sharia law?
we are a nation of laws. uphold them.
The US isn't recognizing sharia law. A few judges have used sharia in cases were BOTH parties have agreed to have their case tried under sharia law.
http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2011/03/19/florida-judge-orders-muslims-to-follow-sharia-law-against-their-will/
Get your head out of your keyboard and WAKE UP AMERICA!
@AH
Knowing you and reading that web address means that I'm going to have to take anything I read on that site with a few million grains of salt.
AH, you post crap from a blog and expect people to just fall all over themselves as if you've produced actual facts and evidence? What a dope.
I say give them sharia where it is Muslim on Muslim crime. ( chop hands, heads et). for crimes involving Muslim to non Muslim. give the non Muslim the choice of which law to use. That is the best way to put this sharia genie back to where it came from.
While we're at it let's go back to Separate but Equal, because THAT worked. <_<
Amin Cutli Seperation is what you guys ask for and believe in. I say we just give it to you guys but in a twisted way.
Why do we follow a bible that was written by cavemen?
Unlike your Quran which was written by a pedophile
Few 100% true Reasons why Islam is a terrible and evil religion to stay far away from...
1. "Prophet" Muhammed was an evil pédophilé who was an intolerant murder, destroyer and had many wives, incl. 9 year old!
2. Islam = submission. Allah tells Muslim to submit to his will; otherwise he will torture and torment you in life for eternity.
3. Islam treats non-adherents worse than animals. If they are people of the books (Christians or Jewish), classify them as "dhimmis" and make them pay a special tax (Jizya) to the Islamic government, or they should be enslave, rob, rápe, and lynch them as you please unless they convert to Islam.
4. Islam kills those who leave Islam and/or convert to another religion.It also says to kill gays, atheists and those who insult Islam.
5. Islam says "Men are better than women", "Men could have many wives", "Women are worth half a man", "Selling a wife is perfectly ok".
6. Unlike Christians – Muslims pray and serve Allah, rather than praying for themselves or someone else.
7. Islam is the most violent Religion by far –>> http://www.thereligionofpeace.com <<–
8. Muslims frequently persecute and kill Christians unless they convert to their cult. Churches have either been converting into Mosque. (Hagia Sophia an example) or being burned down in Islamic countries.
9. Non-Muslims are forbidden visiting Mecca, and no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia (No churches, No non-Islamic stuff, etc.).
10. Islam is spreading like rats in western countries (Europe & North America), and seek to spread their "Sharia Laws", as well as trying to convert as many people to their "peaceful" religion and ev. Taking over the nation.
11. It is the DUTY of every Muslim to expand Islam and strive for world domination.
12. Quran is nothing but hate and violence. Muslim children are brainwashed and brought up with violence and hatred towards non-Muslims.
13. Islam says they believe in Jesus (Isa), yet they deny his words and the Bible.
14. Many Muslims in western nations tries to act "nice" and "tolerant" like normal humans so people think that their religion is "peaceful" and ev. people falling into converting to Islam and accepting them.
May our Lord save us from Islam and its disgusting people!
Muslims could openly practice their religion freely in western (Christian) nations, but Christians or Non-Muslims would risk getting their head cut of doing in in any Islamic nation, both secular and extremist.
****PLEACE WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL MUSLIM THOUGHTS (In English)****
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8b3vhTO248&feature=related
Thanks for your great analysis if you please put light on the history when mughals came to India and started conversion and put rewards on the head of those who refuse to convert to Islam probably 600 years ago and history of Newdelhi's Chandni chowk massacre of non muslims appreciate bringing facts of the present and history to the readers.
1. "Prophet" Muhammed was an evil pédophilé who was an intolerant murder, destroyer and had many wives, incl. 9 year old!
If you do a little research, you will discover that at the time of Mohammed's life, many cultures married off their girls at a very young age, ages that we today would consider far too young. It wasn't just Mohammed. There were, of course, a lot of reasons, including economic ones in a culture with no birth control and large families with poor income. Marrying the girls off meant one less mouth to feed.
2. Islam = submission. Allah tells Muslim to submit to his will; otherwise he will torture and torment you in life for eternity.
Sounds like another god I've heard of. Only, he demands EVERYONE not just to submit to his will, but believe in him. And if you can't even manage to believe in him? He'll torture and torment you for eternity.
3. Islam treats non-adherents worse than animals. If they are people of the books (Christians or Jewish), classify them as "dhimmis" and make them pay a special tax (Jizya) to the Islamic government, or they should be enslave, rob, rápe, and lynch them as you please unless they convert to Islam.
The Muslims that I know, knowing that I am a Pagan, treat me with dignity and respect. We have conversations regularly about the differences and similarities in our faiths, about world religions and the differences between religion and culture. It is the culture that does many of the things that the religion gets a bad name for.
4. Islam kills those who leave Islam and/or convert to another religion.It also says to kill gays, atheists and those who insult Islam.
Again, this is another cultural thing.
5. Islam says "Men are better than women", "Men could have many wives", "Women are worth half a man", "Selling a wife is perfectly ok".
Have you read the old testament of the bible? Maybe you should.
6. Unlike Christians – Muslims pray and serve Allah, rather than praying for themselves or someone else.
This statement makes absolutely no sense. Muslims pray to and serve Allah. Christians pray to and serve God. Both prayer for themselves and for others. Allah is the Arabic word for God. This means Muslims and Christians are doing the exact same thing.
7. Islam is the most violent Religion by far –>> http://www.thereligionofpeace.com <<–
Again, have you READ the Old Testament? Compare the violence of ancient Israel with the violence of ancient Islam. It is probably far more telling about the time and place than it is about the religions. Then, once you've done that, compare the violence of Christianity, the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Holocaust, slavery, the treatment of the American Indians to the violence done in the name of Islam. Again, it is far more telling about human beings as a people than it is about the religion they claim.
8. Muslims frequently persecute and kill Christians unless they convert to their cult. Churches have either been converting into Mosque. (Hagia Sophia an example) or being burned down in Islamic countries.
Does this mean that we should, in turn, persecute and kill them, burn down their mosques, etc? I thought that Christ taught his followers to respond to violence against them by standing in their faith and offering the other cheek to be struck as well.
9. Non-Muslims are forbidden visiting Mecca, and no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia (No churches, No non-Islamic stuff, etc.).
These two things have nothing to do with each other. Mecca is a sacred place to Muslims. They have every right to say who can and can not visit. Religious freedom, or the lack thereof, in other countries does not and should not affect religious freedom here in the US.
10. Islam is spreading like rats in western countries (Europe & North America), and seek to spread their "Sharia Laws", as well as trying to convert as many people to their "peaceful" religion and ev. Taking over the nation.
Most estimates put the Muslim population of the US at about 1%. Hardly taking over the nation. The constitution of the US guarantees us that Sharia law will never be implemented here. It is silly to think it will be. And no Christian has a right to complain about Muslim proselytizing. Not while they are still going door to door, country to country trying to convert the world to Christianity.
11. It is the DUTY of every Muslim to expand Islam and strive for world domination.
Most Christians will tell you that it is their duty to expand Christianity, to spread it throughout the world.
12. Quran is nothing but hate and violence. Muslim children are brainwashed and brought up with violence and hatred towards non-Muslims.
Have you read it?
13. Islam says they believe in Jesus (Isa), yet they deny his words and the Bible.
They deny his divinity, that's all. I know a fair number of people who agree with them. Some of them are even Christians.
14. Many Muslims in western nations tries to act "nice" and "tolerant" like normal humans so people think that their religion is "peaceful" and ev. people falling into converting to Islam and accepting them.
You mean like...donating food to a neighborhood food drive, volunteering to drive people to voting, doctor's appointments, to read to children, sitting with the sick in the hospital, cooking food for a neighbor they know is working three jobs just to keep their house so that the kids have actual meals to eat, participating in local conservation efforts, leading a recycling program, sitting with shut ins...stuff like that?
May our Lord save us from Islam and its disgusting people!
Yeah, that whole taking care of people stuff is just gross.
Muslims could openly practice their religion freely in western (Christian) nations, but Christians or Non-Muslims would risk getting their head cut of doing in in any Islamic nation, both secular and extremist.
And again, the behavior of other countries with regard to religious freedom in no way dictates the way we should behave. Or do you believe that you have a right to steal someone's car just because someone else stole your car?
myweight nice try to put the controversial part under the carpet.
Few 100% true Reasons why Islam is a terrible and evil religion to stay far away from...
1. "Prophet" Muhammed was an evil pédophilé who was an intolerant murder, destroyer and had many wives, incl. 9 year old!
–Is it fair to criticise someone without doing some fair amount of research on the truth? If you had even looked at the basic books you would have found that he (pbuh) never married anyone till his first wife died after 25 years! He (pbuh) was fifty at that time. ALL the marriages except the youngest was to women who were already married and it was to support them. Marriage to Ayesha, the youngest bride was to establish stronger ties with the allies. Further, the marriage was not consummated until she came of age. Furthermore it was customary in those times to marry young girls..just like customs in our era. In fact, I personally know examples, in this great and advance country of girls who married at a young age. Even if I didnt, these are widely publicized on TV programs as well.
2. Islam = submission. Allah tells Muslim to submit to his will; otherwise he will torture and torment you in life for eternity.
–You got the first part correct. Where did you think of the second part? I can claim you threatened to kill me, but then that would be baseless wouldn't it? just like your above statement.
3. Islam treats non-adherents worse than animals. If they are people of the books (Christians or Jewish), classify them as "dhimmis" and make them pay a special tax (Jizya) to the Islamic government, or they should be enslave, rob, rápe, and lynch them as you please unless they convert to Islam.
–No one can answer to lies. There is no end to it, so I have no comment on your 2nd part. Baseless lies, that people have made up in whatever state of mind. As for the tax, are you saying you dont pay tax to Uncle Sam?
4. Islam kills those who leave Islam and/or convert to another religion.It also says to kill gays, atheists and those who insult Islam.
–Have you ever heard of a Judge slapping a huge sentence of punishment on someone, and the Judge was an illiterate or had no clue of the law? In the same manner, there are elaborate rules and details for such capital punishment, which people conveniently ignore and quote things out of context. No, just because someone leaves Islam, they cannot be killed.
Regarding the others, baseless allegations, hear-says cannot be answered. There are people like you in all walks of life, who make false accusations and it has become a way of life for them. Their lives revolve around falsehood. No one can teach them the correct answers, because they dont listen to what they dont like. It is as simple as that.
5. Islam says "Men are better than women", "Men could have many wives", "Women are worth half a man", "Selling a wife is perfectly ok".
–Yup, you can make all such things and more horrible ones. All you have to do is get a Vodka or Whisky in hand and fire away. Most of the people are so used to falsehood, they dont need Alchohol.
6. Unlike Christians – Muslims pray and serve Allah, rather than praying for themselves or someone else.
–Well this make it perfectly clear about your ignorance of either religion. Christains pray "to" God "for" themselves or their families or the world or whoever. EVERY SINGLE RELIGION teaches that. Get your basics straight at-least.
7. Islam is the most violent Religion by far –>> http://www.thereligionofpeace.com <<–
–Yup, and you are the most peaceful and beautiful and amazing person in the whole world. Are you for real?
8. Muslims frequently persecute and kill Christians unless they convert to their cult. Churches have either been converting into Mosque. (Hagia Sophia an example) or being burned down in Islamic countries.
–and you conveniently forgot the burning of Mosques? So, let me get this straight, if someone burns down a mosque, it is "some incident" that happened. while if some corrupt or ignorant or oppressed or frustrated muslim burns down some other religious house, ALL Muslims are bad? Islam is bad? Do I even need to answer this?
9. Non-Muslims are forbidden visiting Mecca, and no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia (No churches, No non-Islamic stuff, etc.).
–and your point is? Am I allowed to stay in your house as I please, do whatever I want with whoever in your family as I please? If I am not allowed to that in your house, why would someone else allow you to do that in your house? Now, if your mental capacity permits, expand/apply that example here. What they do is their choice. Even in the USA, people are prohibited to enter. Hundreds and thousands get rejected each year. Maybe you are not aware of our foreign policy. Go educate yourself.
10. Islam is spreading like rats in western countries (Europe & North America), and seek to spread their "Sharia Laws", as well as trying to convert as many people to their "peaceful" religion and ev. Taking over the nation.
–Only a Psychiatrist can help you overcome your fears. Either that, or this is some show you guys put up in the Media to prove that Islam is a monstrous religion. In every age and time, people like you, have been scared of the truth.
11. It is the DUTY of every Muslim to expand Islam and strive for world domination.
–Yup, just like your DUTY is to hate Muslims. See how I came up with that, simply ..just like that. Just like you. Baseless allegations. Talk facts. People dont want to listen to your mentally disturbed thoughts.
12. Quran is nothing but hate and violence. Muslim children are brainwashed and brought up with violence and hatred towards non-Muslims.
–Did you know latest version of Bible is similar to what you described? 🙂
13. Islam says they believe in Jesus (Isa), yet they deny his words and the Bible.
–Muslims deny the "altered" Bible. They fully believe in the "Original" Bible, as revealed to Prophet Jesus.
14. Many Muslims in western nations tries to act "nice" and "tolerant" like normal humans so people think that their religion is "peaceful" and ev. people falling into converting to Islam and accepting them.
–Thank you for letting us know your fearful thoughts. Please go visit a proper Medical Dr and have yourself fixed.
May our Lord save us from Islam and its disgusting people!
Muslims could openly practice their religion freely in western (Christian) nations, but Christians or Non-Muslims would risk getting their head cut of doing in in any Islamic nation, both secular and extremist.
–Have you even researched on statistics of head cut-off? Do this. Go to one of your libraries and do some reading. Then lets chat.
****PLEACE WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPICAL MUSLIM THOUGHTS (In English)****
–Do you want me to post you videos of a person other than a Muslim with deteriorated thoughts? 🙂 They are everywhere. Posting a video that you carefully selected out of million others doesnt prove anything.
I'm a Buddhist, and I don't think it is right for men to wear whatever they please and women have to cover from head to toes. Women should have the same right as men, and we should not obey any ancient book (Koran) that was written by a cave man that never gone to college. Islam is a cancer to other religions. I'm a Buddhist, I like to eat porks, and drink wine. So, Muslims have no right to tell me how to live my life.
Um, they arent...
May God save us from republicans!
Each other...you prove the point wonderfully- it is always the other person who is the threat we must protect ourselves from when we are the threat to the other. Labels is the first weapon bigots employ in attempting to make others the problem.
Nice way of deflecting from the topic on hand which is ISLAM (Tauquia confusion and discord in the infidel ranks) why are you hiding behind a christian name are you ashamed of being a Muslim.
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Hello, this is a drawing of Muhammed. Anyone's going to complain?
Must be abstract art...
Remember how God told Bushy boy to invade Iraq and kill hundreds of thousands of people?
Mark boy it was your soudi hand behind bush. Your holy country Saudi Arabia was concerned that Iraq will challenge the saudi oil supremacy, so it got America to do the dirty work. you already control 20 percent of the American economy and you use that as leverage to drive the Saudi agenda.
9/11 was an intel operation, clearly. Nothing going on geo-politically today has anything to do with the billions of people that live on this planet and believe differently. It's all about elite power grabs and greed. Wake up!
you've been sleeping for 11 years living in a fantasy world in which the US government (the same government who couldn't keep the lid on Watergate or wikileaks) would be capable of the most heinous terror attack in history. why don't YOU wake up?
LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Christianity is so advanced...the priests are pedophiles
Unlike islam whose founder was one.
ahh.lets sit back and watch the white racist repubs spew racism..
Islam is a fake religion and has no place in modern civilization. Islam may claim to advocate for peace and tolerance but it backs it up with hate and violence.
And this is different from Christianity how?
Christianity advocates for peace and tolerance and backs it up with the same.
That is about as inaccurate a statement as you could possibly make.
Few 100% true Reasons why Islam is a terrible and evil religion...
1. "Prophet" Muhammed was an evil pédophilé who was an intolerant murder, destroyer and had many wives, incl. 9 year old!
2. Islam = submission. Allah tells Muslim to submit to his will; otherwise he will torture and torment you in life for eternity.
3. Islam treats non-adherents worse than animals. If they are people of the books (Christians or Jewish), classify them as "dhimmis" and make them pay a special tax (Jizya) to the Islamic government, or they should be enslave, rob, rápe, and lynch them as you please unless they convert to Islam.
4. Islam kills those who leave Islam and/or convert to another religion.
It also says to kill gays, atheists and those who insult Islam.
5. Islam says "Men are better than women", "Men could have many wives", "Women are worth half a man", "Selling a wife is perfectly ok".
6. Unlike Christians – Muslims pray and serve Allah, rather than praying for themselves or someone else.
7. Islam is the most violent Religion by far. >> http://www.thereligionofpeace.com <<
8. Muslims frequently persecute and kill Christians unless they convert to their cult. Churches have either been converting into Mosque. (Hagia Sophia an example) or being burned down in Islamic countries.
9. Non-Muslims are forbidden visiting Mecca, and no religious freedom in Saudi Arabia (No churches, No non-Islamic stuff, etc.).
10. Islam is spreading like rats in western countries (Europe & North America), and seek to spread their "Sharia Laws", as well as trying to convert as many people to their "peaceful" religion and ev. Taking over the nation.
11. It is the DUTY of every Muslim to expand Islam and strive for world domination.
12. Quran is nothing but hate and violence.
13. Islam says they believe in Jesus (Isa), yet they deny his words and the Bible.
14. Many Muslims in western nations tries to act "nice" and "tolerant" like normal humans so people think that their religion is "peaceful" and ev. people falling into converting to Islam and accepting them.
May our Lord save us from Islam and its disgusting people!
Muslims could openly practice their religion freely in western (Christian) nations, but Christians or Non-Muslims would risk getting their head cut of doing in in any Islamic nation, both secular and extremist.
****PLEACE WATCH THE VIDEO CLIP TO SEE AN EXAMPLE OF TYPICAL MUSLIM****!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8b3vhTO248&feature=related
Thanks for sharing and consolidation of such useful information. They have poisoned our country, by marrying non-muslim girls and breeding along the stray side!!
Interesting: are we to believe that ALL atheists are loving gentle people and all muslims have are as rigorous in their belief? If it comes to war between a atheist and a msulim in determining which belief system would survive, would the atheist kill or just give in for the sake of peace? This video is more about mankind than religion. Religion is a tool- the middle east was a hornets nest we swatted at with a stick because of our ignorance and disrespect. Perhaps it was the most recent sleeping dog that got kicked and our domain over the rest of world will not be so easy as we thought- there is hope however in that ideas still seem to be more powerful than bombs- then again, ideas are what we used to create and unleash the bombs on one another. Wish I was around in three hundred years to see how this turns out. Simple human history.