RE: Moscow: Suicide Muslim Go Boom!
January 26, 2011 at 5:10 am
(This post was last modified: January 26, 2011 at 5:35 am by Rayaan.)
(January 25, 2011 at 7:51 am)Skipper Wrote: Do you accept that (in the majority of cases) the Muslims that have done acts like this have done so as a direct result of the book you worship?
Yes, but that is caused by their own lack of understanding that the Quran is not telling them to kill non-believers whenever they want to. If that was true, then I wouldn't believe in the Quran either. But that is not true because intentionally killing ourselves and others with a bomb is not Jihad nor will it gain us the status of a martyr. It is only a suicide.
Now, I should tell you two of the reasons on why suicide bombing is against the Quran, which are:
1. The Quran clearly forbids us to fight, kill, nor even harm the non-combatants:
"Thus, if they let you be, and do not make war on you, and offer you peace, Allah does not allow you to harm them." (Surah 4:90)
2. Suicide is a major sin in Islam and the punishment for suicide is Hell:
"But let there be amongst you Traffic and trade by mutual good-will: Nor kill (or destroy) yourselves: for verily Allah has been to you Most Merciful! If any do that in rancor and injustice, soon shall We cast them into the Fire; And this is easy for Allah." - (Surah 4:29-30).
(January 25, 2011 at 2:49 pm)Chuck Wrote: The evil of Islam is not that it makes it easier for the individual to be a suicide bomber. The evil of Islam is it keeps entire societies on the fringe of modernity, where they feel overwhelmed by the power of modernity and yet unable to adapt to modernity. So they resort to the main way they can still hurt the sources of modernity, which is suicide bombings.
Some do it for modernity and others may do it for Heaven. But you never know ...
Suicide bombing has started off as a political and a psychological strategy, and it is evil indeed, but again, it is not in agreement with the teachings of the Quran as I have already proved it. However, the western media has used this as an advantage to ridicule Islam and show everyone that this is what the Quran tells them to do, which is wrong. The media frequently shows quotations of Quranic verses and Hadiths out of context regarding the use of force in an attempt to prove that Islam justifies aggression toward the non-believers, which is not true.
(January 25, 2011 at 4:34 pm)HeyItsZeus Wrote: Besides... if I were brainwashed into thinking that I would be rewarded with 72 virgins in heaven I would blow everything up!
Actually, there is not a single verse in the Quran which says that martyrs will get 72 virgins.
It does say that they will be rewarded with virgins and many other things in Heaven (which could possibly have other metaphorical meanings), but it doesn't mention any specific number like "72" virgins. This is only found in a weak hadith with a single narrator, and that's why, Muslims are not required to believe in the "72 virgins in Heaven" thing. We believe that the Quran is the first and most authentic source for Islam, and therefore, it takes precedence over any other Islamic scriptures.
