(May 27, 2018 at 11:33 am)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I don't have a problem with Islam in and of itself, just with the fact that there is a lot of radicalism within Islam. And radical Islam aren't strict people who are assholes. Radical Islam are people who believe non Muslims should all be killed (among other horrific things). Apparently 20% of Muslims world wide believe it's good to kill non Muslims, for the mere fact of not being Muslim. That's just an extremely high number, and a very radical view.
But if you are otherwise a peaceful, normal Muslim, then I have no problem with you or with your faith at all.
But there are direct explicit verses from the Quran (the source book that all Muslim factions hold holly) that criminalize behaviors like this:
Quote:Sura 60, The Quran:
( 8 ) Allah does not forbid you from those who do not fight you because of religion and do not expel you from your homes - from being righteous toward them and acting justly toward them. Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly.
( 9 ) Allah only forbids you from those who fight you because of religion and expel you from your homes and aid in your expulsion - [forbids] that you make allies of them. And whoever makes allies of them, then it is those who are the wrongdoers.
Another example from the same book:
Quote:Sura 7, The Quran:
( 55 ) Call upon your Lord in humility and privately; indeed, He does not like transgressors.
( 56 ) And cause not corruption upon the earth after its reformation. And invoke Him in fear and aspiration. Indeed, the mercy of Allah is near to the doers of good.
So you can understand why I seriously question the belief of extremists. What do they have to say about these verses? that is beyond me.
I think the problem is with exaggerated treatment -or bias, if I can say?- when it comes to dealing with Muslims; the media honestly speaks as if humanity didn't have 2 world wars, a nuclear blast and a hell load of mass shooting victims in the U.S .
I think that Muslims who didn't read the above verses need to seriously revise their faith, or stop taking Islam as a shield for their acts.
