I am curious about islam

[Marsellus Wallace]

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Its probably them killing a non believer("kafir") or punishing a woman for doing something that they don't like .
But the amount of blood and the anger in their faces is what drove my curiosity to know about what happened .

[DeistPaladin]

The result: Islam ... is clearly the stupidest of all great world religions.

I personally think Scientology beats it.

Christianity rivals Islam with its "trinity" and concepts of a god who sacrifices himself to himself to convince himself to forgive us all and change a rule he made in the first place.

...but then again, this is a debate about which pile of crap smells the worst.

[The Valkyrie]

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Its probably them killing a non believer("kafir") or punishing a woman for doing something that they don't like .
But the amount of blood and the anger in their faces is what drove my curiosity to know about what happened .

I think that particular image comes from a yearly ceremony within the Shiite community where they cut themselves to celebrate the martyring? of someone or another.

Can a resident Muslim please correct me if I'm wrong?

[lordofgemini]

Extremists deviant shite muslims cutting themselves with blades in order to mourn for the tragedy of Karbala.(Husian; Grandson of the prophet)

Some tend to donate blood this day. But these :S

[Wyrd of Gawd]

The Shiites and the Filipino Christians should have a contest. The Shiites can beat themselves bloody and the Filipino Christians can crucify themselves. One of their gods would surely show up to commend them on their devotion and faith.

[Hegel]

The result: Islam ... is clearly the stupidest of all great world religions.

I personally think Scientology beats it.

Christianity rivals Islam with its "trinity" and concepts of a god who sacrifices himself to himself to convince himself to forgive us all and change a rule he made in the first place.

...but then again, this is a debate about which pile of crap smells the worst.

Well, I have to say I disagree with you on Christianity and Trinity. Trinity is really a philosophical doctrine taken from Neo-Platonism; you don't find the notion in Gospels as explicitly stated. And this philosophical dimension is one thing that makes, in my opinion, Christianity superior to Islam. Have thought about this: Christianity developed the philosophical synthesis' of St. Thomas, etc, but Islam banned philosophy and science! In other words, Christianity allowed the idea that world can be understood rationally, as it is created by "the Grand Architect", where Islam stated that one should simply stick to what is written in the Quran and all efforts to "penetrate the mind of God" are heretical. Another thing is the story, which I think you misinterpret. Taken as a piece of literature, as an allegory it makes sense.

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Its probably them killing a non believer("kafir") or punishing a woman for doing something that they don't like .
But the amount of blood and the anger in their faces is what drove my curiosity to know about what happened .

I think that particular image comes from a yearly ceremony within the Shiite community where they cut themselves to celebrate the martyring? of someone or another.

Can a resident Muslim please correct me if I'm wrong?

I am not a Muslim, but I can tell that you are right. That ritual is practiced only by certain branch of Shiite Muslims.

[Duke Guilmon]

What happened to the muslim golden age?

[Rampant.A.I.]

What happened to the muslim golden age?

The smart people got out when the extremists took over, and were executed.

[Duke Guilmon]

What happened to the muslim golden age?

The smart people got out when the extremists took over, and were executed.

Should have guessed, christians might be doing it soon seeing as creationism is dying.

[Wyrd of Gawd]

What is this religion about? I would like to know if anyone can answer.

The Saudi paper Arab News runs an "Islam In Perspective" column that covers various aspects of Islam. http://www.arabnews.com/category/main-ca...erspective

It does not have any nut jobs.