Understanding what
being a moslem, implies, about the character of a person, and his honesty [or lack of!]....
What, or who, is a moslem ???
A moslem is a follower of ISLAM. < --------
dictionary definition.
Every moslem, is
a moslem.
And, imo,
every moslem, is filthy, stinking, lying, deceitful, ....moslem.
That is not what i say [...by myself, alone].Look to the religious doctrines of ISLAM !THAT FACT [of 'holy' moslem lying and deceit], is 'an article of faith', for every moslem.
THAT CONDUCT [of the moslem being a 'holy', filthy, stinking, lying, deceitful person] is a 'holy' doctrine of mainstream ISLAM.
It was conduct which the prophet of ISLAM, Mohammed, which the messenger of Allah, Mohammed, himself engaged in, as a 'holy' example to 'the moslem', to follow.
ISLAM teaches moslems, that lying to disbelievers, is a part of a 'holy' doctrine, ...of the ISLAMIC faith.
ISLAM teaches moslems, that they need not keep to [honour] commitments they have made, .....if those commitments are no longer in their best interests !!!
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Yadda said....
http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1295407319/0#0 Quote:
Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds,
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"Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;..."
William Shakespeare
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From the Jewish O.T. Bible;
Numbers 30:2
If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth.
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From the Koran, Hadith;
Allah told Mohammed, it is OK to not fulfil the oaths you make.
i.e. If you find something better, you are free to go, and make a better deal, and abandon your first oath.
"Allah indeed has sanctioned for you the expiation of your oaths and Allah is your Protector, and He is the Knowing the Wise."
Koran 66:2
"The Prophet said, "If I take an oath and later find something else better than that, then I do what is better and expiate my oath."."
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"expiate my oath", means an obligation to Allah of penance [Kaffara], e.g. fasting for three days, or to clothe or feed poor people.
"If you ever take an oath to do something and later on you find that something else is better, then you should expiate your oath and do what is better."
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"The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: An oath or a vow about something over which a human being has no control, and to disobey Allah, and to break ties of relationship is not binding. If anyone takes an oath and then considers something else better than it, he should give it up, and do what is better, for leaving it is its atonement."
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"Yahya related to me from Malik from Nafi that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "Whoever swears by Allah and then says, 'Allah willing' and then does not do what he has sworn to, has not broken his oath." "
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