Auggie wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 11:39pm:
Brian Ross wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 11:54am:
Setanta wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 1:02am:
Mattyfisk wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:58am:
Setanta wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:53am:
Mattyfisk wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:48am:
Setanta wrote on Jan 7
th, 2018 at 12:30am:
What if they do not seek your protection and do not want to submit? Is Islam against self determination, are you?
What, don't submit to an army?
So if the Yanks knock down my door and rush in pointing weapons and getting everyone down onto the floor, I should announce that I do not want to submit?
Personally, I'd prefer to seek their protection and be delivered to a place of safety, but that's just me.
Are you going to play games with me K? Would the yanks force their religion on you? You do know this is about belief, about submission, not armed conflict and laying down ones weapons. Are you a proponent of self determination?
I most certainly am not. I'm a proponent of submission, dear.
What Arab Muslim converts did in a war over 1200 years ago is neither here nor there. Jews did much worse on the orders of their prophets, and we have nothing against the Jews, now do we?
Some of my best friends are Jews, Setanta.
The missing piece to the puzzle K is that we neither have Christians nor Jews demanding the same thing they did 1200-2800 years ago. They have been brought to heel. One more to go and we may tame El for all time. I see that as a positive for man.
Don't know many Ultra-Orthodox Jews do you? Nor the ultra-Orthodox Christians like the Brotherhood?
Are they a global threat?
No.
But we're dealing with different issues. If the Quran is so bad but the Torah is much worse, why
aren't Jews a global threat?
That's the question Moses, FD and all those who state that the Quran is the cause of Islamic violence can never answer.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews believe they are occupying other people's land because of a promise made by G_d. They are quite prepared to put their lives on the line to defend that land, and many believe they have a right to kill Palestinians. They interpret the Torah just as it states: they have the right to invade cities and slay entire populations if they aren't Jews. They are held back by the Israeli Army, who do their work for them: defending illegally held territory and slowly turning it into suburbs.
They're backed by the US, who have now signalled to the world that they're prepared to support Israel's illegal occupation of Jerusalem. This isn't the Jewish lobby, who are rightfully scared of pissing off the Arabs. This is the Christian lobby, many of whom believe that the state of Israel is part of a divine plan for Armageddon. They look forward to a holy war and, through their actions, actually bring it on. They cheered Bush's "crusade" (which brought ISIS into existence), and they'll cheer anything Trump does to raise the ire of the Muslim world.
Remember, militant Islam is sold to Muslims as defensive. Al Qaida's objectives were to get the US military out of Saudi Arabia and Israel out of the West Bank and Gaza. Fair enough. They might not use the same methods, but al Qaida have at least one objective consistent with the UN.
Muslims everywhere, however, condemn the Islamicists' methods, stating in unequivocal terms that they're not consistent with Islam or Islamic scripture. Who do you want to believe? The majority mainstream or the uneducated zealots?
Moses, the old boy and I play a circular game. They claim Islamic terrorism is caused by Islamic scripture. When I show that Jewish scripture is far worse and Jews aren't violent people, they come back to the question you've asked - over and over again.
I can't say why Jews don't stone or behead people for adultery anymore. Nor can I say why Saudis do. Stoning and beheading isn't even in the Quran, but it's there in black and white in the Torah.
I don't buy the FD argument that Saudi atrocities are influenced by generations of inbreeding. Nor do I think it's caused by their scripture. Indonesians aren't stoning or beheading anyone, and they seem just as religious as the Saudis.
I can't answer Moses and the old boy's question about
why militant Islamists are so cruel and suicidal - particularly when I've met so many nice Muslims. I've never met an ISIS fanatic, but I've met plenty of generous, hospitable and compassionate Muslims in a variety of countries. When they tell me this is what Islam is about - submission to God means kindness, patience and peace, I believe them. I have no reason to disbelieve that this is what their faith is about. They appear to me to practice this in action, so I believe.
I'm not into Islam. I just can't see the link between one or two ancient verses taken out of context and violence in the name of Allah. I think Islamists are profoundly wrong in their interpretation - their actions are condemned by their own holy book.
So no, while I don't see Jews as a global threat, nor do I see any threat from Muslims who take the time to read their book properly, and practice it.
Allah Uakbar, innit.