Islam and Violence
Does Islam truly promote violence? The answer is no. Of course, the first thing that comes to mind is the violence emanating from the Middle East and South Asia. No argument that violent extremism is a problem in that region. But a recent Gallup Poll conducted on the Muslim World has indicated that justification for violence is usually politically justified, i.e. military occupation, economic exploitation of oil resources, support for tyrannical rulers, while moderates used religion to counter the justification for violence. The issue is not one of theology but one of human behavior, actually human aberration from religion.
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according to their own Bible they are against anyone who is considered and infidel and anyone who rejects Islamic faith is an infidel. Also they see nothing wrong with committing acts of violence against someone who is deemed an infidel. So the answer is YES they are a violent religion , per se, as Mormonism is founded on a false prophet, Joseph Smith, so is Islam.
I put my trust in my faith, not in what I do for my religion, or what I give to them or how I sacrafice my life, etc, I trust the Hebrew Gd of heaven, the only living Gd, for my salvation, and nothing else can buy it or earn it. Salvation is by grace of Gd alone.
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We are in agreement on a lot of issues and I respect your opinion. I think we differ on whether Islam promotes violence or not because I have had Muslim friends.
Yes islam does promote violences.Take it from a old back woods preacher convert one to christ.They will kill the convert And at best shun them out of the family.
Are there parts of the Koran that promote violence against non-believers, yes. Are there things in the Bible that promote violence against non-believers, yes. Looking at the history of both religions, is there any reason to think that one is any more violent then the other? No!
Have you ever seen a person stuck in the sixties? Its a pathetic thing. They dress old fashion, they just cant get out of that era.
The OT is full of violence and the NT is not. While we dont throw out the old, like Obamas health care plan would, we embrace the NT more. Problem is they are living the OT and are stuck in a time warp.They are more dangerous. Whens the last time you witnessed a ban of Christians wearing masks and tying up some one and setting them on fire or beheading them...seen it recently....didnt think so.
If you are interested there is a group in the south that engaged in such activities well into the 1980s.
the practice of homosexuality .
How does homosexuality compare to the actions of the KKK? Have they burned down churches? Lynched straight people? Burned crosses on the yards of straight people?
This from someone who thinks the world was created in six days? I didn't say there wasn't any violence in the Muslim world but I have Muslim friends. Judging all Muslims because of a few is like judging the pro-life movement by a few people that have killed abortion doctors . There are a lot of Muslims in the world and only a few are violent.
Those few killed over 2,000 people in NY Sept.11, 2001.Those few people are making the whole batch look badly. They are criminal and they do not care about America or any other religious country. They hate you and would kill you in a minute, because you live in America and America to them is evil because of its promiscuity and lack of moral living. How do you stop such a band of terrorism from hyjacking the mainstream of that religion ? If you could answer that we would avoid alot of unnecessary deaths from war and criminal activity. Come to think of it its much like the homosexual movement..huh. A vicious band of them are also hyjacking and criminalizing our country.If you can stop the one from terrorizing our country and those who support us then maybe you could stop the other from destroying our country from the inside out too.
Remember that when you criticize blacks, gays, Muslims, ect. It is always a small number within any group that gives people an excuse to be prejudice against the whole group. Muslims are not any more violent then any other group.
Islam promotes violence no more then Christianity does.
But Islamic leaders and scholars seem unique in the spiritual realm for egging on their disciples to kill both their enemies and the innocent. The Dalai Lama threatens to resign if his countrymen cannot forswear violence. Imans preach hatred not only of other faiths, but even of other Muslims who diverge from their views.