For most Americans, Islam was a religion that lived on the periphery of their lives, a culture they caught glimpses of in movies and television shows. Then came the tragic events of 9/11, and suddenly the Western world was desperately grasping to understand a religion they knew precious little about. With all the questions swirling around the true nature of Islam, none has been asked more than this: Does Islam promote violence?
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The Tenets of Islam are Similar to Judaism and Christianity
- From ADC
By American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - Grassroots Civil Rights Organization
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The argument above is correct, unfortunately. What that means to me is that Islam is no BETTER than Christianity or Judaism, because all religions have teachings and depict incidents in their scriptures that promote violence. Thus Muslim attempts to compare their faith with religions more prevalent in the Western world actually backfire, since these religions are actually losing ground to secularism. Once you assume that everything in either the Bible or the Quran is of God, no matter how disgusting it is from a modern perspective, you risk lives, including your own. We need to get rid of that blind assumption, from Muslims, Jews and Christians alike, before we can say that they are truly peaceful religions. If the people are violent by nature, the violent elements in religion makes them worse, not better.
- Dale Husband
October 10, 2008 7:29PM
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