Shujah, check it out

Submitted by Don (Pakistan), Sep 8, 2007 at 09:44

Jesus: "Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you." (Matthew 5:44)

Mohammed: "Strike terror into the hearts of our enemies....and others besides, whom ye may not know but Allah doth know." (Koran 8:60)

Jesus: "Blessed are you when men revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsly on my account. Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great." Matthew (;11

Mohammed: "And slay them wherever ye find them" [who persecute you] Koran 2:191

Jesus: "Äll who take the sword shall perish by the sword." Matthew 26:52

Mohammed: "Paradise is under the shades of the swords (Jihad in Allah's cause)."

Jesus: "Blessed are the merciful, for they too shall obtain mercy." Matthew 5:7

Mohammed: "Mohammed is Allah's apostle, and those follow him are rithless to the unbelievers but merciful to one another." Koran 48:29

Mohammed: "Fight thos who believe not in Allah...even if they are the people of the book (Christians and Jews),, until they pay the jizya (dhimmi tax) with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued." Koran 9:29

Jesus: "My kingship is not of this world; if it were my servants would fight." John 18:36

Mohammed: "I have been ordered by Allah to fight against the people until they testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah."

Jesus: "Love your enemies, do good by them, and expect nothing in return. Your reward will be great." Luke 6:35

Mohammed: "Let not the believers take for friends or helpers unbelievers." Koran 3:28

Jesus: "And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake the dust from your feet as you leave." Matthew 10:14

Mohammed: "Whoever changes his Islamic religion, kill him."

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