Terrorism and islam, response to Shazia

Submitted by Ayesha Ahmed (United States), Sep 28, 2005 at 19:17

Shazia you are basically a good person and are trying to find goodness in islam. That you are doing by living in denial about Mohammed's extremely violent life , ignoring violent Madina ayas and just concentrating on earlier Meccan peaceful ayas and wishful sufi writings. The only way the image of islam can be changed is by changing quran and hadith. As long as a blind faith fanatic reads quran and hadith, he will tend to follow Zarqawi and Bin Laden rather than become a sufi. He has all the support he needs in islamic scriptures:

Bukhari:V4B52N220 "Allah's Apostle said, ‘I have been made victorious with terror.'"

Qur'an 8:12 "I shall terrorize the infidels. So wound their bodies and incapacitate them because they oppose Allah and His Apostle."

Qur'an 8:57 "If you gain mastery over them in battle, inflict such a defeat as would terrorize them, so that they would learn a lesson and be warned

Bukhari:V9B87N127 "The Prophet said, ‘I have been given the keys of eloquent speech and given victory with terror.'"

Bukhari:V5B59N512 "The Prophet had their men killed, their children and woman taken captive."

Qur'an 33:26 "Allah made the Jews leave their homes by terrorizing them so that you killed some and made many captive. And He made you inherit their lands, their homes, and their wealth. He gave you a country you had not traversed before."

Qur'an 3:150 "Soon We shall strike terror into the hearts of the Infidels

Qur'an 8:12 "Your Lord inspired the angels with the message: ‘I am with you. Give firmness to the Believers. I will terrorize the unbelievers. Therefore smite them on their necks and every joint and incapacitate them. Strike off their heads and cut off each of their fingers and toes."

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