RE: lost in the forest

Reader comment on item: Civil war likely in Iraq: Pipes
in response to reader comment: Can't see the Forest for the Trees

Submitted by WeAreAllDanes! (United States), Mar 16, 2006 at 01:36

"It's actually just the opposite. These "leaders" are basing most of their BS on hadiths and fatwas, both of which are the Muslim equivalent of Papal Encyclicals."

No, he's quite correct. The final command to the faithful - Sura 9 - is not a hadith or a fatwa. The "kill the infidel" stuff isn't a hadith or a fatwa. The actions of the founder of Islam make it quite clear what Islam is.

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