islam promotes not only violence but also genocide
Reader comment on item: Israel Has a War to Win

Submitted by sam randall (United States), Jul 26, 2006 at 03:19

When the Hezbollah leader declares that their ultimate goal is to retake the "Zionists occupation of Palestine" from the Jews and give it back to the Muslim world, and "ethnically cleanse" this land of any and all Zionists presence, a sane person should be very alarmed. Ethnically cleanse means genocide and any Muslim cleric who uses the Koran and the so-called principles of Jihad to promote and pursue genocide is a threat to the population of the entire planet.

If this religion allows such leaders to take such a stance, this religion should be viewed as unquestionably violent. Never mind that throughout history, the Jews have, in various degrees, inhabited this small stretch of the mid-East for 3300 years and formed a "modern" Jewish State when the Brits finally got out in 1948. And yes, the Palestinian tragedy is ongoing, but much their plight should be blamed on their radical religious leaders.

Time after time history shows us that Islam equals war because its essence is that of intolerance, depravity and an imprisoned mind. Bottom line is, if these radical religious leaders follow the Koran literally and no one (their own followers) wakes up to stop them, their followers will be sacrficed like Aztec peasants, and worst of all, we will all be in a horrific mess.

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