Your language is offemsive

Submitted by Don (Peru), Mar 24, 2009 at 21:58

Though I'm proud and thank God that I am a "kaffir" in the eyes of Muslims, and am thankful I wasn't born in an Islamic hole, had Islam forced upon me at birth, and unable to leave it legally under Islamic/sharia law without threat to my life, I do take offense at the way you refer to Leigh, and by extension the rest of us non-Muslims, as "kaffir." In your lovely book of hate and bigotry (the Qur'an), "kaffir" is a term to inspire hatred and derision and insult upon the subject. It's akin to me calling an African-America "n..." But that's what Islam is all about, isn't it, Ibn? Who to hate (Jews, kaffirs, infideels, homosexuals, polytheists, anyone who doesn't believe what you believe). Or who to kill (homosexuals, infidels, Jews, apostates, et al). Or who to wage war on (same list of "enemies of Allah"). So go ahead an call us "kaffirs." I hope you don't mind if I just call you "Brainwashed-nonthinking-..."

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