The followers of religion of peace demand cutting of cartoonist heads

Submitted by Ianus (Poland), Feb 11, 2006 at 17:59

Dear A.A., you write :

> On one hand muslims claim that islam is a religion of peace. On other hand they are demanding that the cartoonists must be beheaded.

Are you surprised? It is exactly what the Arabic term "salam" (peace) does mean in the
Muslim context. After all the Muslims claim that "Islam" comes from "salam".
A kaffir lampoons the Prophet. He assaults Islam=salam. You cut off his head and salam=Islam is restored. You have to kill, loot, maim and humiliate for the sake of Islam=salam.
A plethora of Arabic words and notions are completely distorted and falsely understood by people unaware of semantic traps with which the Quranic underworld slang abounds.

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