polite_gandalf wrote on Feb 27
th, 2015 at 4:51pm:
Yadda wrote on Feb 27
th, 2015 at 3:00pm:
"I'm gandalf. I'm a moslem. But the tenets and laws and 'ideals' of ISLAM mean nothing to me."
The tenets and laws and ideals of Islam mean a lot to me. I believe you, gandalf.
Quote:
Like "let there be no compulsion in religion" and "By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path."
You'll never see Yadda quote these verses.
"Let there be no compulsion in religion......."
Koran 2:256
The darker interpretation on this 'soft' Koran verse, AND AN 'INTERPRETATION' WHICH MILITANT MOSLEMS ACCEPT AS WHOLLY VALID, IS;
"You can choose conversion, submission, or death.
.....THERE IS NO COMPULSION! ...YOU ARE FREE TO CHOOSE."
AND HERE IS JUST ONE, example of how this 'peaceful' verse has been applied, by moslems who have ability to make
their will THE LAW OF ALLAH,
Quote:Iraq -
4 March 2007
Iraq's Mandaeans 'face extinction'
By Angus Crawford
The Sabian Mandaeans - one of the oldest religious groups in the world - are facing extinction, according to its leaders.
They claim that Islamic extremists in Iraq are trying to wipe them out through forced conversions, rape and murder.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6412453.stmThe truth is, that
mainstream ISLAM is totally intolerant of disbelief [rejection of ISLAM], in others [
when moslems are strong].
And ISLAMIC law teaches that intolerance...
ISLAMIC LAW...."Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet said: "The bare essence of Islam and the basics of the religion are three [acts], upon which Islam has been established.
Whoever leaves one of them becomes an unbeliever and his blood may legally be spilled. [The acts are:] Testifying that there is no God except Allah, the obligatory prayers, and the fast of Ramadan."...."
fiqhussunnah/#3.110
n.b.
"Whoever......becomes an unbeliever.....his blood may legally be spilled."THE HADITH....
"...the Prophet said, 'If somebody (a Muslim) discards his religion, kill him."
- DEAD.
hadithsunnah/bukhari/ #004.052.260
Elsewhere the Koran states,
"If anyone desires a religion other than Islam (submission to Allah),
never will it be accepted of him;........."
Koran 3:85
n.b.
The contents of a verse like
Koran 3:85, is hardly indicative of the supposed religious tolerance inherent in ISLAM, which gandalf implies/claims.
"Let there be no compulsion in religion......."
Koran 2:256
??????
It is recorded in ISLAMIC history, how in Mohammed's Meccan period
"he was weaker and his followers few, passages of the Koran encouraged peaceful relations and avoidance of conflict"
Koran 2:256 was a 'product' of Mohammed's Meccan period.
But gandalf already KNOWS that! Quote:
Creed of the sword
Mark Durie
September 23, 2006
.....the Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia, Sheikh Abdel Aziz al-Sheikh, issued a statement on the official Saudi news service, defending Muslims' divine right to resort to violence: "The spread of Islam has gone through several phases, secret and then public, in Mecca and Medina. God then authorised the faithful to defend themselves and to fight against those fighting them, which amounts to a right legitimised by God. This ... is quite reasonable, and God will not hate it."
Saudi Arabia's most senior cleric also explained that war was never Islam's ancient founder, the prophet Mohammed's, first choice: "He gave three options: either accept Islam, or surrender and pay tax, and they will be allowed to remain in their land, observing their religion under the protection of Muslims." Thus, according to the Grand Mufti, the third option of violence against non-Muslims was only a last resort, if they refused to convert or surrender peacefully to the armies of Islam.
.......At the beginning, in Mohammed's Meccan period, when he was weaker and his followers few, passages of the Koran encouraged peaceful relations and avoidance of conflict: "Invite (all) to the way of your Lord with wisdom and beautiful preaching; and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious." (16:125)
Later, after persecution and emigration to Medina in the first year of the Islamic calendar, authority was given to engage in warfare for defensive purposes only: "Fight in the path of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits, for God does not love transgressors." (2:190)
As the Muslim community grew stronger and conflict with its neighbours did not abate, further revelations expanded the licence for waging war, until in Sura 9, regarded as one of the last chapters to be revealed, it is concluded that war against non-Muslims could be waged more or less at any time and in any place to extend the dominance of Islam.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20460114-601,00.html