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Thursday, January 8, 2015

#Murder in Paris. A cowardly act of Violence.




Terrorists strike again! I’m talking about the #Terrorist act in Paris. 12 people dead in a senseless shooting. People who valued freedom of speech and expression murdered for what they believed in. And the three terrorists who believe that violence is the only way to express their feelings; three terrorists who are members of Muslim extremists. Apparently, they were upset about the cartoons featuring the prophet Muhammad. Pretty petty to commit murder over a bunch cartoons.

Acts like that do nothing to ease the existing tension between Muslims and the rest of the world; and that is because these terrorists come from the Muslim community. Of course, we can’t condemn every Muslim because of the horrific acts of a few. There are moderate Muslims who are trying to live a peaceful life, who are trying to live in harmony with non-Muslims, even though, according to the teaching of the Prophet, the infidels have to be killed.

Quote:
 “O ye who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends: They are but friends to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them [for friendship] is of them [an infidel]. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust” (Koran 5:51).

#Prophet Muhammad’s words: “I have been ordered by Allah to fight and kill all people [non-Muslims] until they say, ‘No God except Allah.'”

Quote:
Quran (2:191-193) - "And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]... but if they desist, then lo! Allah is forgiving and merciful. And fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah." The historical context of this passage is not defensive warfare, since Muhammad and his Muslims had just relocated to Medina and were not under attack by their Meccan adversaries. In fact, the verses urge offensive warfare, in that Muslims are to drive Meccans out of their own city (which they later did). The use of the word "persecution" by some Muslim translators is thus disingenuous (the actual Muslim words for persecution - "idtihad" - and oppression - a variation of "z-l-m" - do not appear in the verse). The actual Arabic comes from "fitna" which can mean disbelief, or the disorder that results

Here is a quote I found on a site: (You can check it out here)

Best Answer:  the answer is simple. the quran is many to be taken literally. the prophet muhammad, peace be upon him was given the truth by allah who created the universe. allah wishes us to murder those who do not believe in him. Jihad is commanded on all true muslims, not just by some fringe group.

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Scary Stuff, isn’t it.

One can only hope that not all Muslims follow this literally. The Muslim community has to join in the fight against the radicals in their midst. It is the only way.

Of course, Christians have not been the wonderful, peace loving people with lily-white sheets. Just go back in history and read about the terrible acts that were committed in the name of religion. Men and women tortured, crippled, drowned, and burned at the stake as witches. During the religious wars between the Catholics and Protestants that lasted decades millions were killed because they didn’t follow the teachings of the Church.

Muslims get upset when fun is poked at the Prophet and their religion. It is understandable, except their displeasure should not be expressed violently. That is barbaric and unacceptable. However, think about this. What was so different a few hundred years ago in Europe? During the Inquisition people who spoke out against the church or the Pope were persecuted, imprisoned, and murdered. Once they were out of the way, the Church confiscated their possessions.

We think we are civilized and out of the Dark Ages, but who are we kidding? Nothing has changed for thousands of years. We are the descendants of killer apes. The genes are inside us. How can we expect anything else but violence? Besides, much of this has nothing to do with religion, anyway. It’s all about power. It’s about power and the excuse for a bunch of Psychopaths to commit horrendous acts and to murder innocent people. Unfortunately, there are so many of those Psychopaths and the future for humanity looks bleak. Peace and Freedom? They are a concept but not a reality.

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