Madad21 said:
Im by no means a huge expert on Islamic teachings but what I have learnt is though they preach that Muhammad taught peace, what they dont tell us is the second portion of his Quran teachings is about war and killing. And is the general practice with following the Quran teachings the last teachings over ride the fist teachings in all cases.
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless. Islam says: Kill all unbelievers just as they would kill you all! There are hundreds of [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men from waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim."
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
The following are quotes from the Qur'an.....chapter (or what is called Surah) and verse....
(17:16) And when We decide to destroy a town, We send a definite order to those among them who are given the good things of
this life. Then, they transgress therein, and thus the word is justified against it. Then We destroy it with complete destruction.
"Allah's curse is on the unbelievers."
2.89
"there is a disgraceful punishment for the unbelievers."
2.90
"unbelievers-- they are the unjust."
2.254
"Allah does not love the unbelievers."
3.32
"Allah will gather together the hypocrites and the unbelievers all in hell."
4.140
"This-- taste it, and (know) that for the unbelievers is the chastisement of fire."
8.14
"Allah will bring disgrace to the unbelievers."
9:2
But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the idolators wherever ye find them, and take them, and prepare for them each ambush.
But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor due, then leave their way free.
Surah 9.5 (this verse famously justifies jihad - murderous action against unbelievers)
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Lying and Deception ok
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"Believers when in a weakened stage in a non-Muslim country should forgive and be patient with People of the Book when they insult Allah and his prophet by any means. Believers should lie to People of the Book to protect their lives and their religion.
- Ibn Taymiyah "THE SWORD ON THE NECK OF THE ACCUSER OF MUHAMMAD"
Anyone who, after accepting faith in Allah, utters unbelief, except under compulsion, his heart remaining firm in faith - but such as open their breast to unbelief, on them is wrath from Allah, and theirs will be a dreadful penalty.
- Qur'an Surah 16:106
"Know this that lying is not sin by itself, but if it brings harm to you it could be ugly. However, you can lie if that will keep you from evil or if it will result in prosperity."
- Imam Al-Ghazali (Muslim theologian and philosopher)
"The principle of sanctioning lying for the cause of Islam bears grave implications in matters relating to the spread of the religion of Islam in the West. Muslim activists employ deceptive tactics in their attempts to polish Islam's image and make it more attractive to prospective converts."
- Abdullan Al-Araby (Muslim theologian, philosopher and leader)
2 doctrines of religious deception:
taqiyya - (concealment) A muslim may lie about what they believe, denying aspects of their faith that are offensive [to others].
[Qur'an 16:106]
Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam by Robert Spencer
kitman - (mental reservation, the telling of partial truth with intention to deceive or mislead)
"the scholars agreed that if a person is forced into disbelief, it is permissible for him to either go along with them in the interests of self-preservation,
or to refuse." - Ibn Kathir
Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam by Robert Spencer
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liwat - homosexual activity
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[4.15] And as for those who are guilty of an indecency from among your women, call to witnesses against them four (witnesses) from among you; then if they bear witness confine them to the houses until death takes them away or Allah opens some way for them.
[4.16] And as for the two who are guilty of indecency from among you, give them both a punishment; then if they repent and amend, turn aside from them; surely Allah is Oft-returning (to mercy), the Merciful.
"Whoever you find committing the sin of the people of Lut, kill them, both the one who does it and the one to whom it is done."
Fatwa on Homosexuality from IslamOnline.net
other punishments;
buried alive, burned alive, imprisonment, stoning, whipping
"will be resurrected as pigs and monkeys"
Abd Allah bin Umar
"one of the most abominable sins in Islam".
Ahmad Kutty, senior lecturer and Islamic scholar at the Islamic Institute of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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true nature of Islam
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"We ask Allah to turn this Ramadan into a month of glory, vitory, and might, to hoist high the banner of religion, to strengthen Islam and the Muslims, to humiliate polytheism and polytheists, to wave the banner of monotheism, to firmly plant the banner of jihad, and to smite the perverts and the obstinate."
- Sheikh Aamer bin Abdallah al-Aamer 2004
"Those who know nothing of Islam pretend that Islam counsels against war. Those who say this are witless. Islam says: Kill all unbel,ivers just as they would kill you all! There are hundreds of [Qur'anic] psalms and Hadiths urging Muslims to value war and to fight. Does all this mean that Islam is a religion that prevents men frmo waging war? I spit upon those foolish souls who make such a claim."
- Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
PARK 51 - the mosque at Ground Zero
Raymond Ibrahim, a former associate director of the Middle East Forum, said the project and name were not "a gesture of peace and interfaith dialogue" but were "allusive of Islamic conquest and consolidation" and that Americans should realize that mosques are not "Muslim counterparts to Christian churches" but rather, "are symbols of domination and centers of radicalization."
"There is no moderate or immoderate Islam. Islam is Islam and that's it."
- Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey (since March 14, 2003)
The above are just a few references I've accumulated on the religion. Anybody who believes Islam is unique in peace and justice is doing himself a disservice.
and that's just me, hollering from the choir loft...