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March 27, 2006 at 04:57:00

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Does True Islam Require Freedom Of Religion, Or Not?

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Bible: Romans 12:18-19
(Revised Standard Version)

The Way Muslims Should Act Toward Christians

The Qur'an instructs Muslims to give Christians nothing to fear and not to cause Christians to grieve. Further, the Qur'an instructs Muslims that there should be no compulsion in religion. Therefore Christians, all of whom believe in Allah (God), believe in the Last day (Judgment Day) and try to do good, should be allowed to live in peace, even if they do not convert to Islam.

[2.62] Surely those who believe, and those who are Jews, and the Christians, and the Sabians, whoever believes in Allah and the Last day and does good, they shall have their reward from their Lord, and there is no fear for them, nor shall they grieve.

[2.256] There is no compulsion in religion; truly the right way has become clearly distinct from error; therefore, whoever disbelieves in the
Shaitan and believes in Allah he indeed has laid hold on the firmest handle, which shall not break off, and Allah is Hearing, Knowing.

Qur'an 2.62 and 2.256
(Shakir Translation)

Blessings to you. And may God help us all.
Rev. Bill McGinnis, Director - LoveAllPeople.org

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My name it means nothing, my age it means less. My deeds of activism are mine to enjoy and share as I feel necesary, not as some clown in a small forum's administration thinks I must..This place gets worse each and every visit.
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ardee D.My name it means nothing, my age it means less. My deeds of activism are mine to enjoy and share as I feel necesary, not as some clown in a small forum's administration thinks I must..This place gets worse each and every visit.
Member banned on June 3, 2008 for repeated abuse of editors.

Life is a process

I am glad to note your level headed approach to the headline grabbing excesses of a militant few Islamics.

One might show examples of similar excesses in every religion should one wish to or find a need to villify a certain belief system. Over one billion followers of Islam in this world and a very few are making all the news. Just as within Christianity a very few subvert that religious system to their own purpose. Of course by putting the followers of Islam in a bad light it makes the murdering of a hundred thousand or so, and the torturing of hundreds more that much easier to bear........

by ardee D. (6 articles, 4 quicklinks, 1 diaries, 2377 comments) on Monday, March 27, 2006 at 7:25:46 AM

Shami

An excellant article

I am amazed at the depth of knowledge and understanding of Islam by the author being a non Muslim. A wonderful article where you have gone to the root cause of all this controversy without any bias.

by Shami (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Monday, March 27, 2006 at 8:07:47 AM

A writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest...

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Mark SashineA writer is a rogue goose. All other gees fly in a flock formation; every goose knows his place and time for honking. The rogue goose is undisciplined. He leaves the formation indiscriminately to have a look at it from aside. He roams back and forth, takes a peep at the leader, honks a little bit from behind, distracts everyone and writes on what he sees. Time passes and as he wants to return back to his place he discovers someone else there. Thus he either has to wait until they land for rest...

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The article is good and the intention is good but..

It misses the point. The people who do all that mischief are neither true Moslems not true Christians. They are ignorant bastards. We should first and foremost share the information and learn also on how to deal with the ignorant bastards. Say, there should be a convention of the real religious scholars on who the ignorant bastards are on all sides, what to do with them and how to deal with them. And here is the tricky question: if we know our ignorant bastards, who don't we excommunicate them?

It was done before.

Otherwise, the article above just proves a common decency.

by Mark Sashine (51 articles, 19 quicklinks, 244 diaries, 3462 comments) on Monday, March 27, 2006 at 9:16:39 AM