an excellent read...

/golfclap

far too many have been/are killed in the name of *gods*

even the *justifications* for slavery show much of the deeper motivations inherent in any "convert or die" dogma.

A superb read indeed. Sir, if I read correctly, is it fair to ask, in light of this peace, if the assertion that "Islam is peace" is misleading? Also, have not the Jews and Arabs shared many ancient lands? Lands of which Jews have been pushed out of?

I cannot belive this. You hatemongerer. I think you need to inform yourself a little better their. No religion preaches violence. The truth is that christians kill far far far more than muslims do. Are you blind. What a few muslims do is blown way out of perportion to justify war. Christians kill more, throughout history and to today. That still doesnt mean all christians are bad though. I feel bad for you, seems you are a victim of propaganda.

I agree with bud. Im a christian and i will never support christian countries with imperialistic mentalities. Ive studied islam and met plenty of muslims and they are good people and their religion preaches peace. Their prophet was married to a women who was non muslim who later on converted to islam. she was also much older than him and had many children. Intolerance will only create more intolerance. What we are doing to the muslim world is a tragedy. Its all about oil, everything. I mean come on if you have a brain and can read, then you need to reseach a bit and you will see what this so called war on terror is about. Muslims, Christians, and Jews all have religions of peace and tolerance, and they all have a small, by small i mean small minority of extremists. Like bud said dont be a victim of propaganda. Open your eyes, dont feed into the hate, dont forget the teachings of the propthets. And throughout history, their has been good and bad on ALL SIDES.

Whoa Whoa Whoa, hold on a second their. You mentioned kosovo above. Im from kosovo, im a Catholic Albanian, the only terror in kosovo was on the serbian side. 10,000 albanians were exterminated and tens of thousands of the women were raped, mosques were burned down, and holy catholic churches were converted to orthodox churches. What happend to the serbians? a few innocents killed, a few churches burned, such a small scale compared to what those barbarian serbs did. How dare you call kosovars terrorists. How dare you. The albanians were their long before those serbs came and infested the balkans with war, murder, rape, ethnic cleansing. Im a catholic and i had family that fought in the war and it didnt matter if you were catholic or muslim, we fought side by side, to end the oppresive and heartless serbs from killing my people. How dare you!!! I had family that died in the war. I seen with my own eyes the barbaric serbs line up families, women and children too, and shoot them, without thinking twice. Anything that albanians have done to the serbs have been on a very small scale compared to what the serbs have done. Dont be fooled by the serbs acting like victims. The serbs are lucky albanians are civilized people, otherwise their would be alot of dead serbs. After all ive seen and all ive been through, and after all the serbs have done to their neighboring countries, and the whole world knows it, it makes me sick to my stomach, that you would call us terrorists. After all my people have been through. I am appauled. The U.S. and Britain would not have helped us if we were terrorist. They knew what the serbs were doing was wrong. My eyes are tearing up, remembering what ive seen. GOD BLESS THE U.S. for helping the Albanians and stopping those heartless serbs. Please, Please, dont call us terroists, dont listen to the serbs, theyve always been barbaric, in all wars, expecially the ones theyve created, including WW1, 1st and 2nd Balkan wars, and the ones in the 80's 90's and into 2000. The war in kosovo was a very documented war, you can see for yourself. I also remember Jews from Isreal came their after the war and helped with humanitarian aid, cause they didnt like what the serbs did, cause they know what its like for someone trying to kill your whole race. Albanian muslims helped the jews in WW2 escaped Nazi extermination, and in turn were killed themselves. I beg you dont spread lies about my people. I dont know how to expain to you the feeling i got when you mentioned kosovo in the catergory of terrorists, i felt helpless and sad, please, please dont do it again, i beg you.

None of the attempted rebuttals of Hussains article address the origin and birth of Islam, but rather, events in recent times.

"No religion preaches violence." Blessed right. Islam is a war cult, not a religion. Allah commanded perpetual war against pagans until "only Allah is worshiped" [8:39]. Allah commanded perpetual war against Jews & Christians until "they pay the jizya with willing submission" [9:29]. Allah commanded terrorism in 8:12 and genocide in 8:67. Muhammad said , "I have been ordered to fight the people till they say: 'None has the right to be worshipped but Allah.' And if they say so, pray like our prayers, face our Qibla and slaughter as we slaughter, then their blood and property will be sacred to us and we will not interfere with them except legally and their reckoning will be with Allah." [Sahih Bukhari Volume 1, Book 8, Number 387].

Please do not take my word for it! Enter the citations into your favorite search engine and verify the quotes at USC-MSA's Compendium of Islamic Texts.

Bud, It is true that all religions have committed crimes in the name of God. Just curious as to what you are referring to when you mention that even "today" Christians are killing more people than Muslims. Where might that be happening to a greater degree than what we see in the Muslim world of peace?

John, Perhaps you are the one who should open your eyes. The governments of the US and Israel do not attack civilians. They do not call for the total elimination of other countries. Sure oil plays a role but if that were the only point of what we are trying to do then we'd just take what we need...and we can.

"Arabic dictionaries, published in Moslem countries, define the name of this religion as a person's resignation, submission, surrender (to the God as revealed to Muhammad). This gives that person salaam, perfect bodily and mental health, and hence Moslems, that is, those who have thus resigned, submitted, surrendered, wish one another salaam, perfect health of body and mind, mistranslated into the languages of Christendom as "peace" and hence misunderstood in Christendom as peace in the military sense, the antonym of war."

Literal interpretation of Muslim, Jewish and Christian "holy" books have always twisted thinking, inspired fanaticism and given an excuse for force and violence. At least, the Greek and Roman mythologies don't, as far as I know, stir up religious conflicts and encourage killing today.

Sounds like a good reason to get rid of religions.

Who needs them?

Maybe religions would be OK if they served some purpose, but all they seem to do is rile people up.

Only true religion is Yoga. Semitic faith is inherently chaotic and evil.