Maybe all religions can learn from Islam...if you dont want people to say X and say Y and, supress all speech you dont like, threaten to murder them for religious reasons. Works great, Islam proves that.
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I like the way you think.\n\nHopefully TomKat will lead the way!
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As stated by other people, guns were not the downfall of Islam, it was the breakup of the Caliphate (having one ruler) that caused Islam to lose its power. A comment for Starfish, where do u get ur crazy ideas from? World Domination! U must be talking about America not Islam. I suggest that u read & learn! Islam is a religion of peace & understanding. When the christians were slaughtering jews during the Spanish Inquisition who gave them shelter? The muslim! Islam tolerates freedom of religion. Don't be fooled by terrorists who claim to be committing atrocities in the name of Islam. Islam forbids taking innocent lives! Why weren't you people condeming the Catholics when the IRA were blowing up people in the name of Catholocism! They killed thousands of people just because they weren't catholic! Was the church blamed? Oh no! Hypocracy or what!
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Little knowledge is dangerous. You are its best example. You have no shame to take an Id by a Hindu God and then condemn and ridicule your own Gods. It is better to be a good Muslim than to be a bad Hindu in Hindustan.
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This question is actually laughable. Have you not read other questions and answers? Seems to me there is always someone willing to attack a religion or a group. Don't feel like Christians are the only ones. Personally I think Islam gets attacked the worst in Answers but that's my opion.
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Muslims: too many extremists without boundaries, too few mainstream moderates to condemn the extremists.  Killing in the name of religion?  you are a bonehead moonlight, what you are talking about is demanding that no one criticize or poke fun at one of your icons unless they want to be killed.  That is outrageous!
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if you were to check out Muslim History you would see that it started off as a religion of violence. Mohamed converted much of the areas of todays Islamic world through violence. I am  not saying that all Muslims are violent and radical, but i am saying that the majority are showing the true colors of their religion. I think it is right to stand up for what you believe but not with violence. "Actions speak louder than words." "Lately" you have just seen more of what this religion can be about (It condones 'Holy war' and suicide). For all of you moderate, nonviolent Muslims, I am sorry. I do not mean to include you in this.
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hi \ni totally understand what u are sayin, see the main problem is that most ppl who read the Quran, interpret it in the wrong way, or sometimes they just make up stuff, like some say that killing others will lead u to heaven, that is made up stuff, Islam teaches us to accept all other races, religions and to respect them, no matter what the religion, if the person worships God, respect them, If the person worships the devil, respect them and their religion.\n\n\nif u have anymore questions or r confused feel free to reply
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Islam hasn't lost as much as we'd like to think. However, like Christianity, it has many who speak with venom and therefore dilute whatever truth may exist in Islam. And those who speak with venom are those who would thrive on a lustful need for power. You see it throughout Christian history (and it continues with some prominent tele-evangelists and political "ministers")...what difference is that from what is happening in the middle east. Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have the same roots...and like three brothers who just don't get along they continue to try to get the other person...and their families suffer the most.
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1.)  Islam is not the first religion whose population that has attempted to enforce it's beliefs by force.  It's terrible when any religion tries something like what a small but powerful group of idiots (terrorists) do.  2.)  Way to go on hating racism; Racists should be locked into a box and fired into the sun.
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Islam is a very aggressive religion. Of all of the wars/conflicts in the world, something like 95% of the at least ONE if not BOTH sides are Muslim. If you read about what people are doing to innocent women and children in places like Algeria, Sudan, Indonesia in the name of Islam it's bad(cutting the throats of whole families if they don't observe Islam as devoutly as they should, burn torture to enslaved christian children if they refuse to learn Islam, etc....)
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One thing I take from this is that understanding religion is a difficult.  People fight because another person's religion is different. (Abdul Rahman in Afghanistan to be executed for wrong thinking?) and people fight within their own religion because someone interprets it differently (Catholic and Born Again, Shiite and Sunni.) Why don't we throw the whole thing out and start all over, with rational thought?
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I am afraid you did not even discover this "wonderful" world of Islam by yourself. Muslims are severly misled by their scholars who try to twist historical facts. Please read Bukhary, Muslim and Quran by yourself without using interpretation from scholars and you will find many violent actions that should be denounced.
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This is very true. The problem is people using religion to justify their actions. It is very easy to say that I did what I did because God wanted that way; include a few bible verses that are compatible with your actions, and you are good to go. How can anybody that believes in God try to argue?\n\nBy the way, you see this all over the bible. God said attack and kill all. God said keep the virgins. God said to kill a bunch of kids. Some of the most terrible things in history were based on religious grounds. \n\nWe do not want to go back to those days, because then everyone will have a reason to go against everyone.
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One must remember, that in Islam, unless you are a true believer, you are not consider worthily of any truth.  Therefore you may be lied to, killed and held to a different set of laws.  The freedom of speech that seems to be going around about Islam is only that in which the Mullahs allow you to speak.  There is none to speak of and there is only death to those that commit any type of unkind talk about Mohammad.
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Unfortunately a lot of Muslims don't practice everything that is in the Holy Quran. If we did, then there would be a much stronger ummah and a lot less bickering.
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Terrorism is not spacific to religion.  All people are capable of terrorism.
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What you have to remember is that all religions, not just christianity, are based upon the "fact" that they are the only "true" religion.  That's how guilt is purged.  Consider the crusades, christians killed all non-christians, conversion usually being the only option that left you breathing.  Today, muslims kill all non-muslims.  Of course, this does not include every member of that religion.  My personal believe is that the majority of religions promote discrimination, bigotry and ignorance.  If you do not do as the great "enter name here" then you are wrong and deserve nothing better than death and suffering