Does the moslem religion teach violence?
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Quran advocates fighting for only self defense. First verse in Quran that states fighting is \n"2:190. And fight in the way of Allah with those who fight with you, and do not exceed the limits, surely Allah does not love those who exceed the limits. "\n\nSimilary, if you search whole Quran you can find only fighting prescribed only for self defence. Some people quote verse from the middle to show that Quran prescribes killing all unbelivers. One most quoted verse is \n" 9: 5. So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush,"\n\nWithout quoting the context and the verses below and above a neutral reader will judge Quran is commanding to kill all idolaters. But it's context is only regarding a particular group of idolaters who made an agreement with Muslims and later conspired against them breaking the treaty. This is clear from the preceeding verse\n" 9: 4. Except those of the idolaters with whom you made an agreement, then they have not failed you in anything and have not backed up any one against you, so fulfill their agreement to the end of their term; surely Allah loves those who are careful (of their duty)."\n\nSee what Quran says how to deal with those who are not fighting with you\n"60: 8. Allah does not forbid you respecting those who have not made war against you on account of (your) religion, and have not driven you forth from your homes, that you show them kindness and deal with them justly; surely Allah loves the doers of justice."
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Violence begets violence. However, the only way to stop this madness is to do away with Islam and those who follow it. I am on your side on this one.
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Why can't they accept moslem culture? Eww! No! Why can't Saudi arabia, or other moslem world accept the europian culture? In my opinion, the Europian culture, unlike the arab culture is very accepting. You hear of mosques being built in Europe, America, and in other places, have you heard of churches in Saudi Arabia or any other star worshipping countries? It's the moslem culture corrupting the world. Moslems teach violence as "must do" to get to heaven. It's the moslems that will burn churches, kill innocent souls, all in the name of their allah. I really wish the moslem religion would be extinct. God, the world would be a safer place. Then we can travel in planes with no terror threat. Islam is the worst thing, after Hitler's atrocities, that has happened to our world.
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Violence increases because in the eyes of the Islamic Fascists, their religion requires murder and violence to achieve their aims.  Pope Benedict was not wrong.
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Islam promotes intolerance, violence, oppression, terror, bloodshed, robbery, rape, murder, and hatred.  Historically Islam has always been spread and maintained by these methods.  Muslims are always talking about all the different kinds of people they hate.  They think they can sail to Heaven on a sea of blood.  \n\nTHAT'S how "the islam is wrong."
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The truth is that Islam is not a religion of peace. It is a religion of hate, of terror and of war. A thorough study of the Quran and Hadith reveal an Islam that is not being presented honestly by the Muslim propagandists and is not known to the majority of the people of the world including Muslim themselves. Islam, as it is taught in the Quran (Koran) and lived by Muhammad, as is reported in the Hadith (Biography and sayings of the Prophet) is a religion of Injustice, Intolerance, Cruelty, Absurdities, discrimination, Contradictions, and blind faith. Islam advocates killing the non-Muslims and abuses the human rights of minorities and women. Islam expanded mostly by Jihad (holy war) and forced its way by killing the non-believers. In Islam apostasy is the biggest crime punishable by death. Muhammad was a terrorist himself therefore terrorism cannot be separated from the true Islam. Islam means submission and it demands from its followers to submit their wills and thoughts to Muhammad and his imaginary Allah. Allah is a deity that despises reason, democracy, freedom of thought and freedom of expression.\n\nI reject Islam a) because of Muhammad’s lack of moral and ethical fortitude and b) because of the absurdities in the Quran.\n\na) Muhammad lived a less than holy life. His lust for sex, his affairs with his maids and slave girls, his pedophilic relationship at age 54 with Aisha, a 9-year-old child, his killing sprees, his massacre and the genocide of the Jews, his slave making and trading, his assassination of his opponents, his raids and lootings of the merchant caravans and unarmed villagers, his burning of trees, his destroying the water wells, his cursing and invoking evil on his enemies, his revenge on his captured prisoners of war, his torturing of his captives to for greed and his hallucinations such as believing of having sex with his wives when he actually did not, disqualify him as a sane person let alone a messenger of God.\n\nb) An unbiased study of the Quran shows that far from being a “miracle”, that book is a hoax. The Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities, grammatical errors and ethical fallacies. Could possibly the author of this Universe be as ignorant as it appears to be in the Quran?
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wow! where to start, Islam is a violent religion, yes folks I have read the Koran and read alot of the Hadith...so I'm not assuming or getting my information from the news. Once you read the hadiths and see the life that the prophet lived so you will understand where all the violence comes from. I can stay here and type for hours quoting the Hadiths and the slaughters that have been penned down by it's writers. It's true, sometimes we have to read it ourselves to believe it. as to why they are converting so quickly...many factors can be brought in to play...an example of one would be the birth rate of muslims...american muslim birthrate is about 4.5 children per couple compared to 1.9 for the non muslim american. But anyways, what does that mean? truth is revealed by size? it was not so in the days of Noah neither was it so in Sodom and Gomorrha.\n\nHadith link below
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Islam, a religion of mercy, does not permit terrorism. In the Quran, God has said: { God does not forbid you from showing kindness and dealing justly with those who have not fought you about religion and have not driven you out of your homes. God loves just dealers } (Quran, 60:8)\n\nThe Prophet Muhammad used to prohibit soldiers from killing women and children, and he would advise them: "...Do not betray, do not be excessive, do not kill a newborn child" And he also said: "Whoever has killed a person having a treaty with the Muslims shall not smell the fragrance of Paradise.." \n\nAlso, the Prophet Muhammad has forbidden punishment with fire. \n\nHe once listed murder as the second of the major sins, and he even warned that on the Day of Judgment, "The first cases to be adjudicated between people on the Day of Judgment will be those of bloodshed" \n\nMuslims are even encouraged to be kind to animals and are forbidden to hurt them. Once the Prophet Muhammad said: "A woman was punished because she imprisoned a cat until it died. On account of this, she was doomed to Hell. While she imprisoned it, she did not give the cat food or drink, nor did she free it to eat the insects of the earth" \n\nHe also said that a man gave a very thirsty dog a drink, so God forgave his sins for this action. The Prophet was asked, “Messenger of God, are we rewarded for kindness towards animals?” \nHe said: "There is a reward for kindness to every living animal or human" \n\nAdditionally, while taking the life of an animal for food, Muslims are commanded to do so in a manner that causes the least amount of fright and suffering possible. The Prophet Muhammad said: "When you slaughter an animal, do so in the best way. One should sharpen his knife to reduce the suffering of the animal" \n\nIn light of these and other Islamic texts, the act of inciting terror in the hearts of defenseless civilians, the wholesale destruction of buildings and properties, the bombing and maiming of innocent men, women, and children are all forbidden and detestable acts according to Islam and the Muslims. Muslims follow a religion of peace, mercy, and forgiveness, and the vast majority have nothing to do with the violent events some have associated with Muslims. If an individual Muslim were to commit an act of terrorism, this person would be guilty of violating the laws of Islam.
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It may be possible that some religious people don't research Islam because they're afraid they'll see the violence within their own religion.  Judaism and Christianity are two common religions that are filled with violence.  While Christianity softens it with Jesus, the Holy Bible is still a violent religious text.\n\nIt's easier to pretend your religion is about peace when you can call someone else's barbaric.\n\nEdit:  As pointed out, it is easier to remember the evil than the good.  Islam is a great example of this, as people rarely talk about the peaceful adherents.  Likewise, it's easier to remember the Christian who beats up a homosexual or bombs an abortion clinic than the Christian who is peaceful.
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it's muslim. Moslem is anglicised.
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I don't have an answer to that question, except maybe bad press. I just wanted to say that I agree with you. Muslims seem to be way more violent than blacks. The funny thing is that they have the nerve to use RELIGION as a reason for the violence.
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Allah is the devil so that level of violence is acceptable
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Any religion that revels in violence, who's leaders teach hate, that subjugates women, who's most famious member is an international wanted fugitive but is still held up as a model Muslim ... this kind of religion can not be good for its members or for the world in general.  While Cristians and Muslims worship the same God when you take Chist out of the equation, like Islam does, you also take out the love and salvation.  If you are going to worship God anyway, choose a religion that teach love and salvation not hate.
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Yes.  It is a given that when their Imams preach hatred and violence against non-Moslems, they do not tar and feather the fellows and toss them out of the mosque. \n\nThe question is, what would they do to an Imam who preaches modernization, equality with other religions (rather than dominance over them), freedom of ideas, freedom of speech...?
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really?\nthen why all the violence towards the world?\nyou really have no idea what you are talking about, you just want to inflame\n\nmay Allah teach you humbleness
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What do you mean by "radical"? The word radical means "of the root."\n\nDo you mean, instead, physically hostile? There are already laws on the books against such action, and the only need to is enforce those laws, not deny anyone the practice of their religion.\n\nIf the religion preaches violence, its practicioners will be in jail, one by one, every time they practice violence. \n\nYou can never stop someone from practicing a religion, anyway: it simply goes underground -- which is something their unlawful actions cannot do.
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No Islam isn't a religion that preaches AND teaches terrorism, it teaches and preaches peace and respect towards others. No religion would say to it's followers if you are being killed in your homes bow your heads and hand a weapon to the killer...\n\nIn the time of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be Upon Him) prisoners of war were NOT to be killed... they were to be realesed under one condition... guess what that was? teach 10 muslims to read then they were set free...\n\nI could go on and on from my standpoint on this... what i suggest is you read SCHOLARLY articles or websites that are well known as religious sources about Islam from BOTH perspectives... \n\nA good site to learn about islam is www.Islamicity.com\n\nMuslims are NOT supposed to kill ANYONE at all... the only case that it is allowed is in the time of war to defend one's self... and even in that case there are restrictions... do not harm a tree, a home, a child, an elderly person if they do not harm you... fight only those that fight you directly...\n\nA lot of those that strap themselves with bombs to kill are seen as wrong in the view of many many muslims... especially when those killed are civilians...