Is any Religion that supports suicide bombings something to be taken seriously or merely the work of men?
401507
No religion supports suicide bombings. In Islam it is forbidden to kill yourself, hence tobacco is not allowed as it is deemed to be a form of suicide. Suicide bombers are not and never will be Islamic. Islam is a tolerant religion that has been bastardised in the same way as Christianity was in the days of the Inquisition. It would pay for more moderate Muslims to speak up on this subject, but Peace and love do not sell news copy as well as fear and hate.
90861
I don't think so. Arabic is a term which refer to a original culture appeared in Arabic peninsula. They have their own religious beliefs based on judaic monotheism. They consider Christianity a form of polytheism 'because religious belief about trinity which appeared after few centuries after Christ and was introduced by so called Christians o Greek filosofers. They see Europe and America as a land of false worshipers. On the over hand they consider liberty of press is used not for discover truths but to promote sex and over sins. It is a religious belief and a point of view. But it is not terrorism.  On the over hand they consider liberty of press is used not for discover truths but to promote sex and over sins. It is a religious belief and a point of view. But it is not terrorism.   Such beliefs can be founded in Europe, and in United States at Christian practice rs but this point of view is not viewed as a modern o progressist view. Even so it is not a terrorist specific point of view. Another problem is: "Why religion is used for politic manipulation worldwide?"  This is the real question.
465805
I am not going to answer about the 9 year old wife of the prophet Mohamed because I know nothing about it. Instead I would like to direct my opinion to AIRASAE. \n\nAirasae, this is an open public discussion and anything can be expected out of it except lewd and foul contents. Nobody is trashing or crushing anybody. If one man's truth can not be your truth just give them logical answers instead of paranoia. If some disturbing questions would rise up against Islam, every muslim would say that Islam is being crushed. Have you ever noticed the countless time Christianity have been crushed with words, thoughts and bombs. But what comes into our minds would often seek the answers to a belief different from ours. \n\nThey say Islam is a religion of peace, but look around you. Bombs here, bombs there and bombs everywhere not even the third world was spared. If western cable companies report what transpires in the muslim world, you say that they do biased reporting. Do you think respectable, world class cable TV stations stay a long time if the world will know that they are trying to do false reporting? They will be out of business in no time. \n\nIf Islam is really a religion of peace truth will surely come out and no one can ever stop it. So, why so worried, be paranoid and overprotective when you can't do anything about it because people have eyes to see, ears to hear and brains to analyze and finally decide. \n\nIf I were a muslim, the first thing I would do is to really try to understand why innocent people including women and children are being targeted. This is not Jihad, this is a crime against humanity. Just imagine the whole muslim world went crazy over a cartoon made by one dumb christian and yet nobody gets crazy over what suicide bombers are doing. How Ironic can it be?   \n\nIf christians would bomb public places with no exactly logical target but innocent people, I would voice out a loud cry to go against those who perpetrates such crime because it simply is not acceptable. I will protest against my fellow christian suicide bombers until my people will get the message and join the protest because to me they are not freedom fighters but mere criminals. Do you see why we don't have such martyrs? It is because to us they will never be martyrs nor freedom fighters nor jihad fighters because to the Christian world, it will always be a heinous crime if they will kill muslims that way and every christian soul knows that.\n\n\nTO BEYOND EVENT\n\nShould I believe because you said so? Read between the lines. If ever it really happened because you said so, then you have first hand knowledge not me. If you are a muslim, educate me for being so naive. Collateral damage was coined in the 20th century and made popular by Mr. Schwartzenegger and it was a nice movie. I just wonder what they call it during Napoleon's time.
571090
Nothing should be banned.  If any person's ideas and/or religion are so fragile that they can't stand a little open discussion or a fictional movie or book based on them, then why would you believe in it?  Any religion that demands the you "BELIEVE OR ELSE!" and never question it is a religion based on fear, not on love of your creator and goodwill towards men.
470208
Suicide bombers are fighting for a cause, just like any one of us would do, except their extreme devotion causes them to give up their lives. To them, it is like a war. People must be sacrificed to help the greater cause. If you want to understand suicide bombers more, you should watch Paradise Now, it came out on dvd recently.
1103198
How about because they have had women freely sign up to be suicide bombers children as young as eight have been suicide bombers as well. In Iraq families are praised by their neighbors for sacrificing themselves or their children for the cause. It is always sad to see but it does happen the rules of war over there are very different from our own beliefs. And yes sadly enough some are just innocents that are killed. \nConsider though these people are usually mistakenly killed whereas they target us specifically. They have tortured, mutilated, and beheaded both men and women over there, and those people were not even a part of the war in many cases. In fact most were there as peace workers to help provide aide.
807037
Terrorism is not spacific to religion.  All people are capable of terrorism.
432378
Suicide Bombers = Terrorists who kill others along with themselves.\n\nMurderers = People who kill others with or without reasons.\n\nMartyrs = People who choose to die for their beliefs, religious and/or political, without the use of violence (attacks and counter-attacks); in other words, they choose to be "sacrificed" willingly like Jesus.\n\nThus, suicide bombers are NEITHER murderers NOR martyrs, they are Terrorists.
256032
yeah I read about the Varanasi blasts, my heart goes out to you guys. \nExtremists are really hard to deal with, I would say that no nation should go without responding to attacks. So the government hsould find the terrorist cells among these people and kill them/arrest them. I know it's easier to say, but well, that's what has to be done. \nIt always upsets me to see power-thirsty leaders twist a religion to make people kill others in the name of it.\n\nADDED:\nand Rev Flavel, people have commited horrific acts in the name of your precious Christianity throughout history and still do, so please....
665514
Osama bin Laden said in one of his tapes that the Muslims would eventually defeat Israel because "we love death the way they love life."  These suicide bombers don't kill themselves because anybody took their land.  They do it because somebody talks them into believing that after they commit their atrocity they will go to heaven and get 72 virgins to rape at their pleasure.  The 9/11 hijackers were all Saudis and Egyptians -- nobody took their land.  And the Palestinians who strap bombs to their children initially did it because Saadam Hussein offered $25,000 to any family whose child became a suicide bomber.  After Saadam was deposed, Hamas took over the job of rewarding the families of suicide bombers.  It is a horrible, nihilistic practice that strikes at the very heart of civilization.  It is human sacrifice.  The Muslim world should rise up and smash this death cult, and the fact that they don't makes for a strong argument that Islam needs serious reform.
938121
No, that is not true.\n\nIn Judaism, Islam is considered a legitimate religion for a Gentile to follow, because Islam also teaches belief in the One God, and generally, Muslims follow the 7 Laws which are commanded upon Gentiles (non-Jews).  These 7 laws are:\n1.  Do not commit idolatry.\n2.  Do not murder.\n3.  Do not blaspheme the name of God.\n4.  Do not commit adultery or other sexual sins.\n5.  Do not steal.\n6.  Do not eat the limb of a living animal.\n7.  Establish courts of justice to uphold these laws.\n\nThere are a few Christians who would like to see Muslims all convert to Christianity.  But this does not mean they wish to eliminate the Muslims.  They just wish for them to accept what they believe is the truth about God and religion.
465468
Well, I think clearly that if you constantly ask yourself the question--as I'm sure G.W. does--"What would Jesus do?" the answers become very apparent:  You bomb the living daylights out of a country using evidence you've contrived out of thin air as a justification.  Didn't Jesus say to do that in the Bible somewhere?  He didn't?  You mean he said to turn the other cheek?  Oh.  Bummer.  That's kind of boring compared to bombing stuff.  Aren't there any religions that advocate bombing stuff?
327976
God is our creator, he is the giver of life, and he alone has the right to end it. Suicide is forbidden in Islam; this sin is listed among the "enormities" in Reliance of the Traveller, a manual of Sharia in the tradition of Imam Shafi'i. \n\nThose who committed suicide ... \n\n\nto be roasted in a fire, \n\nDo not kill yourselves, for Allah is compassionate towards you. Whoever does so, in transgression and wrongfully, We shall roast in a fire, and that is an easy matter for Allah. (an-Nisaa 4:29-30) \n\nforbidden Paradise, \n\nNarrated Thabit bin Ad-Dahhak:\nThe Prophet said, "Whoever intentionally swears falsely by a religion other than Islam, then he is what he has said, (e.g. if he says, 'If such thing is not true then I am a Jew,' he is really a Jew). And whoever commits suicide with piece of iron will be punished with the same piece of iron in the Hell Fire." Narrated Jundab the Prophet said, "A man was inflicted with wounds and he committed suicide, and so Allah said: My slave has caused death on himself hurriedly, so I forbid Paradise for him." (Sahih Bukhari 2.445) \n\nwill be punished in hell by whatever used for suicide, \nNarrated Abu Huraira:\nThe Prophet said, "He who commits suicide by throttling shall keep on throttling himself in the Hell Fire (forever) and he who commits suicide by stabbing himself shall keep on stabbing himself in the Hell-Fire." (Sahih Bukhari 2.446, 2.445)
157244
islam as a religion isnt the problem.radical extremist have hi-jacked a country and its people! slowly but surely neighboring countries have been handled the same way.I just want to clear up a misconception about suicide bombers.It isnt always suicide, when your family is held randsom and the only way to insure their safe release is to blow yourself up, come on,I would do the same. I am a democrat and not a huge Bush fan but we cannot stop trying to weed out the evil regimes. On this, I know it is the only way to give the gift of freedom that Americans and many other countries are born with and take for granted. breaking down walls and making sure that free trade and more than one ideology is the only solution.
1128354
Well, Revelation18:24  refers to false religion (Chirstendom included) as being responsible for "the blood of prophets and of holy ones and of all those who have been slaughtered on the earth". So I would say quite a few. Of course there is a religion that refuses to participate in warfare and thus cannot be held accountable for the atrocities...(Isaiah 2:3, 4)
238558
The Islamists see a difference between "sacrifice" and "suicide." If in taking your life, there is no sacrifice for the Faith, then it is considered suicide and a sin.\n\nStrange but true. If I want to kill myself in Islam, I'm better off taking people with me.
249271
I think Islam is a false religion, founded on doctrines of demons.\nHaving said that, I know a lot of Muslims, and even consider some of them to be my friends.\nThere is a lot of truth mixed in with the lies of Islam, and there are a number of things in which the Muslims (as a whole) far exceed the general poplulation of Christianity in, such as their lifestyle with a sense of community, respect for elders, and generally opposing abortion, etc.\nOn the other hand, violence and the use of force has been a constant part of the history of Islam since the time of its founding, women are taught to be 1/2 the value of men, and there is no tolerance for questioning the prophet (or even for critical examination of whether the prophet actually said/did certain things) or the origins/validity of the Qur'an.\n\nSo, from what I have been able to tell, Islam is a religion that closely resembles the truth, but missed the truth just enough to be very dangerous.