Muslim--- Non-Muslim ...an all out war???
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Some of the people who have replied to your question have never read the Quran.  The main portion of the text on Jihad is to fight and die for Islam.  Muhammed who dictated the Quran was a complex man.  He was gentle and loving to little children (of the Muslim faith) and yet he preached Jihad for the sake of Allah.  Many Suras of the Quran are frightening and if Christians and Jews read them they would be very concerned. When I studied the portion of the Quran regarding Jihad I was shaken because I never knew what Muhammed had in mind for the Muslim faith. Now I know why so many Jihadists want to give up their lives for Allah.  Heaven awaits them with 72 virgins and other carnal delights.  We will be at war with Islam within 5-6 years, if not sooner.
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Right.\nNon muslims blow muslims up\nMuslims get hurt and angry\nThere is civil war\nThe outsiders say they are there to stop the war and need to stay there longer.
763208
Certainly not, Muslims had been at war with others and conquered lands at certain periods, and there were times when Muslims lived in peace with non Muslims. However, whenever Muslims were ruled by non Muslims they became aggressive. they could not tolerate situations that Muslims are the subjects of non Muslims, since Islam claims it's the dominant faith, and Muslims should be seen as dominant
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mohammad choosed fighting and deflowering to spread the  non-islamic civilizations . \nby the way ,im from iran ,in Iran  peaple have to choose islam BY FORCE ,,,, in islam a person who change his relegion ( from islam to anyother) must be executed .\ni think islam is not based on love , but Blood .\nyou may heard about " Jahad ".. jahad is the war for any islamic rights . ppl who fight in jahad will go to the heaven !( what the misserable place must be there !heaven of Mollahs )\nany how this rules belonges to about 1300 years ago. \nbut still alive in some countries , like iran , syria , arabia .... \ntrue muslims are not the same , this new terrorism are made by Hezbollah ,and based on its leader ayatollah khamene'ee .\nthe relegious leader of iran , that haves a political power just like an imperor
117216
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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The whole Islamic world is not even, or will ever be, allied with itself.  I realize that American public education and our universities fail miserably at teaching the truth about other cultures, so here is a run down.\n\nThere are two main sects in Islam (not Muslim as being "Muslim" is a state of Islam, akin to "Nirvana").  These are the Sunnis and the Shia.  The Sunnis think the Shia are aposates and traitors to Islam.  Within the Sunni sect, there are several other subsects of which Whabbasism is just one.  Trying to get all these sects to agree on what day it even is is difficult enough.  Having them unite as one is almost impossible.  \n\nThis is further complicated by the fact African, Far Eastern, and Indonesian Islamists don't like the Arabs, or each other.  Al Qeada's pay and command structure further infuriated non-Arab Islamic people.  Old Bin Lying doesn't pay non-Arabs as much as Arabs or let them be as high ranking in his clubhouse.  Plus, the genocide in Sudan and othert parts is being caused by Islamic Arabs killing Islamic Africans, along with Christian Africans.  BTW, Islam refers to Jesus Christ as a prophit and pays homage to him (Guess Bin Lying forgot to read that part of the Quran!).\n\nMixed into this further the tribal and clan nature of the Middle East and Africa.  The US, USSR, UK, and others have always been able to fracture the alliances by either buying off a clan or allowing the clans to fight themselves, which is usually what happens without Western involvement.\n\nAnd to top it off, a large and growing number of Islamic peoples do not hate America or what it is doing.  Efforts in Afghanistan, Kuwait, Indonesia, Pakistan, and other areas where the US Military and NGOs go in are paying monumental dividends.\n\nIraqis are siding with the USA, as are Jordanians, as are the oppressed people of Iran (they just can't do much about it right now.. such is what always happens when you disarm the people).  Then there are the Pastdun people of Pakistan, who, after Al Qeada abandoned them following the massive earthquake that killed 80,000+, saw the ones who rushed in was...come on, guess....That's right, the USA!  And who sent massive aid to Indonesia, dispite the lies from leftists in the UN?  The USA wins there too by sending very high level, and possibly vulnerable assets to the disaster area.  Just like we did for Katrina later, the US military sent assault ships, one of our two hospital ships, and an aircraft carrier without its fighters but loaded with supplies and helos (the USS Kittyhawk) to the area.  These efforts speak volumes to the people of the area and cause a rift between them and our enemies.\n\nSo, yes, we stand a great chance since the Islamic world is difficult to unite and easy to fracture.
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TRY TO THINK ONE THAT WASNT ABOUT RELIGION!! \n\nCountry Main religious groups involved Type of conflict \nAfghanistan Extreme, radical Fundamentalist Muslim terrorist groups & non-Muslims Osama bin Laden heads a terrorist group called Al Quada (The Source) whose headquarters were in Afghanistan. They were protected by, and integrated with, the Taliban dictatorship in the country. The Northern Alliance of rebel Afghans, Britain and the U.S. attacked the Taliban and Al Quada, establishing a new regime in part of the country. The fighting continues \nBosnia Serbian Orthodox Christians, Roman Catholic), Muslims Fragile peace is holding, due only to the presence of peacekeepers. 2 \nCôte d'Ivoire Muslims, Indigenous, Christian Following the elections in late 2000, government security forces "began targeting civilians solely and explicitly on the basis of their religion, ethnic group, or national origin. The overwhelming majority of victims come from the largely Muslim north of the country, or are immigrants or the descendants of immigrants..." 5 A military uprising continued the slaughter in 2002. \nCyprus Christians & Muslims The island is partitioned, creating enclaves for ethnic Greeks (Christians) and Turks (Muslims). A UN peace keeping force is maintaining stability. \nEast Timor Christians & Muslims A Roman Catholic country. About 20% of the  population died by murder, starvation or disease after they were forcibly annexed by Indonesia (mainly Muslim). After voting for independence, many Christians were exterminated or exiled by the Indonesian army and army-funded militias in a carefully planned program of genocide and religious cleansing. The situation is now stable. \nIndia Animists, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs Various conflicts that heat up periodically producing loss of life.  \nIndonesia, province of Ambon Christians & Muslims After centuries of relative peace, conflicts between Christians and Muslims started during 1999-JUL in this province of Indonesia. The situation now appears to be stable. \nIndonesia, province of Halmahera  Christians & Muslims 30 people killed. 2,000 Christians driven out; homes and churches destroyed. \nIraq Kurds, Shiite Muslims, Sunni Muslims, western armed forces By mid-2006, a small scale civil war, primarily between Shiite and Sunni Muslims started. The situation appears to be steadily degenerating. \nKashmir Hindus & Muslims A chronically unstable region of the world, claimed by both Pakistan and India. The availability of nuclear weapons and the eagerness to use them are destabilizing the region further. More details Thirty to sixty thousand people have died since 1989. \nKosovo Serbian Orthodox Christians & Muslims Peace enforced by NATO peacekeepers. There is convincing evidence of past mass murder by Yugoslavian government (mainly Serbian Orthodox Christians) against ethnic Albanians (mostly Muslim) Full story \nKurdistan Christians, Muslims Assaults on Christians (Protestant, Chaldean Catholic, & Assyrian Orthodox). Bombing campaign underway. \nMacedonia Macedonian Orthodox Christians & Muslims Muslims (often referred to as ethnic Albanians) engaged in a civil war with the rest of the country who are primarily Macedonian Orthodox Christians. A peace treaty has been signed. Disarmament by NATO is complete. \nMiddle East Jews, Muslims, & Christians The peace process between Israel and Palestine suffered a complete breakdown. This has resulted in the deaths of thousands, in the ratio of three dead for each Jew.  Major strife broke out in 2000-SEP. Major battle in Lebanon during mid-2006. No resolution appears possible. \nNigeria Christians, Animists, & Muslims Yourubas and Christians in the south of the country are battling Muslims in the north. Country is struggling towards democracy after decades of Muslim military dictatorships. More details \nNorthern Ireland Protestants, Catholics After 3,600 killings and assassinations over 30 years, some progress has been made in the fo
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Our being involved in this war is not the only answer. We need some way to motivate the non-fanatic Muslim group to clean up their own act. The only people who can win against Islamic fanatics are other Muslims. Right now, they have no reason to take action against their fellow Muslims. We need to change that somehow.
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You are aksing to many questions at one time..\n--Burkha is traditional cloth in Afghanistan, has nothing to do with Islam.\n--Muslim woman don't carry any sign when they are married.\n--JIHAD is fight against enemies attacking Muslim land.\n--In India the fight between Muslims and Hindus has a political background . Please study the dates when British forces  left India. \n--Muslim women are allowed to go to mosques.\n--You can't find physical form of God in jewish and muslim\nbelieves. \n--Shias and sunnis are sects of Islam. The fight between them ,again, has nothing to do with religion. purely political.\n--Again this is just  a traditon in some countries. \n--It should be done at young age.Otherwise it is a critical operation for health.\n--Muslims are human beings like all over the world.They are as peculiar as other people, not more, not less.
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They are proving my point about Islam not being a religion of peace, especially since the so called peaceful Muslims are not even condemning the Embassie burnings and other violence.\n\nGee why is that?\n\nHeck im Anti-Abortion but me and my fellow Christians comdemn the murder of Abortion doctors.
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If you are a true muslim then help clear the misunderstandings! Do something for you community if it hurts you so much to see whats going around! I am an indian hindu woman and just a few days back in our country, in varanasi, their was a bomb blast in a Hindu temple! Lots of people died and many were injured! This thing could have taken an ugly turn but fortunately a very famous muslim musician of our country stood up for his community and publicly criticised the terrorist who had commited the crime! He accepted the fact that due to a few muslim terrorists the whole community is suffering! He even said that he wont play his instrument(shehanai) to grieve for this incident! He organised blood donation camps , where muslims donated blood for hindu people! now this is the way to show the world that all is not lost yet! Misconceptions created by a few people, wether they are muslims or not, can be cleared by responsible citizens like us who care not for religion but for humanity which is the biggest religion of all!
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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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In general wars are becoming less and less.BUT the world is becoming polarized between Islam and non Islam .There is already a conflict between the Islamic and non Islamic world going on and this will esculate over the coming years into all out war ,by the end the world will either be a one nation islamic planet or Islam will be no more an issue than Nazis are in todays world
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Not in this case. The Muslims are fighting a religious war. They would think it was a sign from Allah that the end of the world is now and they would all be Marta's next to God. Or that is what the Imams would tell them to think.
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I am Muslim, a convert from christianity. I understand fully, I have had the same problem. My mom is a christian and very pro-Israel. She knows that I am Muslim but she forbids me to wear a Hijab or openly practice my religion. She had threatened to kick me out of the house other times for how I vote in elections so, I don't debate my religion with her. I agree with what the others said here that it is those radicals that give us a bad name. But I also think it is because of just pure ignorance of the truth mostly this ignorance is spread by the media.  It even extends to just being Arab or supporting the Arabs. I am originally American but I think of myself as an Arabist. I was in 10th grade english and the teacher announced to the whole class that I was with the Arabs. I didn't expect that but maybe it was because the teacher was Jewish but the whole class looked at me and I thought that I was going to be beaten up by how some of the kids were looking at me. This was shortly after 9/11 too. But above it all, I found happiness, I am happily married to an Egyptian Muslim, and will be making the Hajj in November, Inshallah. Those cartoons were overly offensive and shows why there is still the whole rift between East and West. Regardless of what those people say or do, keep your head up high and never allow them to get to you. Their fate like everything else is in Allah's hands.
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"War on Islam" sounds best. I'd hate to say it, but with the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq (mainly Muslim countries), and with the stanch U.S. support of Israel, it looks like Christians and Jews are ganging up on Muslims. This is why more Muslims are joining the Jihadist movement than ever before. It is clearly no longer a "war on terror" because the Iraq war has actually increased terrorism and Muslim support for terrorism. Pres. Bush and his party used the war on terror as a platform, but voters clearly showed yesterday how they feel about the Republican strategy. Our foreign policy needs to change quickly or else I fear a worldwide religious war is imminent.
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Not all muslims are terrorists but almost all terrorists are muslims.  There are about 140 armed conflicts going on in the world today and muslims are involved in every one of them.  Definitely not a peaceful religion.