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A young Muslim from Africa asked me,

"Why did you convert and become a Muslim 41years ago?"

I am GermanNativeAmerican-African, "I responded because when my Father came back from Europe with his Italian wife we were not able to visit his family in SouthCarolina, and my family was unlawful and not treated as American soldiers' families from Spanish American, WW1, WW2, Korean War"

Charles Krauthammer, maybe a relative of mine, reminds me that I made the best choice.

What are Muslim views on religions not mentioned in the Quran, especially those that may have emerged post-Islam? Would people of those religions be afford full rights to worship and citizenship in an Islamically governed society?

What are Muslim views on religions not mentioned in the Quran, especially those that may have emerged post-Islam? Would people of those religions be afforded full rights to worship and citizenship in an Islamically governed society?

god is supposed to be a powerful being who can do anything. that is why we call him god. the god of the jews appeared and defended them against the egyptians - or so says the bible. their god parted the red sea, and give them water from stones and bread from heaven.
the god of israel then gave them jesus - who rose from the dead. again - pretty heavy stuff. he walked on water, fed 5,000 with a few loaves of bread and 5 fish. you all know the story. jesus drove devils from men and put them into pigs and then drove them over a cliff. that god struck saul blind and granted him vision and a new name, paul.
those were powerful gods - who gave choices to people and promised them final judgment at a future time.
now look at the god of islam. it has done exactly nothing. not even a good story about him doing something. and what does this god demand - this god who is allegedly the god of the jews and jesus? he demands that his followers kill the only people on the earth that believe in him. notice god does not kill them himself? the fake god of islam never does anything at all.
and who were the prophets of israel - abraham, moses, etc. men of good character who cared for their people.
and what did the fake god of islam chose for a prophet - a child rapist. while moho was allgedly a prophet of his god - he married a 6 year old but waited until she was 9 to have regular sex with her. for you women out there - were you able to have adult sex at 9? did you even know what adult sex was when you were 9? could you consent to adult sex at 9? the answer is no, no and no. what do you call a 40 year old man that has sex with a 9 year old child? A RAPIST! AND THIS IS WHAT ISLAMS GOD CHOSE TO REPRESENT HIM?
but dont think that the rapist waited for any sex at all. islam allows sex with even a baby - as long as she is not injured. that is islamic speak for taking her virginity. in islam a woman is there for use and nothing more. even a baby has two other holes for a scum bag's pleasure and islamics make use of it.
so i ask you - why do we continue to pretend this is a religion? since before 911 every day islamics have been killing in the name of a fake god and a rapist prophet. why do we let this continue? if the passage of the last 6 years has taught us anything its that when it comes to islam - a people who teach their babies to hate and who are taught that murder for their fake god is a goal to strive for. that no islamics ever go out and criticize other islamics - it is always the fault of the jews and christians and anyone but islam.
THEREFORE I SAY WITH CONFIDENCE - WHEN IT COMES TO ISLAMICS - ONLY THE UNBORN ARE INNOCENT!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maHSOB2RFm4&mode=related&search=

islamic says only islamics are innocent

now what does islam say about other faiths?

Qur’an Chapter 2 Verse 65:
And well ye knew those amongst you who transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath (Jews): We said to them: "Be ye apes, despised and rejected."

Ishaq: 250
The bestial transformation occurred when Allah turned Jews into apes, despised.

Tabari VIII: 28
When the Messenger approached the Jews, he said, ‘You brothers of apes! Allah shamed you and cursed you.’

Qur’an Chapter 5 Verse 14:
From those too, who call themselves Christians, We did take a covenant, but they forgot a good part of the Message that was sent to them: so We estranged them, with enmity and hatred between one and the other, to the Day of Judgment. And soon will Allah show them what they have done.

Qur’an Chapter 5 Verse 41:
…Jews, - men who will listen to any lie…For them there is disgrace in this world, and in the Hereafter a heavy punishment.

Qur’an Chapter 5 Verse 82:
Strongest among men in enmity (hatred) to the believers (Muslims) wilt thou find the Jews and Pagans.

Ishaq: 262
Some Muslims remained friends with the Jews, so Allah sent down a Qur’an forbidding them to take Jews as friends. From their mouths hatred has already shown itself and what they conceal is worse.

Qur’an Chapter 5 Verse 51:
O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: they are but friends and protectors to each other. And he among you that turns to them for friendship is of them.

Qur’an Chapter 3 Verse 28:
Let not the believers Take for friends or helpers Unbelievers rather than believers: if any do that, in nothing will there be help from Allah: except by way of precaution (prevention), that ye may Guard yourselves from them (prevent them from harming you.) But Allah cautions you (To remember) Himself; for the final goal is to Allah. [This verse teaches Muslims not to make friends with unbelievers, but allows them to feign friendship with unbelievers in order to prevent harm befalling themselves]

Ishaq: 364
Muslims, take not Jews and Christians as friends. Whoever protects them becomes one of them, they become diseased, and will earn a similar fate.

Sahih Muslim Book 037, Number 6665:
Abu Musa' reported that Allah's Messenger said: When it will be the Day of Resurrection Allah would deliver to every Muslim a Jew or a Christian and say: That is your rescue from Hell-Fire. [All Muslims are saved from Hell because a Jew or a Christian will go to hell in their place]

A responce to the Opinions of the following:
From Mohsin Hamid
All was peacefull until----
But that was about to change. Soviet troops had recently rolled into Afghanistan, and the U.S. government, concerned about Afghanistan's proximity to the oil-rich Persian Gulf and eager to avenge the humiliating debacle of the Vietnam War, decided to respond. Building on President Jimmy Carter's tough line, President Ronald Reagan offered billions of dollars in economic aid and sophisticated weapons to Pakistan's dictator, Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. In exchange, Zia supported the mujaheddin, the Afghan guerrillas waging a modern-day holy war against the Soviet occupation. With the help of the CIA, jihadist training camps sprung up in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Soon Kalashnikov assault rifles from those camps began to flood the streets of Lahore, setting in motion a crime wave that put an end to my days of pedaling unsupervised through the streets.
Meanwhile, Zia began an ongoing attempt to Islamize Pakistan and thus make it a more fertile breeding ground for the anti-Soviet jihad. Public female dance performances were banned, female newscasters were told to cover their heads and laws undermining women's rights were passed. Secular politicians, academics and journalists were intimidated, imprisoned and worse.
One part of this was particularly unpleasant for those of us entering our teens: the angry groups of bearded men who began enforcing their own morality codes. They made going on dates risky, even in a fun-loving city such as Lahore. Meanwhile, a surge of cheap heroin -- the currency often used to buy the allegiance of Afghan warlords -- meant that Pakistan went from having virtually no addicts when I was 9 to having more than a million by the time I completed high school, according to a lecture that a U.S. drug-enforcement official gave at my school.
So, billions in American economic aid, squandered by Zia, is the root cause of the turmoil in the Muslim world today?

And, Akbar Ahmed

”When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, I was the administrator in charge of south Waziristan, the lawless border region of Pakistan where Osama bin Laden is now said to be hiding, and I saw how appreciative Muslims were of U.S. support.) Today, rather than extending his hand to the people of Pakistan, Bush is marching in lockstep with the country's fading dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is mockingly referred to as "Busharraf."
“Errors like this are tragic,” Akbar states, So he, with a group of American researchers, discovered three broad categories of Muslim responses to the modern world: the Mystics
(the most tolerantand least political), the Modernists ( who seek to adopt western modernity) and the Literalists( draws its ethos, attitudes and rhetoric from one central perception: that Islam is under attack)
Their research indicates that a small percentage of the Literalists are , if I may read between the lines, the cause of all the present day terrorism because they believe liberating Iraq is evil.
“ Is a puzzlement” , as the King would say.

A responce to the Opinions of the following:
From Mohsin Hamid
All was peacefull until----
But that was about to change. Soviet troops had recently rolled into Afghanistan, and the U.S. government, concerned about Afghanistan's proximity to the oil-rich Persian Gulf and eager to avenge the humiliating debacle of the Vietnam War, decided to respond. Building on President Jimmy Carter's tough line, President Ronald Reagan offered billions of dollars in economic aid and sophisticated weapons to Pakistan's dictator, Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. In exchange, Zia supported the mujaheddin, the Afghan guerrillas waging a modern-day holy war against the Soviet occupation. With the help of the CIA, jihadist training camps sprung up in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Soon Kalashnikov assault rifles from those camps began to flood the streets of Lahore, setting in motion a crime wave that put an end to my days of pedaling unsupervised through the streets.
Meanwhile, Zia began an ongoing attempt to Islamize Pakistan and thus make it a more fertile breeding ground for the anti-Soviet jihad. Public female dance performances were banned, female newscasters were told to cover their heads and laws undermining women's rights were passed. Secular politicians, academics and journalists were intimidated, imprisoned and worse.
One part of this was particularly unpleasant for those of us entering our teens: the angry groups of bearded men who began enforcing their own morality codes. They made going on dates risky, even in a fun-loving city such as Lahore. Meanwhile, a surge of cheap heroin -- the currency often used to buy the allegiance of Afghan warlords -- meant that Pakistan went from having virtually no addicts when I was 9 to having more than a million by the time I completed high school, according to a lecture that a U.S. drug-enforcement official gave at my school.
So, billions in American economic aid, squandered by Zia, is the root cause of the turmoil in the Muslim world today?

And, Akbar Ahmed

”When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, I was the administrator in charge of south Waziristan, the lawless border region of Pakistan where Osama bin Laden is now said to be hiding, and I saw how appreciative Muslims were of U.S. support.) Today, rather than extending his hand to the people of Pakistan, Bush is marching in lockstep with the country's fading dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is mockingly referred to as "Busharraf."
“Errors like this are tragic,” Akbar states, So he, with a group of American researchers, discovered three broad categories of Muslim responses to the modern world: the Mystics
(the most tolerantand least political), the Modernists ( who seek to adopt western modernity) and the Literalists( draws its ethos, attitudes and rhetoric from one central perception: that Islam is under attack)
Their research indicates that a small percentage of the Literalists are , if I may read between the lines, the cause of all the present day terrorism because they believe liberating Iraq is evil.
“ Is a puzzlement” , as the King would say.

A responce to the Opinions of the following:
From Mohsin Hamid
All was peacefull until----
But that was about to change. Soviet troops had recently rolled into Afghanistan, and the U.S. government, concerned about Afghanistan's proximity to the oil-rich Persian Gulf and eager to avenge the humiliating debacle of the Vietnam War, decided to respond. Building on President Jimmy Carter's tough line, President Ronald Reagan offered billions of dollars in economic aid and sophisticated weapons to Pakistan's dictator, Gen. Mohammed Zia ul-Haq. In exchange, Zia supported the mujaheddin, the Afghan guerrillas waging a modern-day holy war against the Soviet occupation. With the help of the CIA, jihadist training camps sprung up in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Soon Kalashnikov assault rifles from those camps began to flood the streets of Lahore, setting in motion a crime wave that put an end to my days of pedaling unsupervised through the streets.
Meanwhile, Zia began an ongoing attempt to Islamize Pakistan and thus make it a more fertile breeding ground for the anti-Soviet jihad. Public female dance performances were banned, female newscasters were told to cover their heads and laws undermining women's rights were passed. Secular politicians, academics and journalists were intimidated, imprisoned and worse.
One part of this was particularly unpleasant for those of us entering our teens: the angry groups of bearded men who began enforcing their own morality codes. They made going on dates risky, even in a fun-loving city such as Lahore. Meanwhile, a surge of cheap heroin -- the currency often used to buy the allegiance of Afghan warlords -- meant that Pakistan went from having virtually no addicts when I was 9 to having more than a million by the time I completed high school, according to a lecture that a U.S. drug-enforcement official gave at my school.
So, billions in American economic aid, squandered by Zia, is the root cause of the turmoil in the Muslim world today?

And, Akbar Ahmed

”When the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979, I was the administrator in charge of south Waziristan, the lawless border region of Pakistan where Osama bin Laden is now said to be hiding, and I saw how appreciative Muslims were of U.S. support.) Today, rather than extending his hand to the people of Pakistan, Bush is marching in lockstep with the country's fading dictator, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who is mockingly referred to as "Busharraf."
“Errors like this are tragic,” Akbar states, So he, with a group of American researchers, discovered three broad categories of Muslim responses to the modern world: the Mystics
(the most tolerantand least political), the Modernists ( who seek to adopt western modernity) and the Literalists( draws its ethos, attitudes and rhetoric from one central perception: that Islam is under attack)
Their research indicates that a small percentage of the Literalists are , if I may read between the lines, the cause of all the present day terrorism because they believe liberating Iraq is evil.
“ Is a puzzlement” , as the King would say.

the numbers aren't (or shouldn't be) surprising. Muslims seem to take in anti-Semitism with their mothers milk. The Palestinians even have a childrens cartoon that portray the Jew as a monster intent on murdering innocent Muslim children. They teach their children that Jews are animals, filthy murderers of the rightious, and thieves. Yet Muslims will dance in the street to celebrate the mass murder of Jewish children at their daycare, in pizza parlors, and discos. And it isn't *just* because Isreal dares to exist in the midst of an Arab majority. Even before the creation of Israel, Muslims were helping Nazi's kill Jews. And today they have the gall to deny that millions of Jews were exterminated in Dachau, Buchenwald, and Auschwitz. And yet they still spread the legend of the all-powerful "Zionists" out to enslave or murder all of the Islamic world.

They think that the West views them unfavorably? Perhaps that'd change if they quit blowing people up, stoning people to death for falling in love, and sending out religious edicts to murder authors who dare to write or draw anything that the imams find offensive. Perhaps they'd be viewed differently if they made the attempt to actually educate their people instead of consigning them to superstitious, impoverished ignorance, a state in which they are much easier to exploit and control. Maybe if they were as interested in improving THEMSELVES instead of blaming the West and Israel for their own shortcomings they'd realize that it isn't Islam that the west views unfavorably...it's the murderers who hide behind the cloak of piety.