So when moderate Muslims point to verses showing how peaceful Islam is, they are quite right. When they point to verses showing how tolerant Islam is toward other religions, they are quite right….

reaching for key-canister
ok……aim for eyes…..SPRAY!
O…..& did I say…Fk U!!

Blogging the Qur’an: Verse 9:29 Part
2 (Part 2) The verse that single-handedly dispels
the myth of Islamic tolerance. …

And we’re supposed to accommodate that?

“Meanwhile, the Christians will:
5. “Have the front of our hair cut,”

So it was Islam that brought us the Mullet? heh…

Their own languages. Although historically, Arabic overtook and replaced those languages among the dhimmis.

So if the dhimmis could not encrypt their stamps in Arabic, what language could they use?

I’ll take a babe-in-a-manger cult symbolizing joy n hope n grace n forgiveness any day.

I’m with ya…but we also have to think: What if we were born into Islam? And raised in Islamic culture? Which…given these weekely “B the Q” posts, can be pretty intense.

“Next week: Why the Jews and Christians are both accursed of Allah.”

Krykee doodle. Wasn’t all that covered in sura 2, and 3, and 5, and 6? Oh, and don’t forget the lil gem of allah turning some Jews into apes at v166 in sura 7.

How to beat down females was sura 4′s entirety.

All I’ve seen is a violent manifesto for bigots & zealots.

Simply put; all cultures are based on a cult. The applied philosophy derived from the core beliefs determines the ‘flavor’ of that culture & the interaction of societies.

And this muslim cult ain’t called the religion of perpetual outrage for nothing.

I’ll take a babe-in-a-manger cult symbolizing joy n hope n grace n forgiveness any day.

Heads off? No pun intended, eh?

What he heck does *that* mean?

Ooooh! This is more suspenseful than a commercial break in a Perry Mason episode.

Shy Guy on December 9, 2007 at 10:43 AM

You’re dating yourself, which I understand is illegal in many states.

Anyhoo…JetBoy brings up a relevant point. It seems that there’s always enough ambiguity for the frequently referenced “tiny minority” to interpret the Qur’an and hadiths as suits their agenda…and for the more fiery imams to whip their conregations into a frenzy.

What’s left is a “huge majority” who err on the side of caution.

“Next week: Why the Jews and Christians are both accursed of Allah.”

Ooooh! This is more suspenseful than a commercial break in a Perry Mason episode.

Islamic apologists in the West today commonly assert that 9:29 commands warfare only against the Jews and Christians who fought against Muhammad, and no others.

Ahhh…OK, that clears up what I was going to ask. But then, what exactly constitutes “fighting against Muhammed”? Someone who literally picks up arms in a battle against Muslim forces, or extended to include those, say, Christians who do not follow the instructions properly in the list above?

Islamic apologists in the West today commonly assert that 9:29 commands warfare only against the Jews and Christians who fought against Muhammad, and no others. I wish that every Muslim believed that, but unfortunately that has never been the mainstream Islamic understanding of this verse. Indeed, if it had been, the Pact of Umar, which I detail above, would never have been made — for it was made after Muhammad’s death with Christians against whom he did not fight. That in itself, as well as the teachings of all the schools of Islamic law, illustrates that this verse was always understood as having a universal application.

(P.S. Shame on you and Karl Rove for fooling WaPo into believing that you believe that Obama is a Muslim. Shame!
/sarc)