dinali wrote:
ok, the only islamic "sources" that a muslim uses are the qur'an and authentic (read: authentic) ahadith (i.e. teachings of the prophet muhammed). any other "sources" are pulled out of extremists' asses, or people who couldn't find anything in the qur'an that makes it violent so they resort to making stuff up.
the qur'an specifically says, more than once, that violence (murder, torture, rape, etc.) and terrorism are forbidden and punishable by death and any muslim who uses these methods is automatically not a muslim anymore, because this is THE ultimate crime in islam. THE worst transgression against god.
prophet muhammed said that if you kill one person, it is as if you killed all the human race, and if you save one person it is as if you saved all of humanity. he also said that harming an animal, or harming a tree, is strictly forbidden. and those teachings are just off the top of my head.
the ONLY case in which a muslim's allowed to use violence without repercussion? -self defense
best kind of jihad, according to prophet muhammed? "speaking against an unjust ruler". egypt 2011- the dictator mubarak got kicked out, not one protestor used violence except in self defense. egypt population: 80 million. muslim population in egypt: over 70 million.
so how someone who has actually used unbiased and authentic sources can reach the conclusion that "islam is a terrible religion that encourages violence and terrorism" is beyond me. beyond any logical person who has their facts straight, actually.
(you'd think egyptian christians, jews, and atheists would've fled out long ago if they were living amongst those crazy evil violent "muslims", hmm?)
Well, if it's not any book, it's the conditioned mentality, I guess.