"The source is Frontpage Mag - hardly unbiased. I'm pretty skeptical of it. For example, it ignores the fact that unlike the Bible, the Koran includes a lot of rules and mitigating factors for violence."
It is always GOOD to read a book before commenting on it. The bible is chock full of RULES regarding the mitigation of violence-------the koran and Islamic law elaborated by Islamic scholars BASED on the Koran and Hadiths place limits on
violence by CRIMINALIZING violence against muslims as opposed to violence
against non muslims which is rarely criminalized and often sanctioned unrestrained ----even in the rare cases in which it is criminalized-----the penalties are TRIVIAL. A good example is MURDER of a non muslim by a muslim. Such a murder CANNOT be construed as a capital crime. The penalty is a very trivial fine-------for the murder of a non muslim man by a muslim man-----the maximum penalty is a fine equal to
1/4 of the value of a muslim male life---. Such a penalty is rarely enforced since
it virtually impossible to convict a muslim of a crime against a non muslim------
The Hitch is that testimony by a non muslim which conflicts with that of a muslim ----is COMPLTELY invalid in an Islamic court. It is always good to READ the books upon which one comments
It is always GOOD to read a book before commenting on it. The bible is chock full of RULES regarding the mitigation of violence-------the koran and Islamic law elaborated by Islamic scholars BASED on the Koran and Hadiths place limits on
violence by CRIMINALIZING violence against muslims as opposed to violence
against non muslims which is rarely criminalized and often sanctioned unrestrained ----even in the rare cases in which it is criminalized-----the penalties are TRIVIAL. A good example is MURDER of a non muslim by a muslim. Such a murder CANNOT be construed as a capital crime. The penalty is a very trivial fine-------for the murder of a non muslim man by a muslim man-----the maximum penalty is a fine equal to
1/4 of the value of a muslim male life---. Such a penalty is rarely enforced since
it virtually impossible to convict a muslim of a crime against a non muslim------
The Hitch is that testimony by a non muslim which conflicts with that of a muslim ----is COMPLTELY invalid in an Islamic court. It is always good to READ the books upon which one comments