If so...then...what about 26%....? 27% ... 22%?
And....you believe that?
Look around at the world.
Sometimes you have to use your intellect.
What about the world? What percentage of the entire population of Muslims on the earth have ever intentionally targeted and killed civilians?
not the point, their religion teaches that killing non-muslims is what they should do.
No. It doesn't. But you're free to believe that
Ignorance doesn't prevent you from pontificating,does it.
Educate yourself!
".... many still view it as a "peaceful religion."
Psychologists might call this cognitive dissonance — a state of mind where rational people essentially lie to themselves. But in this case, it's understandable. In our politically correct culture, criticizing any religion, even one that plots our destruction, is still taboo. And no one wants to suggest the terrorists are driven by their holy text.
"Is it true that 26 chapters of the Quran deal with jihad, a fight able-bodied believers are obligated to join (Surah 2:216), and that the text orders Muslims to "instill terror into the hearts of the unbeliever" and to "smite above their necks" (8:12)?
Is the "test" of loyalty to Allah not good acts or faith in general, but martyrdom that results from fighting unbelievers (47:4) — the only assurance of salvation in Islam (4:74; 9:111)?
Are the sins of any Muslim who becomes a martyr forgiven by the very act of being slain while slaying the unbelievers (4:96)?
And is it really true that martyrs are rewarded with virgins, among other carnal delights, in Paradise (38:51, 55:56; 55:76; 56:22)?"
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osint@yahoogroups.com[/email]/msg19921.html']osint@yahoogroups.com[/email]/msg19921.html'] Originally printed in Investors Business Daily, 3/27/2006