I got on Google earlier tonight and, just out of curiosity, I typed the phrase "The only good Muslim is a dead Muslim" in the search box. Then, when the search results appeared on my computer screen, I was utterly shocked to see 458,000 matches come up. So, I began to click on the first few websites to see what they said. All I can say is, if I was shocked at the number of websites I saw, I was a hundred times more shocked at some of the things they contained.
At this link:
http://terrorwebs.blogspot.com/2006/07/only-good-muslim-is-dead-muslim.html
there were a series of articles, some of them were titled "Rot In Hell Muslim Pig!!!" and "Die Filthy Muslim!" and "Burn For Eternity Muslim Pig!" and a few others that I don't even want to list here. These articles were accompanied by gruesome photos of the mutilated bodies of Russian soldiers (so viewer beware).
At another site:
http://americanjihad.blogspot.com/2006/08/only-good-muslim-is-dead-muslim.html
some racist named George M. Wennert stated, "The ongoing war with Islamofacism can no longer be fought with care and compassion. Events around the world make this quite clear. The Islamofeces cockroaches are on the march, and if we do not kill them all, they shall kill us." The writer's words were accompanied by a copy of Kurt Westergaard's anti-Mohammad cartoon that appeared a couple years ago in a Danish newspaper and caused a lot of controversy.
At still yet another site:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/rnr/494962995.html
there is a doctored photo of a young Muslim boy with his head blown open and, above it, is written, "I LOVE to hear of stories of Muslim men, women, and children being blown up by American bombs, it makes me so happy to hear about Muslims suffering. I hate Muslims more than AIDS and cancer combined and I applaud anyone who has the courage to harm or kill one."
I could go on listing website after website that contain statements like this or much, much worse. But this article would be a mile long and I would probably need to go throw up for about three days straight after I finished. If anyone is still curious and wants to see more, they can do the same thing I did and check it out for themselves.
The purpose of this article, however, is not to list off websites that threaten and insult Muslim people. My purpose for writing this is to draw everyone's attention to the obvious. The term "Muslim people" means just that----People.
Fathers and Mothers and Grandparents and Children and Babies.....Human beings.
In the true meaning of the term, "Muslim people" does not mean evil men crashing airplanes into tall buildings. It does not mean madmen strapping explosives to their bodies and vaporizing themselves in a crowded marketplace. It does not mean individuals who are so full of hate and ugliness that they want to kill anything that isn't like them.
Many individuals call themselves Muslims and claim to represent Islam in their words and actions, but they are just imposters who have hijacked Islam to justify their own hatred and self-righteous elitism. The real "Muslim people" are no different than you or me. They pretty much want the same things out of life that everyone else wants. To be loved and accepted, to cherish their children and watch them grow up, and to have a small patch of ground somewhere on this earth that they can call home.
Every religion in the world has its wackos that give it a bad name, Just as Islam has its Osama bin Ladens and Mahmoud Ahmadinejads, Christianity has its David Koreshes and Timothy McVeighs. This is the greatest flaw that I see in the "War On Terrorism": It burns the wheat down right along with the tares. It is indiscrininate and causes many people to be indiscriminate in their thinking. Thus, through this kind of "lump-them-all-together" mentality, the phrase "the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim" gets twisted into something that actually makes sense to anyone who allows themselves to think this way.
Too often, differences in religion and belief systems blinds us to the fact that religious discrimination isn't about hurting and hating a religion, it is about hurting and hating human beings like ourselves. If people must be hated, they should be hated for the things they do, not for the things they believe. What someone believes does not make them evil. It is how they behave and treat others, based on their beliefs, that defines them as good or bad.
That is why a "good Muslim" does not mean a "dead" one. A good Muslim or a good anybody is "good" because of how he or she treats other people.
Because underneath the facade of religion there still exists the individual components
of humanity---------People.
And whether they be Muslim, or Christian, or Buddhists, or Hindus, or whatever, they are still human beings who deserve respect, if they have earned it. Or love and acceptance, if they can find it. Or the benefits and pleasures of life, if they can obtain them. Or a sense of dignity and self-worth, if the rest of the world will just allow them to have it.
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Bring on the PEACE.
People that try to spread hate don't know the Lord.
Thanks for your courage in writing this.
Thank you Berf for bring up a very sensitive issue!
I agree with you !!
We should celebrate our differences and stop the hatred!
And as Dina said, not every American owned slaves, not every Muslim is a terrorist, not every Christian is an extremist. Hatred knows no boundaries.
I wonder if people realize how close Islam and Judaism are, philosophically and spiritually. I wonder if they realize that when they say/write these things, they sound just like Nazis talking about Jews. It's scary.
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Doyle I <~~~~~
But then that's certainly as pie in the sky.
There are extremists in all beliefs who carry out their own sense of right and wrong. The message for all should be "love thy neighbor".
If you haven't watched the Movie Kingdom of Heaven, there is a message there about the value of life.
The United States was built on Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Freedom of religion is a big part of it, but it is not just freedom of one religion. -Sorry, that could be a whole number of topics. We just have to stop the "Them" and "Us" habit. The terrorists and extremists are the problem. We can't use generalities and say all Muslims.
Thanks for sharing.
We can disagree with what someone believes and still love them. But we cannot honestly call ourselves Christians if we hate.
My daughter smokes. I hate cigarettes because of what they can do to her. But I love her. I even love the people who sold them to her first and those that helped her get addicted. I don't like what they did, but I love them.
We may even think someone a heathen. But God's word says that if the heathen, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, they are a law unto themselves. Jesus said the law is fulfilled in these two things, love the Lord, and love your neighbor as yourself.
If a Muslim, or any other person, loves God to the best of their knowledge and loves their neighbor as theirself, they are just as saved by the blood of Jesus as anybody else. Jesus said that whosoever is not against us is for us.
What the knowledge of Jesus does is ensure a true Christian peace of mind and spiritual power. As many as receive Jesus, to them he gives power to become the sons of God. The works he did and greater, we could do, he promised us.
Evil is evil. If the people who hate Muslims or anybody else call themselves Christians they lie. They'd best repent. They are liable to look up from hell and see some of the very people they hated in heaven.
Simply if you hate cristians you hate yourselfe in fact. And if you hate muslim community you do the same mistake. Bothways those scrapy opinions leads you toward an empty space where you are just alone.
In modern world smart people are all togather regardless of their belifs or political profiles.
Be smart and stay together. And one more think keep on writing on gather.com ;-)
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In a similar way, many Muslims believe they must make the world islamic by force (jihad). Bin Laden clearly states this is a religious war started by him and his followers. Therein lies the crux of the problem. Muslims historically and today believe in a Caliphate, one large Islamic country. So many Muslims, perhaps the vast majority, see no problem with, and actually want, Islamic religious law becomming the law of the land, every land. I will fight that.
That is why Muslims for example in England, do not understand why they cannot live by Islamic law alone (such as allowing polygamy). To the Muslims credit, Jews and Christians could live under their own laws in Islamic countries provided they paid the "second class tax" and submitted to the supremacy of islamic law when necessary. Hindus and Budhists are killed under Islamic law because they are "idol worshippers". So Muslims want the favor returned.
As for Muslim persecution, give me a break. Six million Jews were methodically murdered by the nazis, in less than ten years. Less than ten thousand pallestinians have died in total MANY OF THEM COMBATANTS, MANY DURING THE FIGHTING since the State of israel was fromed in 1948 (most of the Arab states were formed about then). Wars the Arabs started. And people have the right to call Zionists, Nazis ?
There are still about 600% more Hate crimes against Jews than Muslims according to FBI statistics. Yet Cair and other islamist shills would have people believing that only Muslims are discriminated against. it enraged me when some Islamic propoganda group had a commercial after 9-11 complaing about the stares young Muslim women get when dressed in the forced black "garbage bags" of oppresion ( I call them garbage bags because they are forced on women by Law in certain Islamic countries). If I were to dress up as an chasisidic jew I would be beaten up in many many places in the US, nevermind stares just about everywhere.
Finally in our nuclear age, with Islamic terrorists acquiring and having probably already acquired nuclear or radiological weapons, we face a real existential threat. The next 9-11 will be an attack involving nuclear bombs or nuclear material. Thta will destroy or cause the collapse of our economic system (wipe out wall street at least), and the bif bad Evil empire collapses, like the Soviet Union did because of the islamist victory in Afghanistan (at least the Islamists think they caused it)
Kill all Jews (with quotes so it is treated as a phrase) 23,000 hits
kill all muslims 15,000 hits
If we added "kill all jews" in the various Islamic languages, we would get far far more.
It goes without saying that a vary tiny people that gave the world the bible, jesus, the Apostles, Einstein, many of todays medical advancements, are so hated. On the other hand, a society that has been at war with the world, islam , and has contributed virtually nothing in the Sciences or human advancement in the past 500 years, is so babied, and protected (relatively speaking). It sickens sentient people.
Now imagine that Judaism was as crazy as Islam. Imagine 1.2 billion Jews, many fervent and devout. Imagine their Rabbis tell them that the Amalekites are Scientologists. You get the point.
On the other hand, islam says, according to many Clerics, to make the world Islamic by any means, or kill the idolator. Imams are saying that is the correct interpretation. You see the result.
Another example, when Jews ruled Israel during the time of the biblical court, Senhedren, there were only a few executions a decade. Compare that with the saudi beheadings every year under Islamic law. You see the point ?
So many people killed over religion over the centuries. And for WHAT? To what end? For what purpose? Does whatever supreme being being worshiped really WANT all this death and destruction? I can't see that. Even Satanism advises it's followers thusly: "When walking in open territory, bother no one. If someone bothers you, ask them to stop. If they do not stop, destroy them." To ME, that means that we should keep to ourselves and not go chasing others around looking for trouble. Why is that so HARD?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html?ex=1354683600&en=feef103f980b9c7c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss
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Thank you for reminding that we need to actively NOT hate in a society that seems to tolerate it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/07/opinion/07ali.html?ex=1354683600
Do you have anything of your own to say, Martin?
Yes, of course it is sad to hear anyone say that "A good ______ is a dead ______." We should not wish evil upon anyone. However, has it not occurred to you that Islam has brought this animosity upon itself? Have you not read the Koran and seen how many of its passages preach violence and intolerance?
All over the world, Muslim nations are engaged in wars and conflicts with non-Muslim nations. Muslim Afghans fight their Buddhist neighbors. Muslim Pakistanis attack Hindu Indians. Muslim Palestinians bomb Jewish Israelis. Muslim Chechens fight against Christian Russians. Muslim immigrants in England, France, and Germany are actively working to destroy their adoptive countries from the inside-out. And sadly, Muslim terrorists have included America in this onslaught.
And there's no sign of letting up. All over the world, militant Muslims are actively seeking to conquer the world. You think I'm exaggerating? Pay attention to a wide variety of news outlets - not just the major ones - and you will see. Muslims are actively trying to establish an Islamic empire. Islam is not just a religion; it's an international political movement.
Are there good Muslims out there? Of course there are. There are good people all over the world who are victims of dictatorial regimes or oppressive societies, and the free world should do what it can to help them. But don't buy into that PC drivel about the militants of Islam being only a tiny minority. They're not. Surveys have shown that from 20% to 50% of Muslims in the Middle East or in America, can either see a rationale for terrorism or sympathize with terrorist causes. That is not a small minority. That is a large minority, or maybe even half the population. Yes, there are good people among the Muslims of the world, but they are by no means a powerful majority.
Yes, it is indeed sad to say that "the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim," and I look forward to the day when that kind of sentiment is no longer expressed. But Islam, in its aggressive intolerance toward the rest of the world, has brought that attention to itself. If Muslims want the world to be at peace with them, then they will have to make peace with the world.
Likewise, the Islamists want to expand the scope of Islam, a type of slavery, and we have been forced to wage war. We might as well remove the cancer of Islam while we are at it.
Franklin, you mouthed your lines like a true Islamist shill and apologist. Short on substance, long on vague inaplicable concepts. I guess you call 9-11 and involvement in every war on the planet mere "bad points"
I honestly wish that there were any feasable suggestion to stop these arbitrary homicides from continuing to destroy the world piece by piece.
I disagree with any individual who preaches hate and lives their life hating people because they are different or do not live life in a righteous manner. No one on this earth is perfect.
The rise of Muslim terrorism is a problem which is close to me. I'm African-American and was raised as a muslim by my father who converted as a young man (he was raised as a christian). As a muslim I was never taught to hate; actually my father taught me to take the high road when dealing with people and he never supported using violence to solve problems. I grew up around black and non-black muslims and there was never any expression of hatred toward non-muslims. Instead these muslims, though they sometimes criticized the beliefs of other religions, were tolerant. Also, there was never any talk of killing anyone because they were not muslim.
But what the people who are critical of Islam & the Koran need to remember--religion is man made, and the Koran was written not by the hand of God itself but by men who are human and therefore flawed. People teach hate--God does not. I think all of the harsh words of the Koran towards non-believers and non-muslims are the thoughts of a man or group of men who wanted to be God, and wanted to speak for God; they were out to force people to conform to their ways and beliefs. I do not agree with the negative aspects of the Koran such as killing non-believers and it's views toward women, but killing all muslims is not the solution to the problem of muslim terrorists. People who think killing all muslims to end this type of terrorism are misguided and wrong. Innocent, peaceful muslims should not be expected to die because some of their fellow followers have chosen to be terrorists.
Yes islam needs to change but so do the other major religions. Actually, the human need for religion needs to change. Religion has done more to separate people than bring them together--even people practicing the same religion are divided in their beliefs. Faith in God, the Holy Spirit, Supreme Being or even if a person believes there is a force overseeing this universe should bring people closer together instead of push us apart.
It is very distressing. I cdont believe in the literal return of Jesus, but if i did, i wouldnt want to be in the shoes of the christians who kill in Jesus name. I dont see any quotes in the bible from Jesus saying "love your enemy, oh except when he goes too far, then just kill him". Or "fight fire with fire". I know its illogical for us humans to not lower ourselves at times to the level of others, but i think thats why Jesus was so amazing.
With regards to the muslim issue, when moses led the people to the promised land, there were already people living there. Canaanites. But here in australia we also invaded & said we had "discovered" the country. Though aboriginals had lived here for over 40,000 years. (or for those who believe in the 6000 year old world, 5999 of them!)
It is about respect. And Jesus was a man who you could say treated all people well. Even the soldiers who hurt him. Those who doubted. Those who stole, whored, whatever. He saw them as equally valuable & deserving of a life. regardless of religion also.
"Love one another as I have loved you"
Martin L., you said "On the other hand, a society that has been at war with the world, islam , and has contributed virtually nothing in the Sciences or human advancement in the past 500 years" ... and I have to argue with you on that point. Muslim civilization has contributed greatly to the sciences and human advancement.
It was Arabs (Muslims) who invented the lateen sail, without which there would have been absolutely no global exploration (think Columbus!).
It was Muslim civilization that gave us the concept of ZERO, paving the way for the decimal system which is used worldwide.
It was Muslim civilization that preserved the works of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates, Pythagoras etc. so that Western civilization ultimately had those works to build on.
It was Muslim civilization that managed to coexist with and respect Jews and other non-Muslims in Spain and elsewhere, all the while European "civilizations" were burning them at the stake or driving them out of their homelands.
And Muslims were responsible for so many of the world's architectural treasures - whose engineering was far advanced beyond Western civilizations - that it would take me days to list them all.
Now this is not a defense of current extremists, far from it. But I think we have to remember that Muslims never did and have not now cornered the market on religiously based brutality. Think of the Spanish Inquisition, the Crusades, the attempted genocide against American Indians. Crucifixion as a method of execution is not a Muslim invention. Neither is the Iron Maiden, the rack and other toys our ancestors used against "The Other."
And I'm just getting started.
Do you think the Saudi interpretation of Islam is "extremist" ? What makes you an Islamic religious authority ? And even if you are an Islamic religious authority, there are a lot of Islamic authorities that disagree with you and are drowning you out.
Your question "Because Christianity was more brutal in the past, that means that Islam is OK today?" makes no sense at all. I never said "Islam" is okay. I'm perfectly able to distinguish between religion in general and the people who practice it.
You're right, there are too many extremists and too many of their co-religionists who sit back and keep quiet. Let's start with Hitler, for instance. He was a devout Catholic. (And is 60 years way too "ancient" to be cited? I lived through that time, so it's pretty contemporary to me.)
I've never claimed to be an authority on any religion, but I have read the entire Quran. Have you? And if you have, what makes you think it's okay to cherry-pick isolated statements in any religion's holy book to "prove" that the religion's entire message has to be discounted?
Don't you know that ancient books can be and have been mistranslated? For instance, in the original Aramaic the book of Isaiah speaks of a "young woman" (not a "virgin"!) giving birth to a son and calling his name Emanuel. Does that mistranslation invalidate the whole of Christianity? No more than the mistranslation of the "72 virgins" passage in the Quran invalidates all of Islam. An expert translator recently released his finding that the word isn't "virgins" at all - it's "raisins" or perhaps "white grapes."
When the Islamists initiate the next 9-11 with a nuclear or radiological attack and that wreck havoc on everyone, including a major economic collapse, even if it is relatively temporary, the one good thing will be a certain Justice that fools will be experiencing the fruits of their foolishness.
OK, believe that the Islamic call for holy war is not a problem, and that all religions are "the same". Oh, and that Hitler was a "devout Catholic", which he was not of course, no one has ever said that.
Waiting.........Or did you forget what you were going to say ?
The Founding Fathers were pretty naive thinking that "Freedom of Religion" could be written into the Constitution and mean something to everyone. Unfortunately, their "Freedom of Religion" meant "Freedom of Religion as we know it."
In answer to the writer who asked (in the words of that great philosopher and dope dealing hoodlum, Rodney King) "Can't we all just get along?", is, in a word, "NO." A quick review of human history proves this. We can't "get along." We can just live with eyes in the backs of our heads and never sleep. And remember, as soon as all the Islamists are dead, who's next? As a Jew, I have a sneaking suspiscion who it might be. After all, it's been tried many times before.
Trust no one when it comes to religion - yours or theirs.
The "us" vs. "them" mentality is leading to an ever expanding category of those labeled "them" by a militant group in an ever shrinking category labeled "us" -- and those looking for common ground are coralled into the middle only to be labeled "them" by one militant minority group or another.
But - I am glad I clicked thru to see it was an eye opening "flash survey" of what a huge array of anger and hatred there is out there in the name of a truly twisted interpretation of the Muslim faith.
I have met and worked with several Mulsims from a variety of nations, including the US, and learned a lot that makes me glad they were willing to answer questions.
My early, yet skewed view of Muslims was heavily influenced by the Iran hostage crisis and new reports of similar events ever since. As I have matured I have become more skeptical of anything the general news sources spout.
Thanks for making people THINK!
We are all God's children. And sometimes we act like children. We fight, we argue, we do not share our toys, or our countries. We get jealous when our sibling gets more attention than we do. We sulk, we act out our anger in ways that are not always productive. We point fingers, we call each other names, we place the blame on anyone other than ourselves. We ridicule, humiliate, threaten those that do not follow what we think as the right way. (remember high school? I know you do, so do not even attempt to say that is not relevant) We are all guilty of misconceptions, every last one of us. At one time or another in our lives, everyone of us has made a generalization about something, or someone. Whether or not it was expressed out loud is not the point. I've seen generalizations in these comments. I'm not judging anyone. It is not my place. I commend BERF for writing this article. I do not agree with everything in it but I commend anything that is written that provokes thought in people. It is obvious by the passionate comments that this has provoked a great deal of thought. BRAVO!
I am almost certain this is what was intended. It is only by thinking through a problem that a solution can be reached. It is only by thinking through a problem that we, as humans, can evolve into what we are meant to be.
Please do not read into these comments any more than what I meant them to be. I am merely expressing my thoughts as is everyone else posting here. These are my opinions and mine alone. I do not/cannot/will not impose them on anyone who does not first ask for them. And by posting your opinion here, you have opened a dialog. If you agree with my opinions, that's fine. If not, that's fine as well. My only intent with posting this is that someone will read it and think. That's all. Just think.
I wish you all the best in this holiday season and it is also my wish that the New Year brings all that you hope for, for you and yours.
As said elsewhere, I've seen political violence. 40 years later, it still echoes in my head - every day. The grinding of treads, the shouts of fury, the screaming of terror, and what had been a young man, his head now shattered.
The most 'Christian' people I've met on occasion have been Muslims. One I remember in particular: I was wandering aimlessly in the street after my now ex-wife's miscarriage and my own dismissal as a lecturer - for being disabled. He stopped beside me and looked startled. 'But every day,' he told me, 'I ask my god to find you work.' The idea that someone even cared made me almost collapse.
And my 'Christian' ex-colleagues? If they saw me anywhere in the street, they simply looked aside into the nearest shop window. Not a word of comfort or help.
It brings to mind, doesn't it, the Good Samaritan parable?
You can't hate en masse without yourself being detestable. I'd sooner not soil my eyesight by even looking at the original poster of this thread. He's made himself too far beneath me. Yet his sort, or not too different, run your foreign policy. Of Islam, they know nothing - and don't care about finding out.
Find out some facts and spout, if you can manage it, a little less bigotry. Your sort of loathing is no different from the extremists - by no means the majority - that you encourage by your ranting. Just go away. I've heard your sort before, just too often.
This is the usual false syllogism, favoured by shallow thinkers. It's sometimes phrased this way: I have a cat. My cat is black. Therefore any cat is black and what is black isn't a cat. So a white or a grey cat doesn't exist?
What you're saying, Martin L, is that to be good, one has to hate others (or particular others). Therefore, you define good as hatred - in some respects at least. You know, there's not much, in your way of thinking, separating you from the people who attacked New York. You display a depth of ignorance of Islam and its contribution to western civilisation that shows you for what you are. Where do we get the word 'algebra' - a vital concept in mathematics and science from? The first syllable ('al) gives it away. Likewise with almanac and alcohol (the use of ' before the 'a' indicates that, in Arabic (like in other Semitic languages), a word can't begin with a vowel. They have a sound ('aliph, written ') to support an opening vowel ('al is 'the').
You show as little notion of your own civilisation as of the Arabic. When an Italian philosopher/scientist proposed investigating any possible scientific basis to biblical miracles, he was sentenced to public strangling and burning. At the same time, Arabic scientists were devising chemical equations. And there was Giovanni Bruno - publicly burned for even suggesting there might be extra-terrestrial life. And the truly pathetic halfwit in Rome who refused a demonstration of Galileo's telescope. It was, he claimed, sure to be bewitched. And Galileo (1660s), deprived of a chance even to give his side of the argument, or face torture or worse (which wouldn't prove much, would it?) was sentenced to 'merciful' house arrest for life. He originally faced the death sentence. Now, quite an argument that would be, wouldn't it?
And so we have the 'enlightened' west. Your very keyboard demonstrates a numerical system imported from the Arabs. Even at the time of the Crusades, Arabic surgeons were most respected and valued. Martin L, at least try to think out an argument before posting ill-informed nonsense and hatred, which does you no favours. All you do is betray your own ignorance. Possibly the best answer for you, now from me, is Galileo's answer to the Vatican: 'Whatever you say, it's true.' (eppur si muove) Live with it, Martin, or simmer in hatred, whatever good that does you. That's your problem, a very real and harmful one - including to you.
Extremists of every sect would jam their version of the ultimate truth down peoples throats, even if it kills them. What victory is death?
The way to stop religious intolerance is not to give the world more of one religion in particular. Statements such as "What people need is more of the Lord in their lives", and other such hooey, show that there are many who just cannot see past their own little bubble.
Not to justify anyone's extremism, but if you accept that muslims are human beings, doesn't it make sense to then ask, what's making them so angry?
If your answer is "Jerusalem", or "Palestine", whoa, now there's a sizeable can of worms, but it's an example of groups of people excluding other groups to the maximum level imaginable, to the point where they actually want to exterminate the other side, like they were vermin instead of humans, and all over a scratchy little piece of land with lots of holes in it! What fools!
I wonder, would either side settle for New Jersey?
Just kidding, but sometimes a radical problem calls for ridiculous solutions...
A difficult part of the whole equation is people's desire for retribution, revenge, "justice", "making them pay", etc. People just have to drop that stuff. If justice is to be the standard, well, might as well convict and hang all of us. Revenge begets same. The personal satisfaction of seeing a blood oath through to its murderous end only ignites the same fire of hatred in another heart
Who will end this ancient hatred
Will the killing to an end
Who will swallow long injustice
And take the devil for a countryman?
We all have to learn to accept fellow humans as they are, the whole kaleidescope, not just the groups you favor or are similar to.
Missing brothers
Martyred fellows
Silent children in the ground
Could we but hear them
Would they not tell us
Time to lay God's rifle down
Can I apologize, cry and repent? So Sorry, can I say it? Would you accept it? I know that all of that is your punishment to us, because we disobey your orders. Forgive, have mercy with us. We can't stand this violence anymore; we can't stand this hatred anymore. Take us Lord up to you, judge us, punish us and sent us to your hell, but don't leave us to those people who don't know justice or mercy. Take us to you, even your hell not your heavens will be more merciful. At least, we will know what we have done in our life to be sent to hell. Enough, that's enough,
Peace is our belief…
The prophet of Islam said: "Whoever hurts a non Muslim, I shall be his "refers to non Muslim" complainant and for whoever I am a complainant, I shall ask for his right on the day of Resurrection." (Hadith)
He also said: "Whoever persecutes a non Muslim or demands work from him beyond his capacity or takes something from him with evil intentions, I shall be a complainant against him on the day of Resurrection."(Hadith)
Prophet Mohammed said: "One who hurts a non-Muslim, he hurts me and one who hurts me hurts God." (Hadith)
Qur'an says: "... and argue with them in ways that are best and most gracious." (16: 125)
Again the prophet said: "Whoever relieves a human being from a grief of this world, God will relieve him from a grief on the day of judgment." (Hadith)
The son of the governor of Egypt once slapped a native Christian when he had raced ahead of him. When the complaint was brought before Omar, the second Caliph, he ordered the son to be beaten by the Christian.
Omar said to the governor: "How could you make slaves of these people who had been born free?"
Qur'an says: "God does not forbid you, to act fairly towards those who have never fought you over religion nor have driven you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them." (60:8)
Qur'an says: "Do not argue with the people of the Book, unless it is in the politest manner."(29:46)
When Omar entered Jerusalem victoriously, he visited the Holy Church. When the Muslims prayer was due, the Christian Patriarch asked him to perform his prayer in the church. But Omar refused, saying: "I fear that once I have my prayer in this church, the coming generations of Muslims would say that in this place Omar had performed his prayer and therefore it has to be converted to a mosque. I want the church to remain a church."
Qur'an says about Jesus: "O' Mary! God gives you good news of a word from Him, whose name shall be Messiah, Jesus son of Mary, honored in this world and the Here after, and one of those brought near to God." (3:45)
And about Moses, the Qur'an says: "Also mention in the Book Moses: For he was specially chosen. And he was a messenger and a prophet. And We called him from the right side of Mount (Sinai), and made him draw near to Us." (19:51-52)
Qur'an says: "This day, are all things good an pure made lawful to you. The food of the people of the Book is lawful unto you and yours is lawful unto them. Lawful unto you in marriage are not only chaste women who are believers, but chaste women among the people of the Book revealed before your time." (5:6)
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In Poland alone 881 Catholic priests were annihilated. In time many more priests would end up in concentration camps
Dachau concentration camp held the largest number of Catholic priests. According to the best estimate some 2,771 clergyman were inmates in Dachau. The largest number of clergyman were Catholic priests, seminarians, and lay brothers. A disproportionate number were the 1,780 Polish clergy, 780 of whom died in Dachau. Three thousand additional Polish priests were sent to other concentration camps. In addition, 780 priests died at Mauthausen, 300 at Sachsenhausen and 5,000 in Buchenwald. With the Nazi conquest of Western Europe, hundreds of priests were shot or shipped to concentration camps, many dying en route. Also many nuns were either imprisoned or shot.
Do a search on Catholics and other Christians in concentration camps. Many Christians of all denominations died.