Peaceful Muslim said:
I believe my posts were clear but i wil restate everything:
Much better!
PeacefulMuslim said:
1- In my very first post where i apologized on behalf of all muslims for burning embassies & violent actions, because all of us or at least 90% do not agree with what happened since it violates Islam principles which we were taught by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) cuz even at the time where he was resisted by others and they hurt him, he still prayed for god to forgive them. Those people who committed these actions can be one of two: people who want to show Islam in the worst way to turn others againts it, and people who expressed their anger in an improper way.
I have no problem with this sentiment although one issue does perplex me. Were any of these Muslim arsonists and looters arrested by the authorities and if so, will they be fully prosecuted in court? If not... why not?
PeacefulMuslim said:
2- We as muslims are against freedom of opinion when it reaches to a point where religous beliefs are insulted ( not Just Islam ) because Islam orders muslims to be civil to other religions and their beliefs. Moreover an insult to christianity or judaism is an insult to Islam it self since all of these religions came with one message "Believe in God".
It is one thing to have an opinion about something but it is completely different to make it look as a joke.
This is where we diverge. Secular freedom of expression should not be subserviant or beholden to political correctness, good taste, or religion. If you believe otherwise, then you embrace and promote 'censorship of expression' rather than 'freedom of expression'.
PeacefulMuslim said:
3- There are groups of people who try their best ( unfortunately they succeeded) to ruin the image of Islam and make it look like a religion of terrorism.. those people relate in no way to the concepts of Islam.
Usama bin Laden has quoted many verses from the Qur'an which he feels legitimize his deeds. Hundreds of Islamic imams and clerics agree with his Qur'anic interpretations, and have lended Usama theological support in sermons and fatwa's. How do you account for this empirical contradiction?
PeacefulMuslim said:
4- As for Israel and palestinian conflict, As palestinians we believe Israelis do not have the right to live in our land as if it is theirs but we do not mind them living between us peacefully. Details of that are illustrated in history books we read throughot the years and what we know from our ancestors until today. I do not believe we are people who happen to love dying for a land that is not ours. if that was the case you would have seen us given up long loong time ago.
Here you went trolling for the sympathy card. The Israeli/Palestinian issue has nothing to do with the cartoons and subsequent Muslim response.
Be that as it may, I will of course respond. Israel was birthed by the Patriarch Abraham and Eretz Yisrael was delivered by the Prophet Moses. The children of the Tribes of Israel have lived in this land since antiquity. As history plainly denotes, Eretz Yisrael was forcibly occupied by the Roman Empire which, incidently, coined the new name of Palestinia. A succession of occupiers followed the Romans... Muslims, Christians, and the Ottoman Empire.
Archaeological digs in Israel never fail to uncover the ancient presence of Israelites. What is below the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem? The second temple... the Temple of Herod. And what is below that? The original Temple of Soloman. And what is below that? Remnants of the Kingdom of David. Simply put, there are no antiquities of 'Palestine' no matter how deep one digs under the soil of Jerusalem.
Under a United Nations mandate, the Levant was partitioned in 1946. Rather than seek a peaceful coexistence with Israel, the neighboring Muslim nations immediately invaded. Time and time again you have attempted to drive Israel into the sea, and time and time again you have tasted defeat and lost precious territory. You have spurned the original UN mandate, the Camp David overtures, and the Oslo Accords. In essence, your historical governance and greed is the genesis of your current predicament and destitution.
PeacefulMuslim said:
5- Hamas Issue: if you were standing in a place where on your left hand side there is a fire that will burn you alive and on your right a fire that will burn your hand or your leg which one will you choose? i said it before earlier in my posts we are against commiting attacks against civilians Islam doesn't justify it.
If Palestinians are against terrorism, why did they elect a terrorist organization to govern and represent them? Hamas has been identified as a terrorist organization by the United Nations, Israel, the United States, the European Union, Canada, and Australia. Hamas made it abundantly clear that it would not alter its barbarian charter with an election victory. It was also abundantly clear to you that Israel would never negotiate with the Hamas terrorist organization. Still, this is the course you chose at the ballot box. Inexplicable.
PeacefulMuslim said:
6- We are not the ones forcing our kids to tie a belt of explosives to them selves, they are the kids who grew up seeing every member of their family getting killed who do that willingly. You will tell me that we brought it to our selves but let me ask you: if there is a room with 10 people and i know for sure one of them is a criminal, would i kill everyone in that room just to make sure ? if Israeli people believe that they are better than us, does this justify their action?
If Palestinians willingly choose to allow terrorists sanctuary within their midst, then you must also be just as willing to suffer the deadly consequences. Why do they not wear uniforms to distinguish themselves from Palestinian civilians? Because they are cowards and care not a whit for the safety of others.
PeacefulMuslim said:
7- You had comments about Prophet muhammad (PBUH) and how he treated the Jews in Madinat and i told you that you read the last line of the story which is why i told you read again..cuz jews committed three betrayels to 3 Peace agreements with Muslims. Those betrayels almost got prophet Muhammad ( PBUH), the women and children of Madinat to die.Even after all that,they were given the choice of War or leaving the Madinat
Wrong. The three tribes of Jews who originally settled in the Hijaz before Muhammad was even born were slaughtered by him because they would not convert to Isalm. Thus began the Islamic conquest of peoples and nations from Mekkah to Vienna.