Islam Must Apologize
On 12 September 2006, Pope Benedict XVI gave a speech to The University of Regensburg, in Germany.Full text of the Pope's speech here.
Read the speech. The first thing you will notice is that this speech, contrary to what most in the media would have you believe, was NOT solely a criticism of Islam. And, the section of the speech that got the Pope into the most trouble - "Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached". - was not the original thought of benedict XVI, but was a direct quote from Byzantine emperor Manuel II Paleologus in 1391 to a representative of Islam!
The reaction from Islam was quick and predictable:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5347876.stm?ls
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/15/AR2006091500800.html?nav=hcmodule
http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/060918115809.n5zzir5r
Islam responded in its typical manner: killing people and blowing up things.
If Muslims were outraged that the Pope was quoting a historical fact detailing the violent nature of Islam, they couldn't have done more to prove his point - and the point of Manuel II - than to react in the way they did.
OK, now the easy stuff is over here - what follows is the difficult stuff. It's not difficult to understand, but it's difficult to see - and for some, astonishingly - difficult to accept.
So, here's the warning:
You are going to see images of Islam. They are violent, bloody, and disturbing. But, they are Islam. This is the faith that a professional I knew in 1986 said, "The only religion I cannot accept in practice is Islam." I didn't know what he meant then. I do now.
Islam seeks to conquer the world. Don't believe it? Look at this:
The green area of the big map consists of current Islamic States, which rule primarily by Shiriah Law. See the little map in the lower right? That's the goal. And Islam is DEADLY serious about this.
How does Islam plan to accomplish this feat? Simple: through violence. Just as Mohammad turned the latter-half of his leadership into a violent crusade to conquer all adjacent lands and peoples in the name of Allah, Jihadists today plan nothing short of international genocide to acheive their aims.
They have been doing this for centuries. The last 40 years have seen a vast increase in thie behavior, particularly against the West (make no mistake, though: Islam is just as brutal against Arabs who do not bow to it's doctrines).
Now, CAIR (The Council for American-Islamic Relations) would have you believe that the West is undertaking a vast campaign to malign Islam.
Don’t Confuse the Accused With Muslims
However, take a quick visit to this excellent website:
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/index.html#Attacks
What you will find is an extensive list of violence BY Muslims AGAINST innocent people, both Westerners and Arabs.
Still not convinced? Here's where things get really nasty. What follows are pictures of Islamic violence. This is the face of Islam we hear about daily, but don't often see.
Brace yourselves.
A man being beheaded by Muslims
The aftermath being held up by the proud murders (notice the voctims are ALWAYS bound):
Paul Johnson before his beheading.
Children murdered - the Beslan school massacre.
Spain Train attack victim.
Nairobi bombing.
Indonesian bombing.
Damascus embassy bombing.
Assyrian Church bombing.
Proud murderers.
Bus bombing in London.
9/11.
Kenya bombing.
Training Muslim children to hate and kill.
He wants you dead.
These pictures constitute a miniscule portion of the violence of Islam. It is evidence of crimes against humanity.
Is Islam a "religion of peace"? You be the judge. One thing is clear, though. Islam must apologize for its behavior and begin to repair the damage it has cost. Make atonement for the millions of innocent lives it has taken.
And it must reform. Those who call themselves "moderate Muslims" MUST wrest control of their faith from the killers. If they do not, then they will stand in stark relief as supporters of this carnage.
If Islam does not repent, reform, and ask the rest of the world to forgive it's many, many crimes, then it must go.
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posted by Tomás @ 10/04/2006 01:20:00 PM
12 Comments:
your so stupid, its unbelieveable. look at the crimes christians have done over the dawn of time, and your going to bash islam? you should be ashamed. i AM a christian, and i'm not even as stupid as you are.
Before you look at my religion and say they are murderers and killers, look at your own. #1) these christians who blow up abortion clinics and science labs because they mess with natural life. #2) In the time of King Henry VIII, Queen Katherine, his first wife, her mother was killing anyone not of christian faith. But did that mean that all of the christians wanted this? No. But despite that, these 'heretics' were being BURNED AT THE STAKE, BEHEADED, and HUNG.
I do not say that some who call themselves muslim do not do the things you say. But you must realize that some christians do the same. We are in equal ground on this. All religions have their people who do these horrible things. My advice, the bible says, Pull the plank from your eye before you try to pluck the splinter from the eye of your brother. When you can truthfully say, 'No Christian kills any man or woman in this entire world' and muslims still do, then post this. Feel free because when that happens ALL muslims should be ashamed. Right now, the only muslims who should be ashamed and condemned are the ones who do these acts.
Until you can truthfully post this, I have one suggestion. Open the bible. Then open the Quran. Read both not to accept or condemn either. And LEARN.
~A proud muslim woman
-proud muslim woman:
I guess the first Anonymous poster has spoken with his Muslim friends, and now you're going to do a gang-up (believe me, 2 posts to this blog on one subject IS a gang-up, considering hardly anyone reads it! :-) )
Concerning #1: Christians who blow up abortion clinics and science labs. Two things here, 1. It's not happening anymore. And, when it WAS happening, the Christian Church ROUNDLY CONDEMNED those behaviors and distanced itself from those fanatics. I don't see the same outrage against Islamic terrorists coming from Muslims, proud or otherwise. That was a key point in my piece, and you have reinforced my point by not condemning the actions of your terrorist brethren in your comment without preconditions.
2. In the time of King Henry VIII?? Really? You have to go that far back in history to find a time when the Christian Church at large engaged in such brutality? You're grasping at straws.
First, the Roman Catholic Church has long since apologized for this behavior and made amends. Second, show me where in the world Christians are killing unbelievers TODAY.
As an interesting sidenote, notice how your religious leaders respond to an offense by the current Pope: by calling for his death.
My point is that your religion is actively engaged in genocide both within and outside your community TODAY (the Near and Far Enemies). With rare exceptions (your #1), the Christian Church has moved into the 21st Century and is no longer murdering people for its faith. Christ's Gospel is spread through love, not the sword.
Islam, however, has never pulled itself from its dark ages infancy, and it continues your founder's admonition to spread the faith by the sword (as a reader of the Quran, you know these verses as well as I).
The day I see proud Muslims like you standing up and PUBLICLY denouncing the violence promulgated by your faith (and using your own name, not hiding behind "Anonymous"), then I will believe that Islam has one glimmer of hope in truly becoming a "religion of peace."
I haven't seen that yet.
(And don't tit-for-tat me by saying that "When you can truthfully say, 'No Christian kills any man or woman in this entire world' and muslims still do, then post this." If you truly believe that killing is wrong, then ALL killing is wrong, and you should stand up and say so.)
I know the Bible and its history. I also see what's happening in the world around me, and I find it difficult to reconcile your comparison of a Christianty long dead and a bloody, living Islam.
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Thank you so much for this - this coming from a non-Christian of moderate political views. Muslim lies and hatred do not surprise me. But it astounds me that our own people are unable (unwilling?) to see Islam for what it is. Those pictures don't lie. To look at them and still think those savages are "peaceful" and "tolerant" is downright insane. (Not to mention, Muslims are incapable of civilized discussion: http://comments.deviantart.com/1/78896214/820681728 ).
This is for "proud Muslim woman" - you seem incapable of discerning between something that's a government-sanctioned tradition and a federally prosecuted CRIME. Christians torturing and burning people at the stake happened centuries ago, and has since then been condemned. When was the last time Christians in the west burned someone at the stake? People who do that or blow up abortion clinics are arrested, prosecuted, and sent to jail. They are treated like criminals that they are. In contrast, Islam tortures and kills people TODAY, EVERY DAY, and not only are the torturers and murderers not punished, they are ENCOURAGED to commit those crimes by your religion and your theocratic governments. Your people are not evil, I've met some great people from the Middle East. But your religion IS evil, and that's a fact.
just likes the fucking americans & the asholes israelies don't kill anybody...
I think you are quite ignorant on this. Your dear fellow Americans wage war in Christ's name, undr Bush's administration. Unknown to you, the Iraq and Afghan wars had been heavily funded by churches.
Pastors follow behind troops to preach the gospel, to convert people in the Middle East.
Many soldiers in the US army ARE CHRISTIANS, strong christians in fact, attacking the muslim lands and preaching at the same time. My goodness.
Many books have been written by army commanders about how they should "retake" muslim lands "spiritully". Yea right.
Also, look at the christians' allies, the Jews of today.
Your Bible says Jews are the people of God. YEA I AM SURE.
They occupy Palestine ad refuse to grant them freedom. They kill civillians everyday with their bombings, artillery and rockets, just like their american christian counterparts
For your info, I am not a muslim, nor am I a christian. Actually, I "de-converted" from Christianity, after realising how violent the Good Book can be.
Oh my and Hitler was a strong christian.
Bush was one too. How many thousands diedunder his war?
madcat:
You claim "the Iraq and Afghan wars had been heavily funded by churches." Cite your sources.
"Pastors follow behind troops to preach the gospel, to convert people in the Middle East." Cite your sources.
"Many books have been written by army commanders about how they should "retake" muslim [sic] lands "spiritully [sic]"." Name them. List them.
"[The Jews] occupy Palestine ad [sic] refuse to grant them freedom. They kill civillians [sic] everyday with their bombings, artillery and rockets,..."
Israel has been giving up land to the Palestinians for over 30 years. Have you heard of Gaza? It's a Palestinian state; they rule it. And they also use it to send rockets into Israel on a regular basis.
As to your claim the Jews kill Palestinians "everyday", again, cite your sources.
"Oh my and Hitler was a strong christian." Historians who read this are laughing their butts off at you. Hitler was no more a Christian than you are now.
The Iraq and Afghan wars were not waged in Christ's name... cite your sources.
And don't give me any left-wing anti-Semitic website vomit. Cite credible news sources.
Do a better job next time. Your hatred is showing.
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I won't tell you look at your own religion or Islam is a religion of peace. But I have to be a good ambassador to my own religion, Islam, and tell you that the true teachings of Islam says that who disrespects us should be respected and those who insult us are not to be killed but to be taught the true face of Islam.
I am only fourteen years old but I never accepted the violence that those ignorant people (in the pictures above) have shown and I always try my best to stop them and remind other Muslims and non-Muslims to help me stop them.
And may I make a humble request at the end, please know about the truth of Islam before you judge it, because till today I have never judged non-Muslims, even who insult me, because they are not to be blamed for their opinion because we have not been true ambassadors of our religion and because I have never learned of their religion.
Death to Islam they not only attack and enslave the west but they do the same to india and israel! They also encouge sex slavery from pashtuns and enslave poor bengalis, palestnians, and indonesians as house servants and oil workers! Do not listen to those who say it is good, Islam has most violent history(most terror groups than any other faith) islam serves arabs and stll does, they enslved more people than europe and started the african slave trade, hell they enslaved people from England/AMerica(caught on pirate ships) to India! They want to make the world into Arabia, but wont even allow a church, synagogue, or mandir to stand in Mecca!
I follow no religion because of the way humans say that murdering innocent people is an act of their god or holy spirit. If that is what god wants then I want no part of it.
I am pretty young and have grown up around religious wars and seeing the aftermath of said wars always makes me want to live in a world were no matter how different you are, people see that you are in fact the same.
However I know this is never going to happen. Humans are very selfish and greedy creatures and will never stop wars simply because it brings tears to the eyes of others.
Im loosing my faith in humanity and i worry about my future and the future of every child born.
Israhell!
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