I hope that, by now, you are now
convinced of this truth. There are many related words: Islam, Muslim,
Takfiri, Jihad, Qu'ran. NONE of these words, even if
one is charitable, translate as “peace”. I honor the memory of
Tony Snow, but even he made this mistake during one of his editorials
on Fox News Sunday a few years ago.
In particular, note that Muslims
worldwide are not standing up in indignation shouting: “this is a
perversion of the teaching of Mohammed”.
You can bet your last dollar that, if a
Western/Judeo/Christian religious sect committed such a crime against
humanity, there would be loud and unanimous condemnation of same. Not
so with believers of the Qu'ran.
Moses (Jew): do not kill (Exodus 20:12)
New Testament (Christian): anyone who hates his brother is a murderer (1 John 3:15)
Hindu: those who harm living beings also harm Vishnu (Vishnu Purana)
Buddhist: refrain from killing living creatures (Ten Precepts)
Mohammed (Islam): smite your enemy (Qu'ran 8:12)
ICYW, I am Buddhist. While the
slaughter of innocents is reprehensible, I am more indignant over
those who deny that this is so.
Have a nice day.
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