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so europe hates both muslims AND jews now? man...they just want it all when it comes to the hate department, eh?
we just dont learn from previous mistakes. Far right parties are flying high in European politics. Those parties live from naive people who believe stereotypical lies about other races without thinking any further. So these far right parties need an enemy to scare people and get their votes. In the past Jews were the scapegoats, but Europe experienced too late that fascism was not the right path to walk. Stupidly enough, newly founded right wing parties now use Muslims as scapegoats in the same way as Nazis were using Jews as public enemy. Europe does not learn from its mistakes. We treated the Jews as dirt, and now some politicans try to use Muslims as public enemy to make people afraid.
I am very ashamed in how European politics are filled with intolerance and racism. I feel shame about what Europe did to the Jewish people, and I feel shame when I realise some people now want to do the same to Muslims. European politics is filled with dirt and hatred.
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Which country in the middle east do you plan to return to? ^^
I am flexible in that. Back to Turkey, or maybe going to Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Egypt, Oman, ... The problem is working permits. I have no university degrees that make anything special, so I need to hope that one employer appreciates the person I am and wants to get the working permit for me. I do not want to work illegally somewhere, that would be disrespectful to the local people. The Middle Eastern country I would move to, would depend where I can find a job. I am flexible really, the entire Middle East attracts me so it does not matter that much. A job in Muscat, Jerusalem, Beirut, Doha, ... it would all be wonderful for me. I just got a new job which includes a training in computer science, I hope that within half a year or so my CV will look a bit more attractive and that the Middle Eastern companies may consider me for a job then, meanwhile I am also trying to save money to realise my dream. Next year I hope it will happen inshallah. I also start psychotherapy again soon and have made a schedule to save money, all of that in the hope that next year I will have the CV and the money + stable mental health so that I can make the move eastwards. I hope next year will be my lucky year, by then I should have the finances and hopefully a nice certificate added to my CV that opens doors to find a job in the countries I like.
PS Ramadan kareem all Muslim members of WP
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him and amin al husseini both.
disgusting figures not nearly covered enough in history.
I agree.
it's weird how just two people can spawn so much hate across so many decades and help people conveniently forget that muslims were supposed to be at peace with the jewish people.
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Yes, true. Most Muslims don't know who Mohammed Amin al=Hussayni was, however. He's an obscure figure in history, as far as Muslims are concerned. His involvement with Nazi Germany is mainly used by Zionists to justify their cause.
I have one question for them: How can the actions of one man, who'm most Muslims aren't even aware of, represent the actions of 1/5th of the world's population?
Btw, is the Qutb that oscuria mentioned Sayyid Qutb? Just started reading about him.
I have one question for them: How can the actions of one man, who'm most Muslims aren't even aware of, represent the actions of 1/5th of the world's population?
Btw, is the Qutb that oscuria mentioned Sayyid Qutb? Just started reading about him.
Yeah, he went jihad-crazy over watching women dancing too close to men.
Oh and to the bolded part: It doesn't matter if his or an event's memory is lost in your history as long as it is alive in ours. How many Iranians still remember the CIA removal of the PM over 40 years ago? How many Americans do, or even care?
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I take exception to your easy dismissal of Haj Amin el-Husseini. He may have been obscure to you (or, for that matter, people who want to play "let's forget history"), but he was THE leader of the Arab riots and violence against Jews in British Mandate Palestine, even in his exile.
http://palestinefacts.org/pf_mandate_grand_mufti.php
And more wonderful stuff.
Of course, don't believe that source. Let's go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amin_al-Husayni (which is heavily sourced).
I have one question for them: How can the actions of one man, who'm most Muslims aren't even aware of, represent the actions of 1/5th of the world's population?
Btw, is the Qutb that oscuria mentioned Sayyid Qutb? Just started reading about him.
i guessed it was sayyid qutb. one of qutb's followers and a real devotee to qutb's ideology was ayman al-zawahiri...so we can see how that went from him to egypt to aghanistan to what it is now with bin laden being zawahiri's puppet (sorry but i think bin laden is more just a face for the ideology of qutb and zawahiri).
with haj amin....i think it's more that not only was he a key figure in the early formation of the arab league but also he was mentor and a leader figure to key people including saddam hussein's uncle (the one that saddam learned how to be a leader under) and yassir arafat. and his involvement with nazi germany was more one of convenience. they both hated jews...it's a strong image to associate anti-semitism with but it was more an alliance of convenience than anything else.
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a lot of iranians...which is why our messing around with them right now doesn't help us....because we're already on shakey ground with them. as far as americans...short of me and maybe a (relative) handful of others, i doubt any american knows or realizes how we messed around in their governance those many years ago.
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Many Muslims think the fact that the Qu'ran has less contradictions than the Bible makes it more reliable. For the record, the Bible was apparently written by over 40 people while the Qu'ran was written by one person. One person versus forty is going to show a large decrease in contradictions, that's common sense. And the main thing I find crazy about Islam is the Qu'ran. That has got to be among the most violent books ever written. And beyond that, you want to say Islam is the religion of peace? "When you meet the unbelievers, strike off their heads; then when you have made wide slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives." -- Holy Qu'ran, Sura xlvii.4. Strike my head off? That's very peaceful. Then I don't even need to go on about the sexism as everyone knows where the Qu'ran stands on that issue.
Anyhow those who have criticisms to post, go ahead as that's the point of this thread.
and the Bible is not a violent book? Destroying idol worshippers with fire, drowning Egyptinas in the Red Sea, testing abraham by asking him to kill his son? Petrifying the people from Lot? To neme but a few?
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Anyhow those who have criticisms to post, go ahead as that's the point of this thread.
In the name of the Almighty God, the Merciful, the Benevolent,
Firstly, The Quran is not written by one man. It has been composed by Allah (SWT). It has existed forever. It has no beginning, it has no end. The angel Gabriel (AHS) imparted the knowledge of the Quran to Muhammed (SAW).
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, interprets the verse (which you have mentioned) carefully as such:
Therefore, when ye meet
the unbelievers (in fight),
Smite at their necks;
At length, when ye have
Thoroughly subdued them,
Build a bond
Firmly (on them) : thereafter
(Is the time for) either
Generosity or ransom
Until the war lays down its burdens
Its burderns, Thus (are ye
Commanded) but if it
Had been God's Will,
He could certainly have exacted
Retribution from them (Himself);
But (He lets you fight)
In order to test you,
Some with others.
But those who are slain
In the way of God
He will never let
Their deeds be lost.
Jihad literally means a "holy struggle". In terms of war, Jihad in Islam is allowed only under two conditions - In self defence, and if the enemy oppresses Muslims from practicing their faith. This verse applies only under these conditions. If a Muslim wages war not under these terms, he has committed mass murder. Shirk, Murder, and Zina (rape) are the worst sins in Islam.
The Quran absolutely forbids killing prisoners of war, except under one condition: If the enemy is pagan, and had entered into an alliance with the Muslims, later backstabbed them (during a battle), and refused to surrender (during a siege) after the three holy months (Hajj, the month prior, and the month following - during these months, it's forbidden for Muslims to advance, only self-defence is allowed), then, it is justified to kill those who took part in the battle.
As for women in Islam, please read this: http://www.islamfortoday.com/women.htm
May Allah (SWT) correct your misconceptions. Ameen.
he should be tortured slowly then killed never to see the light of day after the initiation of torture. he'll love it. all those religious uptight pricks love being oppressed for their religion. makes them feel special and valid.
?? Allah (SWT) will judge him on the day of judgement. On the day he dies, if he was truly sinful, his punishment shall begin in his grave.
Paul Theroux, famous travel writer has written two books on countries that were naever Islamic in origin but were conquered (Iran, Indonesia and sorry, don't remember the third one..) he visited them twice as I said and he siad hwo mcuh thes countries problems were due to the imposing of a religion that could not match the culture the people belonged too. Even after all those centuries, society struggles with this.
Then about women...I saw on BBC world servie the UN conference with world leaders adressing poverty, child labour and women's rights (the right to abortion, education, etc) which they are not entitled to in countries like India and certainly Pakistan.
We all know the stance on women in Islam. In Pakistan one can even kill his wife by the mere thought that his wife has goen with someone else, even if he had actually dreamed it. In tribal land in pakistan it is not uncommon to kill a girl who was raped. If she came and accused the villain, she would be killed because she brought shame over the village by having exposed the problem. Inshallah.
I met a Kashmiri businsessman and asked him when he would go to the haj. He said: I will, but before that I will have to do some hanky panky first. Not better than a catholic who can cheat and lie and know he can go and confess after and be absolved of his sins...
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I despite the islamophobia going on in Europe and the far right propaganda using Muslims as new scapegoats. If I realise in my native country an islamophobic party gets 20 percent of votes, I feel deep shame. I have lived in Turkey and although this is not the typical muslim society (Istanbul definitely istn, and that is where I lived) I felt more welcome than in any of the other 5 countries I resided in.
If anyone wants to bash Islam, fine, but I will stand up against any irrational comments against Islam. I am sick and tired of the racist abuse Muslims are getting here in Europe and have often gone into debates in political forums to defend Muslims whenever some idiot is trying to provocate and spread messages of hatred against Muslims.
I am atheist but have a strong respect for Islam. I would love to emigrate back to the Middle East, only working permits stop me right now but I hope to fix that issue in the not very distant future and find my way back eastward.
I doubt it that you would be as free and have equally free speech in Arab countries as the Muslem immigrants got here. We've given everything away we fought for. Jus go to the bidonvilels in Paris where a single Parisian would not dare to walk anymore for fear of being agressed. There are quartiers in Paris where West African Muslems live who don't want tho send their children to Islamic (Maghreb funded) schools because of their fundamentilist hatred and a brand of Islam which is totally different from theirs.
I have a few Muslem friends in Penang, a fishing family whom I visited over the last 20 years- Last in 2003 the mother of the family told me that their new neighbour didn't like foreigners, and that when her daughters and herself left the house these days, they would wear a scarf, fso as not to upsett the neighbour. So, the intolerant fundamentalist ideas slowly move into neighbourhoods of moderate muslems who give in because of sheer intimidation of the radical ones. Muhammed was a general, unlike Christ, and his sword would defeat the infidels...
If you go and live somewhere, you adapt or blend in, this is not what the third generation of Moroccans have doen in Europe. I have to admit that countries like Belgium have not done too much to speed up the integration process, which has created a malaise that they let fester for decades. The 3rd generation falls between two chairs, is neither Moroccan nor Belgian, and have seen in the Islamic movements the salvation of thier souls and found a new identity. The wars with Palestine and Iraq has only increased the hatred for and the rejection of western values.
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so europe hates both muslims AND jews now? man...they just want it all when it comes to the hate department, eh?
Europe has lost it alread...had they wanted to stop the marching in of Islam they should have started 20 years ago. everyone knows that Europe in the end will become Islamic. Our churches are empty, and we had imams preaching in our mosks trained in Saudi Arabia! With a new law that has been stopped, but this was only done after one imam who spoke out against the Fatwa on Salman Rushdie was assasinated!! !
In Amsterdam, they sent one imam back because he preached in the mosk about how morally depraved Holland was because gays can marry. Hey if you don't like go back to where you came from.
It is a known fact that Extreme Turkish Muslems are underground in Holland with connections in Turkey to undermine the Dutch State, fincanced by fundamentalists in Turkey. Publicly you will never hear them say anything bad about Holland...
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