A lot of misconceptions regarding Islam have been floating around. Please feel free to discuss what you think of this religion and give some good sources to we can all learn from each other. :asian:
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StraightRazor said:You dont see a lot of people using Christianity as a tool to whip up soldiers into a killing frenzy. Islam seems to have become a handy religon to do just that. Why and How I cant figure.
Nobody escaped the Spanish inquisition, and it wasn't all that Spanish.upnorthkyosa said:Doesn't the Koran also call for Jihad? If so, upon who are the followers of Mohammed to Jihad? Maybe this is wrong, but I read that Islam started as a peaceful religion and that the beginning of the Koran is filled with the ideals of peace, then as Islam began to be spread by the sword, the later Koran became more violent.
I wonder if Islam has multiple versions of the Koran just as christianity has multiple versions of the bible?
upnorthkyosa said:...the later Koran became more violent.
I wonder if Islam has multiple versions of the Koran just as christianity has multiple versions of the bible?
Matt Stone said:The Koran/Qu'ran has never been edited, rewritten, or otherwise changed. It is written in the original Arabic, and (from what I was told by a Muslim friend) Muslims are encouraged to learn to read and speak Arabic so to better understand what is written.
To change even a single word in the Koran/Qu'ran presumes to edit the word of God Himself, and whoever does so is punished in Hell.
There are no "multiple versions." Muslim scholars are very particular on this issue.
Thank you for making this point. This was my understanding as well.Matt Stone said:The Koran/Qu'ran has never been edited, rewritten, or otherwise changed. . . . . There are no "multiple versions." Muslim scholars are very particular on this issue.
Good example - individuals (not "a lot of people", but I think the majority of the Muslim world is also not looking for jihad) who have murdered doctors and bombed abortion clinics, and threaten others.You dont see a lot of people using Christianity as a tool to whip up soldiers into a killing frenzy.