Have you read this book and what are your view or answers to the list below from this book?
The Truth About Muhammad
by Robert Spencer
Meet the real Muhammad:
Muhammad's bizarre reaction to his first "revelation": "I will go to the top of the mountain and throw myself down that I may kill myself"
The heretical Christian who convinced Muhammad he was a prophet – and may have taught him his erroneous views of Christianity
Islamic borrowings from Judaism, Christianity, and Zoroastrianism – and Muhammad's enraged replies to charges that he borrowed material rather than received actual divine revelations
The "revelation" that allowed Muhammad to marry his beautiful daughter-in-law
The strange incident in Muhammad's life that makes it virtually impossible to prove rape in Islamic countries today
The real "Satanic Verses" incident (not the Salman Rushdie version): how Muhammad's attempt to win over his opponents ended with his saying he had been inspired not by God, but by Satan
How the Qur'an's teaching on warfare against unbelievers developed – with constant war to establish the hegemony of Islamic law as the last stage
The first year of the Muslim calendar: not when Muhammad was born or became a prophet, but when he became a warlord
How Muhammad used the graphic lure of Islamic Paradise to urge his warriors to fight furiously to extend his rule
"Kill every Jew who comes into your power": why Muhammad became so angry with both Jews and Christians – with disastrous consequences that are still playing out in the world today
The momentous command by Muhammad that led to good being identified with anything that benefited the Muslims, and evil with anything that harmed them --without reference to any larger moral standard
Muhammad's child bride – and the terrible consequences his marriage to a nine-year-old still has in the Islamic world
"This is the caravan of the Quraysh possessing wealth. It is likely that Allah may give it to you as booty": how Muhammad gave divine sanction to the Muslims' bloody raids
"War is deceit": the permission Muhammad gave his followers to lie in order to gain an advantage over their enemies
How Muhammad broke the principal treaty he entered into, again setting a pattern for Muslim states thereafter
Muhammad's commands to his followers to wage perpetual war against non-Muslims, including Jews and Christians
Muhammad on women's rights: women "are prisoners with you having no control of their persons"
"If justice is not to be found with me then where will you find it?" Why Muhammad still stands for Muslims as the supreme model for human behavior
"I will expel the Jews and Christians from the Arabian Peninsula, and will not leave any but Muslims" – and other statements by Muhammad that contemporary jihadists take very seriously
Islamic tolerance? The onerous tax burden and other discriminatory regulations mandated for non-Muslims under Islamic law
How Muhammad ordered the killing of apostates from Islam
The massacre of a Jewish tribe by Muhammad that was invoked by modern-day jihadists at the beginning of Israel's July 2006 operations against Hizballah in Lebanon
"Embrace Islam, and your lives and property will be safe": Muhammad's threatening letters to the rulers of the lands around Arabia
Muhammad's frequent avowals that the Muslims would overcome the empires bordering on Arabia and one day stand as masters of the world
"I have been made victorious with terror" – and other statements of Muhammad on his deathbed
Six steps that American leaders can and must take in order to protect our nation from Islamic jihad terrorism
2006-10-20 07:07:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Golden Truth or Fool's Gold? Take a deep breath, child, and count to ten...As Sean Penn is the target of a screed very similar in tone and substance to the one that you directed at me, I feel honored to be in such company!
It is wrong of you, and so typical of the right wing, to bring up September Eleventh, 2001 when every other rationale for invading Iraq falls short. There were no weapons of mass destruction, except for the ones that WE sold to Saddam, no "yellow cake" uranium sale in the works. Saddam Hussein was a secular leader, not a religious zealot like Osama Bin Laden or some of the Popes, terrorizing in the name of a God that seemed to okay horrific violence. So please, at least out of respect for the innocent people murdered on 9/11, stop trying to tie their tragedy to that which we have now visited upon the people of Iraq. You are much more informed about the Sunni/Shiite rift than I, so I won't go into that, except to say that it sounds strikingly similar to all of the murderous violence over the centuries between Protestants and Catholics, two large groups that say they believe in the same God, yet cannot resist killing each other. Makes Baghdad sound so much like Belfast that I wonder if there is a Haj for leprechauns.
You show your true colors in your "explanation" of the slave trade. Yes, the history of African exploration by Europeans is centered upon the Portugese. But labeling the Portugese as "non-white" raises the uncomfortable subject of racism. The Portugese explorers were Europeans and came from a Christian/Judeo ethic. Your insistance in ignoring the political and religious makeup and focusing on skin color says a lot about you. Do you divide African-americans in that manner--high-yellows and midnight black? Do you take comfort in that? You should try going to school, learning a bit, maybe expand your circle of friends. My whole point in that answer to you was about CAPITALISM-- as I said, there are no countries, no nations, just GM and IBM and Exxon and Citicorp. They may wrap themselves in the guise of 'nations', but the reality is that the almighty dollar is where their allegiance goes. You probably don't see that in yourself, going down to Wal-mart to buy all your red-white-and boohoo toilet paper. Open your eyes: You've been hoodwinked, sold a bill of goods, whatever. I am sure that you mean well and are probably, at heart, a good, if somewhat deluded, person. I only wish you well. I will pray for you and your loved ones because that is the way I've been taught. Believe me though, when we learn to love and be tolerant of others, to care about people and the earth rather than such abstract fictions as 'nations', the world will be a better place to live. Peace, Love, Joy and Happiness to you and yours.
2006-10-16 04:38:56
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answered by Atticus Flinch 4
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I always believed that Sean Penn was retarted, and thats why I loved him in "I am Sam" Because it was really a spin on his life.
2006-10-15 13:53:24
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answered by PentelPilot 2
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WTF is this?
This isn't a question. Take the propoganda some place else.
Wow. I really can't wait for you to get banned for this. You are one messed-up person. I hope you get help for your condition and are able to find peace.
2006-10-15 13:47:00
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answered by EvilBunny 3
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