Has it been hijacked?

Question

How does this quote make you feel?

"I cannot find words adequate to express my horror and shock at the dreadful terrorist attacks in the USA. It looks as if some five thousand innocent people, of many different nationalities and faiths have been slaughtered whilst peacefully going about their business, none of them in a state of war or having committed any crime against humanity that might suggest any possible justification for their slaughter. Do we perhaps pick up the mutters of Islamic extremists that 'they deserved it' because they lived and worked in America, and that place is the great enemy of God? If we do, then how much more to the shame of the rest of us Muslims, who have not been able to put across to these sectarian lunatics that what they have apparently believed has nothing whatsoever to do with Islam, God, or the message or example of our Blessed Prophet (pbuh).

As regards the common misconception about issuing the death penalty for leaving the faith (apostasy), or vilifying Allah (blasphemy), or speaking abusively about Allah or his Messenger (pbuh), this was never the case. The Prophet (pbuh) himself was frequently abused and hurt and jeered at, but exhorted his followers going through equal or greater suffering than himself to stand firm and accept the unpleasantness with patience, hating the evil, but never hating the people who had been overtaken by evil. The death penalty could be issued legally in cases of treason or murder, the treason being the cases of those who had once accepted the rule of Islam in an Islamic country, but had then not merely turned against it (which anyone might do - and be pitied for this tragedy rather than attacked; their actual judgment rested with Allah in the life to Come), but also actively led physical attacks upon it and coerced others into doing so."

http://www.islamfortoday.com/ruqaiyyah01.htm

Answer 1

I am tired of people using God to justify their murderous acts regardless of who or what they are.

Answer 2

That is what happens when there is no control over those who wish to emphasise their own opinion and control of any religion for the masses.

The three monolithic religions stemming from the Golden Fire Triangle in the Middle East has all the condemnations of hate for those who practise a competely different religion to the mainstay.

There has not been a prophet that has really been proven beyond reasonable doubt by what they have prophesied has really come true.

I could predict any war for the next 20 years. Although there has been at least 30 mini wars in continuation over the last 50 odd years.

Then there are all the natural disasters that occur when living on a live explosive planet.

Yep! Somewhere there will be a tremor or two in the next few days.

We might as well adopt Nostradamus as a Prophet for instance as to the evidence within his writings which refers to the Mediterranean Sea flowing in the blood of Islam by year 2,000.

The Iceman fell to his death during the time of Noah after the flood of course. Thus proving the existence of other humans who were not linked to the Jewish race.

I must say that the people of Mesopotamia and the surrounding counties, would not have had a clue about the where abouts of the Alpine Alps within that time frame.

If you are to believe or not is up to oneself when it comes to history.

Answer 3

any good works can be stained by those that would do evil in it name. Christians have thier shame as well. True is was many year in the pass, but there are still some to this very day, that would like to repeat the evils of old conversion by force in the name of god. Not known that this is the greats victory of Evil can have.

Answer 4

It's embarassing to be associated with terrorists. And there are terrorists in all religions.

The most productive thing is to carefully examine our own beliefs, and look at whether there is any fundamentalism there that needs to be weeded out.

Ask yourself: what is a fundamentalist? am I a fundamentalist? how can i avoid being a fundamentalist?

That is more important than trying to explain away the behavior of extremists.

Answer 5

that terrorism on 9/11 is wrong, as the 700 000 irakis killed by usa terrorism is wrong. all is wrong. i know the bushies say God told him to bomb brown people that is terrorist too.