Can Muslims be trusted, with contradictory Koran parts ie:"Jihad kill infidels" predatory selfish intolerance?

Question

All that is beautiful, in much of the Koran, becomes "invalid by paradox" because of the vague fanatically interpreted attack drone threads entwined within its teachings. Jesus and Mohammed could easily have or actually are best friends, according to the selfless all inclusive ideology they lived by, and yet, a "praise the lord and pass the ammunition"/ "kill the infidels" seem to be the damaging aspects of opposite parallels of so called Christians and Muslims alike.

Answer 1

Great Question!...a Muslim could be the perfect neighbor and even a friend, that is until he or she gets to that chapter or interpretation that leads some followers down the path of self effacing, stiff necked, thinking, and subsequent violent justifications within the emotionally charged ego-power separations, that neither of their corresponding founders would remotely be aligned with, let alone not be "outraged" by seeing their name, flippantly attached to, the complete opposite of, its original intent...which is the all-inclusive connection of all within our designated species.

Answer 2

I wish people would lay off the tit-for-tat nonsense that Muslims are no worse than us because look what the Catholics did, blah blah blah. I wish people would lay off the Bible-thumping and have an original thought for once on here--and I'm a Christian.

If you ask if Muslims can be trusted, you imply that you think they cannot. To expose a group of people to contempt and dislike, or hatred, is RACIST.

I don't know why I'm bothering to answer a racist question. I suppose I live in hope of influencing, if not you, then some other reader.

Can Muslims be trusted? Yes and no. Some, you can trust with your life. Others, not at all. In other words, Muslims are just people like everyone else.

There are evil and nasty Muslims, just like there are evil and nasty Christians and evil and nasty atheists and evil and nasty members of any other faith or unfaith group. People are just people, in other words.

I'm a Christian, not because I have made a careful study of all the world's religions and decided on this one, but because it the faith of my family and my ancestors and my heritage. Christian thought has sustained and encouraged and strengthed us through appalling hardships for generations--as indeed has Islam sustained Muslims equally effectively.

"Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition" is not intended as a serious theological position, but I think you know that.

"Kill the Infidels" is a reference to killing enemies of Islam, in the days of the Crusaders. Re-read your history books if you do not think that Islam was under attack at that time. Considering the raping and the looting and pillaging carried on by self-styled "warriors of Christ" (who were in fact louts and hooligans out for adventure), I can't say I really blame the Muslims for saying that. You'd feel the same way if someone killed all the males in your family, raped and killed all the females, and burned and stole everything you owned.

In other words, "praise the Lord and pass the ammmunition" has got nothing to do with Jesus and "kill the Infidels" has got nothing to do with the Prophet, peace be upon him.

Answer 3

The Koran is a book of lies. Mohammed was a fake. The Koran is not scripture it is full of lies. People are told to lie in the Koran. Mohammed is dead and there are no Imams coming back, they're all dead. People should not believe the garbage that is written in the Koran. It is not a Holy book; it is a book full of words intended to incite "believers" to kill people.

Answer 4

Hi MikeJ!

Muslims are actually Jews and Christians in origin (do some research and it will surprise you that Muhammed is actually a jew from the middle east). They have Allah as God. What differs is the names and the positioning of some of their prophets. Other than that we all are a believer of the omnipotent God.

Jihad is a holy war undertaken as a sacred duty by Muslims. Jihad occurs only on the extreme of the situation. If a country could not rise to defend its faith, Jihad calls out muslims to gather and protect their faith, just like how the great wall protected the jews from persians.

Infidels is a term to describe non-believers in an offensive manner. They are to protect their faith from does who don't believe that it can unite them and make them one again.

The ammunition party and the killing isn't murdering people. No. It is against any law, even in religion. Everything is created by God and beautiful. Ammunition is more on the symbolic side of preparing yourselves, does who will go in war for their spirits will be tested. Killing is more of eliminating the spirit (confidence) of these non-believers in fighting them and not the opponent.

Answer 5

You have a good point, and I've noticed it myself. What I would say is that you have to judge the trustworthiness of people by their behavior, not solely by reference sources used in their belief systems (don't forget, much of Christianity is based on post-biblical teachings as well; and Islam as a practical matter includes the Hadith(s)). Second, don't let fanatics of ANY religious persuasion lead you to believe that all practitioners are like them.

Answer 6

Jesus preached love and acceptance. To my knowledge, so did Muhammed. And yet Christians have had the Inqistion, Bloody Mary, etc, and Muslins have had the Jihad and all these recent suicide bombings. Why do these nutcases even bother saying they're part of a religion, when these religions preach careing for your fellow man?

Answer 7

That verse applies only to the time of the Prophet(PBUH*) when the Pagans of Arabia were trying to kill him for teaching Islam. They accused Prophet Muhammad(PBUH*) of being a devil worshiper and accused him of many other things that aren't true. The Prophet(PBUH*) is an example to mankind and that verse does not apply today. Any Muslim that dies in war fighting to protect his family and country will Insha ALLAH go to Jinnah. Terrorists on the other hand are Muslim in name only and are brainwashed by radicals. They are simply misguided and uneducated.

Answer 8

u have quoted out of context verses. and Quran is telling for the infidel of prophet's era and not of today's

Answer 9

the infidels mentioned are a group of rich arabs in Mecca who denyd god(worshiped their own handmade idols),tourchered & killed muslims ,tried to kill Mohammad himself & abandoned the little group of the early muslims in a peace of dry land with no nothin for three years to kill islam.u c,the verces ordering muslims to kill infidels or go fight them(called the minor jahad) were read out to mohammad in the days that these infidels were doing all this bad stuff to them.attacing or killing poeple that have not maid any attempt to kill u is COMPLETELY FORBIDDEN even if they r infidels or whatever else.those uncivilized taliban or alqaede members who enjoy cutting peoples heads of donn have the slightest idea what Jahad is.they r terrorists not muslems.they even kill muslims so we r victims too

Answer 10

Can Christians be trusted when their book says they must stone non-believers to death? The Catholic church brought us the Inquisitions. That's a hell of a lot scarier than anything Islam has spawned.

The trick is to realize that
1) Christianity and Islam are fruit of the same tree, worship of the 'god' of Abraham.
2) Their scriptures are equally contradictory, but most of them don't really know what their holy books say, anyway.