Should we feel sorry for suicide bombers?

Question

KS gave me a link to an excellent interview with muhammed abdul bari, the head of the muslim country of britain.

KS was particularly interested in how mr. bari argues that the way that uk law prevents moslems from stoning women for adultery is an infringement of civil liberties.


mr. bari also explains that the united kingdom is virtually a fascist state for prosecuting prospective suicide bombers, since "The people who become suicide bombers are really vulnerable."

mr. bari also reminds us that it is wrong to regret the shoah, and explains why the bookshop he supervises stocks race-hatred literature.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/10/nbari110.xml

when the united nations criticised the taleban for using a sports stadium bought with foreign aid money for public executions, the taleban explained that they needed a further grant to build an execution ground.

do all moslems think this way? or just the good ones?

Answer 1

Don't you just love it when they ''logically'' explain their non-sense?

Before you guys start hitting the ''thumb down'' button, I'm fully aware that these are fundies talking and that not all Muslims feel this way, but how come we only hear of such cases? Join forces and speak up against such ramblings!

I come from a country with the majority of Muslim population. Moderate ones, mind you. And I've never even heard of such extreme cases till I started coming online. A complete turn off to Islam for me ~shudders~

Infringement of civil rights my a**!!!

Answer 2

The Qur'an tells Muslims to kill *in the case of* a proper physical battle. The passages in the Qur'an that tell Muslims to kill only apply in that context. Only a certain person can declare that proper battle; and as a Shia Muslim, I believe that person to be the messianic figure, who has not made a public appearance. Even Sunni Muslims do not believe that the conditions for a proper physical battle exist.

The Qur'an tells us not to kill innocent people (5:32 etc.). Prophet Muhammad preached that same message. The Muslim leaders who succeeded him preached that same message.

In the case of the Tamil Tigers, the Iraqi people, and the people of Palestine, it is easy to see that the devastating social conditions have given rise to desparate measures by those respective people. I honestly think that if their social condition were remedied and healing programmes activated, their desire to use suicide bombings against their perceived (rightly or not) enemies would die out.

Answer 3

I feel sorry for my enemies as I do for those killed. The enemies are simply lost souls who have been led to believe something and that is why they kill. I do not excuse them and if they are caught I believe they should pay. However, I know because I am human and they are human that we are all connected in some way. Any of us could get lost on the dark path. Any of us could kill. It's the choices that we make that make us different than them that's all. I hope that they realize when they meet their maker what they have done and learn in the next lifetime. I don't know if all Muslims believe this, but it mustn't be that way or else all Muslims would be attacking us. So mote it be. Maeve.

Answer 4

"Should we feel sorry for suicide bombers?"

I think that ultimately, Yes we should feel sorry the loss of all human life, even those who perpetrate evil. We should hate their actions and not them. Just as we should tolerate people, but not necessarily their ideas.

"Do all Muslims think this way? or just the good ones?"

Clearly not all Muslims think the same way, just as not all Christians etc. think the same way. The question one has to ask is where do these teachings ultimately lead, and Islam does teach that they should fight persecution by any means necessary including violence. It would depend on ones definition of what persecution means and how far they are willing to go to defend their religion.

Answer 5

People are entitled to their religions respectively, however when one persons beliefs insult those of another its not acceptable, the man you are refering to in your statement should be subject to the same penalties and punishments that would be enforced if it were a white person saying and doing the things he does. When Mr Bari appointed himself the head of the muslim country of Britain, he over-looked the fact that Britian is a christian country, and he has NO right to claim it as his own with his false beliefs and hate crimes.
(please note, that false beliefs and hate crimes do do refer to his muslim religion but his extremist ideas).

Answer 6

No, i think that suicide is the most selfish thing anyone could do!! i feel sorry for the lives lost and the families left to mourn!!

Answer 7

A bit. They think they're benefiting themselves and others by doing what they do, and that they'll go to heaven. It's quite sad really.

Answer 8

Yes, muslim ones particularly, for sacrificing themselves for their religion. These suicide bombers have been brainwashed by Allah's messages to waste their lives promoting the violence of their own religion and exacerbating the friction between pro-muslims and anti-muslims. I wish they had better lives.

Answer 9

Sure. I feel very sorry for anyone who is taken advantage of in such a way by something as unimportant as religion.

Lives are wasted away because of words, and human reaction to those words. How is that not sad?

Answer 10

To kill anyone is a sin. No matter which way you look at it or try to justify it, it is wrong. No one has that power and no one is every blessed with it to carry out on someone behalf. Madness