do you believe this notion of islam?

Question

Islam is the most violent and intolerant faith that has ever been presented to mankind. example of the insanity found within the Koran is the fascist, warlike notion of "Jihad," or Holy War.

Islamic ideology is based upon an intense hatred of the non-Muslim. It has divided humankind into two perpetually hostile groups... the Muslims and the non-Muslims.

Answer 1

Where is your Question? that's argument is so weak and pathetic, full of hate, misguide, and ignorance.

Answer 2

NOT AT ALL.

Assalamu Alaikum.
This means:
May be peace be upon you. This is the greeting all Muslims use as a greeting. Notice the PEACE in there.

The word Islam itself literally means PEACE.
Islam is a peaceful religion that is tolerant and accepting of all other religions. One of the most amazing characteristics of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was that he was extremely tolerant and kind to people of other faiths. Even his neighbor, who was a non-Muslim old lady who always threw trash at him--when she was sick, he went and helped her, and even when she was well and threw trash at him, he only replied with compliments.

As you can see, Islam is a very peaceful religion.

P.S.
We follow the 10 Commandments--
Commandment #5: Thou shalt not kill.
And in reference terrorists/fundamentalists: there will always be extremists in any religion, but that does not mean that every person is a terrorist or extremist. Just because one group of Muslims has misinterpreted the Quran does not mean that every Muslim thinks that way. This is true for all religions, for example, the Crusades or the Spanish Inquisition.

Answer 3

No, I don't believe that notion of Islam. I have spent a fair bit of time in the company of Muslims, and found them to be peaceable and hospitable people.
They're also more likely to be not only accepting of the fact that my beliefs differ from theirs, but genuinely curious about my beliefs.
And a Muslim has never tried to bully me into becoming a Muslim with threats of hellfire and brimstone.
I think you've hit it on the head when you say that the notion of Jihad is warlike, seeing as it is a Holy War. That's a little like describing a car as "car like", though, don't you think? I did like your use of the word "fascist", very emotive, but hardly in context. Jihad is an obligation, much in the way that regular church attendance is, for some people. Which gets me thinking about how the analogy might be drawn between extreme right wing political views and regular churchgoers.

Answer 4

Thank you for showing your nature. Your words just show who you are. If you are satanizing all Muslims and all Islam, then sorry for you. You probably need to see a psychologist.

And for the person who quoted Sayed Qutb and said he is a Theologist.. He is just a writer. he was a literary critic with strong religious sentiments but he was never an authority in Islam.

Salaam/peace.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

That's not exactly a fair notion at all.
The word Islam means "peace". I don't believe in their religion, but I do believe that Islamofascism is of a kind with the breed of Christian fundamentalism formenting in the United States, bred By Fred Phelps and his like.
American middle-eastern adventures have done as much as anything to cause the persecution complex of the Muslims.

Answer 7

They see Jihad as a struggle to restore Allah's divine government in all the nations of the world....

"Islam is not merely a belief, so that it is enough merely to preach it. Islam, which is a way of life, take practical steps to organize a movement for freeing man. Other societies do not give it any opportunity to organize its followers according to its own method, and hence it is the duty of Islam to annihilate
all such systems, as they are obstacles in the way of universal freedom." (Syed Qutb, Milestone, 41)

Syed Qutb, Muslim theologian, author of 'Milestone.'

EDIT:
To respond to your other statement, "It has divided humankind into two perpetually hostile groups... the Muslims and the non-Muslims," let me quote from Syed Qutb again. Qutb, as a Fundamentalist, an Egyptian Muslim theologian, had influenced much of the Muslim world with his theology based on Islam...

"When a person embraced Islam during the time of the Prophet - peace be upon him - he would immediately cut himself off from Jahiliyyah [the state of ignorance of the guidance from God]." (Qutb, p.8)

"The Jahiliyyah is based on rebellion against God's sovereignty on earth. It transfers to man one of the greatest attributes of God, namely sovereignty, and makes some men lords over others." (Qutb, p.4)

Answer 8

Yes. Muslims invented the idea of holy war. It is a concept completely foreign to the Babylonians, Hebrews, Zoroastrians, Greeks, and Christians that preceded them (just to name a few).

Now, before you mouth off any more about Muslims, I want you to either sit in a worship service at your local mosque (the services are held Friday afternoon, and if you speak to the Imam they will be happy to let you observe), or meet and have a conversation with one. Trust me, you won't be in any danger.

Answer 9

No, I don't believe that. I think there are some radicals who are making the religion look bad. I think there is some political agenda (both for and against Islam) that is pumping up the bad views. I've met a few Muslims, and all of them were such nice people who didn't have this hostility and hatred that you see on tv.

Answer 10

I think your delusional or just unintelligent. The most violent and intolerant faith? Man, I cant even count the number of verses where GOD supposedly instructs for someone to be killed over a certain sin they've commited in the bible. I read the Quran for myself (unlike you), all of it, and the message it spreads is a peaceful and loving one. Now the acts of violence that youre probably talking about in the quran, where it says to kill the non-believers is referring to a time of war where the non-believers would attack the muslims and the muslims had to defend themselves against these people, just like when a prophet of the bible was in war during their time. You cannot take things out of context in the quran, or any book for that matter. You need to go read for yourself and quit listening to what these people that never even opened a quran has to say about it. Study, research, learn. FEED YOUR HEAD

Answer 11

I hereby diagnose you with Selective Reading Disorder. It seems to me you have missed all the verses of treating others fairly, not insulting other religions, having respect for all peoples, etc...Yes, there are verses of Jihad in there. What do you expect? We're not a bunch of weak minded "walk all over us" type people. We have a right to stand up for ourselves and fight those who oppress us. You can turn the other cheek all you want, but we prefer to punch back....HARD.