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to Ali

Nov 19, 2009
3:28 p.m.

Most of the incidents you have listed have to do with politics not religion. Do you really think Islam encourages killing of other muslims(like what the Taliban is doing now and what the Sudanese govt. is doing)? There is Koranic a verse that says a muslim who kills a muslim intentionally will go to hell forever. Moreover, the Iran/Iraq war had nothing to do with religion, you even had a socialist secular Baathist govt. of Sadaam Hussien launch a war against Iran for a small peice of land. Also the war in Sudan has to do with a simple civil war between people who want a independent Darfur and the Sudanese govt.

Also, you didn't address any of my points. The argument that Islam wants to takeover the world according to most Muslim scholars doesn't apply anymore and this shows that slowly like Christian Europe, which at one time was filled with Christian acts of terrorism, but now is peaceful, will one day be the same for the Muslim world. We need more muslim preachers talking about the peaceful verse of the Koran and calling for reconciliation between muslims as well non-muslims.

Unlike you who doesn't look for a solution and only likes demonizing 1/4 of the population of the world, I am looking for a solution, that doesn't involve more war and genocide.

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