Comments on: Is Islam a Violent Religion?

By: Simple Jury Persuasion: The “turban effect” « The Jury Room

Simple Jury Persuasion: The “turban effect” « The Jury Room — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:25:03 +0000

[...] of this perspective, it is prevalent and seemingly hard-wired in our brains. All the “true Islam does not condone violence” clarifications in the world do not seem to mitigate the [...]

By: Might

Might — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 07:16:00 +0000

It puzzles me too. Wht Isalm so extreme and not forgiving..beheading..cutiing lims…i dont get it…

By: John Bayley

John Bayley — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:19:00 +0000

In Australia these beareded men who speak Arabic at the mosque just seem so much out of place. Their appearance and strange beliefs prevent social integration which has been the success of multicultureasim and yet they claim its ok to be different becassue of the freedom we offer. Its true we are free but it takes advantage of the country and the freedom so many fought to obtain, Thats freedom must not be misused and the futer for Australia may well be the same as in America, England, Germany and France. the evidence says it will.

By: Dr Sk

Dr Sk — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:45:00 +0000

Hi,
tafseer or exegesis gives you a holistic understanding of the text.surah (called chapter) 78 to 114 is the last 30th part,the shortest and also what everyone studying starts of with.i found these podcasts very helpful and not cumbersome:http://bayyinah.com/podcast/category/juz_amma/and for text : http://www.islamawakened.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9&Itemid=2

By: Mariocruz1

Mariocruz1 — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 07:55:00 +0000

Then – why are most of its countries are always – in violence? In today’s modern times, these Muslim countries experience violence more than any other part of this world…

Please explain me this, someone?

By: dapo

dapo — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:58:00 +0000

Your post shows how Islam as divided the World into two camps, the believers and non believers. Good or bad is out of the picture, all that matters to Muslims is to be a believer, regardless of if you good or bad. A muslim can kill and do evil , but if a christian tries to stop that evil the muslims talk of their land being invaded even though the invasion was done to free muslims. To do good shouldn`t be about being a christian or muslim. We are all of the human race.

America invaded Serbia and fought against fellow christians to protect muslim from prosecution, America fought against christian Russia to free Muslim Afghans from occupation and the tyranny that comes from communism. Why is`t different when America invades Iraq to free the people from a brutal dictator who killed millions of his own people and invaded another Country, Y is`t different when America invades Talaban ruled Afghanistan where women were denied education, forced to cover up from head to toe, beheaded for common adultery, where their was no freedom of religion and oppression was the order of the day? It seems like the muslim take goodness as being a muslim and badness as being a nonbeliever.

America might not be a perfect society, but we have to give it credit for fighting to keep us free from totalitarian regimes that spring up from time to time trying to rule the World. America might have killed more people in the last 100yrs but that is because they have been fighting to make the World a better place for us all regardless of religion and have the means to do so. I am sure if Saudi Arabia had the means they would be doing the same thing, but more like forcing us all to believe in Mohammed and truth of Islam just as they did when they had the means to invade and conquer the non believers. It`s only the science of the West that was able to put a stop to it, if not we will all be shouting allah akbar today.

As a black African who as lived in America and Europe, I have nothing but respect for the western World for trying all the time to make this World a better place. It`s true they have done alot of bad things in the past and are still not perfect, but all cultures of the World as had a brutal and evil history, so lets not pick on the West just to score a cheap point. I believe the West today represent the goodness in humanity. We the less fortunate in Africa and the Muslim World if given a choice would rather be in a western country than a muslim sharia dominated one. But instead of showing gratitude for the kindness shown to us by these so called unbelievers, some of us go about biting the finger that feeds us.

We all run to the the land of the unbelievers because with all their faults they have shown themselves to be more humane than the so called Muslim countries that some believers want left alone to continue the oppression of their own people all just because they are muslims.

Why is Islam more important than doing good and protecting the oppressed people of this World? It seems Islam stunts the humanity in all of us. Fighting for the good of mankind should not be restricted to what religion one belongs to. Islam a bad.

By: Hj

Hj — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:12:00 +0000

Surely your not serious Brian.

By: Hugh Jorgen

Hugh Jorgen — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 11:02:00 +0000

The Quran contains at least 109 verses that call Muslims to war with non believers. Some are extremely graphic with commands to chop off heads, etc. You only have to look at countries were Islam is dominant (such as Middle East & Pakistan) here other religions suffer brutal persecution. This does not occur in Western (Christian) countries who are tolerant of Islam. In fact I would go as far as saying that violence is so ingrained in Islam that muslims have never stopped being at war, either with other religions or with themsleves. Each year thousands of Christian homes and churches are torched or bombed by muslim mobs. Yet, there is little violent retribution from Christians. What I find strange is that Muslim clerics in the West do not fear for their safety as do their Christian counterparts. A recent fact showed that almost 70% of the world’s refugees are muslims fleeing violence from their homelands and usually seeking a safe passage to a Christian country.

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By: Brian of Oz

Brian of Oz — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:57:54 +0000

Very informative. Makes me want to read the Quaran at least the gain a better understanding of Islam. Although my parents will crack if they see me with it. (Ones Catholic and one Anglican).