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		<title>By: Jonay</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-403100</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:10:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;All of my questions settledtnakhs!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<title>By: sadia</title>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Danish Cartoons and all blasphemy are a crusade against "The Mercy to Mankind".&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;                Prophet Muhammad Salallahu alaihi wa sallam is 
&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;

&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who firmly stood against injustice&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who liberated women and guaranteed them their rights&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who spoke for respectful rehabilitation of  widows and orphans&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who diminished the raging fire of racism and inequality&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who rightfully conveyed the word of Allah, Most High&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who termed the liberation of slaves as a merciful act, an expiation of sins&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who untiringly brokered Peace between warring tribes&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who convinced to the world that humanity is a single race&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who endorsed social justice in the greatest way possible - simply by adhereing to it&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who established a moral and just system in society in the form of shariah&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who loved his neighbor more than his life&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who greatly upheld loyalty in friendship.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who forgave his staunchest enemies&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who shared with the poor and the rich&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who never spoke a word untrue&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who honoured his guest, and treated them the best.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who visited the sick and the old, comforting them with kindest of words, even to those who opposed him the most.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man whose faith was the greatest, and yet lived life the simplest.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man who loved to pray and to kneel, and shared his every meal.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man so honest even his enemies swore by it.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the man most upright even at times of strife.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the one muslims regard as their True leader,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the one muslims love and respect more than their lives or their family,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the one muslims believe is the most beloved among the entire creation of Allah Almighty,&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the pious one that everybody, muslims and non muslims, unmistakably believe as the Greatest Human Being ever to have walked on Earth.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;the one who is the biggest cause of grief to all evil whisperers and evil doers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;and the one that the immoral Danish cartoonist, Danish media, Danish publicists and associates constantly slander against out of prejudice and bigotism.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The current state of the world is " When you do good, know it when impounded with criticism and abuse, and if you have sinned know it when YOU become the "apple in the eye" of the self styled "LIBERAL WORLD", (or if you get nominated for a noble prize!)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Denmark is fairly acquainted with the FACT that Islam forbids picture making and that Muslims will never Forgive Blasphemy, and yet so as to provocate muslims extremely, Denmark permitted the printing, publishing and distribution of blasphemous 
material directed towards the noblest of all nobles, the leader of all prophets, the messiah of mercy to mankind - Prophet Muhammad Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam........all in the pretext of "FREEDOM of EXPRESSION"!!
Expression of what? Hatred and jealously???.....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Guess they have choosen to forget what the "Freedom of Expression" really stands for???
Well, its about time they realize that it stands for 
Liberty of faith
Liberty of honour
Liberty of justice
Liberty of modesty
and more than anything - it is the Liberty of Rightful WAY of LIFE!
Clearly, it doesn't stand for suppression - suppression of beliefs that differ culturally and religiously.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Modesty and Vulgarity have different names in the west as is evident from the following views:
To the WEST, it is upright when u have "women walking nude" in the name of FASHION
To the West, it is upright when u have topless women working in strip clubs
To the West, it is upright when u have proms where "loosing ones' virginity" is the criterion to become trendy
To the West, it is upright when u commercialize women to market commodities as cheap as a shavingrazor
To the West, it is upright when u write untrue and abusive stuff about a faith that has millions of believers
To the West, it is upright to indulge in alcohol, which clearly diminishes the sense that distinguishes good and bad
But shockingly, when a muslim woman chooses "not to dress provocatively and to cover her hair" out of HER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF MODESTY and BELIEF, she FACES UPROAR AND SEVERE CRITICISM FROM THE WEST so much so that legislations have 
drafted rules banning any such attire .......WHY? Because it does not endorse vulgarity- the west's"freedom of expression " !&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This is an Act revealing the Highest Degree of Bigotism perpetrated by chauvinists who fiercly envy the "MAgnetism of Islam" in the growing world.
Yes, it hurts when bigotism extends to this level....but we will now show our "FREEDOM of EXPRESSION".
We condemn these acts of prejudice and reject the falsehood&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;An Apology on mere papers is not what we want
An apology from within is what we demand&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PEace!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;sadia masroor&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful</p>
<p>Danish Cartoons and all blasphemy are a crusade against &#8220;The Mercy to Mankind&#8221;.</p>
<pre><code>                Prophet Muhammad Salallahu alaihi wa sallam is
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>the man who firmly stood against injustice</li>
<li>the man who liberated women and guaranteed them their rights</li>
<li>the man who spoke for respectful rehabilitation of  widows and orphans</li>
<li>the man who diminished the raging fire of racism and inequality</li>
<li>the man who rightfully conveyed the word of Allah, Most High</li>
<li>the man who termed the liberation of slaves as a merciful act, an expiation of sins</li>
<li>the man who untiringly brokered Peace between warring tribes</li>
<li>the man who convinced to the world that humanity is a single race</li>
<li>the man who endorsed social justice in the greatest way possible - simply by adhereing to it</li>
<li>the man who established a moral and just system in society in the form of shariah</li>
<li>the man who loved his neighbor more than his life</li>
<li>the man who greatly upheld loyalty in friendship.</li>
<li>the man who forgave his staunchest enemies</li>
<li>the man who shared with the poor and the rich</li>
<li>the man who never spoke a word untrue</li>
<li>the man who honoured his guest, and treated them the best.</li>
<li>the man who visited the sick and the old, comforting them with kindest of words, even to those who opposed him the most.</li>
<li>the man whose faith was the greatest, and yet lived life the simplest.</li>
<li>the man who loved to pray and to kneel, and shared his every meal.</li>
<li>the man so honest even his enemies swore by it.</li>
<li>the man most upright even at times of strife.</li>
<li>the one muslims regard as their True leader,</li>
<li>the one muslims love and respect more than their lives or their family,</li>
<li>the one muslims believe is the most beloved among the entire creation of Allah Almighty,</li>
<li>the pious one that everybody, muslims and non muslims, unmistakably believe as the Greatest Human Being ever to have walked on Earth.</li>
<li>the one who is the biggest cause of grief to all evil whisperers and evil doers.</li>
<li>and the one that the immoral Danish cartoonist, Danish media, Danish publicists and associates constantly slander against out of prejudice and bigotism.</li>
</ul>
<p>The current state of the world is &#8221; When you do good, know it when impounded with criticism and abuse, and if you have sinned know it when YOU become the &#8220;apple in the eye&#8221; of the self styled &#8220;LIBERAL WORLD&#8221;, (or if you get nominated for a noble prize!)</p>
<p>Denmark is fairly acquainted with the FACT that Islam forbids picture making and that Muslims will never Forgive Blasphemy, and yet so as to provocate muslims extremely, Denmark permitted the printing, publishing and distribution of blasphemous<br />
material directed towards the noblest of all nobles, the leader of all prophets, the messiah of mercy to mankind - Prophet Muhammad Salallahu Alaihi Wa Sallam&#8230;&#8230;..all in the pretext of &#8220;FREEDOM of EXPRESSION&#8221;!!<br />
Expression of what? Hatred and jealously???&#8230;..</p>
<p>Guess they have choosen to forget what the &#8220;Freedom of Expression&#8221; really stands for???<br />
Well, its about time they realize that it stands for<br />
Liberty of faith<br />
Liberty of honour<br />
Liberty of justice<br />
Liberty of modesty<br />
and more than anything - it is the Liberty of Rightful WAY of LIFE!<br />
Clearly, it doesn&#8217;t stand for suppression - suppression of beliefs that differ culturally and religiously.</p>
<p>Modesty and Vulgarity have different names in the west as is evident from the following views:<br />
To the WEST, it is upright when u have &#8220;women walking nude&#8221; in the name of FASHION<br />
To the West, it is upright when u have topless women working in strip clubs<br />
To the West, it is upright when u have proms where &#8220;loosing ones&#8217; virginity&#8221; is the criterion to become trendy<br />
To the West, it is upright when u commercialize women to market commodities as cheap as a shavingrazor<br />
To the West, it is upright when u write untrue and abusive stuff about a faith that has millions of believers<br />
To the West, it is upright to indulge in alcohol, which clearly diminishes the sense that distinguishes good and bad<br />
But shockingly, when a muslim woman chooses &#8220;not to dress provocatively and to cover her hair&#8221; out of HER FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION OF MODESTY and BELIEF, she FACES UPROAR AND SEVERE CRITICISM FROM THE WEST so much so that legislations have<br />
drafted rules banning any such attire &#8230;&#8230;.WHY? Because it does not endorse vulgarity- the west&#8217;s&#8221;freedom of expression &#8221; !</p>
<p>This is an Act revealing the Highest Degree of Bigotism perpetrated by chauvinists who fiercly envy the &#8220;MAgnetism of Islam&#8221; in the growing world.<br />
Yes, it hurts when bigotism extends to this level&#8230;.but we will now show our &#8220;FREEDOM of EXPRESSION&#8221;.<br />
We condemn these acts of prejudice and reject the falsehood</p>
<p>An Apology on mere papers is not what we want<br />
An apology from within is what we demand</p>
<p>PEace!</p>
<p>sadia masroor</p>
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		<title>By: ahmd</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-983</link>
		<dc:creator>ahmd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2006 00:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;please check out the book here!
www.islam-guide.com&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>please check out the book here!<br />
<a href="http://www.islam-guide.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.islam-guide.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Svend</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-974</link>
		<dc:creator>Svend</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 23:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;"Nobody ever said you were going to be killed now. I'm not sure where you got
this 'theory' from."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I got the 'theory' directly from the holy Koran. Here is an example.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123&lt;/a&gt;
009.123&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PICKTHAL: O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SHAKIR: O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"There is no religion that encourages violence."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;That is excactly what I believed for a long time.  So your can probely understand my
supprice when I started to read the Koran and I found verses like this.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.005" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.005&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;009.005&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;YUSUFALI: But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open
the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PICKTHAL: Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SHAKIR: So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them;
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The media today, is responsible for posing forward a very falsely dangerous image of Islam and FYI, please think of issues in totality."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Don't blame the media the problem is the scriptures of Islam itself. After reading the Koran I am thinking that the media it to
soft with Islam.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"The Muslims were not just a bunch of people."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And I have nothing against Muslims they ARE just a bunch of people. And most of them are good people that has just been born in a Islamic culture.  Most Muslims have newer read the Koran and is only
been feed beatiful Mecca verses in the Moske.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BUT Islam is an ideology and as every ideology I try to investigate it in a objectiv and critical way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;BUT any ideology that says your should deliberately harm another person, I have to reject. Because I feel that I should treat other people the way I wish to be treated myself.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Unfortunately, people still seem to be living in the Dark ages; unwilling to think for themselves; something we should be ashamed of. After all, we believe we're in 'modern, civilized' society..."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And very unfortunately that only make them good Muslims because the Holy Koran includes the following verse.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/033.qmt.html#033.036" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/033.qmt.html#033.036&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;033.036
YUSUFALI: It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;PICKTHAL: And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is
rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;SHAKIR: And it behoves not a believing man and a believing woman that they should have any choice in their matter when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter; and whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he surely strays off a manifest straying.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Nobody ever said you were going to be killed now. I&#8217;m not sure where you got<br />
this &#8216;theory&#8217; from.&#8221;</p>
<p>I got the &#8216;theory&#8217; directly from the holy Koran. Here is an example.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123" rel="nofollow">http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.123</a><br />
009.123</p>
<p>YUSUFALI: O ye who believe! fight the unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: and know that Allah is with those who fear Him.</p>
<p>PICKTHAL: O ye who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are near to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allah is with those who keep their duty (unto Him).</p>
<p>SHAKIR: O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil).</p>
<p>&#8220;There is no religion that encourages violence.&#8221;</p>
<p>That is excactly what I believed for a long time.  So your can probely understand my<br />
supprice when I started to read the Koran and I found verses like this.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.005" rel="nofollow">http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/009.qmt.html#009.005</a></p>
<p>009.005</p>
<p>YUSUFALI: But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, an seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practise regular charity, then open<br />
the way for them: for Allah is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful.</p>
<p>PICKTHAL: Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.</p>
<p>SHAKIR: So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them;<br />
surely Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.</p>
<p>&#8220;The media today, is responsible for posing forward a very falsely dangerous image of Islam and FYI, please think of issues in totality.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t blame the media the problem is the scriptures of Islam itself. After reading the Koran I am thinking that the media it to<br />
soft with Islam.</p>
<p>&#8220;The Muslims were not just a bunch of people.&#8221;</p>
<p>And I have nothing against Muslims they ARE just a bunch of people. And most of them are good people that has just been born in a Islamic culture.  Most Muslims have newer read the Koran and is only<br />
been feed beatiful Mecca verses in the Moske.</p>
<p>BUT Islam is an ideology and as every ideology I try to investigate it in a objectiv and critical way.</p>
<p>BUT any ideology that says your should deliberately harm another person, I have to reject. Because I feel that I should treat other people the way I wish to be treated myself.</p>
<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, people still seem to be living in the Dark ages; unwilling to think for themselves; something we should be ashamed of. After all, we believe we&#8217;re in &#8216;modern, civilized&#8217; society&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>And very unfortunately that only make them good Muslims because the Holy Koran includes the following verse.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/033.qmt.html#033.036" rel="nofollow">http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/033.qmt.html#033.036</a></p>
<p>033.036<br />
YUSUFALI: It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path.</p>
<p>PICKTHAL: And it becometh not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His messenger have decided an affair (for them), that they should (after that) claim any say in their affair; and whoso is<br />
rebellious to Allah and His messenger, he verily goeth astray in error manifest.</p>
<p>SHAKIR: And it behoves not a believing man and a believing woman that they should have any choice in their matter when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter; and whoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he surely strays off a manifest straying.</p>
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		<title>By: Martin Geisler</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-966</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin Geisler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Svend.  I'm sorry your comment had to wait for moderation --- all comments with more than two links are held for moderation since they're typically spam.  But please link away!  I'll try and keep up with the moderation :-)&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Svend.  I&#8217;m sorry your comment had to wait for moderation &#8212; all comments with more than two links are held for moderation since they&#8217;re typically spam.  But please link away!  I&#8217;ll try and keep up with the moderation :-)</p>
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		<title>By: Martin Geisler</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-965</link>
		<dc:creator>Martin Geisler</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:50:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Right, if people want to carry out the stuff in their various religions books litterally, then we would all be in trouble.  Those books were written in ancient times and are thus very much a product of the society back then --- see &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_restrictions_on_the_consumption_of_pork" rel="nofollow"&gt;this article on why eating pork is forbidden&lt;/a&gt; for example, it explains that there were good social and economical explainations for this prohibition back in ancient times.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What has surpriced me a lot in this case is that there are so many people who care so much about some stupid cartoons.  So much that they take the time to burn down an embassy and a consulate...  As if they don't have more important things to do.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Right, if people want to carry out the stuff in their various religions books litterally, then we would all be in trouble.  Those books were written in ancient times and are thus very much a product of the society back then &#8212; see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_restrictions_on_the_consumption_of_pork" rel="nofollow">this article on why eating pork is forbidden</a> for example, it explains that there were good social and economical explainations for this prohibition back in ancient times.</p>
<p>What has surpriced me a lot in this case is that there are so many people who care so much about some stupid cartoons.  So much that they take the time to burn down an embassy and a consulate&#8230;  As if they don&#8217;t have more important things to do.</p>
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		<title>By: Svend</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-958</link>
		<dc:creator>Svend</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;"I seriously urge you to first have some knowledge about the religion that you're talking about and then make any statements."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And can your prove that your have knowledge about the religion your talking about ?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;"Discussing matters is a rational way to go about it, it's great that you have an opinion but PLEASE, don't indulge yourself in pure ignorance and make comments."&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now if your really know what your are talking about. I think your should take on Ali Sinas challenge at faithfreedom.org&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I think Ali Sina is wrong simply because if Mohammad were that bad, he wouldn't have so many follows today. But I don't know enough about Islam to disprove him.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But maybe your can ?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But all the people trying rational to prove him wrong after some time loses temper and start calling him names. So instead of attacking his arguments they start to attack him as a person.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And your can't have a rational discussion that way.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The challenge are &lt;a href="http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;And the earlier debates are &lt;a href="http://www.faithfreedom.org/debates.htm" rel="nofollow"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I seriously urge you to first have some knowledge about the religion that you&#8217;re talking about and then make any statements.&#8221;</p>
<p>And can your prove that your have knowledge about the religion your talking about ?</p>
<p>&#8220;Discussing matters is a rational way to go about it, it&#8217;s great that you have an opinion but PLEASE, don&#8217;t indulge yourself in pure ignorance and make comments.&#8221;</p>
<p>Now if your really know what your are talking about. I think your should take on Ali Sinas challenge at faithfreedom.org</p>
<p>I think Ali Sina is wrong simply because if Mohammad were that bad, he wouldn&#8217;t have so many follows today. But I don&#8217;t know enough about Islam to disprove him.</p>
<p>But maybe your can ?</p>
<p>But all the people trying rational to prove him wrong after some time loses temper and start calling him names. So instead of attacking his arguments they start to attack him as a person.</p>
<p>And your can&#8217;t have a rational discussion that way.</p>
<p>The challenge are <a href="http://www.faithfreedom.org/challenge.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
<p>And the earlier debates are <a href="http://www.faithfreedom.org/debates.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>
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		<title>By: yasra</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-956</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;It is not expected of you or anyone else to be a complete encyclopedia about world religions. Every religion has its own belief systems. If you  don't belong to a certain religion, it really shouldn't make a difference to your life thinking about what punishments they have for you in the afterlife. After all, you don't believe in it right? So YOU should also practice some tolerance here and be ok with it. You know your religion and you feel contented following it. Period. 
Nobody ever  said you were going to be killed now. I'm not sure where you got this 'theory' from. There is no religion that encourages violence. The media today, is responsible for posing forward a very falsely dangerous image of Islam and FYI, please think of issues in totality. The Muslims were not just a bunch of people. They were people who were actively engaged in politics- and by politics I do not mean the dirty games politicians resort to, now-a-days. By politics I mean that they had a whole system which consisted of a leader and Caliphs after his death, to maintain peace and unity amongst Muslims. As obvious, wars were frequent in those times because of leadership interests and you had to defend your land. 
If you were implying that Islam encourages 'terrorism', please go ahead and define it for me. Maybe the 'secular dictionary' of the West has another definition for terrorism too. The British came up with accusations, calling the tribal people of Arabia 'pirates' when all they(Saudis) did was an attempt to collect taxes from the British (which btw was the LAW)...so well now they want to label Muslims as 'terrorists'. Unfortunately, people still seem to be living in the Dark ages; unwilling to think for themselves; something we should be ashamed of. After all, we believe we're in 'modern, civilized' society...&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not expected of you or anyone else to be a complete encyclopedia about world religions. Every religion has its own belief systems. If you  don&#8217;t belong to a certain religion, it really shouldn&#8217;t make a difference to your life thinking about what punishments they have for you in the afterlife. After all, you don&#8217;t believe in it right? So YOU should also practice some tolerance here and be ok with it. You know your religion and you feel contented following it. Period.<br />
Nobody ever  said you were going to be killed now. I&#8217;m not sure where you got this &#8216;theory&#8217; from. There is no religion that encourages violence. The media today, is responsible for posing forward a very falsely dangerous image of Islam and FYI, please think of issues in totality. The Muslims were not just a bunch of people. They were people who were actively engaged in politics- and by politics I do not mean the dirty games politicians resort to, now-a-days. By politics I mean that they had a whole system which consisted of a leader and Caliphs after his death, to maintain peace and unity amongst Muslims. As obvious, wars were frequent in those times because of leadership interests and you had to defend your land.<br />
If you were implying that Islam encourages &#8216;terrorism&#8217;, please go ahead and define it for me. Maybe the &#8217;secular dictionary&#8217; of the West has another definition for terrorism too. The British came up with accusations, calling the tribal people of Arabia &#8216;pirates&#8217; when all they(Saudis) did was an attempt to collect taxes from the British (which btw was the LAW)&#8230;so well now they want to label Muslims as &#8216;terrorists&#8217;. Unfortunately, people still seem to be living in the Dark ages; unwilling to think for themselves; something we should be ashamed of. After all, we believe we&#8217;re in &#8216;modern, civilized&#8217; society&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Svend</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-955</link>
		<dc:creator>Svend</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I don't know every religion so I can't answer your question.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But it is quiet a different thing to say that I am going to hell in the afterlife. Then to say I should get killed now.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If your religion says that I go to hell in the afterlife I can ignore it and just let your have your believe in peace.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;But if your religion says that your have to kill me. I have to defend myself so that I don't get killed.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Now do your think that brings peace ?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know every religion so I can&#8217;t answer your question.</p>
<p>But it is quiet a different thing to say that I am going to hell in the afterlife. Then to say I should get killed now.</p>
<p>If your religion says that I go to hell in the afterlife I can ignore it and just let your have your believe in peace.</p>
<p>But if your religion says that your have to kill me. I have to defend myself so that I don&#8217;t get killed.</p>
<p>Now do your think that brings peace ?</p>
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		<title>By: Yasra</title>
		<link>http://mgeisler.net/2006/01/fight-the-boycott-buy-danish/#comment-954</link>
		<dc:creator>Yasra</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 11:08:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Well...so the "the picture of Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is a illustration of his use of terror to spread Islam"...well when people oppose you and threaten to kill you, carry out atrocities, only an absolute idiot would do nothing about it. 
I seriously urge you to first have some knowledge about the religion that you're talking about and then make any statements. Discussing matters is a rational way to go about it, it's great that you have an opinion but PLEASE, don't indulge yourself in pure ignorance and make comments. This is a request- think about what you're saying. "Freedom of expression" does not give anybody the right to make insulting remarks about cultures or religions. Please do visit 
&lt;a href="http://trial-n-errorr.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow"&gt;http://trial-n-errorr.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; and I assure you, it's not one of those biased blogs screaming out irrationality...&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well&#8230;so the &#8220;the picture of Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is a illustration of his use of terror to spread Islam&#8221;&#8230;well when people oppose you and threaten to kill you, carry out atrocities, only an absolute idiot would do nothing about it.<br />
I seriously urge you to first have some knowledge about the religion that you&#8217;re talking about and then make any statements. Discussing matters is a rational way to go about it, it&#8217;s great that you have an opinion but PLEASE, don&#8217;t indulge yourself in pure ignorance and make comments. This is a request- think about what you&#8217;re saying. &#8220;Freedom of expression&#8221; does not give anybody the right to make insulting remarks about cultures or religions. Please do visit<br />
<a href="http://trial-n-errorr.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://trial-n-errorr.blogspot.com</a> and I assure you, it&#8217;s not one of those biased blogs screaming out irrationality&#8230;</p>
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