http://www.crescentlife.com/thisthat/feminist muslims/translations_of_4_34.htmmuhammad 1 said:Can I have a reference for that verse please?
It's not really a weakness, most modern religions involve extreme ammounts of personal interpretation - it makes it easier for it to be accepted by a wider audience.Any person who suggests that those outspoken proponents of the extreme calibre such the publicised Sheik are 'not 'true followers' of Islam should realise that it is the weaknesses in the religions tenets that lend themselve to such exploitation..
this quote goes against all you say about intolerance towards non-muslims.sly fly said:Frog129 - There is nothing ambiguous about the terms innocent civilians and non-combatants. Whether a person be an 'infidel' or a Muslim, or a Christian or whatever......that has no bearing on whether or not they are classified as a civilian or non-combatant.
Btw, I don't know where u ppl get this whole 'Muslims preach the killing of 'infidels' thing'. Most of my friends are non-muslims and nowhere in Islam does it condone intolerance towards non-muslims, let alone killing them.........quite the opposite actually.
[8:12-14]I WILL CAST TERROR INTO THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO DISBELIEVE. THEREFORE STRIKE OFF THEIR HEADS AND STRIKE OFF EVERY FINGERTIP OF THEM. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY ACTED ADVERSELY TO ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER; AND WHOEVER ACTS ADVERSELY TO ALLAH AND HIS MESSENGER - THEN SURELY ALLAH IS SEVERE IN REQUITING (EVIL). THIS - TASTE IT, AND (KNOW) THAT FOR THE UNBELIEVERS IS THE PUNISHMENT OF FIRE.
Maybe so, but as I said, this also means that it does become more conducive to exploitation for individual purposes..It is a weakness in the sense that it doesn't derive a set of 'standard' principles..Not-That-Bright said:It's not really a weakness, most modern religions involve extreme ammounts of personal interpretation - it makes it easier for it to be accepted by a wider audience.
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