"Joseph Kewfi" wrote in message
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The biggest problem with Islam is that....

The armchair experts conclude...

This thread is a joke, how many of you people actually know any practising
Muslims ? none I'd bet, go back to sleep lads.

I work with several. All fully support the protests, and claim that
sometimes you have to go to extremes. A few of the Muslims I've worked with
also support the death sentence handed to Rushdie for his book.

With that little formality out of the way, can you explain why the Muslims
are so quick to resort to violence? Why did they pass a death sentence on
Rushdie? Why do they protest a stupid cartoon in such a violent manner? Can
you explain this?


wrote in message
ps.com...
The biggest problem with Islam is that, unlike in the West, there was
never any central authority, no 'pope'. With the rise of protestantism,
the rebellion against the papacy and the assetion of the hegemony by
Henry VIII, and the attacks on religion by David Hume, the church was
no longer looked upon as absolute. When the black death wiped out half
of Europe, the clergy not excepted, the ability of clergy to protect
against evils became suspect. Atheism became a much more reasonable
position...


Matt Clara wrote:
"Kinon O'Cann" wrote in message
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"Doug Robbins" wrote in message
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From the Mercury News:

"BEIRUT, Lebanon - A Muslim protest over caricatures of the Prophet
Muhammad turned into a rampage that injured at least 30 people in
Beirut
on Sunday, as outrage over the drawings spread across continents and
widened the rift between Islam and the West."

http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercu...d/13799947.htm

Hmmm. Folks portrayed as violent fanatics protest by acting like
violent
fanatics. As Alanis Morrisette would say, "Isn't It Ironic?"

I'm going to hate myself, but it seems that the main problem facing
Islam
is Islam. Their solution to everything that they don't like is to
kill.
Someone writes a book they don't like? Kill the author. A cartoon?
Kill
the Danes. Did the Catholics protest when Maplethorp showed his work
called "**** Christ?" Yes. Did they kill, or threaten to kill? No.
Why
is
Islam so violent?


Off topic but WTF.

Doug



They missed out on the Enlightenment.

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