Originally posted by Grey Wolf 2009
Traditionally, Jews and Christians were honored in Muslim society as being partially enlightened, but the radical interpretations used by the terrorist organizations disregard this.
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China? The question was about whether the God of Judaisim/Christianity and the god of Islam are one and the same.
And currently, new Christians in Muslim countries live in fear for their lives, because if they are found out, they will be imprisoned, tortued, and put to death.
One thing that bothers me is that people call these terrorists "Islamic Fundamentalists", or "Islamic Extremists", and go on about how Islam is a religion of peace. Bull.
The Muslims living in the Western world are not your "average" Muslim. They are (in general) very nice people, who have forgone some of the basic tenets of their religion in order to live peacefully in western society. But taking them as an example of the Islamic faith is like measuring the rainfall by placing a cup under a leafy tree. What little water you get in that cup is filtered by the leaves of the western world.
To get a true example of a "standard" Muslim, one must "go to the mountain" - the Middle East, wherein dwell all those crazy, extremist Islamic factions. {/sarcasam}
Those are the ones who follow the Koran. The label of "extremists" is in error, but the label of "fundamentalists" is suprisingly accurate. They adhere to the fundamentals of their religion.
Now don't get me wrong - I'm not saying that
every "true" Muslim is a terrorist - not at all. But those terrorist acts against Judaisim and Christianity (did you truly think the current conflict in Israel and the 9/11 attacks, respectively, were anything else?) line up with the directives in the Koran just fine.
So don't tell me that Allah and Yahweh are one and the same.
