Zeev:
I thank you for your post. You hvae indicated that:
+++There must be a better way to handle the problems arising form misinterpretation of the Quran by a minority of Muslims. If the Quran is indeed as evil as you claim, than the same is true with Judaism and Christianity, after all, both Christianity and Islam are off shoots of the orignal monotheistic faith born in that part of the world. As I have stated before, selective citing of the holy scriptures, considered holy by both Judaism and Christianity, could paint these two faiths as promoting genocide. Neither are.
I agree. At the same time 2 issues you may want to consider:
a) To justify - and/or dismiss - the notion that something maybe evil because something else is also evil is - in my humble view - wrong. It would be sort of like justifying Hitler, simply because there was Changiz Khan prior to him.
b) This thread is about Islam, not Christianity, or Judaism. This thread was created specifically to address Islam's message to the world and to shed light on better understanding of it. Therefore the focus is on Islam. I am sure if we want to we can create another thread that will discuss Christianity and its message to the world, or a thread that discusses Judaism’s message to the world. But for all I know - and as far as I am aware - this thread is meant to focus on Islam.
Finally, I agree with your statement that:
++++The first principle of a racist regime or faction of any kind, is to first demonize and then dehumanize a faith, or a race that they target. That then lower the intrinsic moral barriers we humans have, from committing atrocities against such groups. After all, if the target factions are "less than human", then we do not have to accord them the same rights that "full humans have". That has been done so often in human history, it is sickening.
I could not have said it any better. I agree with you 100%. This is exactly the issues I have with some parts of Quran when in particular it talks about non-Moslems and how to kill them and to destroy them for which it paints them as being sub-human and not belonging to the human race. I am sure there must be some interpretation for justifying them, but so far the answers I have received have been evasive at best.
In any event, if you respond and do not hear from me please know that I am not trying to ignore you, it is most likely because Mr. Alsuezi may choose to block me from posting yet once again, (and as I expressed in my previous post $1000 is the max I am willing to spend on the venture for multiple SI registration)!
Sincerely,
Mr. S. Stevenson |
