Sorry, Koran and Hadith. Almost the same thing in the eyes of many Muslims. But that one line is good enough for people to pick up and use all the time. Same with the 72 virgins line (or white grapes based on translation)
"are these my virgins? Because there are some ugly ass guys in here." Abdul the dead terrorist On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:02 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > And we're talking about practices specifically stated in their holy > books. > Beheading is mentioned once in the Koran: > > "When you encounter the unbelievers on the battlefield, strike off their > heads until you have crushed them completely; then bind the prisoners > tightly." > > Fundamentalists take this as behead infidels. Others take it's meaning to > be, when you encounter the enemy strike at the neck to ensure death. It's > not really "a practice" of the Muslim faith. Also, it states on the > battlefield, not at the market. > > The fact that extremist/radical Muslim groups twist this use beheading > doesn't make it: a) just part of common Muslim practice or b) a systematic > problem in the Muslim faith. All extremist groups twist truth to their own > ends, and extreme Islam is no different. > > As a christian that's lived in harmony with Muslims I know that it's > possible for Islam to be non-violent, or at least as non-violent as any > other religion. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288611 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
