Trekker
Hi guys! I’m not sure this is the best part of this site to post this particular message on. If this is the first thing non-Muslims learn about Islam, they’ll shy away from it. Non-Muslims need to understand the basics of Islam before they can grasp the reasons why people are fighting and dying for it without hating and fearing Muslims (and thinking all Muslims are fundamentalists that are out to get them). They won’t be able to have any empathy with the mujahideen at all until they have a basic comprehension of what it is the mujahideen are really fighting for.Perhaps if you’re going to keep this article here, it would be beneficial to post something from a Muslim that is less of a fundamentalist as well- somebody who might be considered a modernist or a progressive. I’m not endorseing either view over the other- I just think that it would be beneficial to have both represented, so that non-Muslims who don’t yet know much about Islam realize that there is currently a pluralism of political views within the ummah- just so they recognise that both views exist. It night also help to have a couple of posts permanently here about just the basics- the 5 pillars, the life of Muhammad (peace be upon him), etc. I know there are some articles on the main page, but I think it would be beneficial to have some here on the forum as well. That way, whenever they get on the message board there would be some basic info for them to reference before they start posting, and they wouldn’t be able to miss the information because they didn’t enter through the home page or something. What do you guys think, any opinions on this?
Ruggedtouch
And for those who do not care to believe in their god, what are the consequences? Hamza said, “Well, if you live in my property and you don’t pay me my rent, you get out! And Jihad is to get you out, this is the property of god, you don’t worship him, you get out. How are you going to get out? You get killed!”
What do you guys think, any opinions on this?My opinion is that the quote above makes a total mockery of
“There is no compulsion in Islam”.
Ibnu Abee Shaybah
How? Did it mention anything about forcing anyone to become a muslim?
IbnMardhiyah
Originally Posted by Ruggedtouch
My opinion is that the quote above makes a total mockery of“There is no compulsion in Islam”.
Oh really.
And my opinion is that your flippin’ ignorance makes a total mockery of anything that comes out of your mouth.
Try doing a bit of research on when and why that verse was revealed and what it pertains to.
yusuf
Perhaps if you’re going to keep this article here, it would be beneficial to post something from a Muslim that is less of a fundamentalist as well- somebody who might be considered a modernist or a progressive.
no, i say we don’t sugarcoat it only for people to discover our true beliefs later on.
how much worse of an image could islam already have, there is no reason to fear islam getting a bad reputation, it already has one!
besides, i didn’t see anything in the article that was untrue, what is it that you took offense to?
This is what we are up against folks. Look at those that attack us and are at war with many countries around the world. Study thier goals and ideology.