In that case I must have overdone my respect on you whilst thinking ...
You act like you forgot about your habit badmouthing me by using the 'k' word, called me biadab, etc. Suddenly now you pretend to be more civilized, huh?
you have no respect for the white people
On the contrary. Because I have mutual respect toward the whites and the westerners in general, therefore I am disturbed with the fact that people take advantage of their generousity. No matter how you want to argue, it isn't a secret that most Westerners don't have any idea about Islam and Muslims. More over before 9/11. While most Muslims are not as twisted as their Profit, there are always some who are attracted toward the aggresive teachings in Islam. The Muslims will be just fine and decent people if it isn’t because of Muhammad and Islam. I have many nice, friendly Muslim friends but many of them can suddenly turn into blood thirsty human beings when it’s dealing with religious issues. They said this or that person ‘s blood is halal if they do this and that. No ****!! This is blood or human life we are talking about. Why the Christians, Hindus, or Budhists don’t act that way? No blood should be halal enough to be spilled for any religious reason!!
When 9/11 happened, the U.S. and the Western world were stunned. President Bush said these Muslim terrorists took advantage on the kindness and generousity of the country. He was darn right! Since then things are different. The last time my Indonesian muslim friend went to the U.S., he had to stay in the immigration inspection office for three hours, being questioned over and over, back and forth, left and right. When it is done, he sworn he would never go back to the U.S. That’s the whole intention from the U.S. government. The message is clear: Muslims are not welcome anymore. Now, I feel really bad with what happened to my friend, but, on the other hand, I can understand why the U.S. acted overly suspicious. This is the same situation the Israelis have to face everyday. Did your dearly beloved Reverend understand this suspicion and precaution? I strongly think he will if his country ever experienced being terrorized by the Muslim the way the U.S. and Israel did.
Has either the jews of israel or the Muslims of Pelestine ever declared that the root of their conflict is religious in nature?
While the religion may not be the main root of the conflict, it still does play a big deal to fan the hatred toward Jews. The Palestians and Arabs justified their attacks against the Israel because that’s what Muhammad told them to do. Other reasons will come later, if it isn’t because of the land, then it’s because they are Jews per se, or because they are not Muslims, or because God hated them for crucifing Jesus, or any other reason one can think of.
Read this testimony:
http://answering-islam.org/Testimonies/walid.html
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During my youth, like my father, I was always tuned to Islam and what our Muslim teachers taught. Believing in Muhammad's prophecy, I offered my life to 'Jihad' or 'Holy War' as the only means to obtain either victory or martyrdom. In Islam martyrdom is the only way you can ensure salvation and enter into heaven -- especially since Allah and his prophet Mohammed promised it. As the Quran states it:
"Do not think of whom are killed for the cause of Allah (in a Holy War), to be dead but living with their Lord receiving his blessing". -- Sura: The Family of 'Imran ('Al-'Imran, verse 169)
I live in a multi-ethenic, multi-religious, multi- cultural country with Islamic instilled values.
If you live in western country, you enjoy the privilege of being treated humanly. If you live in Malaysia as a Moslem, you also enjoy the privilege of being a Muslim. But, I have many Malayan non-Muslim friends who told me different things. They said they couldn’t get any government scholarship or financial aid because they are not Muslim and not bumiputra. If they are bumiputra and left Islam, then the government doesn’t consider them as bumiputra anymore. Where is the logic in this cruel discriminative policy?
How come the non-muslim living in a country govern by Muslims do not have "enormous complex of problems " but Muslim living in a lot of countries govern by non Muslim seems to have "enormous complex of problems"?
Because non-Muslims in Muslims countris, just like my Malayan friends, work extremelly hard to survive under discriminative policy against them applied by the government. If one really wants to survive and work hard to achieve a better life, there is always some way out. On the other hand, the Muslims in non-Muslim countries who have no jobs and cause riots because of their condition do not have the same endurance and work ethics like the non-Muslims in Muslim countries. Other minorities in non-Muslim countries have to face the same hardship and difficulties to find jobs, but they are not destructive whatsoever. Do you ever hear any group of Chinese or Vietnamese or Burmese or Thais rioting in France or western countries the way the Muslim youngsters did? Why did they burned synagogues and churches? Isn’t that what Muhammad ordered Muslims to do?
Even if the jews literally "bought" the land they own, they have NO RIGHTS to establish a new STATE. If I buy an island off Indonesia from some pribumi
Who owned the land before the Jews bought it? Did it belong to any sovereign country? Did any Arabian country own the land?
Since when did Allah SWT prohibits Muslims from recieving monies from kafirs for an honest work done? Even Rasulullah SAW accepted monies for items he pawned to the jew.
EXACTLY!!! Your Profit killed the Jews and took their money! He is just like that: pure evil bandit in the lowest meaning of it. He called them kafir, najiz, dirty, and should be killed. What about their money? Are their money najiz, dirty too? Nope, their money is good and clean enough for him. You also called the non-Muslim as kafir, meaning najizz, dirty, human waste, but what about their money? Are their money dirty too then? Nope, their money is good and clean enough for you. How strange.
How did Muhammad earn his living in Medina? What job did he do? In what occupation was he employed? What business was he involved in? All these questions remain unanswered. Except for the following Hadith from Sahih Bukhari, all the Sunna, the Sahih Ahadith, the Sirah (biography) never mention of any form of acceptable and/or dignified profession/occupation that Muhammad engaged in to support himself and his retinue of ever increasing number of wives and concubines: Here is that incredible Hadith:
EXACT QUOTE AND FOOTNOTE, VOL-IV (88) CHAPTER.
Narrated Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet (SA) said, "My livelihood is under the shade of my spear,(1) and he who disobeys my orders will be humiliated by paying Jizya"
ootnote:- (1) "Under the shade of my spear" means "from war booty".
Hadith from Sahih Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 53, Number 390:
Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
Allah's Apostle once said to me, "If the revenue of Bahrain came, I would give you this much and this much." When Allah's Apostle had died, the revenue of Bahrain came, and Abu Bakr announced, " Let whoever was promised something by Allah's Apostle come to me." So, I went to Abu Bakr and said, "Allah's Apostle said to me, 'If the revenue of Bahrain came, I would give you this much and this. much." On that Abu Bakr said to me, "Scoop (money) with both your hands." I scooped money with both my hands and Abu Bakr asked me to count it. I counted it and it was five-hundred (gold pieces). The total amount he gave me was one thousand and five hundred (gold pieces.)
That revenue from Bahrain. Did the Muslims work hard legally to earn it? Of course not! It’s bloody money. Muhammad used money to entice his followers. Without money, he wouldn’t have so many followers. In Mekah, he preached for about 13 years and only had 80 followers. When he started to rob caravans and got rich, people came to join him. It’s not because of his religion, but because of greed of money.