How can Muslims honestly expect us to believe Islam is peaceful, when they use a thirteen year old boy as a suicide bomber?

It is very unfair to stereotype a over a billion people based on the actions of a few radical fundamentalists.

This is similar to stereotyping all Christians based on the actions of a few radical fundamentalists like abortion clinic bombers and protesters who say that "God hates Gays."

With love in Christ.

How can Christians honestly expect us to believe Christianity is peaceful when they have had started many ultra violent wars, crusades, and inquisitions over several centuries?

Did David Koresh represent all, or even a noticeable portion of Christians?

It's a little silly to judge 1.6 billion people by one small crazy group's actions.

How can Christians expect us to believe Christianity is about love, when fred phelps holds signs saying God hates fags, and invented aids to "cure" it?

Every religion has its crazies. In general, the crazies should not be taken as representative of the whole.

Well, I can only say this about it. One of the sweetest, dearest friends I ever made is Muslim. She doesn't have a mean bone in her body. Her husband also seems very nice. I think that there are many people who have tried, successfully to corrupt Islam, but my fervent hope and wish is that my friend Arman is the true face of Islam -- not those who do these awful, unforgivable things

Yes, it is quite scary what people will do in the name of a false prophet.

Do you honestly think all Muslims are responsible those acts?
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If so, are all Christians responsible for the few who do stuff like murder that doctor at the abortion clinic a week or two ago?

They expect us to believe it because we have proven ourselves spineless. All they have to do is play the race/bigot/political correctness card and we will retreat with our tails between our legs.

You know, I find this question to be patently ridiculous in its broad, stereotypical catagorization (or association, if you will) of Muslims and their faith with heinous terrorist actions.

I've already addressed this topic in another string:

http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/3433527

I do NOT blame the followers of Islam for such actions. I blame the greedy, power-hungry b*stards who twist the faith to their own ends.

Just as I do not blame Christianity for the actions of such people as the Rev. Jim Jones, the Conquistadors, or the Spanish Inquisition. I blame the individuals and governments who twisted the religion to serve their own agenda.

'nuff said.

you cant assume one muslim act represents every single muslim.

Equally confusing is how Muslims can believe that Christians are peaceful when they travel to the opposite side of the world to murder Muslim women, children, and men who had no involvement whatsoever in attacking or even disliking Americans.

How can Christians honestly expect Muslims to believe any Christian who claims to be peaceful?

It all come down to different interpitations of the koran.

So your going to judge a religion of 1 billion people with a group of crazy people that blow themselves up? that's ridiculous. that's like saying Christianity is bad because a group of Christians bombed an abortion clinic. I know better than that, and its sad that others don't understand that. there is nobody that can represent a religion, except the religion and the book that the followers read. please don't judge so quickly

Uh, good job by judging the entire faith because of some extremists.
There are Christian extremists and Jewish extremists and all of them.
At this moment in time, Muslims are just very common because of the situations in the world.

It is a misconception based on one incident that had nothing to do with any religion.In other words pejudice.

Oh God !
Then That's what do you know about Islam ?
Let me tell you : You don't know Islam this information is wrong That's Not Islam, Islam is really peaceful religion but Some people uses Islam As a COVER for their dirty jobs !
So please don't conceder them as Muslims those are TERRORESTS
Here is my Proof :-
Qur'an : 5:32

http://emuslim.com/IslamAgainstVoilence.asp

You're falling victim to the myth of collective responsibility.

Timothy McVeigh did not make all White American Christians into terrorists when he blew up those little kids in Oklahoma City.

The IRA did not make all Catholics terrorists any more than pedophile priests make all Catholics child molesters.

Jeffrey Dahmer's crimes do not mean that Americans are cannibals.

You can play with the reputation of any group of people simply by picking one or two of them and using them as "examples" of the entire group.

It's not a legitimate form of argument and, perhaps more important from a practical standpoint, it alienates good people just because they happen to share some characteristic with someone you legitimately do not like.

Problem is, those are the folks most likely to be able to find, report and stand up to the bad folks. You're shedding allies without cause.

(edited to fix a few typos)

Those aren't Muslims... they're Terrorists...

Pot calling the kettle black?

The same way that Christians expect us to believe that Christianity is a religion of love when their priests are sexually molesting 13-year old boys

Ask the ones who used F-16s and B-52s to bomb their houses and villages killing their families, their women and children.

If you are wise and honest to yourself you should ask yourself: Why would people with a choice leave their families and blow themselves and their neighbours up? There is a real and horrific reason why Palestinians, Iraqis and Afghans are fighting. The West does not see this reason and many do not want to see. This is what America and Britain advocate. They turn a blind eye as inhumane practices continue. People in the so-called ‘civilised’ world have seen suicide bombs in the media for years, but they do not see the full picture. You think the Palestinians, Iraqis , and Afghans have no reason to commit these terrible acts.

What would you do if you are that little boy who watched his parents, brothers and sisters massacred in front of his eyes by the barabaric westren armies whom they invaded his land and stole his dreams, childhood and whole life!!?


Check the reality if you dare... its an eye-opener, shows you why things happen

The following sites made by westerners so u cant say its muslim propaganda.:

http://tyros.leb.net/massacres/index.html List of "israel's" Massacres against Lebanon since 1948

http://www.nogw.com/israeliatrocities.html#us ….George W. Bush - Terrorist in the White House - Israeli Atrocities


Pictures of Civilian Victims of the Israeli/Anglo-American Aggression http://www.thewe.cc/contents/more/archive/atrocities.htm

War Crimes by American/Bristish armies: Depleted Uranium — its use in Afghanistan and Iraq against civilians. “We are not talking about a few tens to a few hundreds of pounds of material. We are talking about tons and tons of it.” http://www.thewe.cc/weplanet/news/depleted_uranium_iraq_afghanistan_balkans.html



Jesus Camp!

See this documentary film titled "JESUS CAMP" which exposes the teachings of Christian JIHAD!!!!

JESUS CAMP is a disturbing, Oscar nominated documentary about a kids camp for the children of religious extremist Christian Evangelicals. The fact that the film contains no footage of anything that the pre-teen camp members are exposed to, yet it carries a certificate PG-13, says it all. Kids At Jesus Camp Worship to a G. W. Bush Picture ! Watch it here http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3929535037535102662&q=jesus+camp&ei=luSDSKi-NJ-c2gK1vvGSBg

Not all Muslims are like that. Many are probably ashamed to be represented in that way.

Im not a muslim, but i beleive that its because the western world does not embrace islam culture and tries to control their countries. Their is a lot of anger against the west however only a small group of muslims use extreme measures and you could argue that the western army has killed a lot of innocent lives in muslim countries and many muslims see people in the west as tyrants. The muslim countries have been the ones to stand up against the west. Now any muslim terrorist is broadcasted on the media, because their is a polical fight between the west and the muslim countries. This dischord leads to more muslim terrorists.

Oh thats true. Muslims are a very violent and hate filed faith. It was the Muslims that flew the plane into the World Trade Center and killed my mother. Left me motherless at 8 years old.

This is an 11 years old Palestinian Muslim boy terrorizing the merciful peaceful unarmed Israelies by using his Mass Destruction Weapon (stones) !!!! (click on the photo to enlarge it).

Muslims are by enlarge a peaceful group in reality.

It's pretty freakin scary.

Not all Muslims would use a little boy as a suicide bomber. You're talking about over a billion people here! The actions of some don't define the whole. That's called stereotyping: hateful, uncritical judgment. If a person tells you their religion is peaceful, you should judge that statement based on *their* actions only.

They do not really expect us to believe this at all. They know like the rest of us that most of the world trouble spots are islamic countries, often moslim on moslim. It is only our stupid politicians that keep trying to sell this stupid idea.

According to Islam teachings, suicide is one the biggest sins one can commit. I wonder how the suicide bombers and their mentors can justify their acts.

In the same way that I, as a Christian, am not responsible for Timothy McVeigh.

This question presupposes that every Muslim is the same person, without any individuality or idiosyncrasy. And that's a bit foolish, no?
;-)

That is not a Muslim act. That is a terrorist act.

You can't judge an entire group of people by the actions of a few extremists. There are extremists within every culture and religion that will use religion/beliefs to justify all kinds of horrific behavior.

Perhaps the same could be asked of a religion that allows retaliation, when the jew seeks to expiate crimes in order to kill that boys family, destroy the complete town in which he lived, destroying everyone and everything who stands between their want to kill, including other innocent boys and girls and their families ... then blatantly lie via a corrupt government and world media to simply say >>>> They were all involved.

When media is controlled by the most corrupt, racist, and aggressive people within our world ... I wonder how many of these muslim children have actually committed this act? ... Or is it not just another jewish lie to the world in order to randomly kill Muslim children and slowly create their own form of genocide?


Peace

Don't generalize ! There are millions of reasons why this shit happen. It can also happen to non-muslim boys if they are in the same situation. Imagine a very poor and parentless kid, what do they have ?... no future, no hope, no parent they can turn to. Unfortunately western countries who invade this boy's country might have A HUGE ROLE that makes those boy parentless and a phsyco. How many innocent parent are killed in Irak War?...Who killed their parent?. geezzzzzzzz.

Islam is peaceful. If you're saying that because a select few Muslims aren't peaceful...that's like saying Christianity or Judaism isn't peaceful because a believer committed a violent crime. That just doesn't make sense.

Here we go with the double standards that all religions have.

Yeah, that's what the Sun would have you believe.

Now come on, any rational person knows that it's just plain stupid to make such a broad generalisation.
'When they use', I seriously doubt that every Muslim in the world all got together and planned the attack.

And I do understand where you're coming from. Because in the media, you never hear anything positive regarding Muslims. And I find that sad. That a whole religion is now just seen as a terrorist organisation.

By comparing those who chop off heads with the protests of Phelps' followers, you are defending them. When Phelps' people don't like something, they protest. When muslims don't, the riot and kill (remember Denmark?)

Things that make you go "Hmmmm"

Some people have thin skins and can't take criticism.

I'm with you thus is a real story
but thus boy is brainwashed ,who did that is terrorists not Muslims
Islam really a peaceful religion .please don't blame Islam for those Power thirsty terrorists who use Islam as a cover for their dirty jobs !

13 year old boy used as a suicide bomber is sad. martin luther king said that violence is the voice of the oppressed. yes, muslims have been oppressed since about 1820 with colonization by england and in sneaky underhanded fashion, power was transferred to a new tyrant. it wasn't england's land to give, but they did. 95% of the jewish people i have known have been brilliant and good people. clearly, they needed a nation after the horrors of world war ii. it was, indeed, even logical to give land to the jewish people where they laid claim from 2,000 years ago, even though the islamicists laid claim to that same land as recently as 1820. the transfer should have been done with justice and respect. it was handled horribly. as a consequence, the israeli people and the palestinian people have now had to suffer for the mistakes of england. :(

Think of it this way: How can Muslims believe Christianity is peaceful after the horrific events of the cruisades?

I lived among Muslims for over a year and I can honestly say they are peaceful. I read the Quran which also teaches peace.

There are 1.3-1.5 billion muslims worldwide. It is small minded to think the actions of a few thousand finatics and insurgents speak for the whole.

Just like any other people, Muslims want a good life for their family and children. I had a Muslim interpretor who risked his life helping us hunt fanatics and insurgents in his home country of Iraq. Sadly he was shot but he died for his beleief in equality and peace.

One of the greatest concerns of all civilized cultures is the alarming incidence of violent crimes in today's world. Many governments of the world are analyzing the suitability of violence in movies, books and TV programs for younger audiences. In countries like the USA, even Music CDs are labelled with warnings if they contain violent content in them. Parents and administrators have come together and made many laws to protect their children from the growing trend of violent crime. It has been scientifically proven that prolonged exposure to intensely violent scenes and literature impacts children in a very adverse way. The Criminal Justice System admits, that most convicted criminals who have committed extremely violent crimes against society, were subjected to some form of violent propoganda or behaviour in their childhood and/or adolescence.

Muslims all over the world have been known to point their fingers at Western society and comment on how degenerate westerners have no sense of family, and that as a consequence, crime, immorality and violence are rampant all over the West. The implication is that Western society is ridden with the consequences of their "descadent and immoral" liberality and irreligious attitude.

The truth is something completely different. The fact is that the highest incidences of violent crimes such as murder, rape, child molestation, dismemberment and armed robbery happen in Islamic countries. In Non-Islamic countries, wherever terrorist and subversive activities take place, one is sure to find the presence of Muslims.

This pattern is so obvious that it leads one to wonder what exactly is it that makes Muslims so viciously engaged in violent crimes against the rest of humanity. Why are all terrorist activities that target innocent Non-Muslim victims always abetted by Muslim terrorists? What is it that makes the Muslim mind so subject to criminality and the display of such violent tendencies right from his/her childhood days?

The answer lies in the systematic brainwashing that Muslims are subjected to since birth. The majority of the Non-Islamic world has deluded itself into believing that the principles of Islam are tolerant in nature. This misconception is heightened when people think that the fault lies with only a handful of misguided Muslims who are not adhering to Islamic principles and hence indulge in terrorism. It is time for the entire world to realise that Islam by its very nature and through its essential principles openly supports, encourages and propogates Terrorism of the worst kind. Therefore the Islamic terrorist is in fact the most devout Muslim, because he is following exactly what Islam teaches through the Divine Koran. It is this very Koran which is considered by Muslims to be the holy word of their Allah himself. The Koran functions as the central terrorist manual that urges them to slaughter, rape, torture,pillage, mutilate and molest all Non-Muslims.

The Muslim is exhorted by their GOD to kill, mutilate, molest, rape and steal. This repetitive conditioning of the mind is performed by indoctrinating the Koranic Surahs in every Muslim child at Madarsas (Islamic schools). The Muslim child daily memorizes the Koranic Surahs which exhort him/her to murder, violence, hatred and crime against every Non-Muslim. The Muslim child learns to hate Non-Muslims, before he loses his first tooth. The doctrines that are forced down his throat are so deeply embedded in the child's mind, that he cannot view the world in any other perspective except as a composition of Muslims and Kafirs (Infidel). It is also made clear to the child that ALL Kafirs (Non-Muslims) are evil by their very nature and that it is every Muslim's moral and religious duty to either convert all the Kafirs to Islam by force or Kill each and every one of them.

Imagine being forced to watch the most violent scenes imaginable, day in and day out throughout your childhood and then being told by your elders that all that violence is Allah's will. Imagine being told that to be a good Muslim, you MUST commit the same violent and heinous actions as the barbaric Prophet Mohammed or else be prepared to be damned and go to hell for not performing your religious duty. Is it any wonder that in every corner of the world, terrorism is synonomous with Islam ? Any Muslim child or adult who dares to question the criminal and violent nature of the acts sanctioned by Allah and perpetrated by Mohammed, is threatened with the direst consequences. Any Muslim daring to question the authority of the Koran is immediately silenced by force. Therefore it is hardly surprising that all Muslims grow up to become direct or indirect supporters of Terrorism and Violent Crime against Non-Muslims (And many times against other Muslims as well). Intolerance, Hatred, Violence, Fundamentalism, Fascism and Ignorance are inculcated into every Muslim's child's head before he can even pronounce the alphabet.

To get an idea of what kind of conditioning the Muslim mind undergoes, one need only open the Koran. Every chapter is brimming over with hatred, ruthlessness, cruelty and the sort of invective that would make the Ku Klux Klan shake in their shoes. Since the verses espousing violence in the Koran are so numerous, I can only quote a few of the most horrifying ones at a time. The exceptionally cruel, sadistic and violent nature of Mohammed's motivations and Allah's inspirations spill out through every Verse in the Koran. I will let the words speak for themselves:


Koran 17:16-17
When we decide to destroy a population, we send a definite order to them who have the good things in life and yet transgress; so that Allah's word is proved true against them: then we destroy them utterly. How many generations have we destroyed after Noah? And enough is thy Lord to note and see the Sins of his servants

Here Allah, the God of the Muslims is clearly stating the exact method that he adopts when he commits genocide of an entire POPULATION. And why does Allah decide to destroy entire populations? Simply because they don't believe in Allah and so Allah will kill them all, to take revenge. Next Allah is indulging in an unbelievable display of conceit. He is actually BOASTING about how many generations he has destroyed after Noah. If Allah had a list of his merits, no doubt genocide of numerous generations of people would top his list. Allah enjoys watching the annhilation of thousands of Non-Muslims at the hands of his pious followers, the Muslims.


Koran 8:37
In order that Allah may seperate the impure from the pure, Put All the impure ones (Non-Muslim), one on top of the another in a Heap and cast them into Hell. They will be the ones to have lost

The "All-Merciful Allah" is now specifically instructing all "peace-loving Muslims" to heap up a mountain of corpses of the non believers. Of course, in order to do this holy task for Allah, the Muslim must first go out and attack innocent Non-Muslims and massacre them so that Allah's wishes are fulfilled. Allah seems to have an inexhaustible thirst for the blood of innocents. Note that the reason given to massacre non-believers is that "Allah may seperate the Impure from the Pure". It has nothing to do with self-defense or protection as Muslims try to argue. The explicit purpose for this heinous crime is so that Allah can easily differentiate between the Muslims and Non-Muslims. This way it becomes a lot easier for Allah and his angelic helpers to dump the heaps of murdered Non-Muslims into Hellfire.


Koran 21:11
How many were the populations we utterly destroyed because of their inequities, setting up in their place other peoples

Again Allah is boasting about his amazing exploits such as genocide and displacement of innocent people. The justification for this crime is that these innocent people had "inequities". Apparently any community which is not Muslim is full of inequities by Islamic definition and therefore fair game for all pious Muslims to massacre and plunder.


Koran 2:8-10
In their (Non-Muslims) hearts is a disease; and Allah has increased their disease and grievous is the penalty they will incur, because they are false.

So Allah not only exhorts Muslims to kill all the non-believers, he also strikes down the surviving ones with disease and pain. Any good Muslim must surely carry out their beloved Allah's word. In fact Allah's word seems to be very much in effect in today's world. This is why one sees pious, Allah-loving Muslims like Saddam Hussain nursing factories that make weapons of biological and chemical warfare. Saddam is complying perfectly with Allah's wishes to the letter when he manufactures strains of deadly viruses to be unleashed on unsuspecting non-believers like the Israelis and Americans. He has secured a place in Islamic "Jannat" (Paradise) for himself by following Allah's orders so religiously.


Koran 58:5
Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be crumbled to dust, as were those before them: for we have already sent down Clear Signs and the Unbelievers will have a humiliating Penalty

Those who resist Allah and His Messenger" obviously refers to anyone who is not a Muslim. Therefore every Non-Muslim must be crushed to death by the holy edict of Allah. No doubt it was this very verse which must have served as a motivation for those pious Muslims who bombed the World Trade Center. Allah must have been extremely pleased to watch all those innocent Non-Muslims being crumbled to death.


Koran 44:43-50
Verily the Tree of Zaqqum will be the food of the sinful. Like molten brass it will boil in their insides, Like the boiling of scalding water Seize Ye Him and drag him into the midst of the blazing Fire Then pour over his head the penalty of Boiling Water

One shudders to imagine the kind of effects such a torture manual has on the impressionable mind of a young Muslim child. Is it any wonder that so many of them grow up into hardened criminals who possess a distorted, sadistic and perverted psyche. Repeated exposure to and encouragement of the thoughts expressed in this verse would surely inculcate violence in the very core of a child's being. This description of Hell for the Non-Muslims has been the model for every pious Muslim in the past and present. In India, Sikh Gurus were tortured to death in exactly the same fashion. They were boiled to death in a cauldron of scalding liquid. On April 20, 1998 in Udhampur, India, over 30 innocent Kashmiri Hindu men, women and children were burnt alive in exactly the horrific manner sanctioned by the "Most merciful and All-Forgiving Allah", for refusing to convert to Islam.


The above verses are only the tip of the iceberg. Any deluded Non-Muslim who thinks that Islam is the religion of peace and that it is only misguided Muslims who commit terrorism and atrocities, can pick up an English translation of the Koran from any bookstore and refer to these Verses (Surahs). If, even after reading these Surahs, you are foolhardy enough not to realise the facts that I have explained, then here is a list of Allah's plans for you. All of these punishments befit you by default if you happen to be a Non-Muslim. Even a mass murderer will eventually attain Pardise if he is Muslim, wheras any Non-Muslim, even if he happens to be a Saint is eternally damned to Hellfire by Allah's decree. In Allah's own immortal words:

Koran 2:39
Those who reject faith (Islam) and belie our signs, They shall be Companions of the Fire and abide in it.

Please allow me to set you straight... islam is a piece-ful religion.
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They want to make pieces out of you.

you can t judge billions of people based on the actions of some assholes who think they re doing the right thing muslims hate terrorism the same thing could be said about christianity when you see americans killing innocent people in iraq and afganistan ans israelians who kill innocent kids
but we don t judge them coz we know that all religions are peaceful islam christianity and judaism
and obviously you have limited knowledge on islam

by the same token, how can christians expect us to believe they are a peacefull people when they murder and perform acts of violence? to judge an entire group by the actions of a minority is ignorant, in my opinion. there are many chrisian terrorist groups (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism) but we seldom hear of them from the mainstream media. i wonder why? i do not judge all christians by those terrorists acts. why would i judge all muslims or jews by the terrorists of those religions?

there is good and bad in every culture/group