To NC

Could you please explain how these Koranic quotes are purely defensive? Do not demand war on non Muslims? And do not compel non believers to convert to Islam or die?

Koran 9:123: “O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you, and let them find harshness in you, and know that Allâh is with those who are the pious.”

Koran 9:73
Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their Home: an evil fate.

8:39: “And fight them until there is no more disbelief in Islam and the religion will all be for Allâh Alone...”

Sura (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"

"I am with you: give firmness to the believers, I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers, Smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger tips of them

Sura (9:5) - "So when the sacred months have passed away, then slay the idolaters wherever you find them, and take them captives and besiege them and lie in wait for them in every ambush, then if they repent and keep up prayer and pay the poor-rate, leave their way free to them."

If these are "misquotes", then the onus is upon you to provide the correct quotes.

AP news had an article that covered some of the issues which I think sums it up fairly well. "How Islamic is Islamic State group? Not very, experts say" http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_306481/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=NbmKo0GI (from @AP)

I think its clear that many of IS's extremes are rejected by many but the rejections all to often are issues of detail rather than rejection from an entirely different worldview.

I'm not of the view that all muslims pose an risk but I have little time for those who claim that the extremes of IS have nothing to do with the religion.

If muslims want that position to be believed the religion as practiced needs to move a long way further away from some of its current positions and be far more clear in its rejection of those who would lay the groundwork for extremism.

R0bert

gawd you're a tit.

Posted by Craig Minns

Thank you Craig. Tits are nice. They serve a great purpose by nourishing children & helping them grow. So, I'm glad to be of service to you by explaining true Islam.

Oh, Jayb, what a witty response...

Oh, Igor, what a witty response...

Ah, I hear the distinctive morning chorus of Corvus Dementicus (the white crow, sometimes known as the senile cuckoo for its habit of regurgitating its sh1t into other people's nests).

Better, Frank?