RE:Communal clashes of the World
by Tabrez on Feb 13, 2007 07:12 AM
You should know that Islam is the only Holy Scripture that actually sets the rules of war i.e. the believers have been advised to follow some strict guidelines EVEN during the state of war... And yes, the verse that states these rules are in the same chapter that you referred in your message (i.e. killing non-believers - I have cleared the misconception about this message in my previous message too).. So, some of the rules are:
1) The believers cannot harm women, children, animals, places of worship (yes, that includes temple, church etc), fields, properties and even non-combatant men (i.e. the men who are not taking part in the war)...
2) And you know what, if an enemy soldier is dead, the Muslims cannot do any harm to its body and if a believer does any sort of harm to the enemy soldier's dead body, he is punished severely as per the Islamic law...
3) If a city or place is taken over by the Islamic army, the native people are free to follow their own religion...
Can you believe all this??? The religion that you were trying to vilify has got all these rules... And these were set over 1400 years ago... All these Geneva Convention and other humanitarian laws didn%u2019t even exist then (these current humanitarian laws have been around for just over 50 years only)... So, Islamic principles are much more superior and older...
Let me correct one thing here... Kaafir is not a word of disgust or a derogatory word... A Muslim is referred as Believer by Allah in the Holy Quran(i.e. believer in the One Supreme God) and a person who doesn't do it is called Kaafir ("Non-believer" in English).. So, please dont take it as a swearing word, its only a arabic translation for non-believer. Its just like Himsa-Ahimsa (violence-nonviolence), vegeterian-nonvegeterian etc. So, anyone who doesn%u2019t believe in the One Supreme God (only) is called a non-believer. If someone doesn't believe in the theology of Hinduism, there might be a term for that too. This same Kaafir word is termed in Urdu as Gair-Musalmaan (i.e. non-muslims)... I hope you understand what I am trying to say..
Though I understand that some Muslims are doing sort of crap stuff... But that doesn't mean that Islam directs them to do it... They are just misguided people... So, correct your knowledge on Islam bro... Otherwise, just dont point finger at it... Your allegations and thoughts would provoke more people and that would only be destructive for EVERYONE... So, talk peace and try to correct everyone, as we have bad elements in every community... Its just that some are highlighted and in spotlight more than others..
