The Intolerant and Militant Nature of Islam One of the most controversial issues regarding Islam concerns whether or not it is a militant religion. Muslims in the West argue it is peace-loving. Westerners who have experienced it in the Muslim world argue it is inherently in?tolerant and militant.
The Koran itself preaches intolerance toward other religions. Sura 5 contains the following command: %u201CTake not Jews and Christians for friends . . . He among you who takes them for friends is one of them . . . Choose not for friends such of those who received the Scripture before you [Jews and Christians] . . But keep your duty to Allah%u201D (verses 51, 55, 57). Extreme intolerance is commanded in Sura 5:33 %u2014 %u201C[For those who do not submit to Allah] their punishment is . . . execution or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet, from the opposite sides, or exile from the land.%u201D
The Koran also expresses an intolerant attitude toward any person who decides to reject the Islamic faith or convert to another religion. Such persons are to be executed (Sura 9:12). In the Hadith (the oral tradition of Muhammad%u2019s sayings) it says %u201CWhoever changes his religion, kill him%u201D (Hadith 9:57). These commands are practiced in all Islamic Fundamentalist countries today.
With regard to militancy, the Koran not only condones it, it commands it:
RE:Militant face of ISLAM
by Mohammed on May 29, 2007 11:56 AM Permalink
Dear Santosh, Pls read the full translation and then comment. without actually understanding the basis of verses/sura,pls do not comment. No religion on this planet teaches kill/punish innocent people. In every holy book there have been instance, where an individual have to take sword for the sake of truth. truth is nothing but god. Thats how it is written in quran. Few people ( I dont even call them muslim) take this verses on wrong note for selfish gains and spoil the name of the religion. These idoits do not belong to any religion. they are just killers. So, My dear friend pls do not come to conclusion on religion by looking at certain elements and picking up certain verses.
RE:Militant face of ISLAM
by Santosh Ramkrishnan on May 29, 2007 11:29 AM Permalink
Fighting is prescribed for you, and [some of] you dislike it. But it is possible that you dislike a thing which is good for you, and that you love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knows, and you know not (Sura 2:16).
Fight and slay the pagans wherever you find them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem of war (Sura 9:5).
Fight in the way of Allah . . . and slay them [the unbelievers] wherever you find them and drive them out . . . and fight them until . . . religion is for Allah (Sura 2:190-193).
Muhammad is quoted in the Hadith as saying, %u201CThe sword is the key of heaven and hell. A drop of blood in the cause of Allah %u2014 a night spent in arms [war] %u2014 is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer. Whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven, and at the day of judgment, his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.%u201D12
To somehow defend their actions that are rooted in the Quran and the Hadith, Muslims counter by pointing to the intolerance and violence that have characterized both Jews and Christians , they point to the Christian Crusades in the Middle Ages. Using these examples, they accuse Jews and Christians of being hypocritical in attacking the in?tolerance and violence of Islam today.
So Islam is getting what it has sowed since 1000's of years
