Originally posted by DJMessiah
Bin Laden's intentions are known only to him. From what I've read on his behavior and actions, he resents the west after the Russian military
occupation in Afghanistan. I can say though, his actions are far from Islamic. The US has been asking for peace in the Middle East, and Bin Laden has
ignored it.
I beg your pardon, but how exactly are Osama Bin Laden's actions far from Islam?
Mohammed's view of Christianity and the Jewish people changed dramatically after they rejected Islam and rejected him as a prophet. At first
Mohammed was more tolerant towards Christianity and Judaism, but his anger towards Jewish people and Christians can be seen in later chapters of the
Quran. Mohammed even ordered Muslims to stop praying towards the north, Jerusalem, and to pray towards Mecca instead, of course the account in the
Quran is that Allah said to change the direction to which they prayed so they would pray towards a different direction than the Jewish people.
I know there are many moderate Muslim people that would never accept the extremist view, but the truth is that Mohammed was not a peaceful man. In
fact we know he raided caravans, killed people, including people who had surrendered, took slaves from raided caravans as captives and wives, and he
even broke laws which the archangel Gabriel gave and all Muslim people should follow, such as only being able to marry 4 women. Mohammed married 9-12,
most of which were captured slaves, some were Christians, some were Jewish, but also some Arab women.
I am not a religious person, but i wish that there was a new Muslim prophet, or at least that all, or most of the Islamic clerics would proclaim that
the old ways are not to be followed anymore, that is the only way I can see Islamic extremism changing to a more moderate form of Islam,
peacefully.
BTW, what was it that Mohammed told the newly converted Muslims to do to spread Islam, and what was it that they did?
[edit on 29-8-2006 by Muaddib]
