[Coach]

sajtas,

>I have asked you simple questions which only require a yes /no
>answer but then you start impressing us with your knowledge,
>or lack thereof from the kooran. Here's one yes/no
>question...did MuuHamMad at 52 sleep with a 9 year old girl
>Ayesha? Here's another, do you Coach find that
>reasonable/appropriate??

You didn't as a simple question, in case you forgot what you did, let me remind you. You called the Prophet a paedophile because he got married to Aisha when she was 9 years old. Seeing this, I responded by explaining to you that norms in Semitic cultures were that the barometer used to determine when a child becomes an adult in those days was puberty. I also pointed out to you that such marriages were not uncommon in all Semitic cultures (incl Jews). But you being suchan Islamophobe, want me to condemn the actions of the Prophet using values that are practised over 1400 years after his death. You could do with reading a bit about moral relativism.




>secondly i have not been MIA, i've been observing from a
>distance....the thing is muslims always try to justify their
>religion as the one and only correct one. There is absolutely
>no tolerance for any other point of view even if it makes
>sense. And you know it makes sense, but you have been told
>from an early age (madarasa school as you mentioned) that you
>guys are special and everyone else is sub-human(apes and
>pigs). The current world status shows this. The violent
>reaction to anything considered against "islam" depicts a
>controlling narcississtic attitude towards others.

In Islam there is no compulsion in religion, if you want to worship a statue, you are free to do it as it is only God that judges the choices we make. There are some intolerant Muslims justas there are intolerant Jews, Christians, Hindus etc. Thisis not solely peculiar to Islam but you have to believe it is to justify your hatred.

There is freedom of worship, but that doesn't mean that one is free to mock and insult others faith. Some Muslims reacted wrongly, but that (if you are a rational person) is not to used as an excuse to label Islam.


The really
>sad thing is that most of you guys have not truly read the
>kooran to understand it. It seems to me that the louder you
>scream you know the kooran the more easily you will be
>believed.

It is true that the people who get attention of the media haven't really understand the message of the Qur'an. But that doesn't mean that MUSLIMS in general are like that.