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Excellent read, especially for those inclined to paint 2 billion Muslims with a broad brush. The Islamic State does not define all Muslims. There are intrinsic differences between Al Qada and the Islamic State.
It gave me a deeper appreciation for the orgininal context of Sharia Law- social and economic justice including free housing, food, clothing, healthcare and jobs for those who care to enrich themselves. And for this reason the Islamic State considers Saudi Arabia an enemy because those benefits are not extended to Muslims outside the vast Royal Famiky Kingdom.
It also demonstrates the Islamic State obsession with end times no different than some Christian denominations/ sects and dismissed by mainstream Muslims and Christians.
Makes me wonder which US presidential candidate the Islamic State most favors to " bring it on".
End times obsession would be the one thing that is as materially easy to manufacture from the New Testament as in anything in the Hadiths.
However the pacifying elements are not. There will always be a radicals in Islam because there are always fundamentalist who actually read their own scriptures. So all it takes is a well financed interests to fund them. Soros has already Astroturfed BLM . We will one day long for the good old days of mere looting....
Who besides you said anything about the Crusades being all about rape and pillage?
That a succession of popes used religion as a tool is without dispute.
That Christians murdered, raped and pillaged is without dispute.
There was a lot more to the Crusades than what Sister Mary Hyacinth taught 7th Grade class.
The Period of Islamic Expansion... 630ish to 1660ish.... including the period of the crusades 1096 to 1300ish... contained many very terrible things. suggesting that the Christian Crusaders acted in ways that were more barbaric than their Muslim counterparts does a disservice to history.
Further, treating the Crusades as some aggressive action by a group of villains discounts the 400 years of Islamic aggression that occurred before the first crusade.
This is why TRUMP needs to win!!!!!
Cruz will just "pray" nothing happens.
Trump will prevent this from happening to OUR country.
It's the exact contrary. Their aim is EXACTLY for people in the western world to react like that. They WANT us to radicalize ourselves.
I'm sorry some people can't see that.
I'm not saying nothing should be done, of course, and I'm also VERY ANGRY. But no way is it a good thing to throw ourselves in the wolf's mouth.
We need to use all technology, inter-nation intelligence and probably weapons too.
This type of thinking is only adding oil to the fire.
ETA : one can't beat a person who's willing to die for their cause, no way. Most terrorist attacks are stopped in the bud, but there will always be those who get trough the net. This radicalization I'm talking about is meant to divise people. The potential terrorists you're afraid of are already in the usa or in the making. THAT's what radicalisation and no thinking will do.
Who besides you said anything about the Crusades being all about rape and pillage?
That a succession of popes used religion as a tool is without dispute.
That Christians murdered, raped and pillaged is without dispute.
There was a lot more to the Crusades than what Sister Mary Hyacinth taught 7th Grade class.
um...you did .
Originally Posted by middle-aged mom View Post
You would need a long succession of popes to recruit desperate people and give them dispensation to rape, pillage and murder in the name of JC to achieve that.
What you choose to put into your body - alters your body. If you only eat Twinkies and only drink Mountain Dew every day, all day, for years...your body will almost certainly get fat and you will suffer health problems. If you choose to put healthy food into your body you will be healthier and more fit than otherwise.
Who we choose to allow into our country - can alter our country. The fact that we are letting Muslim refugees into this country without even asking them important questions to see if they are radicalized is dangerous -PC has become a cancer. If we choose to leave our borders open, so any criminal comes across we will get more crime. If we choose to base immigration off of skills, work needs, and freedom loving people - our country will get healthier.
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