The True Face of Islam

[Skinner]

The Truth behind the loving face of Islam.
Reports of the killings came after the Taliban on January 7 recaptured a strategic area taken last month by Hezb-e-Wahdat forces, loyal to Northern Alliance opposition fighters.
Since then, Annan said "there have been numerous credible reports of widespread summary executions of Hazara civilians by the Taliban, who apparently accused the local population of supporting the Hezb-e-Wahdat.
"It appears more than 100 people may have been killed, including Afghan humanitarian workers," he said.
Annan also stated "...the Taliban of received fresh military aid from neighboring Pakistan in violation of new U.N. sanctions."
"The current surge in Pakistani military involvement in Afghanistan ... scoffs at the U.N. Security Council resolution, which has called for a halt to foreign intervention in Afghanistan,"
It said the new military aid arrived after a meeting of some 30 Islamic groups in Pakistan early this month voiced support for the Taliban in confronting the U.N. sanctions.
Main opposition commander Ahmad Shah Masood also told Reuters that more than 2,000 Pakistani fighters had arrived in Afghanistan and had been deployed in the northern provinces of Kunduz and Takhar to launch a major attack on his forces.
He said the United Nations must devise a mechanism to monitor shipments of arms and fighters to Taliban from Pakistan. "It has a big responsibility to fulfil by putting pressure on Pakistan, otherwise the sanctions will mean nothing," he said.
Pakistan is one of only three states that recognize the Taliban government, which controls 95 percent of Afghanistan.
The Islamic hate machine despite the lies is not isolated to Afghanistan. The murders are their destiny.
Peace

[LippyChick]

Hi Skinner,

A question:

What do you know about Islam in the city?

LippyChick

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[LippyChick]

In the absence of Skinner I thought I'd post this. An award winning article.
"Where Girls are Killed for Going to School" form Marie Claire A well known radical paper!

One of the beliefs of Algeria's Islamic extremists is that women should not be educated, and militants are now brutally murdering schoolchildren and female teachers. Lara Marlowe reports on the escalating violence of the country's civil war.
At 8.15 in the morning, six men holding hatchets, sawn-off shotguns and knives burst into the classroom at Oued Djer, a small village 50km south-west of Algiers. They seized fourteen-year-old Fatima Ghodbane and tore from her head the Islamic scarf she had only recently started wearing. As Fatima's classmates watched, the men dragged her outside and bound her hands with wire. One of the guerillas pulled her head back by the hair and stabbed her several times in the face. Then he slit her throat.
'This is what happens to girls who go to university,' the murderer then told Fatima's classmates and teachers, shaking the knife, which was still covered in Fatima's blood. 'This is what happens to girls who talk to policemen. This is what happens to girls who don't wear the hidjab [Islamic covering].'
Before dumping Fatima's body in front of the school gates, the killers carved the symbol of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) on her hand. Fatima's death, in March 1995, is not an isolated case. According to the last recorded government figures, 101 teachers and 41 students of both sexes were killed in 1994 by Islamic extremists who attack schools because they are a symbol of the government.
No one is sure why the GIA which was formed in 1993, singled out Fatima Ghodbane for this butchery. Until her death, she and her eight brothers and sisters had lived peacefully with their widowed father, a retired builder. 'No one ever threatened us - neither me nor my children,' Fatima's grieving father later told journalists.
So why was Fatima murdered? 'She was very beautiful,' says Mouloud Benmohamed, a reporter on El Moudjahid, the Algerian government newspaper. 'Her friends believe that she may have refused to have a 'pleasure marriage' with the leader of the group, the Emir.
The GIA apparently believes the 'holy warriers' of Islam have a right to claim sexual pleasure before they sacrifice their own lives in the name of Allah. The 'pleasure marriage' is, in effect, a licence to rape. Since the civil war between Islamic fundamentalists and the military-backed regime broke out four and a half years ago, more than 50,000 Algerians have been killed. Of this figure, some 500 women have been murdered by rebels - which amounts to one per cent of the total war casualties. But feminist groups and the government have given wide publicity to the kidnappings, assassinations and rapes that have taken place. A television series made by El Moudjahid's Mouloud Benmohamed this spring attained the highest ratings of any Algerian-made programme. Viewers were shown the corpses of mutilated and decapitated women, and heard lurid accounts from several young women who had escaped captivity. Mawel, a 28-year-old divorcee, admits to being 'completely hooked' on the macabre documentaries. 'One girl told how she and her mother had been kidnapped and taken to the mountains by her own brother. He married them off to friends in the GIA. The girl managed to get away, but the mother didn't. It scared me, but I watched the next Friday night because I wanted to know how these women were kidnapped, how they'd escaped...I don't want it to happen to me.

True love the Islamic way.

Care to comment on this Kaz.

LippyChick

[kazanova3]

Terrorism

It is clearly stated in the Holy Quran that unjust killings amount to disbelief. Allah, the One God, according to the Quran, condemns such killers to Hell Fire. These evil acts are categorically forbidden in Islam. The Holy Quran emphatically states that if any one slew a person unjustly, it would be as if he slew the whole people (Chapter 5, verse 35). Killing of any one not fighting with you is forbidden.
After giving the story of the two sons of Adam in which one killed the other, the Holy Quran says:

005.035 On that account: We ordained for the Children of Israel that if any one slew a person - unless it be for murder or for spreading mischief in the land - it would be as if he slew the whole people: and if any one saved a life, it would be as if he saved the life of the whole people. Then although there came to them Our apostles with clear signs, yet, even after that, many of them continued to commit excesses in the land.

Therefore, those who hijack planes, bomb embassies, hold hostages, kill innocent civilians, vandalize Mosques, churches or synogogues or commit other such crimes are committing grave crimes.

The following is a brief but good collection to study Islam's position on terrorism.

Human Rights in Islam by the well-known Muslim scholar, Syed Maududi.
An American Muslim scholar, Abu Aminah Bilal Phillips expresses his views on terrorism in an interview.
In his view, for example, the sort of terrorism recently practiced against civilian tourists and Copts in Egypt by terrorists and many of the actions of the Iraqi "tyrant" Saddam Hussein are abhorrent to Islam.
He said violence between military forces is one thing but there is nothing in Muslim teachings that warrants violence that targets civilians. Muslims in western countries can be criticized for not speaking out more clearly on this, he said.

"Silence is consent", he said, using a phrase he may have picked up during his pre-Muslim days as a political activist.

From an excerpt at http://www.islam.org on terrorism:

There is no meeting point between Islam and terrorism as practiced by terrorist groups in different parts of the world. Terrorism involves the indiscriminate use of force to achieve certain objectives. In Islam, the use of force is allowed only in special situations, particularly when the Muslim community is threatened by hostile forces. Then again, the use of force in a campaign of jihad is determined by the leader of the Muslim community in a very orderly way. The enemy will be well identified, and the use of force is only a last resort. However, what is happening in some parts of the Muslim world today involving same groups which are often described as "fundamentalists", is not always accurately reported or portrayed. Now let us be clear about principles. Islam does not allow the use of force against peaceful civilians. Moreover, using military tactics against an established government and causing in the process the loss of life among civilians is a very serious matter. There will be some people who will try to justify it on the basis of Islamic principles. What we have learned from trusted authorities on Islam is that such use of force is not acceptable at all. We must remember that God did not allow the Prophet and his companions to use force against the non-believers in Makkah, despite the fact that the believers were subjected to a campaign of persecution that caused the death of several people and subjected many to enormous torture. Moreover, God stopped the Muslims from fighting the non-believers in Makkah at the time of Hudaibiyah stating in the Qur'an that had a fight taken place, the Muslims would have been victorious and the non-believers would have run away. Yet He ordered the Prophet to accept the peace agreement which seemed to be unjust to Muslims. The Prophet declared to his companions that he would accept any conditions which would prevent bloodshed. Therefore, resorting to terrorist campaign in order to change a government is not acceptable although the government may be a bad one and follows un-Islamic policies. However, we must also recognize that there is a sustained effort to associate Islam and the advocacy of implementing Islam with terrorism. This is part of the worldwide campaign to prevent Islamic revival. Therefore, we must not believe any report about Muslims resorting to terrorism tactics, unless we are absolutely certain of what has taken place and why it took place in the way it happened. There is much at fault with news reporters and media coverage of such events.

The world appears to be filled with injustices committed by individuals, all sorts of groups, and so many governments of countries like the USA, Russia, India, Israel, Iraq and Algeria. Indiscriminate killings and tortures in Chechnya, Kosova, Bosnia, Kashmir, Israel and Iraq are just a few examples. Muslims should strive to rid the world from the injustices by practicing Islam, living an exemplary life of obedience to Allah T'ala and working in unity with other Muslims to bring about a total change in the world. Only Islam can bring justice and peace to the world.

The http://www.twf.org is a site where a list of articles and quotations can be found on injustices committed by various countries, especally against Muslims. Check out the page http://www.twf.org/cgi-bin/search.sw...rism&results=0




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[LippyChick]

Kaz,

That is the worse propaganda I've read in a long time. Who is controlling you? Who is your caretaker?

The enemy of Islam would appear to be anyone who isn't a Muslim. So we're all at risk. It's from your own propaganda.

LippyChick

[Stephen_Bailey]

Hmmm??????? Greetings to all.

Well. I'm not a Muslim, but there are many Islamic people here in Britain - and a few of them are friends of mine.

Islam is a religion of love and tolerance.

Please don't think all muslims are like the fanatical extremists in Algeria and Afghanistan. They're not.
Most are really nice people.
The muslims I know are as ashamed and disgusted as anyone, about the crimes which are happening in Algeria and under the Taliban in Afghanistan.
These extremists are twisting the Holy Koran for their own ends; just as extremist Christians have done with the Bible (and still do!)

peace.

S.B.

[LippyChick]

Stephen

Then they should put there own house in order before attempting to convert others. As should the Christians.

Your comment doesn't answer the question who is representing the guide book best. The Taliban or your mates. I would guess they both would say they are.

LippyChick