Minorities in Islam/Interpreting scriptures on own [split]

[kprasad]

Re: Minorities in Islam/Interpreting scriptures on own [split]

@kchughtai

^ I have answered the questions. If you had read my words, you would have known that I am not supporting likes of boko haram or ISIS. The role model before me is the holy prophet (pbuh):

1. Who went to inquire about the well-being of the non-believing woman who used to throw garbage on him

2. Who has made covenants with kuffar-e-makka and other non-muslims even under stringent of conditions to give a chance to peace

3. Who used sword as a last resort and forgave even his personal enemies after conquering Mecca

Sorry, but you don’t get to cherry pick from your religion only those things you like. If you accept your religion as a universal truth, the word of god, and divinely delivered, then you must accept it all. That means the brutal as well. Your role model is also the role model for ISIS and Boko Haram. I submit, they are more accurate than you are. I also suspect they’re more versed in your scriptures than you are. Moreover, they’re willing to die and kill for their beliefs…
The question arises, who has the better interpretation?

@psyah

Peace kprasad

Religious people are pious who fear and love God and His creatures … Anyone who shows signs against this is not religious. If you claim the contrary then you are mistaken, deceived or you are an anti-religion propagandist. Religions do no teach intolerance and killing … Such acts are actually godless and may be done in the name of religion. But that is not the same thing.

One does not become an expert on religion by reading … An expert on religion must have faith or understand the faith of its adherents in the way they understand it.

Am I anti-religion; absolutely! I will stipulate that at the onset. I despise religion and see it as a cancer, regardless of the flavor.
ISIS are religious. Are they pious? I bet they would think they are. Boko Haram for a fact believe they are pious. Recently a woman that was involved in the targeted killing of Muslims during the Gujarat riots, in India, was interviewed in prison and she sees herself as pious as well. I think they’re all murderers and thugs, but all backed well by their religions.

Brother psyah, this is a juvenile argument. I have to be religious to understand your religion? So, you, brother, can’t understand Christianity because you’re not Christian. A Jew can’t understand Islam because he’s not Muslim. A Buddhist can’t understand a Judaism because he’s not Jewish! What an argument! This is how your religious wars start!

I’m a human being! I can empathize and sympathize. I don’t need superstition to tell me how to treat my fellow brothers and sisters.