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Islam Is Right??? (10-30-07)

Islam Is Right??? (10-30-07) The following is a continuation of my upcoming article entitled: Islam is Right??? This article will be posted on the web in about five or six days. (10-30-07)

My upcoming article will prove: Muslims are in many ways more moral than we are in the West and I include those who say they are Christian. While we are inventing new ways to ban prayers, in Islamic countries, prayer is a way of life.

Muslims observe five formal prayers each day. The timings of these prayers are spaced fairly evenly throughout the day, so that one is constantly reminded of their god and given opportunities to seek his guidance and forgiveness

Fajr (pre-dawn): This prayer starts off the day with remembering their god; we do it at sunrise. Dhuhr (noon): After the day's work has begun, we break shortly to remember god and seek his guidance.

'Asr (afternoon): This is done later in the day. Maghrib (sunset): Just after the sun goes down, Muslims remember god again as the day begins to come to a close.

'Isha (evening): Before retiring for the night, we again take time to remember god's presence, guidance, mercy, and forgiveness.

It seems they unashamedly pray because they believe it's important and it's a command in the Koran, plus they have government support, unlike Christians in this country. As you read my upcoming articles you will find that if the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California has any influence, the prayers of Islam will be in every school district, while Christian discrimination and hatred will only worsen.

When I listen to the news, even so-called conservative talk show hosts, like Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, echo the rhetoric of George Bush, that Islam has been hijacked by a few radical fundamentalists - Islam is a religion of peace they say, but their Holy Koran or Qur'an seems to say au contraire.

The Koran or Qur'an commands Muslims to kill by going to war and fighting for the cause of Islam. Qur'an chapters (Surahs) 9:5; 2:191; 2:193; 3:118; 4:75,76; 5:33, 8:12; 8:65; 9:73,123; 33:60-62.
Fight for Allah: "And kill them wherever you find them, and drive them out from whence they drove you out, and persecution is severer than slaughter, and do not fight with them at the Sacred Mosque until they fight with you in it, but if they do fight you, then slay them; such is the recompense of the unbelievers, (Qur'an 2:191).
Muslims are to fight for Allah: "Those who believe do battle for the cause of Allah; and those who disbelieve do battle for the cause of idols. So fight the minions of the devil. Lo! the devil's strategy is ever weak," (Qur'an 4:76).
Kill those against Islam: "The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land will be that they will be killed or crucified, or have their hands and feet on alternate sides cut off, or will be expelled out of the land. Such will be their degradation in the world, and in the Hereafter," (Qur'an 5:33).
Beheading: "When thy Lord inspired the angels, (saying): I am with you. So make those who believe stand firm. I will throw fear into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Then smite the necks and smite of them each finger. 13That is because they opposed Allah and His messenger. Whoso opposeth Allah and His messenger, (for him) lo! Allah is severe in punishment," (Qur'an 8:12).
Allah demands war: "O Prophet! urge the believers to war; if there are twenty patient ones of you they shall overcome two hundred, and if there are a hundred of you they shall overcome a thousand of those who disbelieve, because they are a people who do not understand," (Qur'an 8:65).
Slay non-Muslims: "Then, when the sacred months have passed, slay the idolaters wherever ye find them, and take them (captive), and besiege them, and prepare for them each ambush. But if they repent and establish worship and pay the poor-due, then leave their way free. Lo! Allah is Forgiving, Merciful," (Qur'an 9:5).
Allah demands war: "O Prophet! strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is the destination," (Qur'an 9:73). "O you who believe! fight those of the unbelievers who are near to you and let them find in you hardness; and know that Allah is with those who guard (against evil)," (Qur'an 9:123).
Allah demands Murder "...the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is a disease and the agitators in the city do not desist... 61Cursed: wherever they are found they shall be seized and murdered, a (horrible) murdering. 62(Such has been) the course of Allah with respect to those who have gone before; and you shall not find any change in the course of Allah, (Qur'an 33:60-62).
Cut off their heard. "Now when ye meet in battle those who disbelieve, then it is smiting of the necks until, when ye have routed them, then making fast of bonds; and afterward either grace or ransom till the war lay down its burdens..." (Quran 47:4).