My friend Salim Mansur continues his discussion of the Koran. As I have told Salim my Christianity has Hindu roots. The tradition that all gods are a manifestation of one true God resonates with me. I am a devout follower of Jesus of Nazereth.
His was a message of love and forgiveness. I believe the Bible is the inspired word of God, but understand the Bible is also told in allegory for the mortal mind. There are universal truths in all of the worlds great religions. I, unlike Ayaan Hirsi Ali, believe that there can and are moderate Muslims who will eventually defeat the jihadi apostates. Ayaan Hirsi Ali , is a valued ally in the fight against the jihadis. People of all faiths and non faith must help in this fight against jihadi extremism or we are all lost.
The Qur'an was revealed to an Arab of noble lineage born among idol worshippers so that they may learn of Abraham's God. Muhammad's mission was to bring to pagan Arabs what God revealed to Jews through prophets raised among them.
The unambiguous words of the Qur'an instructing Muhammad on how to contend with evil are of universal import. It would be right to suggest, for instance, when the Allied leaders insisted by force of arms on the unconditional surrender of the German Nazis and Japanese militarists they acted in accordance with the Qur'an's precept.
We do not need to fast forward to our times to know who greatly violated the Qur'an. Among the immediate followers of Muhammad were those who would have shamed Macbeth as they committed murder and mayhem, including killing members of the prophet's immediate family.
Iran's ayatollahs, imams and potentates of the Arab-Muslim world, and some Muslims -- wherever alone or collectively spewing anti-Jew bigotry overflowing from their blackened hearts -- are the progeny of those from Islam's earliest days of post-prophetic history who gave tongue to the Qur'an to varnish their evil deeds.
Mutilated
The Qur'an is regularly mutilated by some Muslims, and in keeping with its warning no other people in our time may be more likened to apes than those Muslims who engage in or condone terrorism, honour killing and oppressing minorities.
History is a cautionary tale of civilizations ruined when wicked people go unchecked and unpunished. Hence, those who fight those Muslim perpetrators of evil to protect civilization are the just warriors of good faith acting in accordance with the teachings of Islam's sacred text.
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