Subject: Jerry Falwall Comments
From: "samy mikhail" <smikh@copticdigest.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:53:35 -0400
For years when I was attending Junior and high school in Egypt we studies
the history of Islam. And for years we were taught about the Islamic
invasions to their neighboring countries. Words such as: "Muhammad a Man
of War" were very common as we studied the history of Islam. Muhammad
message to the El Nagashy, the governor of Yemen still rings in my
ear: Accept Islam and you will be saved. Now when the Rev Jerry Falwell
repeat what we were taught all these years he is considered a bigot and
anti Islam. Both Al Ahram and Algazira.net quoted him in the Arabic
language as! calling Muhammad a man of war and a violent man. Well, what
is new about that? You taught us how Muhammad was a man of war and how he
led his army to invade and spread Islam . And any man of war will
naturally be a violent man. But that's is precisely the problem with Islam
and Muslims. When you just mention some basic facts about Islam, facts
that has always been taught but some how now are becoming a source of
embarrassment to Islam, they immediately get defensive. If you simply
remind them that Muhammad married 12 wives one of whom was 9 years old,
they get defensive and start calling you names. Well, why don't they call
Muhammad names for doing these sh! ameful acts instead of calling me names
for simply repeating what he did? For the first time in the history of
Islam it's being scrutinized. For centuries Muslims relied on terror to
shield Islam and the Koran from criticism and scrutiny, now they no longer
can do that. This is not Saudi Arabia where the King can simply issue a
Fatwa declaring a certain book to be a corrupt book and another book to be
a holly book; this is the west where nothing is above criticism. The time
of the sword has come and gone, even if the Saudi still think they live
under and by that sword. Now this is the time of the pen and the Internet.
Samy DC
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The political incorrectness of Rev. Jerry
Falwell
The Reverend Jerry Falwell, a leading member of the Southern Baptist
Convention, has described the Prophet Muhammad as a "terrorist".
While Muslims who know their Sunnah would not be upset, there must be millions
who do not. He may have been politically incorrect but we have to admit that
the evangelist was unfortunately telling the truth. If striking terror into the
hearts of the enemies of Allah is terrorism, then here is a quote right out of
the mouth of Prophet Muhammad:
(Qur’an 8:60) “Against them make ready your
strength to the utmost of your power, including steeds of war, to strike terror
into (the hearts of) the enemies of Allah…”.
Actions designed to have a salutary effect on
others included:
The execution of all adult male members of the Medinan Jewish tribe of Banu
Qurayzah, some 600-700 of them and the enslavement of their wives and
children.(Hadith Bukhari 5:59:362)
The
breaking of the Treaty of Medina (622CE) and the confiscation of all the
property of Banu Nadir and Banu Qaynuka. The turning of the landowners of
Khaybar into serfs. (Bukhari 5:59:551) Ethnic cleansing (Hadith Muslim 4363
& 4366)
The punishment of 8 men of the tribe of 'Ukl
('Uraina) which was designed to show what to expect if you stole from Muhammad
and left Islam. He had their arms and legs cut off and their eyes branded with
white-hot nails. (Bukhari 8:82:794)
The whipping of wives (Qur'an 4:38) and leaving
the whip showing in a prominent place.(Muhammad, al-Zamkhshari, Vol. 1, P
525) And punishments not even in the
Qur'an: the killing of a thief who had no more hands or feet left to cut off
(Abu Dawud 38 :4396) and the killing of drinkers for the third offence (Abu Dawud
38: 4467). The killing of lovers by stoning them to death.(Hadith Muslim 682)
The execution of prisoners-of-war (Qur’an 8: 67). The assassination of poets
who had made fun of him (Sirat Rasulallah). The robbing of dozens of caravans
(Sirat Rasulallah). The smashing of the idols of other religions…(Sirat
Rasulallah)
While we are not a Christian organization, we have to agree with the Reverend
Falwell that the founders of Islam and Christianity were as alike as chalk and
cheese.