Please visit My explanation to the "Attack" on the US from the Islamic perspective after reading this article.
If Islam is truly a religion of mercy, then how do you explain the obvious connection between Islam and much of the world's terrorism?
It is unfortunate that the Western World's media contniueosly propagates the false idea that Islam is a religion of terrorism. I was asked this kind of question many times before, and I feel that it is my duty to answer it and shed some light on those who do not have enough knowledge about Islam and about history in general.
First of all, I would like to start off by mentioning few world events that included a great deal of terrorism in it:
1- The Nazis and the Holocaust against the Jews was done by Hitler and the 60,000,000 German ROMAN CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN Nazis who followed him and died for his cause and ideas. The Nazis were not Muslims.
2- The Serbs in Yoguslavia and their massacures for more than 1,000,000 Muslims in Bosnia and lately in Kosovo. The Yoguslavian Serbs are 12,000,000 and they are GREEK ORTHODOX CHRISTIANS.
3- The massacures that happened in the Great land of United States of America against the Native Americans. More than 95% of the Native American population were massacures. They were literally shot everywhere they were found!. Ask any US History teacher and he would shed some light upon you regarding this subject. More than 90% of Americans are considered CHRISTIANS.
4- The Oklahoma City bombing happened by the CHRISTIAN CULTS group.
5- The use of "Uranium Bombs" by the American troops during the Gulf War against the Iraqi Civilians in Southern Iraq that infected thousands of civilians with the Uranium Radiation. I saw with my own eyes on the Arabic Satalite TV Channel (Al-Jazeerah) how Iraqi babies are born today with Uranium infections. If you see their pictures, you would cry. Their faces look like they had been burnt. Several infected American and German and British Soldiers who were near Southern Iraq were herrased by their governments when they tried to speak up against the Barbaraic attack against the Iraqi civilians by the US forces, and the Western Media until today is rediculously trying to cover up for this BARBARAIC attack on civilians who did not have nor use the Uranium Bomb, which is equivelant to a small Atomic Bomb. Please visit the following site:
Some very disturbing pictures of Iraqi Infants that were infected by the U.S "Uranium Bombs"
6- The latest Israeli massacures against unarmed Palestinian Civilians. Please visit Some very disturbing pictures of Israeli tortures to the unarmed Palestinian Civilians.
If I decide to be stupid and ignorant, then I could easily link the above events and the much more ones that were documented in history to Judaism and Christianity. But any normal educated person would seperate these kinds of massacures from religion.
How does Islam view Terrorism?
I responded to similar questions when they were raised by the Anti-Islamic Answering Islam team. You can find my answers at:
Does Islam really allow the killing of innocent unbelievers?
http://www.answering-christianity.com/quran/persecute.htm
http://www.answering-christianity.com/quran/propagate.htm
http://www.answering-christianity.com/apostates.htm
I would like to conclude my answer by presenting the following two Noble Verses from the Noble Quran:
"...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...(The Noble Quran, 5:32)" In this Noble Verse we clearly see that Allah Almighty honors all the innocent souls that He created. Killing any innocent soul is so hated by Allah Almighty that He considers it as a crime against all of Mankind.
"Those who invoke not, with God, any other god, nor slay such life as God has made sacred except for just cause, nor commit fornication; - and any that does this (not only) meets punishment. (The Noble Quran, 25:68)" In this Noble Verse we clearly see that Allah Almighty considers the innocent soul "sacred". He will punish those who kill the innocent souls (by throwing them in hell).
"It may be that God will grant love (and friendship) between you and those whom ye (now) hold as enemies. For God has power (over all things); And God is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful. God forbids you not, with regard to those who fight you not for (your) Faith nor drive you out of your homes, from dealing kindly and justly with them: for God loveth those who are just. God only forbids you, with regard to those who fight you for (your) Faith, and drive you out of your homes, and support (others) in driving you out, from turning to them (for friendship and protection). It is such as turn to them (in these circumstances), that do wrong. (The Noble Quran, 60:7-9)"
A continuation to my answer from brother Nabeel Mahmud; may Allah Almighty always be pleased with him.
Salaam.
Here is more information to add to the terrorism section.
While the media has propgated the Muslims are anti-American nuts, seems like
US government reports say- it ain't so- it's our neigbors to the south!
Fellow Christians.
Latest stats from CIA's website:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/di/products/terrorism/antiUS.gif
From iView's.com- Patterns of Global Terrorism Report:
"The scare rhetoric also shaped the State Department report, "Patterns of
Global Terrorism: 1999," claiming that "The primary terrorist threats to the
United States emanate from two regions, South Asia and the Middle East,"
even though statistics provided therein belied the claim. Amongst the 169
anti-US attacks including bombings reported for 1999, 96 emanated from Latin
America, 30 from Western Europe, 9 from Eurasia, 16 from Africa, 11 from the
Middle East, and 6 from Asia. The report listed Syria, Iran, Iraq and Libya,
but not Israel as "state sponsors" of terrorism..."
http://www.iviews.com/scripts/articles/stories/default.cfm?ID=5648&category_id=39
Does Islam really allow the killing of innocent unbelievers?
Is suicide bombing against Israel allowed in Islam?
My explanation to the "Attack" on the US from the Islamic perspective.
Unbelievers: Be persecuted or forgiven?
Human equality and freedom in Islam V.S. Christianity.
