[klaatumail] Re: Fwd: Fw: How Big is Walmart?
- From: Marc Tobolski <marc_tobolski@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 12:09:15 -0700
'In fact, could we?'. Could we what? Kill folks we disagree with? Kill folks
that endorse violence against others? Would this be for their words or their
actions? Your question seems to absolve action but not rhetoric.
Epically absurd, but that may have been what you were going for.
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On May 2, 2011, at 11:41 AM, Wesle Dymoke <wesdym@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> "At a lecture, back in 1989, I was asked a question about blasphemy
> according
> to Islamic Law, I simply repeated the legal view according to my limited
> knowledge of the Scriptural texts, based directly on historical commentaries
> of
> the Qur'an. The next day the newspaper headlines read, "Cat Says, Kill
> Rushdie." I was abhorred [appalled?], but what could I do? I was a new
> Muslim.
> If you ask a Bible student to quote the legal punishment of a person who
> commits blasphemy in the Bible, he would be dishonest if he didn't mention
> Leviticus 24:16" -- Yusuf Islam
> Islam appropriately must answer for the stupid things he's said, but that's a
> far cry from actively supporting terrorism. And if voicing support for a body
> of
> thought that some interpret to support violence, then we need to equally hang
> Charlie Daniels. In fact, could we?
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Bradley, David" <David_Bradley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <klaatumail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 7:18:14 AM
> Subject: [klaatumail] Re: Fwd: Fw: How Big is Walmart?
>
>> In the case of Yusuf Islam, I don't think
>> there's any credible evidence linking him
>> to terrorism.
>
> I suppose that depends on your personal definition of terrorism.
>
> Yusuf Islam has publicly stated that Salman Rushdie should be killed for
> writing
> The Satanic Verses because that offends Allah.
>
>
> #1, That, to me, is using the threat of murder to silence someone you
> disagree
> with, which, to me, is the entire point of terrorism. Make you afraid and you
> won't oppose me. Fill you with terror and you won't oppose me. Scare you,
> and
> you won't oppose me.
>
> #2, The whole, "it offends Allah" reason behind such murders is absurd. Allah
> is
> an all powerful being according to Islam. Therefore, he can take his revenge
> or
> retribution directly and doesn't need humans to kill in his name. This
> betrays
> the underlying purpose for such actions is more to strike terror than to
> exact
> retribution.
>
> So again, in my eyes, you've failed to adequately plead your case.
>
> Dave
>
>
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