How do radical Muslims rationalize natural disasters in their own part of the world?
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Even the general Muslim population are living a myth.  The so-called religion is only divisive, and anything that divides us as people cannot be construed as religion, ever.\n\nThe word pure simply means whole, honest, without blemish, without flaw, real, genuine.\n\nReligion attempts to formulate our relationships with one another and with God. Relationships are real. Prophets are concerned about how we treat one another and get along with one another. People come closer to God by coming closer to one another.\n\nChurches are big on preaching what to do, but churches (all of them) are human institutions and flawed. Churches are often the worst when it comes to practicing what is preached.\n\nSo a true prophet is interested in our relationships, and in people. Churches are interested in the business side, the money, the rules, the restrictions. God never intended to start any business.\n\nThe so called Muslim religion as practiced is a distortion and an anamoly.  It is not religion in the better sense of the use of the word.  Any time we purport to hurt someone, anyone, that cannot be justified ever.
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This is a really big question. Some muslims say that the real reason for their dependence on western countries is because they have been huminilated by them, which could be partly true giving that most muslim countries have been invaded by different western countries.\n\nOn the other hand, muslims say that their jihad is to spread their message to the world and if someone stops them he would be a sinner who should be fought.
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There was an old tribal practice of chiefs trading first born sons and raising the other's as their own,  to ensure that neither would raid or do harm to the other's tribe (and therefore harm his own son and the people he relies on!)\n\nIf militant Islamists are a threat, I would think that the SAFE thing to do would be to have a high population of moderate Islamists living in your land and among your people, influencing government, teaching children......by integrating a high number of non-radicals into the fabric of society, another Muslim who is more radical might  be more likely to say "well, I don't want to kill tens of thousands of Allah's people...."  rather than having them look at you as the a prospering nation if Infidels who evicted their cousins!
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Muslims don't believe in that.You can not find this in Quran nor in Hadith. God says in Quran that if you kill one person, for me it's like you have killed everyone(it's something that he won't forgive)Muslims are only allowed to go to war if some one attacked them they aren't allowed to start a war.(Mohammad him self NEVER started a war) and the last thing is that there is no such thing as Holy war that CNN is making up for Muslims.
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osama is not real and it's a way to ciphon money and run.\ncon men extrodinaire.\nwho knows?\nobviously these people are poor and think they need it.\nif they would really seek God they would see the fire burning the earth right now.
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I agree that there is a problem. Their agenda is to make everyone in the whole world follow Islam by choice, by force or they must face death.\nPeople would rather stick their heads in the sand and deny the problem than admit that there is a problem, however, to destroy another person or another religion means that you are no better than they.\nThere are Muslim men in North America who are trying to get a law passed so that they will have the right to kill their wife or their children if they do something that displeases them.
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The radicals driven by religion because of promises of 72 virgins in heaven for waging Jihad against the west has affected us more than we think.\n\nThe HUNDREDS of BILLIONS of dollars spent on the war alone plus substancial millitary budgets have taken so much money away from other areas that need that money such as welfare, education, infrastructure.. and the list goes on.\n\nUnfortunately the terrorists in the middle east want to kill anyone who isn't a Muslim, and even if they are they'll kill you for being in the United States if you are not involved in such splinter cells.... Lukily they do not have that capability...yet.\n\nI hope this answers your question!
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hmm, there was this thing that happened in our history, what was it,\n\noh yes,  for the last 15 to 1400 years the radical muslim islamic movement has been killing civilians in order to make the whole planet an islamic caliphate,\n\nI could give you the BS answer of September 11 but there is a history on Earth of this movement again and again trying to take over governments,\n\none example that comes to mind is China in 1421, where the progress of that nation that was ahead of the rest of the world 400 years came to a hault, \n\nso it is a threat because of a) I kind of like the progress of science, b) i don't want to worship their fu(king god allah, and c) I kind of like my wife geting an education and getting to go to work and not having to wear no god damned vail, and d) I like voting for my leaders, the american constition, and of course e) my civil liberites, right to trial by jury afforded my via US constitution,\n\nmy advice to the US govt,  find all muslims that want to kill civilians and have the means to do so, money, weapons, and kill them first,\nsecond, convince islamic leaders and leaders in these countries to not spread the seeds of hate, for the true religion is a peaceful one
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What a question!  At first I felt ABSOLUTELY...but, after thinking about it...NO.  Not all Muslims are radical.   I think it would be better to attack the countries and DESTROY the ones that are harboring the terrorists.
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Terrorism is perfectly justified by a worldview that there is no God. In such a society, people are free to make whatever rules appeal to themselves. It is only the biblical standard, and similar standards in other religions (but not Islam) that keeps people from doing whatever enters their minds to do.
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A more important rule:\nIf enemies attack or invade an islamic land, it is up to the muslims to fight and protect it.\n\nThe prophecy is true, no doubt, but we can't just sit there and do nothing.
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Well, they could do with being a lot less radical and extreme, but you can't blame them for being enraged by the desecration of Muhammad.  How would you like it if someone completely and utterly defiled the leader of your religion?
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It depends Islam has different branches too.\nAnd they are all different. Just like Christianity. Look At Ireland.\nBut main cause of terrorism is social when they do not have jobs and lost their families at war people are very sensitive and hurt they tend to turn in to the religion and there comes the mullah who use the religion for the power and money and brain wash these people.\nSo not all muslims are terrosits. \nBut I came from middle east and i think those wars will never end till the end of the time.\nI am a Muslim but the good gave people some common sense to use as well.\nIf god is going to send me to the heaven with those hijackers. I would prefer to go to the hell.
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The obvious answer is because one operates from within and one from without. I think that your real query is that of motivations. The international are the age old bandits that have always existed. The real internal terrorists are a whole different thing, they can have many motivators and in all cases should not have been allowed to progress to action. The problem that generated them should be tended to in a sustainable manner not a stop gap, and not later, that's what has us here in the first place. Balance is not an option just ask nature, she is answering us now, but the evil sing to distract and take the last on the plate.
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The radical/militant Muslim is utterly convenced that he is acting on the will and authority of Allah.  Therefore, all who oppose him are opposed to the will of Allah.  There are severe penalties in the Islamic world for opposition to the will of Allah and the radical/militant is happy to apply them.  Does not lend itself to the free exchange of viewpoints.
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Well, may I say, Sir, that the birth of Islam, itself was in violence?\n\nThe fact that they have a Religious and Political Agenda to Dominate the World is open Knowledge.\n\nSo, whether they are provoked or not,  will not make any difference at all.  Ultimately, they will attack all of us. Even at the risk of being martyrs.  Because that's what their Religion is all about.  Others before me have already detailed this.\n\nIf they speak of different interpretations, I'd caution you to remember that it is written in their Koran that must resort to deception and cunning to defeat the infidel.\n\nSo, I guess it's not an option for us, Sir; because that's what they are.  We can't help it.  We can either fight back or be killed.\n\nThat's the set of choices we will have.
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Islam condemns all the violence which happened in the Crusades, in Spain, in WW II, or by acts of people like the Rev. Jim Jones, David Koresh, Dr. Baruch Goldstein, or the atrocities committed in Bosniaby the Christian Serbs. Anyone who is doing violence is not practicing his religion at that time. However, sometimes violence is a human response of oppressed people as it happens in Palestine. Although this is wrong, they think of this as a way to get attention. There is a lot of terrorism and violence in areas where there is no Muslim presence. For example, in Ireland, South Africa, Latin America, and Sri Lanka. Sometimes the violence is due to a struggle between those who have with those who do not have, or between those who are oppressed with those who are oppressors. We need to find out why people become terrorists. Unfortunately, the Palestinians who are doing violence are called terrorists, but not the armed Israeli settlers when they do the same sometimes even against their own people. As it turned out to be in the Oklahoma City bombing, sometime Muslims are prematurely blamed even if the terrorism is committed by non-Muslims. Sometimes those who want Peace and those who oppose Peace can be of the same religion. \n\nLastly I would like to quote from the Holy Quran\n\n[Chapter 5, verse 32], that "anyone who saves one life, it is as if he has saved the whole of mankind and anyone who has killed another person (except in lieu of murder or mischief on earth) it is as if he has killed the whole of mankind." \n\nIf you have any question please e-mail me at askmuslims1@yahoo.com or visit my site http://askmuslims.com and learn the basics of Islam.