CameronPoe wrote:
lowing wrote:
Nope but I bet I can find quotes that represent the true teaching of Muhammad couldn't I? If anything the radicals are practicing their religion as it is written, it is the moderates who are not practicing real Islam.
Short lesson on Islam for lowing:
In brief, war is permitted:
* in self defence
* when other nations have attacked an Islamic state
* if another state is oppressing its own Muslims
War should be conducted:
* in a disciplined way
* so as to avoid injuring non-combatants
* with the minimum necessary force
* without anger
* with humane treatment towards prisoners of war
Islam bans the killing of non-combatants (Qur'an 2:190, above), or of a combatant who has been captured.
Abu Bakr (the First Caliph) gave these rules to an army he was sending to battle:
Do not commit treachery or deviate from the right path.
You must not mutilate dead bodies.
Neither kill a child, nor a woman, nor an aged man.
Bring no harm to the trees, nor burn them with fire, especially those which are fruitful.
Slay not any of the enemy's flock, save for your food.
You are likely to pass by people who have devoted their lives to monastic services; leave them alone