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May God show us all the straight path, Ameen! The Miracle of the Holy Quran - Dr. Husain Sattar (graduate from University of Chicago Pritzker School of ...
+Pizzo Vitolo Hahahahahah, you are FULL OF SHIT.The Nazis wanted the state to rule over people, nothing else. The only reason why they didn't kill christians aswell is because they didn't have as much public support for it as the jews, since the average german was christian, but NOT the average nazi. The few millions of people who died in America and Africa are nothing compared to all the millions of Europeans who died because of muslim invaders from the east. All that happend BEFORE colonization.
who killed 6 million jews?CHRISTIAN germanswho killed millions of indians in americaCHRISTIAN immigrantswho killed millions of african people?CHRISTIANSsoshut up and be ashamed you lier rassist
+Blade Strikes don't act like people that were born in Europe and has a family of European people don't rape and murder... You have been brainwashed by the media
+Ahmed127 no sane woman would worship a child fucking rapist. ahmed Muhammad wrote a book an told everyone how much he likes to rape children and you read that ..... AND TURNED THE PAGE AND KEPT READING!!!!! FUCK YOU < FUCK ISLAM < FUCK MUHAMMAD you are all retarded! no matter what you say, everyone knows he was a pedophile your hero is a pedophile. also a murdering thief. also a liar , also a cross dresser. HE WORE AISHAS CLOTHS GIRL CLOTHS you worship a man who wore girl cloths.... wait was Muhammad gay or something that sounds really GAY dude.
+Ahmed127 I appreciate the eloquent response. :) I will try to return the favour.You are right in questioning the term "forced" - it is a term that is not easy to define. When I use it, I don't mean violent force like you insinuate, which of course is quite rare. What I mean is this: she has been convinced by her parents to memorize this. She can't possibly have done it out of her own free will, and out of her reasoning faculties, because they have not developed fully yet. To repeat myself: obviously, this is something you would be against if it were regarding any other material. If you reflect on that, you see my position. I cannot see any strong argument for why this cannot be the sequence instead: 1. she grows enough as to be able to really understand the claims being made by the content of the Qur'an, 2. she decides, without the supervision of parents or imams, that this content is the only, final and divine truth, and 3. she then memorizes the verses, which the text orders her to.I do want to say that I understand both your logic, which I personally think is faulty, and your intentions, which I'm sure are most benevolent. In your mind, she is being given the greatest gift possible from a parent - through this gift of a Islamic upbringing, she will be spared from eternal hellfire and punishment. Who wouldn't want to grant their child that? My friend, who left his family of Jehovah's Witnesses, experienced his mother's great sadness because he would be led astray, and ultimately end up missing the eternal joy of heaven. I understand her. But the reasoning behind this is based on a claim for which there can be no evidence, namely that there is a god who will judge our actions and either reward or punish us eternally. Here the division between us appears. Since religion is based on faith and not reason, I can give no arguments to convince you, something I will not try to do. But since I know from empirical evidence that both high morals (of the same quality as the Abrahamitic religions claim) and a peaceful soul can be attained without resorting to faith-based beliefs and the consequent dogmatic ordinations, I feel it as my obligation to say this clearly. I wish to combine it with expressing my love and respect for all persons - it's the ideas I'm critical against.PS. I have to emphasize that any possible feeling of pleasure she might get from the act of recitation does not count as an argument. There are children's songs she could memorize and get the same feeling of pleasure.
Mr. Leckius (my friend) you are making some large assumptions. What makes you think she is being forced? Do you see any chains on her, is she being beaten and ordered to repeat? Quite the contrary, she seems quite content and even happy reciting the Qur'an. In our opinion (that of Muslims) why shouldnt she be, when its the book of her creator.
+Ahmed127 Unfortunately he is right about how this looks in the eyes of a non-believer. The proof is this: reflect upon if the child's parents were Atheists, and that the child was forced to learn to repeat "The God Delusion" by Richard Dawkins, without possibly being able to understand any of it. How would you feel?We would feel the same if the child's parents were Jews or Christians. This is neither racist nor prejudiced - the statement is simply: what is being shown in the clip is morally harmful, according to us. A child should not be forced into any religion. Let the child make up his or her own thoughts about the big questions, and then share your religion with your child after the age of 18.
+Yuba Mazigh Muslims have the right to (lie) it is called TAQIYYA.Because Allah is the great MAKARA (deceiver) Noble Qur'an surah 3:54. (Moroccan girl)
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