04-28-2017, 11:34 AM
(04-28-2017, 09:28 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: Actually, I know several. One is a leader in the Muslim community here (and a fellow bean counter, it's how I first got to know him). We've had many discussions about Islam, the Qu'ran, the Hadiths, and all of that. I obviously haven't discussed this with every Muslim in the local community, but every one that I have talked about faith with has said they don't follow the Hadith. I actually don't know any Muslim's personally that put a lot of stock in them and I have gotten to know a wide swath of the community here because of my work within the interfaith groups, refugee resettlement, and the charity I am on the board for. Most of them view them only as, essentially, opinions written by religious leaders. They will tell you that, as Mohammed said, only the Qu'ran should be taken as the word of God, all the rest are the words of men, even Mohammed himself.
That's good to hear. Even so, the Quran has plenty of objectionable things in it as well. Yes, so does the Bible (especially the old testament) but, as has been pointed out in links I posted, there's a huge intrinsic difference between islam and christianity. Jesus, was a peaceful "hippy" who was willingly crucified. Mohammad was a warlord who conquered people, converted them at sword point and took slaves. As I said, it's good that these people are out there, they're just woefully outnumbered and in many ways swimming upstream as their faith gives their opponents a lot of ammunition.
