As I have said, Islam is a religion of hatred. Better to call it what it is rather than sugar coating it with adjectives modifying the word, e.g., "radical Islam". No, Islam is Islam, a religion wherein violent subjugation of infidels is required.
[FONT="]The famous Muslim scholar and “father of modern history” Ibn Khaldun states the dichotomy between jihad and defensive warfare thus:[/FONT]
[FONT="]In the Muslim community, the holy war [i.e. jihad] is a religious duty, because of the universalism of the Muslim mission and the obligation to convert everybody to Islam either by persuasion or by force... The other religious groups did not have a universal mission, and the holy war was not a religious duty for them, save only for purposes of defense... They are merely required to establish their religion among their own people. That is why the Israeilites after Moses and Joshua remained unconcerned with royal authority [e.g. a “caliphate”]. Their only concern was to establish their religion [not spread it to the nations]… But Islam is under obligation to gain power over other nations (The Muqudimmah, vol. 1 pg. 473).[/FONT]
Pay special attention to the violence now part of the Sharia, Muhammad’s Sunna (4:24, 4:92, 8:69, 24:33, 33:21, 33:50), and the sword and anti-Christian verses of the Qur’an (e.g., 4:74, 4:91, 8:12, 9:5, 9:29, 33:35-36, 59:2).
Let examine the evidence:
Allah is remote and not intimate: Surah 112
Allah has no Son: Surah 2:116
Allah is not a Trinity: Surah 5:72
Allah does not love unconditionally: Surah 8:53
Jesus is not God: Surah 5:72
Gabriel is the Holy Spirit: Surah 2:193
The conclusion? Not the same God of Scripture.
Islam is nothing more than medieval Mormonism claiming that the Bible is incorrect and in need of further interpretation, thus Islam, like Mormonism, claims to be the one, true, faith, with the added twist that that "one true faith" will be imposed by the "virtuous" act of a bloody scimitar for your own good. :AMR:
AMR
"The conclusion? Not the same God of Scripture."
Amen to that!