The Dialogue of Civilizations ( Dr. Badawi's Opening Statements - 1 of 3 )

[SilkRouteTrader]

There is theory, interpretation, and what is written in holy books. nothing wrong with this and all such have to be encouraged. And then there are facts. Is it not factual that most wars happened in the history of Islamic countries and the high level of violence and aggression in muslims even in 2011? What is the source of this violence, hate, and aggression? This is where westerners conclude that Islam is the source. if not, what is the right source?

[reubenmuhammad]

Excellent! Al-Hamduli-llah!

Thank you!

RM

[amiranicholleatwork]

This is the man who taught me Islam, use to go to the Chebucto Masjid and hear him speak, this is why when people tell me they teach hate at the Mosques I don't understand LOL Shout out Halifax

[DivineLove247]

Petrichanin,

How many MUSLIMS, not Moslems do you know, that you are JUDGING that not enough Muslims are liberal spirited?

The fact is, it is the Christian mentality which is invading, and occupying Muslim lands, which is the reason for the clash of civilization!

[agnostaxian]

Friend, the US and Europe do not have a "Christian mentality" nor are they Christian. Both have embraced a basic pagan worldview. Think of Arabia before Muhammad under the control of the Quraish or Rome and Greece before xianity. This is the west today. If you look at today's Humanistic perspective and that of the ancient pagans, you will find the similarities striking.

[DivineLove247]

Agnostaxian,

Yoe are CORRECT in your analyses, that the West, which is on a BLOODY collision course with the Islamic World, is ACTALLY PAGAN, rather than Christian,

The problem is when Bush and bLIAR tell the world again and again that they are born again Christians.

[petrichanin]

DivineLove247,

First - in English one can write Moslems (as well as Muslims) - check it in the dictionary!

Second - I know a lot of Moslems because my country is 15% Moslem... I have a very good friend she-Moslem...we are colleagues in the university. she is very very kind person and very liberal as well...

[petrichanin]

Ah! and something else-it is very difficult to say who is the invader! Before Islam Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Libia and so on and so on were Christian lands.....so-who is the Invader??? the Balkans(plus my counrty) were invaded by the Moslem Ottomans... this is a stupid question- "who is the invader?".everybody was invader and was invaded in the course of history...

[ariffcts]

petrichanin how many muslim armies are currently in christian countries tell me.. see no body is talking about invasion before world war 2.. i can talk about colonisation, crusades, inquisition, burning at stake, elimination of native peoples from entire continents etc.. what we are talkin about is current situation..what we are saying is the people in west talk about democracy but many regimes in the west support some of the dictatorships in islamic countries.. invade countries using lies...

[ariffcts]

iraq for example..using double standards and hypocrisy in dealing with countries with majority muslim population etc.. christians have invaded more countries than muslims ever will ... also the proper term to use is "Muslim" not moslem because its pronunciation does not match with the pronunciation in Arabic

[petrichanin]

Arabic is not the Universal Criterion!:)))

So why not Moslem!!?:)

In Bulgarian language Bulgarian individual is 'balgarin" not bUlgarin...but in English is BUlgarian...so this is a stupid conversation. Moslem in right just as Muslim.....

[ariffcts]

Muslim is derived from Arabic is it not.. when a group of people preferred to be called as muslims instead of moslems you think that is absurd why? your name remains your name in whatever language you write correct.. people get offended when some one mispronounces their name , is it not? same here...

[petrichanin]

Finland is the international name for one of the Scandinavian countries... But the people of Finland call themselves and their country Suomi. so where is the problem!

[petrichanin]

mihail is hebrew name but is is Mihail in Bulgarian, Mihailos in Greek, Michael in English, Mikele in Italian, Michel in French and so on...so in arabic it is muslim but in english it is moslem!:))

[ariffcts]

In English it is Muslim... moslem was used before... . if you call my name by what its not that is not correct.. dont you agree? I say my name is not that then why are you calling me by a name which is not mine.. I am not a moslem I am a muslim..hope you get my point..

[SuperMaryam16]

@petrichanin no, it is not.... not at all... Muslim... that is the right ronounciation. let's just say your name is eric, would you want me to call you orac? i don't think so. The word "moslem" has no meaning. it is muslim

[petrichanin]

I like the liberate spirit in the opinion of Dr. Badawi! I wish more moslems thought like him!!!

[mustafagtgt]

His view is the view of many Muslims...your understanding of Isalm must have been limited from the start.