Challenging misconception of Islam - CNN

Author Deepak Chopra discusses the misconceptions surrounding Islam and advocates tolerance and understanding.

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[SirGriefALot]

Until they realize that it's wrong to threaten or harm people who insult Muhammad, destroy a Koran, or for wearing pants if you're a woman, they have NO RIGHT to whine about how some people don't like them.

[alio122000]

@SirGriefALot So just to make sure I get what your saying is almost 2 billion people around the globe should stop protecting the prophet who has brought the book that has every answer to every problem in our world ( to know this you would have to read it first hand not listen to others) and second to STOP getting angry when their holy scriptures which is something they deeply care for ( why not leave their holy book alone why want to burn it and not expect them to threaten us and we.....

[alio122000]

@alio122000 come along and act like angles and say "why are they terrorizing us" ) third and also they should stop protecting the dignity of women ( be realistic, in the west women are treated like pieces of meat. You cannot generalize the whole religion of Islam when a few only beat women.) also when women put on a veil its for their own sake (men will always be men) and last they may whine all they want, we whine about how the whole world is not as " perfect " as us. :)

[killjack123]

@htgajjar oh keep ur bullshit with you.islam does NOT preach 2 kill innocent people, n wat the hell is 'islamic terrorism' huh? if a man does wrong does not mean the religion asked him 2 do so, its common sense, u are a MAD person who needs education. AND common sense. n u quote Quran out of context. islam does not tell us to hate.

[killjack123]

@htgajjar you dont make sense. islam is peace, its ur media which is a liar.US started all hate, violence , by 9 11, an inside job. and before calin muslims violence look at ur self 1st, wat did amercia do with iraq n its ppl? you become blind to that huh?

[youngs1ncere]

everything that happens that is good in life comes from Allah

everything that happens that is not good, I take the responsibility.

PEACE, LOVE, BLESSINGS TO EVERYBODY WE ARE ALL FAMILY!

[helikestv]

@wajidmajid Don't tell it to me. Tell it to the people all over the world who commit these heinous acts under the impression that it's what Allah wants them to do. If their interpretation of the Quran is wrong, they are the ones who need to be set right on it.

If you convince an American atheist on Youtube that the Quran is peaceful, you've accomplished very little. Convince a radical muslim of it, and you might save a life.

[Hanzo33333]

@Hanzo33333 there's a lot more ...

[Hanzo33333]

Additional Notes:

Muslims are allowed to lie to unbelievers in order to defeat them. The two forms are:

Taqiyya - Saying something that isn't true.

Kitman - Lying by omission. An example would be when Muslim apologists quote only a fragment of verse 5:32 (that if anyone kills "it shall be as if he had killed all mankind") while neglecting to mention that the rest of the verse (and the next) mandate murder in undefined cases of "corruption" and "mischief."

[Hanzo33333]

@Hanzo33333 Bukhari (50:369) - Recounts the murder of a poet, Ka'b bin al-Ashraf, at Muhammad's insistence. The men who volunteered for the assassination used dishonesty to gain Ka'b's trust, pretending that they had turned against Muhammad. This drew the victim out of his fortress, whereupon he was brutally slaughtered despite putting up a ferocious struggle for his life.

[Hanzo33333]

@Hanzo33333 Bukhari (84:64-65) - Speaking from a position of power at the time, Ali confirms that lying is permissible in order to deceive an "enemy."

Muslim (32:6303) - "...he did not hear that exemption was granted in anything what the people speak as lie but in three cases: in battle, for bringing reconciliation amongst persons and the narration of the words of the husband to his wife, and the narration of the words of a wife to her husband ."

[Hanzo33333]

@Hanzo33333 From the Hadith:

Bukhari (52:269) - "The Prophet said, 'War is deceit.'" The context of this is thought to be the murder of Usayr ibn Zarim and his thirty unarmed men by Muhammad's men after he "guaranteed" them safe passage (see Additional Notes below).

Bukhari (49:857) - "He who makes peace between the people by inventing good information or saying good things, is not a liar." Lying is permitted when the end justifies the means.

[Hanzo33333]

@Hanzo33333 Qur'an (3:54) - "And they (the disbelievers) schemed, and Allah schemed (against them): and Allah is the best of schemers." The Arabic word used here for scheme (or plot) is makara, which literally means deceit. If Allah is deceitful toward unbelievers, then there is little basis for denying that Muslims are allowed to do the same. (See also 8:30 and 10:21)

[Hanzo33333]

@Hanzo33333 Qur'an (40:28) - A man is introduced as a believer, but one who must "hide his faith" among those who are not believers.

Qur'an (2:225) - "Allah will not call you to account for thoughtlessness in your oaths, but for the intention in your hearts" The context of this remark is marriage, which explains why Sharia allows spouses to lie to each other for the greater good.

Qur'an (66:2) - "Allah has already ordained for you, (O men), the dissolution of your oaths"

[Hanzo33333]

@wajidmajid ok, Qur'an (16:106) - Establishes that there are circumstances that can "compel" a Muslim to tell a lie.

Qur'an (3:28) - This verse tells Muslims not to take those outside the faith as friends, unless it is to "guard themselves."

Qur'an (9:3) - "...Allah and His Messenger are free from liability to the idolaters..." The dissolution of oaths with the pagans who remained at Mecca following its capture. They did nothing wrong, but were evicted anyway.