bigtoughralf wrote:My original point was that selectively picking out some violent quotes from the Quran is a total misrepresentation of both the Quran and of Islam in general, your strawmen are now so wildly far away from that original point that I'm worried about straining something if I respond directly.
Here is another impotent response and weak argument by ralf. There is no significant refutation offered here. I will go back to ignoring softweakRalph. It is not worth my time to read most of his posts.
When a few members of Islam use quotes from the Quran to justify violence against the infidels, non-believers, and those who are not Muslim, THAT does equal (to me) a religion of peace. Ralf refuses to even admit to this possibility.
And then there is violence committed by Shia against Sunni and the violence of Sunni against Shia. I will offer more evidence of these acts of violence. I wonder if ralf cares to address any of these attacks by "peaceful Muslims" while Shia Muslims are at prayer. Where is ralf's outrage of systematic attacks on Shia Muslims while they gather to PRAY?
Has ralf even posted once about his indignation over such atrocities of Muslims killing other Muslims? BUT he will rant relentlessly about how ONE mentally ill Dane, a convert to the Muslim faith, kills several in Norway because of some vague "Western values." What about values that celebrate and encourage Muslims to kill and to even kill other Muslims? Can anyone say "hypocrite"?
https://www.cfr.org/sunni-shia-divide/#!/https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/10/25/afghanistan-surge-islamic-state-attacks-shiaAfghanistan: Surge in Islamic State Attacks on Shia
ISIS Affiliate’s Targeted Killings Amount to Crimes Against Humanity
(New York) –The Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP), an armed group affiliated with the Islamic State (ISIS), is carrying out bombings and other targeted attacks against Afghanistan’s Shia religious minority that amount to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today. The group has also carried out other mass casualty attacks, including the August 29, 2021 suicide bombing at Kabul’s airport that killed 170 Afghans, mostly civilians.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/15/1046287550/suicide-bombers-attack-mosque-afghanistanSuicide bombers kill nearly 50 at a Shiite mosque in Afghanistan
Updated October 15, 202111:44 AM ET
The attack appears to bear the hallmarks of last week's suicide bombing at a Shiite mosque in northern Kunduz province that killed at least 45 people and wounded dozens more — timed for maximum casualties during Friday prayers that typically attract the largest number of worshippers.
The earlier attack was claimed by the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, which views Shiite Muslims as apostates and opposes the Taliban regime. While the Taliban have pledged to restore order in Afghanistan after decades of war, since they seized full control of the country in August, the ISIS affiliate has increased attacks in the country.
The attack came only a week after a similar blast killed dozens of Shiite worshippers in the country's north.
Friday's explosion occurred at the Fatimiya mosque in central Kandahar, a Taliban spokesman told the AP. Local officials described it as a Shiite mosque. The cause of the blast isn't yet clear, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
A group of suicide bombers attacked a Shiite mosque in southern Afghanistan, triggering explosions that killed dozens of people during crowded Friday prayers.
According to The Associated Press, Hafiz Sayeed, the Taliban's chief for Kandahar's department of culture and information, said 47 people had been killed and at least 70 wounded in the attack.
