Democracy and Islam....

[Loosehead]

Not really news but this section seems appropriate.
OK it's Friday time for a discussion....
Why does Islam not generally lend itself to democracy? discuss.

[NH]

Because no authority should be thought of as higher than Allah?

OK, so I don't really know, but I think some more fervent Muslims would agree with that. Maybe...

[admarlow]

I actually think that Islam has been hijacked by a load of psycopaths to suit their own agenders, (see Saddam, Bin Laden, 9/11 bombers, 7/7 bombers, al Hamza, The entire Taliban, the Iranian government....et al) So actuall I don;t think islam is the problem but its interpretation

[NH]

Ward~Minter. Your comments aren't so much offensive by the claims made in them, but more that you don't even support those claims.

I'll take you seriously if you show us, from the Koran, where it "advocates the rape of non-muslim women...etc."

Until then, I'll write you off as a BNP fanatic.

[admarlow]

^^ I think hes got you NH

[ummmm1]

Oh yes

[Ric.ror]

I would not mind seeing the picture of David Bowie.
Am I being really stupid but where are the TV links

[jump79]

If some people think the Koran preaches hate and child molestation etc etc, then that is their interpretation of it.
This is one way of diffrentiating between moderate (normal) people and extremists (loonies) who will gauge whatever meaning they want out of a text for their own motives. Saying that, IMO, Saddam and Bin Laden would probably have agreed on these interpretations advocating hate which goes to show evil people think alike.

[johnlambert]

fender,
Where are you going to find a muslim ABer on a friday afternoon? [edited by ABED]

[johnlambert]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^6
sticking their ars�s in the air

[admarlow]

^^^uh oh!!!

Ive never actually seen an ABer say they were muslim but there must be some , maybe mat66 or keyvan?

[Dom Tuk]

matt66 stated he is white scottish. Dont think he is muslim or else he would have said it, he has not been shy on this forum.

[admarlow]

Dom Tuk as you well know you can be white, scottish and a muslim (its just unlikley!)

[tyler06]

Has anyone noticed....[edited by ABED]

[johnizere]

jump79...something for you to read....you can 'interpret' any way you like, looks pretty convincing to me. read the whole page., especially when it quotes the Koran. Ok, I know some will say it's out of context (yet again), and I am looking for the nicer bits, must http://pedestrianinfidel.blogspot.com/2005/09/ axis-of-islam-verses-of-hate.html to be in there somewhere.