Why most people thinks that Muslims are Bad???

You got that right on spot. The non believers of this religion are called infidel that should be erased by all means by the followers.

But so does Christianity refer to non-believers in Christians as pagan. :( I think that part of their scripture is adulterated...I mean it must have been reproduced many times because back then there were no printing presses, or computers, or laser printers. So they were manually writing that stuff. Not everybody was educated either. This meant those who were educated had the privilege of inserting something that was not originally there in Koran. They might have inserted it to show others in bad light because of their personal prejudices, or might have bowed down to the wishes of some powerful persons. Whatever it is, there are parts of all religion that dont blend well with other parts of their religion.

I personally feel violent outbursts are usually caused by factors such as a. Injustice b. Lack of education and art of expression.. c. Cultural differences in interpretations of regular transactions leading to misunderstandings, ridicule, or deals as not desired - unintentional injustice d. Constant reminders of the past (this happens even in marriages that eventually break down) e. Regular ridiculing so that the matter remains on the mind of the older as well as upcoming generation - if a person is made to constantly ruminate over such things.. f. Inadequate food and liquid intake g. Deprivation of love or other desires May be the verses and words in Koran have some phonetic component that does affect the brain waives. However, I have met plenty of sane muslims. I dont go out of way to provoke them, nor do they provoke me. Why then we go out of curiosity to shake them up and then scream our guts out ..hey these people are bad..a dog is good for the master and family members, and acquaintences, but the same dog would be bad for others. Even we would be like that..if the tables were turned.

Hi Vandy, thank you for the kind remarks. To date I thought I understand Hindi as it is spoken in the Indian films , but reading this passage I realized it is a bit different. Yes I totally agree with the message. I can not correct you or someone else as I do not have control over you or someone else. But sure I can correct myself and by doing that I can make sure to have at least 1 individual corrected.

Oh no Naseem..that is an ancient language..Hindi was once spoken like that..lol In fact, even in Bible you will find English that is there is different from modern one. So languages undergo change. Interpretation can therefore often be a shot in the dark, right? :)

That is so honest.. I wish our folks could be that honest too.. There are fanatics everywhere in every religion. Why only one religion is picked, I dont understand. There are wrongs in every religion. :( Do you understand Hindi Naseem? There is a Kabir's couplet..Bura dhondan main chala, bura na miliya koi, jo man dhoondo aapro, mujhso bura no koi. Meaning, I ventured out in search of bad, but I found none. When I seached my mind, I realized I was the worst. I love this one. I wish people would read stuff like this. So profound.

Hold on, I am not saying they should not follow their culture, only that they should curtail it when it clashes with ours all the best, urban

all the best, urban

Well I thought about it, and I did feel you were right. I mean if the face was mostly covered, then it would be difficult to describe the assailant. I agree with you. It is unhealthy as well breathing in that carbon dioxide instead of fresh air. Their special attire may have come to prevent sand from entering their nostrils and mouth in sand storms and blizzards. But using the same clothes in other places is not necessary. I wish somebody could rationalize it with them. Most of them are so closed to reasoning. :(

I thought the same as you when I heard that. But then realized, they may want to stop the violence, but they use violence to gain peace? Perhaps it is the machismo of the mideastern male? I don't doubt for a minute that there are Muslims who want peace. I do understand, they FEAR the radicals as much as I do. But the fact remains, it is the radicals who are fighting a very real physical jihad and whose plan is to overthrow the West and impose Islam on them, that are killing those peaceful, non violent Muslims as well as the infidel.

You put it well Debra..but under these circumstances, what should be the solution?

Debra..fear. I know for certain that is there in their minds. They are afraid that should things escalate their own will be there for them. But if they oppose the radicals and go across, then they are at a greater risk. The opposition has enough fanatics to kill them, and their own folks will not come to their rescue then. So they are there in that group because they are TRAPPED. I know my friends are in that position..:(

Just one more thing..this You Tube clipping just confirms my earlier stand. If Taimur the Lame becomes Tamerlane then we have to accept that history is not recorded accutrately, right? And this is comparatively recent stuff. If we have to confirm the accuracy of the period in which Koran was written, it would be almost impossible. So yes, all holy books that are now available have distortions like Tamerlane. :) We cant be figting over that type of stuff, can we? And debra..before I forget I must add.. Not only the words change, even the type of reporting is different. Words also differ in meanings between one state and another. All such stuff makes history pretty unreliable. And one inconsistency emerging from that clipping...if Romans were indeed very smart and civilization flourished there, then how come they didnt have superior methods to fight and defend their mother land? Many of the muslim rulers of that era could only obey the truly barbaric lot the word Assasin comes from this barbaric tribe.

Personally, I find games like Gladiators, and wrestling and boxing not so nice - inhuman. Anything that requires us to fight each other or animals is straight out from caveman era for me. And such games did exist in Spain, Greece and Roman regions, did they not? So people did enjoy inhuman sports may be? If viewed from that angle, it must have been just a normal course of things.

I am reminded of Mayan and Aztec civilizations and even the marginalization of American Indians by European settlers, and of course the crimes of Spanish seamen. When on sea, no laws applied to them. But did they also cease to be the Christians then? Each era has its own criminal records. Every religion has something or the other to be ashamed of and something or the other to be proud of. Mere absence of records does not mean that there were no crimes committed by members of a particular religion, because as you yourself know libraries were destroyed ..not only by muslims, even by people from other religions. I think there is change in trend primarily because now there is better food and water security than it was during the earlier days because we were not able to harness our natural resources better nor import and export. If we didnt have those discoveries we would still be using swords and killing each other may be. If we could also ensure that there were no fears or hunger pangs while sleeping. And a roof above and good health for everybody. We might grow into better civilization.

I am very sadden of what was happening to our world. Religions taught us to be good and yet in many part of the world religion itself set conflicts between people. It is so sad that because of lunatic people are so successful in using religions that cause hatred to our the world instead of love. Sometimes I even wonder if the world could be better without religion.