> On 30-May-2014, at 9:10 am, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 5/29/2014 8:19 PM, Samiya Illias wrote: >> The previous mail got sent before I could complete it: >> These are people who are committing crimes in the name of religion. You, on >> the outside, are horrified by such acts in the name of Islam, and are >> terrified of it, rightly so. We, on the other hand, live in the midst of >> this blatant violation of the guidance in the Quran! What these elements >> have not been able to find or insert in the Quran, they have created / >> inserted / discovered in other sources, and practice it in the name of God. >> That does not justify their actions, neither do the numbers of the mobs make >> it correct. These are all gross violations of human rights. >> However, all of us humans are here on this earth, on trial, for a brief >> limited period of time, after which we return. God has promised Judgement >> Day and that justice will be established! >> Of course, that does not absolve us from correcting these wrongs here on >> Earth. In fact, it increases our responsibility and duty to spread the >> actual message of the Quran, > > Yes. And since divine reward and punishment is at stake, and means to spread > the message is justified. Just as any means to suppress heresy were > justified for the Inquisition. Torture and lying and war are perfectly > rational means to avoid infinite suffering in an afterlife.
No, torture and lying are not allowed. War can only be called by the head of the state. > >> hoping that sanity will prevail. > > Sanity is proportioning one's belief to the evidence. > > Brent > >> Civil pressure groups and lawyers are trying to advice and implement >> corrections, scholars are speaking up and hope to bring about positive >> changes. >> >> Samiya >> >> >> On 30-May-2014, at 5:28 am, LizR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> So which lot is it who does this sort of thing? Honest question. >>> >>> http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27614359 >>> >>> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/10850212/Iranian-actress-Leila-Hatami-faces-public-flogging.html >>> >>> http://m.inquirer.net/newsinfo/?id=606058 >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Everything List" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Everything List" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Everything List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
