Alain McD.,
I admire the people that have tried to put some sense in your head, I won't even try. I found the pictures horrofying but what horrifies me the most is people like you. You seem to be such a pathetic person, and its weird but it makes me want to add to your islamophobia just for laughs. But I'll be nice and will just try to upset you a little bit by saying that Islam is a wonderful religion that respects individual freedom and is very open to cultural diversity. The Koran is a beautiful and inspiring book full of poetry, humour and profound wisdom and Mohamet was one of the most open-minded men of his time who did a lot for women (read what he said about adultery and war widows),...and I'm not even a muslim, I just read the Koran, the Bible, The Baghavat Gita...and if I were your mother I would give you a spanking...or maybe I would have some muslims over for dinner to teachyou some basic things about life and society. Are you going to have nightmares tonight?

Alain McD.,
I admire the people that have tried to put some sense in your head, I won't even try. I found the pictures horrofying but what horrifies me the most is people like you. You seem to be such a pathetic person, and its weird but it makes me want to add to your islamophobia just for laughs. But I'll be nice and will just try to upset you a little bit by saying that Islam is a wonderful religion that respects individual freedom and is very open to cultural diversity. The Koran is a beautiful and inspiring book full of poetry, humour and profound wisdom and Mohamet was one of the most open-minded men of his time who did a lot for women (read what he said about adultery and war widows),...and I'm not even a muslim, I just read the Koran, the Bible, The Baghavat Gita...and if I were your mother I would give you a spanking...or maybe I would have some muslims over for dinner to teachyou some basic things about life and society. Are you going to have nightmares tonight?

Well at least it isn't fraudulent this time - though it's still a clearly sensationalist image totally divorced from context.

What concerns you about Alan's thread, the fact that they are posted or the idea that they should not be debated? Your post is insulting and smacks of censorship. If it was christian priests stoning homosexuals would you be so critical of the thread creators motives.

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Dave, it is a subject many shy away from for fear of being branded islamophobic. It also a subject that many Muslims find embarrassing but when you consider the barbarity such countries such as the KSA are committing on a daily basis it should be debated without fear of insulting or of being insulted. We debate capital punishment in the west without being branded, why this aversion to debating Islamic cultural executions.

Dave, it is a subject many shy away from for fear of being branded islamophobic.

I must admit the links are not exactly the way to advance a conversation but it does bring home the reality of these horrors that you admit are being committed by those claiming to act with gods authority.

Whether or not a conversation on the topic of Islam's particular abuses is worth having, trying to provoke such a debate through context-free imagery, some of which is blatantly fraudulent, is something I find worthy of condemnation.

Frankly, I think the fact that Alan has tried to fuel this debate with fakery makes him a complete idiot. Whether or not he suffers intrinsic prejudice against muslims I'm not sure - but it is a weapon long employed by bigots to fabricate and diseminate demonising imagery, or illustrate articles about one thing with upsetting pictures of something else.

Now if someone wants to comment on real abuses they feel are matters of concern or guilt in the eyes of Islam - I am all ears. In fact I raised general concerns about capital punishment and it's seeming abuses in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere earlier in the thread.

But I won't be gulled into some sensationalist knee-jerk response based on a few images - some of which are obvious frauds - and I think Alan should be ashamed of himself for making a few of the visitors to this thread stooges in that manner.

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Oh for God's sake.

HOW exactly do fraudulent images - as some of the links are - bring home the reality of anything?

Who the heck highjacked three airplanes and flew them into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, resulting in appalling deaths and the knock on effect all the way down the network of thousand of innocent families

I must admit the links are not exactly the way to advance a conversation but it does bring home the reality of these horrors that you admit are being committed by those claiming to act with gods authority.

Its not just Muslims that have this tendency to ignore these awful examples, its a faith driven reasoning to hope, if they ignore it , it might just go away. Roman catholics fail to criticise their leaders , Muslims have this belief that they must not criticise a brother Muslim or take sides against him. These horrendous acts are not diminishing, they are occurring more and more. It should be you that is demanding Muslims be out spoken against the extremes we see perpetrated by certain Muslims, not telling us its not to be debated.

Who's telling you it shouldn't be debated? I asked you to specify exactly what we are debating here, because it just isn't clear to me. And Muslims don't have a belief that they 'must not criticise a brother Muslim or take sides against him'.

So I'll ask again, what are we debating? Do you believe there is something about the religion that encourages this kind of behaviour? I could give you a full explanation as to why stoning is completely against Quranic teachings, but I imagine this isn't what the thread is about. The argument seems to be that some Muslim governments use Islam to oppress their people. If that's the argument, then Muslims don't need to explain these actions as they are contrary to the teachings of the religion.

Facts are that females and gays are getting killed in a coutry pretending to be Islamitic. It just reminds me of the Inquisition in Europe. I think acountry should be blind to the religions of their people.

Finally, something really done by a certain group of muslims.

An event condemned by many people around the world, including great numbers of muslims who oppose such fanaticism and - for the record - myself.

Congratualtions on bringing up something real rather than sensationalist horsecrap.

The people attacked on 9/11 responded by killing far more people, of course, and showering Iraq with a weapon that is linked to pictures like this:

depleted uranium - Google Search

Which are also rather shocking, wouldn't you say?

You are getting close to using abusive language in your posts to, referring to my posts as Absolute Idiot and horsecrap, it you ever get to know me better you will see I never use horesecrap in my threads or debates.

To take part in the thread Ken.

Perhaps you should read it again, or something.

I have to ask the question why do so many Muslims claim it is correct to stone adulterers to death?

Its not just an academic question that has no repercussions. If it divides Islamic opinions, then it cant just be dismissed as the actions of a few rogue states.

The old testament and the prophets teachings, dictate certain dogmas, certain Muslims feel they have to abide by, its for muslims to decide and its for the observer to make comments on the outcome. You may disagree with those muslims but are you loud enough and how many stand with you?

Turkey has it right in my opinion, it is secular but has a majority of Muslims. It has modified is laws to be more in keeping with reasonable 21c thinking. It can be done but it still has certain pressures from fundamentalists to revert to sharia. I am for freedom and if any dogma interferes with human rights then I will speak up whoever the culprit.

Because a certain brand of Islam, funded by Saudi oil money, is becoming more and more widespread. If you asked a Muslim of the older generation whether stoning is allowed, you would most likely get a resounding no. But ask a young Muslim in the UK, and you may very well get a confident yes. Why? Because the parents of these younger Muslims didn't learn Islam from internet websites and free pamphlets funded by Saudi Arabia, whereas their children do. This is something you have to acknowledge if you are serious about why people believe the things they do.

But it is though. The majority of Muslim countries don't stone anyone.

The majority stand with me because the majority do not stone people.



Turkey has it completely wrong. If you read up on how secularism was shoved down the throats of the people after the fall of the Ottomans you wouldn't be saying this. Muslims have every right to want shariah. But shariah isn't what you think it is.