04-12-2006, 09:03 PM
Namaste,
Here is a matter that came up in conversation yesterday with two friends of mine who know very little, perhaps less than I did when I came here a couple of weeks ago, about Islam.
One of them mentioned that he was afraid that in the future, as the population of the Islamic community expands as it has steadly been doing, there was a possibility of a massive militant movement by the Islamic community to litterally take over the world. Whether as a holy war or some sort of cleansing - his thought was that because of the belief that the lives of non-muslims have no value in the tenets of Islam, when numbers and support are vast enough, this will be the natural result.
Now, I started to argue with him, but honestly I've seen a few verses and comments that actually point right at that eventuality.
It isn't my intention to incite Muslim bashing - there are several here that i've had discussions with who don't seem as though they would jump on board with this. But, is this what Muslim youth are being taught as well? That is, are they being Taught a path of peace of one of war?
The may have come up here before. I perused, but didn't find anything on these lines here. However, the truth of the matter is that since I've been here, all i've heard is basically that those who turn away from Islam, those who hear and don't convert, and a number of other particular minorities, have no living value as human beings.
What response is there to this? It's a scary thought, and while I'm confident that America, while they are not the most politically correct nation, has sufficient technology and economy to handle such a threat, in sheer numbers it just doesn't matter, I think. We often take for granted the power that people have - we tend to fear governments just because they are big, but no government could possibly outfight the entirety of it's own populace, for instance.
So, word amongst the lesser educated is that the nation of Islam plans to convert the world and kill off the non-believers.
I believe it's a direct result of the terrorist matter - obviously not all muslims are terrorists, of course - and possibly little more than that. At the same time, I have to admit that given what i have heard so far it isn't entirely impossible. Especially if a particularly charismatic leader were to arise in the Islamic community who wished to manipulate fanatics towards an evil end. ultimately, i cannot offer a solid argument in either direction.
What say those who are more educated?
Namaste
Mahasvapna