12-30-2006, 09:48 AM
In the name of God - Father (love) Son (grace) Holy Spirit (truth).
May the peace of Christ be with you all!
Teh_Curious... I live in Australia too :) But I'm Lebanese by race :D
Do you also have a Lebanese background?
I follow Lebanese politics with a passion & I lived every second of the Hizbullah/IDF July War in complete terror & despair. I pray to God with all my heart that the victims who survived (or anyone for that matter) NEVER experience anything devastating like that again!
Quote:The war is not between Islam and jews but rather between Muslims and Jews. Well, come to think about it, cannt u see the Jews are already in war with Muslims?
Muslimah, as far as (the majority of) Muslims in Lebanon are concerned, they didn't support the most recent war with Israel (Jews). It had more to do with politics than religion. The current government in Lebanon (Sunni Muslims) are calling for peace talks with Jews in Israel, as Jordan did a while back, but Hizbullah (whose militia operates illegally in Lebanon but pretty much control the country) are against the idea. The leaders of the Shiite parties are opposing the government's proposal, which leads me to conclude that it can't possibly come down to religion otherwise a fight between the different Islamic sects in Lebanon will break out. Am I making any sense? LOL!
Quote:dont we have the right to fight back, or do we have just to accept and say thank u for killing us, raping us, destroying our countries?
Does Islam teach that you ought to fight back? I don't think you should offer gratitude to your aggressors but won't retaliation only make matters worse? 2 wrongs don't make a right! I strongly believe in self-defence (proportionate) but not in revenge as it doesn't achieve anything positive!
What do you (or Islam) think?
Let's keep praying for peace together :)
God bless.
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