al-Quaida beheads American contractor on camera in the name of allah

[Khairan]

<i>Originally posted by JohnDoe </i><b>It says a lot that when discussing the barbaric slaughter of an innocent civilian by a group of thugs there is little in the way of response and almost nothing in the form of condemnation. However, when it comes to the killing of a known terrorist (Rantisi) the indignation is palpable.  </b>

Put your religion aside for a moment and just think that a fellow human being, someone's son and brother was kidnapped and then butchered by a bunch of thugs. The reason ? \"In retaliation for the abuse at Abu Graihb\". Oh yes, the same place Saddam Hussein used for years in his torture, rape and execution of hundreds, if not thousands of Iraqi civilians. I'll bet you, not one of these murdering pigs even wrote a strong letter of objection to Mister Hussein let alone hacked off someones head.

I agree completely.I just heard an interesting story:

Back in the early days of Islam, there was a great battle at a place called Uhud. This was the *only* battle that the Muslims, fighting under direction of the Prophet, ever lost (although the loss is disputed by later historians). In this battle, one of the Prophet's uncles, Hamza, was killed. He had embarrassed Hinda, wife of one of the merchant kings of Mecca, and she in revenge promised a slave wealth and freedom if he would kill Hamza and bring her his liver. He succeeded, and she proceeded to eat his raw liver to consummate her revenge. The story goes that when the Prophet heard this, he was torn with grief and enraged, and promised to destroy Hinda's tribe (maybe clan; I think technically they were part of the same larger tribe -- the Quraysh). However at this moment one of the Scriptural revelations, still found in the 42nd chapter of the Qur'an, was delivered to him in which God said: If you are wronged it is your right to seek redress, but it is better for you if you forgive. And with that, the Prophet gave up his vendetta.

It is actually quite amazing how many lessons there are for modern Muslims in the ancient histories, but sadly many choose only to justify self-serving actions rather than to live by their faith as they pretend to do.

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