In your case, yes, it would be correct that it would not be the fault of the bible. However, what if the bible said “you must kill the abortion doctors.” Would it be okay to blame the bible then? Maybe not in a single instance. How about if it was done a 100 times? 1000? How about 2,980? Could we perhaps blame the bible then?
However, we do know that there is no such phrase in the bible.
How about the koran?
Yes it does say kill the unbelievers.
Qur’an (2:191-193) And slay them wherever ye find them, and drive them out of the places whence they drove you out, for persecution [of Muslims] is worse than slaughter [of non-believers]…and fight them until persecution is no more, and religion is for Allah.
Qur’an (2:216) – “Fighting is prescribed for you, and ye dislike it. But it is possible that ye dislike a thing which is good for you, and that ye love a thing which is bad for you. But Allah knoweth, and ye know not.”
All major sects of Islam teach and agree with these phrases. And this is what is taught in many mosques.
So is it ok now to say that the core teachings of islamic are “fundamental” to the creation of a jihadist?
If the jihadists say that they are commanded to fight unbelievers because the koran says so, is it ok then to say that they are basing their beliefs on the koran?
I mean, don’t take my word for it. They can tell you.
[quote=Russell]If anything is to blame for the Jihad I don’t think it is a book.
Getting back to the proponents of Jihad, if you think these same people would quit fighting under the current circumstances because of a new and abridged, Surveyor approved Koran, that doesn’t make sense.You act like they have no reason to fight the U.S.[/quote]
No, I don’t think they’d quit fighting altogether, but it would certainly cut off a major portion of their recruiting angle.
Still, don’t you think we should consider the religion being a probable cause of the behavior of the jihadist instead of immediately dismissing it like you just did here? Because remember, that’s what Hasan’s superiors did. And 14 people are dead because of it.
