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Thread #94184   Message #1820316
Posted By: Little Hawk
27-Aug-06 - 08:19 PM
Thread Name: BS: Jihad: Definition
Subject: RE: BS: Jihad: Definition
That is absolutely incorrect what you said, pdq. Muslims most certainly do NOT think that 100% of planet Earth is Muslim land, but if I were a western political demagogue trying to spread fear of Muslims far and wide so as to have an unnecessary world conflict, then I would say just what you said...which is a big fat lie.

I'm not saying you're lying, by the way. I'm saying you are misunderstanding something...and unwittingly stating a falsehood.

Strict Muslim law requires Muslims to obey the civil laws of whichever society they happen to be living in, and that includes non-Muslim societies. It is understood that a Muslim living in a non-Muslim society is required by his faith not to break the civil laws.

That some Muslims, like some non-Muslims, clearly DO break civil laws is not a blanket judgement upon their religion...it's a judgement upon individual human frailties and weaknesses. No religion can claim that all its adherents obey its every rule...much as it might wish they did.