no doubt i expressed myself poorly. here is what i said:
there is nothing in christian doctrine that ultimately has anything whatsoever to do with what people who call themselves christians will finally resort to in the use of violence to achieve their political and economic ends. and guess what, that is true of all people on earth. despite what malcolm says, it isn't doctrine that will authorize force for muslims, but the opposite: doctrine will be mobilized to rationalize a use of force. i don't think that the use of force follows from doctrine but that doctrine follows from the decision to use force. i know there are doctrinal statements that authorize the use of force, but they are ex post facto, not causal. people decide to go to war to conquer others, to repress others, to win the goods of others, to impose an order; then, to justify it, they cite religious doctrine authorizing the war as jihad or crusade, but the religious rationalizations are not necessary for war to happen, and if they all disappeared, war would still take place and new rationalizations to justify it would come about what i am saying is that no religion is any better than any other in this regard, and that it isn't the real reason for conflict. it is the surface reason, the ideological reason, which dissembles and covers over the actual reasons ken
On 7/19/12 10:39 PM, Cornelius Hamelberg wrote:
Ken It's basically back to basics. Without equivocation I don't think that I'm getting you quite right. In fact you're confusing the likes of me or perhaps just being deliberately provocative, for the heck or for fun of it. There you are, on the podium, grabbing the USA- Africa dialogue series microphone since it's you turn and saying ( albeit not so piously) that "it isn't doctrine that will authorize force for Muslims," What else? The 72 virgins? C'mon Ken they can fool some of the people most of the time but must they also be able to deceive those of us who come under the term "we" instead of "us"( USA) ? "It isn't doctrine that will authorize force for Muslims," indeed , that holy baloney plus the superfluous rationalisations that follow thereafter, as if Jihad is not a part of Islam's cardinal creed and in the Islamic world of dar al Harb and dar al-Islam, JIHAD is not an Islamically sanctified means of holding on to conquered territory and even militarily expanding such territories whenever such once Islamic territories are under threat of re-conquest by the kuffar ( the infidels) The Quran says fight in the name of Allah and you think that your mere mortal opinion can obliterate that? You must be dreaming about American Islam , not real Islam... http://www.google.co.uk/#hl=en&gs_nf=1&cp=28&gs_id=7&xhr=t&q=Muslim%27s+authority+for+Jihad&pf=p&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=Muslim%27s+authority+for+Jihad&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=90fe06c707c49d57&biw=1024&bih=636 Verily Lord Harrow, it is solid Islamic doctrine that authorises Jihad ( and to some extent terrorism) , great and small, for Muslims all and this is well born out in Islamic history , including the anti- colonial jihads that were carried out in the Sene-Gambia. I now I humbly await the greater,humanitarian enlightenment.... On 19 Juli, 14:49, Felicia Oyekanmi <profoyeka...@yahoo.com> wrote:What is happening in Nigeria is a situation of very great economic and political inequity which is been played out as a religious and ethnic warfare. The rich want to retain their relative advantage and do not mind whose blood is split in a bid to maintain the status quo. If programmes can be designed to reduce abject poverty in the country, the average person does not care about your ethnic or religious group. I am a Christian but my first daughter was saved from being lynched by some islamic fanatics by a Muslim lady in old Kano state. In fact the Muslim lady gave my daughter and her fellow NYSC corper native dress (iro and buba) to wear and a hijab each to cover their themselves in order to walk through the rioters to the army barracks where they hid for about three days before they could escape to Lagos. Prof Felicia A. D. Oyekanmi Department of Sociology University of Lagos Akoka, Yaba, Lagos Nigeria Tel: {234} 1 7941757 Cell: {234}8056560970 --- On Thu, 19/7/12, Sadiq Alhassan <xturalsa...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Sadiq Alhassan <xturalsa...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: Fwd: Fw: [muslimrights] Fw: [NMN] There's A Grand Christian Conspiracy Against Nig Muslim-JNI To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, 19 July, 2012, 7:23 Cornelius Hamelberg have said it all, I wish all the Muslim and christian faithfuls will understand On Jul 19, 2012 12:08 PM, "Cornelius Hamelberg" <corneliushamelb...@gmail.com> wrote:"There's nothing in our book, the Quran -- you call it 'Ko-ran' -- that teaches us to suffer peacefully. Our religion teaches us to be intelligent. Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. That's a good religion." ( Malcolm X)What is not clear is whether or not it is World Christianity or only Nigerian Christians who are conspiring against Nigerian Muslims. I am in complete sympathy with the innocent Nigerian Muslims and see no reason why the great Fulani people of Nigeria should not be free to live wherever they want in Nigeria. Moreover, it is the duty of the Nigerian government to protect all her citizens.Islam is a great religion and when the umbrella organization for Nigerian Muslims, the Jama'atu Nasril Islam say that they will leave everything to Almighty God – they are only saying this at the early stages of the alleged Grand Christian Conspiracy against Nigerian Muslims, since Islam does not teach love for the enemy or the turning the other cheek, or suffering in silence and without taking action. As we all know, should the Grand Christian conspiracy theory/accusation gain traction and retaliatory "Christian" action such as missile attacks against innocent Muslim schools continue, then before you can say "Jack Robinson" we will have a full-scale religious war on our hands and since nobody but the devil wants that, we gotta be careful: Let the responsible religious Muslim and Christian leaders prevail on their people to cool down the rhetoric on all sides, the kinds of rhetoric that always leads to direct, violent action..On Jul 19, 1:40 am, Sadiq Alhassan <xturalsa...@gmail.com> wrote:---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Sadiq Alhassan" <xturalsa...@yahoo.com> Date: Jul 19, 2012 12:21 AM Subject: Fw: [muslimrights] Fw: [NMN] There's A Grand Christian Conspiracy Against Nig Muslim-JNI To: "xturalsa...@gmail.com" <xturalsa...@gmail.com>Sent from Yahoo! Mail on Android------------------------------ * From: * ISHOLA Akeem <ishola...@yahoo.co.uk>; * To: * Muslim Rights <muslimrig...@yahoogroups.com>; Unifemga Ibadan < unifemga_iba...@yahoogroups.com>; Unifemga Ife <unifemga-...@yahoogroups.com>; Unifemga lagos <unifemga_la...@yahoogroups.co.uk>; * Subject: * [muslimrights] Fw: [NMN] There's A Grand Christian Conspiracy Against Nig Muslim-JNI * Sent: * Wed, Jul 18, 2012 9:24:58 PM** ABDULHAKEEM ISHOLA +2348035149585, +2348077112332Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile. ------------------------------ *From: * NMN WEB FORUM <listad...@nmnonline.net> *Sender: * nmnonline@googlegroups.com *Date: *Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:10:02 -0700 *To: *<NMNonline@googlegroups.com> *ReplyTo: * nmnonline@googlegroups.com *Subject: *[NMN] There's A Grand Christian Conspiracy Against Nig Muslim-JNIPosted by: Engnr. Habib Muhammad Birnin Kudu Posted on: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 21:05:41 +0000 Post Link:http://www.nmnonline.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1715#p4889[image: :fullsalam]http://saharareporters.com/news-page/th... jni-claims<http://saharareporters.com/news-page/there%E2%80%99s-grand-christian-...>There's A Grand Christian Conspiracy Against Nigerian Muslims, JNI ClaimsJama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI), the umbrella organization for Nigerian Muslims, today stated that there is a grand Christian conspiracy against the country's Muslims.The organization made the claim as a part of a reaction to rocket attacks on the Islamic School in Bukuru, Plateau State on Tuesday morning. The umbrella body said Muslims would leave everything to Almighty God.JNI also asserted that Muslims were being killed around Gonin Gora, in Kaduna State, and accused the government of taking no cogent action at any level.The group's claims are contained in an email sent to SaharaReporters by its General Secretary, Khalid Abubakar Aliyu. The statement was titled "ROCKETS FIRED AT AN ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN JOS SOUTH L.G.C. OF PLATEAU STATE".The text of the statement is below:"Following unfolding scenarios with respect to the rocket launching on the Muslim Community of Bukuru, in Plateau State by irate Christian community as reported to us, we make this release with pains and grief that such a thing is happening but [the] majority of media outfits in Nigeria and beyond are not airing it. It is manifest that there is [a] conspiracy of silence against Islam and the Muslims in Nigeria. However, we leave our affairs to Allah, the Most High."Nonetheless, we call on the Plateau State Government and by extension, the Federal Government under the auspices of JTF to be cautious and handle with utmost intelligence the issue of the 48 hour ultimatum given to the Fulanis to leave the Plateau. A second thought should be given to the matter and a more realistic and proactive mechanism that will ensure the protection of lives and properties (sic) on the Plateau should be aptly put in place, because with recent developments, there seems to be a deliberate attempt to expel the Muslims from the Plateau. "Moreover, it is more apparent that the Gonin Gora settlement of Kaduna State has done more havoc to the Muslims in Nigeria and innocent travelers plying the road to and fro Abuja but regrettably, that has not called for any ultimatum to the suburb. Why the selective justice? Why are the Muslims in Nigeria manhandled. Why are the Muslims never given fear hearing in Nigeria?"We make bold to say, that Nigerian Muslims are worried about unfolding happenings on the Plateau, Muslims are concerned about the killing of innocent lives at Gonin Gora and yet nothing practically seen ?????done by any tier of government. 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