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Originally Posted by dyna mo
isn't this just it though? devout followers of the text are the ones twisting the Quran out of context to begin with, they aren't twisting it up because white guys in the USA are taken passages out of context.
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My point is that the QURAN as a complete text in of itself simply addresses the same issues other spiritual books address. Just like those other books, it is used and abused to further an agenda that is ANTITHETICAL to its core.
Granted, passages of the Quran are easier to twist (like parts of the Old Testament) because of its specific historical context. When the angel Gabriel dictated the Quran to Mohammed and Mohammed went to Mecca telling people about it, he wasn't exactly greeted with open arms.
Similarly, the exodus from Egypt was resisted by Amalekites, Ammonites, Jebusites, etc etc.
So there's a MARTIAL element borne from the historical context.
But if you were to read it in totality, what is it all about?
It's about God and Man trying to have a relationship.... to the fullest extent our LIMITED MINDS and BEINGS would allow us.
To frame the the issue as US versus THEM is to simply copy and paste the framing of ISIS militants. That's how they see the world.
The Law (and Human Decency) must prevail and those fanatics need to be dealt with. Firmly. Effectively.
With that said, what does all that have to do with the SPIRITUAL CORE of Islam as embodied by the Quran?