I haven’t finished reading the Koran yet, and yet what I have read so far shows that there IS a reasonable reading thereof that DOES sanction (if not encourage) terrorist attacks in the name of Allah … Of course, there are over 1.6 BILLION devout Muslims in the world to date, and the VAST majority of them are NOT terrorists (indeed, Islam is actually behaving FAR more civilly than Christianity did when it was of a similar age — lest we forget the Crusades, the Inquisition, the burning of witches and African slave trading), so even though I have not yet found it, there must be an alternative, more Peace-full reading of the Koran available …

Still, the fact remains that — just like its cousin the Bible — there ARE dozens of verses in the Koran that can indeed be used by the confused and the deluded as inspiration for acts of terrible violence. And because fundamentalists have little inclination to listen to the pleadings and the wisdoms from “infidels”, this is a problem that must be dealt with primarily by Muslims themselves … It must be dealt with actively, it must be dealt with courageously, and it must be dealt with NOW.

For the record #01, most of the scholarly articles I have read so far note that Surah 9 was probably not the very last portion of the Koran (Q’uran) that Muhammad penned, and yet all of them to date do seem to agree that it WAS at the very least one of the last “chapters” written.

For the record #02) Some Muslims have noted that this Surah must be read “in context” — that it only pertained to specific groups of “unbelievers” & “idolators” and not all non-Muslims. This point remains debatable, AND — at least as far as I am concerned — is less than absolving even if it is true.

Filed under: The War on WAR by Scaughdt