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01-08-2006, 02:23 PM
January 8th, 2006
James Arlandson
Three main purposes of torture are to punish criminals, to extract information, and to exact revenge. It is at least one of these three purposes that Muhammad, the founder of Islam, had in mind when he tortured two criminals: a treasurer who would not disclose where Jewish wealth lay hidden, and an enemy—an old woman taken as a prisoner in a Muslim raid.
Violence and brutality are embedded in the origins of Islam, including the Quran. Islamic websites that preach justice and human rights too often do not substantially (or do not at all) confront this legacy. For example, these three articles, among many others, preach “peace and love” and “human rights”:
But a presentation of Islam as peaceful is not full disclosure.
In Full
American Thinker (http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5137)
James Arlandson
Three main purposes of torture are to punish criminals, to extract information, and to exact revenge. It is at least one of these three purposes that Muhammad, the founder of Islam, had in mind when he tortured two criminals: a treasurer who would not disclose where Jewish wealth lay hidden, and an enemy—an old woman taken as a prisoner in a Muslim raid.
Violence and brutality are embedded in the origins of Islam, including the Quran. Islamic websites that preach justice and human rights too often do not substantially (or do not at all) confront this legacy. For example, these three articles, among many others, preach “peace and love” and “human rights”:
But a presentation of Islam as peaceful is not full disclosure.
In Full
American Thinker (http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5137)