Why is the Koran so vengeful?
Just maybe this is the answer. That’s why it should be called a WAR. Hope we get over the appeasement attitude and wake up!! All Muslim believers believe that, ultimately, Islam will prevail on earth. They believe this is the only true religion and there is no room, in their mind, for interpretation. The main difference between moderate Muslims and extremists is that moderate Muslims don’t think they will see the absolute victory of Islam during their lifetime, therefore they respect other beliefs. The extremists believe that the fulfillment of the Prophecy of Islam and ruling the entire world as described in the Koran, is for today.
Both the Bible and the Koran…on the surface…are hateful books, but their vehemence is actually directed at attitudes/behaviours rather than people!——Old languages were very different from modern languages, which are mostly literal, and allowed for considerable freedom of expression via metaphors and symbols. Most of what is written in these great books is intended for the deeper/psychological mind rather than the literal/superficial mind.——The parables of the New Testament, and the teaching stories of the Old Testament, Koran, as well as the Sufis stories, are all excellent examples of this truth. Maurice Nicoll’s great book ” The New Man ” explained these matters lucidly but is currently out of print.——Please don’t shiver with fear when reading holy books. God/Allah loves us all beyond expression, and you seem to be a very nice person.——Best wishes. Philip.
This is a loaded question, and I disagree with the premise. The koran can be used to justify horrific violence. So can the Old and New Testaments of the Bible, so can Hindu Holy Texts. Even the words of Buhda have been used by radicals to wage wars (such as those, including monks, in Shri Lanka today who advocate the slaughter of Hindus). However, the main focus of the Koran is certainly not on killing and vengeance. There is far more in it about peace and reconciliation. Muslims are forbade for starting wars, except to protect other Muslims from death or persecution, for exapmle. All believers in the religions of the book (Judaism and Christianity) are to be allowed freedom of worship and the reight to live unmolested in moslem countries. And so on and so forth. When reading the Old Testament, we come across numerous exhortations from god himself to slaughter every single inhabitant of a city, one psalm even delights in the smashing of baby’s skulls over rocks. The idea that Islam is
