Egginacup wrote: » Godless
obplayer wrote: » http://sunnah.com/muslim/16/81
Nodin wrote: » Yet do the vast vast vast majority of muslims do this? Nope.
obplayer wrote: » Fine, but I was responding to your statement that the Koran does not support this. And we don't know what the vast vast vast majority of muslims do because they live in countries from which information is limited. What we do know is that for these countries the Koran is taken literally as the word of god. Which you know from my posts elsewhere I do not regard as a good thing for any religion / cult.
Nodin wrote: » Well, from what we do know, they generally don't, which would imply that child marriage is more linked to economic development levels in a country than religion.
obplayer wrote: » I am all in favour of economic development and education for everyone. I am also firmly in favour of no religion for anybody. I think I will leave it at that for tonight.
Roger Hassenforder wrote: » Disparate forces all right, and yes frequently violently opposed to each other, have but one thing in common. Islam. And while ISIS appear to be on the back foot in Syria and Iraq at least, where does Islam go afterwards.
old_aussie wrote: » I think they're headed over to Yemen right now. Saudi Arabia (sunni) bombing Houthi (shia).
nokia69 wrote: » Yemen is the future of the arab world
Mesrine65 wrote: » Looking like an all out Sunni/Shiite war on the horizon.
Wurzelbert wrote: » that's certainly a possibility...would have to be contained and we can only hope would result in some self-purification of the islamic world...and not the end of the world as we know it...
old_aussie wrote: » Been doing that for 600 plus years and it's on going. What does that tell you?
wretcheddomain wrote: » Many religions appear to go through the same phases: Foundation Schism Wars of Religion Reformation Smaller Off-Shoot Crackpot Branches Civilisation The West has been through all of these phases, though it appears Islam is currently trapped between two and three.
obplayer wrote: » I can't think of any other thread to put this in, but perhaps with this deal we, the west, have made an ally.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » closer to 1400 years i would have thought.
Panda_Turtle wrote: » Strange article comparing the IRA to ISIShttp://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-32326431
Panda_Turtle wrote: » Strange article comparing the IRA to ISIS
pablomakaveli wrote: » ISIS and the Taliban declare jihad on each other.http://www.mintpressnews.com/isis-taliban-announce-jihad-against-each-other/204634/ I think the only winner there will be humanity as a whole. Can only hope they cripple each other. In reality though it probably wont matter much. ISIS and the Taliban arent anywhere near each other to be able to fight it out.
The Dark Side wrote: » Fundamentalist psychopaths willing to kill innocents for their 'cause'? Yep, no similarities at all.