topic wrote:1. What makes this video more enlighting than any other?,
Did you really listen to the video? The media is not going to strictly say that this was a jihad attack. Do you think this is the first time this has ever happened? When did they ever conclude it was jihadist?
topic wrote:2. "a war on terrorism" (what does that actually mean?who is it actually refering too - all terrorism or only that which the U.S.
goverment view as terrorism?),
3. why did not the U.S. Army do somthing about this guy before he did what he did?
4.where is the accountability of the Army to have re-acted to these clear signs of mental breakdown or conflict with his personal ideals?
And invoke racial profiling? Again, because they have to be politically correct. And of course there is fear. The military doesn't want this to turn into an Army verses the Muslim (theology) conflict. And to be perfectly honest with you I don't think they should either or there will be more carnage. So in this case they are doing the right thing. Understand?
topic wrote:hark solely on the one objective you have in your mind - all acts by Muslims must be and in themselves an act of terrorism and do does not address the frailty of the human condition.
The frailty of the human condition is not the catalyst driving the issue here. Although who is to say that is doesn't spark the already frail condition?
topic wrote:Again you are coming to a conclusion by association and not by emperical evidance. Again, and i do not know how many times i have to say this - i am not disputing that it could be a jihadist attack,but (and again) to come to the immediate conclusion is frought with error.
You have concluded that one muslim kills , then it is clearly and obvious (without emperical evidance) that this attack is the same and with the same motive(s). Yet you do not look at or are not willing to look at the other aspects of Dissimilarity of the two persons in question.
And again ---- if you only look at what you believe and not what the evidance shows, you will do more damage than good, because you are not addressing the questions that need to be addressed.
You are saying in effect, this guy was a muslim extremist and so was the other guy, therefore, only muslim extremists will do this kind of act, but is that actually true? or just subjective conclusion to suit your view point on such subject matters?
Ok, with that we will need to study the Koran... This is salvation in Islam according to the Koran.
There is no guarantee of Paradise even if you do good works all your life. It all depends on what Allah decides.
However, there is only one way to guarantee entrance into Paradise and this makes the perfect motive for suicide bombers and jihad fighters. The only way to know for sure that you will get into Paradise is to die in jihad-to die while fighting the enemy of Islam.
Jihad simply means that Muslims must fight the enemy of Allah until the enemies die or the Muslims die. The word jihad actually means "struggle." Jihad has even been defined in legal terms by Islamic fiqh as follows:
[Jihad] is fighting anybody who stands in the way of spreading Islam. Or fighting anyone who refuses to enter into Islam (based on Surah 8:39).
Sura 9:111 Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs in return is the garden of Paradise: they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain: a promise binding on Him in truth, through the Law, the Gospel, and the Qur'an: and who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? then rejoice in the bargain which ye have concluded: that is the achievement supreme.
Umar sent the Muslims to the great countries to fight the pagans… When we reached the land of the enemy, the representative of Khosrau came out with forty-thousand warriors, and an interpreter got up saying, "Let one of you talk to me!" Al-Mughira replied… Our Prophet, the Messenger of our Lord, has ordered us to fight you till you worship Allah Alone or give Jizya (i.e. tribute).. And our Prophet has informed us that our Lord says:-- "Whoever amongst us is killed (i.e. martyred), shall go to Paradise to lead such a luxurious life as he has never seen, and whoever amongst us remain alive, shall become your master." Book #53 Hadith # 386
Simply put, if you die in jihad, you don't even have to go to the grave and wait for judgment; you go directly to Paradise. Jihad is really a legal contract between Allah and the Muslim. If the Muslim fights, Allah rewards him in the afterlife.
Let those (believers) who sell the life of this world for the Here after fight in the Cause of Allah, and whoso fights in the Cause of Allah, and is killed or gets victory, We shall bestow on him a great reward. Surah 4:74, QURAN
In reference to those who fight jihad, the Quran also says:
For them Allah has got ready Gardens (Paradise) under which rivers flow, to dwell therein forever. That is the supreme success. Surah 9:89,QURAN
Also when a person dies in jihad, a different burial procedure is followed. After a regular person dies, his body is washedand dressed nicely, as if going to the mosque. When a person dies in jihad, his body is not washed or given clean clothes. That person goes into the coffin just as he died. The blood is a witness for him in front of Allah-a sign of honor. Muslims believe the angels will treat him as a special person to Allah.
Western media have poked fun at the Muslim understanding of Paradise (heaven)-virgins for men to enjoy and so forth-but it is much more significant to recognize that dying in jihad is the only way a Muslim can be assured of entering Paradise at all. This is why you see Muslims leaving their own nations to fight jihad in other countries. Their motivation is religious, which is much more dangerous than a political motivation."
Hope this helps in the understanding of jihad. Please remember, this is not a direct attack on Muslims. I'm only pointing to some of the doctrine of the Koran and why it can be dangerous to both muslims and non-muslims...
topic wrote:In the end if your view is with no emperical evidance, then of coarse you can have that view, i do not support such views and would want a more balanced and as i said before clear, precise and empirical evidance to make up my mind on the subject matter. I believe to do othewise is mearly knee jerk reactions.
So you don't think the crazy nuts who slammed planes into our buildings wasn't based on their theology? What about Army Sgt. Hasan Akbar, a convert to Islam, who rolled a grenade into a tent filled with other soldiers in April 2003 or the other nuts who recently were caught? Or the Denver man at the center of an alleged New York bomb plot, Najibullah Zazi, that has admitted he has ties to al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News?
What do you think was the motivation here? Do you think they had a bad hair day or something?