tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post7379342697666669662..comments2023-08-25T16:13:51.356+01:00Comments on Martin In The Margins: 'We will go to paradise if we kill you'Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-74985212823547629582011-03-22T06:12:36.656+00:002011-03-22T06:12:36.656+00:00so I don't know whether that's reflected i...so I don't know whether that's reflected in the Koran....or whether jihadists have twisted the words of their own holy book..<a href="http://www.logo-genie.com/" rel="nofollow">logo design</a>symenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925652220205079134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-42578209646599811992010-11-07T19:28:04.278+00:002010-11-07T19:28:04.278+00:00Couldn't comment before; couldn't bear it,...Couldn't comment before; couldn't bear it, any of it. Martin Amis is right: this is a death cult. And yes, I'm with you 100 percent: human life over and above a book - however sacred. Can't speak for Muslims; only my (Sunni) Muslim neighbour appears to share many of my views & is intolerant of intolerance ("tout ça, c'est du bidon! C'est le même Dieu ... et nous sommes tous pareils!").<br />Martin, just wanted to let you know: the injured/survivors are coming here (ie to France) for aid and treatment. Many of us had been praying for something like that to happen ...Minniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17031126325323208656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-80361053943317633092010-11-04T07:31:25.717+00:002010-11-04T07:31:25.717+00:00I discussed the question of the 'sacredness...I discussed the question of the 'sacredness' of the translated version in a previous post:<br /><br />http://martininthemargins.blogspot.com/2010/09/burning-questions.html<br /><br />But the point is, even the book in question was a sacred object, it hardly merits the taking of human life in response - even the life of the stupid pastor from Florida, let alone the lives of 50 completely unconnected people half a world away.<br /><br />When I was a practising Christian, I imagine I would have been deeply offended if someone had publicly burned a Bible, say, or worse, a communion host. But however outraged and hurt I was, I can never imagine wanting to kill anyone in revenge. That crime would have far outweighed the original offence. <br /><br />Islamists don't seem to share the sense which I assumed was common to all religious people, of the utter sacredness of human life, and the taking of innocent life as the worst of sins. I'm pretty ignorant of Islam (shouldn't be, I know), so I don't know whether that's reflected in the Koran....or whether jihadists have twisted the words of their own holy book..Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608932251584881007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318375667051435937.post-25839747147217459802010-11-04T07:20:52.946+00:002010-11-04T07:20:52.946+00:00And to add to the evil absurdity involved in killi...And to add to the evil absurdity involved in killing people in revenge for the burning of a book: The book in question, if it was an English translation of the Koran, would not even be considered sacred by devout Muslims, since only the original-language versions are considered sacred.peternoreply@blogger.com