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Senior Qaeda Theologian Urges His Followers To End Their Jihad
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Submitted by Ari, Dec 21, 2007 20:35

Firstly, you are implying that all Muslims support terror, which is completely false. Then you refer to verses of the Quran that do not support your claim. Ie. You reference verse 8:12 which refers to "Angels fighting alongside [the Muslims]". Radical Muslims have never used that verse as a means of theological support. The other verses quoted are similarily unrelated, as they talk about God's own agenda on the Day of Judgement. Again, radicals have never cited these verses.

I suggest you take an introductory course on Western Religion, and then afterwards study the radicalization of Islam in order to understand what you are talking about.

Sharif's objections are in line with Orthodox Islam, to claim that it is something else, is rather shortsighted.

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