Political Diatribe

Hi Anglea:  

Greetings to you.

Angela: "If I posted a tribute to one of the butchers of Fallujah who might be killed in action, it would be deleted and I would be banned."

The topic starter of that thread in question had been banned. If you recall, he was allowed only after many apologies that he would behave well in the future. I have warned him many times in public, and also in private. Other moderators too have warned him in different ways, both public and private. I had also warned AbRah in public, de facto, all my warnings to him were in public. Rules are same for everyone, and there is no double standard here. That doesn't mean that we can't make mistakes as we are all human beings. But, we improve with each day by the grace of Allah.

There is no need to use the term "militant Islam" because Islam is peace and submission to Allah. I have also answered in that thread that killing innocent civilians anywhere under any circumstances is not allowed in Islam. Period. I hope that is clear.

Your Islam may not allow it, the True Islam may not allow it, but there are those who argue this case with you and have Scholars that argue with you on this.  I was watching an episode last night on the Discovery Times channel about Nuclear weapons in the Mid-East.  Did you know there was actually ONE scholar who issued a Fatwa that said it was okay to use Nuclear weapons on a large American city by OBL?  There is a very real problem right now in that the Ummah are not the only ones claiming the banner of Islam.  Just like the IRA claim to be fighting for the entirety of the Irish and the Irish Catholics and they are not.  There are men out there who say they are Muslim, who have Scholars backing up their "Jihad."  So how do I distiguish those men from the IRA????  There are too many organizations to just say, Al-Qaida.  Truth is there is no central organization whether or not my government would like to say there is.....

Here is a link to a list of known terrorist cells.  There are many on here that are NOT Muslim, but there are a WHOLE LOT that are claiming to be Muslims. I'm going to list just a few. 

http://www.ict.org.il/organizations/org_frame.htm

Angela: "I'm very upset with the Moderators.  Why?  Because I know you all, save Anadalus."

You had problem with Brother Andalus, and that was peacefully resolved. Sister Mishmish and I both had asked Brother Andalus not to start a topic on Mormonism, and he complied with our request. Now he is moderator, and I don't see if there has been any problem between you and him since then. Why to bring him in this complaint in the first place?

Actually all, I meant by that is I know you, Amah, and Mishmish better than I do Anadalus.  I really haven't had a chance to interact with him except that one occasion.  I did not mean he would be a bad moderator.  I just don't know him as well. 

Sister Angela, we think that you are here to sincerely learn about Islam, and hope that you would continue to do so. Things always don't happen as we wish, but we still keep moving towards our goal, as that is part of our faith.

Peace

Brother, I sincerely want to expand my knowledge of Islam, its very difficult when I see hatred all over this board of the very country who's laws protect this board's existence.  Its hard when instead of focusing on improving relations with each other and ones understanding and faith in God, I login and see 10-15 posts that are Political Anti-west diatribe.  I'm here for religious learning.  Not to be told something I already know. That my country had flaws, just like every other nations. I have faith now that the complaints have been made that the moderators will bring us back to a welcomed discussion and they will move threads from the General area to Politics where they belong if they are about the US.