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Entry: Pope Benedict XVI and Islam: Allah the Irrational Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/pope_benedict_xvi_and_islam_allah_the_irrational#1859 Post contents: Islam has no Philosophical argument with either Judaism or Christianity about the concept of God(Allah) or anything else. The word "Allah" is nothing more than arabic for "God". I quote surah Al-Baqarah verse 136 from The Holy Quran: "Say (O Muslims): We believe in Allah and that which is revealed unto us and that which was revealed unto Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and the tribes, and that which Moses and Jesus received, and that which the Prophets received from their Lord. We make no distinction between any of them, and unto Him we have surrendered." That is why Pat Buchanan has observed that Islam is nothing more than achristian sect. The Popes' argument is based on a complete falsehood. Nowhere in Islam is there any justification for spreading religion by war. War is hated and struggle or "Jehad" is only permissable in the face of absolute tryanny such as being faced by the Palestinians for the last 60 years. That is why 9/11 was nothing more than blowback for 60 years of wars of aggression, ethnic cleansing and genocide, and would have occurred even if the Palestinians and arabs were Buddhist monks. The notion of fatalism is frowned upon in Islam in too many place to enumerate, even fortune telling is explicitly forbidden. Islamic law is an ultimate expression of rationality and humanity. It reflected a Giant leap for mankind sunk in ignorance 1400 years ago. It abolished slavery, gave women equality and established a code of personal conduct and morality un-equaled before or after. The actions of arab, turkish or Mughal conquerors cannot be laid at the door of Islam. There is no equivalent in Islam to the history of Judea christianity that permitted the most devastating and completed genocide in recorded history against the natives of north america and the jews in Europe. Islams history cannot be denied. It promoted the advancement of knowledge. Modern algebra, mathematics, astronomy, navigation, medical science, architecture and engineering, reached great heights while Europe was plunged in the "dark ages" Islam saved the knowledge of the greek civilization..... and practised tolerance, allowing the Christians and Jews of Europe to flourish for 700 years under muslim rule. The Popes' attitude of thinly disguised hubris is precisely what periodically leads Judeo-christian culture to calamities like the genocide in north america, the holocaust in germany or the ethnic cleansing in Palestine. His current position provides the philosophical attitudes that permit the sociopaths that run the west to plot a new holacaust being prepared for Iran while the genocide in Iraq is progressing nicely. Sent at: 2008 11 21