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Originally posted by Cerek the Barbaric:
Ok, I'm gonna get a little out of line here and do the dreaded mini-Mod routine. I sincerely ask BOTH of you to let this issue drop with your last posts rather than filling up a page with off-topic arguments of semantics and misinterpretations. .
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Where else do I go Cerek? This is the Current events forum, and this thread is about perceptions of Islam. I've already been hounded out of GenCon despite not breaching any T.O.S.
The issue of what Jihad means is fiercly debated by Muslim clerics. Usually western ones emphasising the spiritual aspect, while historically the physical element has been emphasised. (See the violent expansion and conquests of Muslims INCLUDING Muhammads own armies as proof of this)
Semantics in this case can mean life or death for some Muslims. Martyrdom means something altogether different with a different twist. Were Skunk correct, 9/11 would not have happened.
I sincerely wish she was correct.