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At 7/2/06 01:36 PM, --Hybrid-- wrote:
The problem is that there are actually millions of people stupid enough to take the man-made writing in a few thousands-of-years-old books for the actual word of their gods, allowing themselves to be told what is right and what is wrong.

I guess they would be better manipulated by you....

At 7/2/06 02:50 PM, afliXion wrote:

I guess they would be better manipulated by you....

Hardly so. I will lead no one. They'd be better off using their own brains like they should.

But it's pretty typical you're getting dodgy now.

At 7/1/06 06:05 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote: All u geeks say that all the shit that is wrong is the cause of Islam..

Shut up and live, cuz we r a peacefull religion..

I do agree with you. I find it really disturbing how i'm one of the few people in my community who tried to defend Islam while there are a ton of people who just go and make ignorant generalisations about all people who follow a certain religion.
Sure there are a minority of Muslims who are extremists but the vast majority are very peaceful. The same generisations can be made about any people. If you use thre same "logic" all these ignorant people use you can come tot he conclusion that all people from the Republic of Ireland and part of the IRA which is just absurd.

At 7/2/06 03:18 PM, --Hybrid-- wrote:

At 7/2/06 02:50 PM, afliXion wrote:

I guess they would be better manipulated by you....

Hardly so. I will lead no one. They'd be better off using their own brains like they should.

O please.

But it's pretty typical you're getting dodgy now.

Apparently it is beyond your level of comprehension that they are choosing by the free choice of there will to believe what they do.
Its obvious to anyone who is 'using there brain' is the only reason you think there not using there brains is because they don't agree with you.
Go ahead and respond if you want, you'll just dig yourself deeper.

Look put it this way...

Islam does tell its believes to be frineds with everyone, and not to harm them, but it also says to kill them.

It contradicts itself.

So does every other religion. They all have problems.

I myself am a Christian, but probably the most liberal one alive right now. I don't believe the Bible is perfect, because it has been subject to humans for 2000 years. The Old Testament has been even longer. Same with the Qur'an (spelling?). Someone may have put that line in about killing the infadels, or Allah may have been in a pissy mood. We really can't tell. Any Muslim that is peaceful is fine by me. But anyone who wants to kill as many Americans and Danes as possible is not okay. And the fact that it is brought about by Islam is unacceptable. Religion has been very useful, but it also has problems. The terrorist stuff we had WAS Islams fault. So what. The KKK was Christianities fault. And mostly everything else is Scientologies fault. That doesn't mean that you need to bash the religion. Except Scientology; that makes fun of itself. Everyone by nature is racist and... whatever you call racist about religion. It is how your brain works. If you don't believe your religion is better than the others, you are missing the whole point.

At 7/2/06 11:32 PM, afliXion wrote:

At 7/2/06 03:18 PM, --Hybrid-- wrote:

At 7/2/06 02:50 PM, afliXion wrote:

I guess they would be better manipulated by you....

Hardly so. I will lead no one. They'd be better off using their own brains like they should.

O please.

*shrugs* It's true.

But it's pretty typical you're getting dodgy now.

Apparently it is beyond your level of comprehension that they are choosing by the free choice of there will to believe what they do.

Sure they are. Doesn't make it any better, though. And don't take that 'free will'-thing too far, you know where that ends... want an apple?

Its obvious to anyone who is 'using there brain' is the only reason you think there not using there brains is because they don't agree with you.
Go ahead and respond if you want, you'll just dig yourself deeper.

What a lame excuse. I don't need you to agree with my way. It just never ceases to amaze me how uncritical people like you are. Your kind has been the cause of sooo much violence, hatred and bloodshed over the course of history, and still is today. It's time you did a little thinking. And don't give me that "it's only the other christians/muslims/jews that are doing wrong, WE are different".

At 7/3/06 05:28 AM, --Hybrid-- wrote:

*shrugs* It's true.

Yeah, keep your self righteous bullshit to yourself if you feel that way then.
I swear, some of you unreligious folk are so damn ornery and preachy. You're worse than The Catholic Church.

Sure they are. Doesn't make it any better, though. And don't take that 'free will'-thing too far, you know where that ends... want an apple?

Doesn't make what any better? I'll do watever the hell I want, because God gave me the choice of free will, as long as it isn't morally wrong or disturbing, anyway.

What a lame excuse. I don't need you to agree with my way. It just never ceases to amaze me how uncritical people like you are. Your kind has been the cause of sooo much violence, hatred and bloodshed over the course of history, and still is today. It's time you did a little thinking. And don't give me that "it's only the other christians/muslims/jews that are doing wrong, WE are different".

You really have no right to single out certain people; all groups and cultures have been responsible for some violence in the past. Also, some religious folk ARE different than extremists of the same religion.

Your profile says that you're from Germany; don't even get me started on violence if we're making generalizations about groups of people. I could easily call you and all of your people Nazi, Jew killing savages, but I'm not that ignorant.

At 7/3/06 06:00 AM, Mooperty wrote:

Yeah, keep your self righteous bullshit to yourself if you feel that way then.
I swear, some of you unreligious folk are so damn ornery and preachy. You're worse than The Catholic Church.

Nice one. But I'm not unreligious at all.

You really have no right to single out certain people; all groups and cultures have been responsible for some violence in the past.

SOME, yes. MASSIVELY, no. Apart from that, this was rather about beeing uncritical.

Your profile says that you're from Germany; don't even get me started on violence if we're making generalizations about groups of people. I could easily call you and all of your people Nazi, Jew killing savages, but I'm not that ignorant.

You are for even bringing it up.
And we're talking about religion, not political systems. The rise of which (generally, not the german one) has, on a side note, been the only reason your church has fortunately lost much of its often abused worldly power.

At 7/3/06 06:26 AM, --Hybrid-- wrote:

Nice one. But I'm not unreligious at all.

For that, I will apologize for being pretentious.

You really have no right to single out certain people; all groups and cultures have been responsible for some violence in the past.

SOME, yes. MASSIVELY, no. Apart from that, this was rather about beeing uncritical.

It's religion, people choose to base their lives around a belief system and rules. How the hell are we supposed to be uncritical?

Your profile says that you're from Germany; don't even get me started on violence if we're making generalizations about groups of people. I could easily call you and all of your people Nazi, Jew killing savages, but I'm not that ignorant.

You are for even bringing it up.

How so? You're judging people by their beliefs or groups, and I was only giving an example of how you're being a hypocrite.

And we're talking about religion, not political systems

The rise of which (generally, not the german one) has, on a side note, been the only reason your church has fortunately lost much of its often abused worldly power.

It is true that people who have been a part of religion in the past have abused their power, IE witch hunts, crusades, etc.

But, people we far more ignorant back then. People's reasoning skills were poorer and, well, people were generally stupid. It's only natural that people would come to their senses and not let their religion ruin other people's lives.

Extremists and diehard fundamentalists, because of their violent actions, should not be stereotyped with people of the same religion who would disagree with them.

An example for Muslims are suicide bombings.

An example for Christianity are These idiots.

At 7/1/06 06:05 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote: All u geeks say that all the shit that is wrong is the cause of Islam..

Shut up and live, cuz we r a peacefull religion..

Peacefull? The religion might be peacefull, but the followers aren't!
The muslims we're the first to invade Europe, they claimed it was their mission to conquer the whole world in name of the islam and make every single person a believer.
How do i know? Because qu'ran says that every muslim must do it's part to spread the religion.

The reason that early Christian communities in the middle east don't exist today is because they had a choice: become muslim, or die!
How do i know? I learn this stuff at history class!

Well everyone knows about global terrorism, and i know it is the cause of some sick minds who try to get everything their way and so on.

But have you ever seen a burning flag or a burning embassy? (cartoon riots early this year)
The people who did that we're average middle eastern muslims.
I have used this argument before, and you we're the one who said that it doesn't mean every muslim thinks that way about it.
Well, the majority of the muslims supported the protests agains Denmark.
And i didn't see that much riot police or millitary trying to protect the buildings, or the diplomats inside.

It wouldn't be that strange if all the protesting against denmark and norway was just started by middle eastern goverments.
(of course i don't know i just say it wouldn't seem strange to me)

Another thing, if you walk uppon a muslim and say that mohammed is a donkey raping child molester(or something). THen he would obviously try to punch you in the face or atleast hurt you. I think you have a chance of 90% being beaten up.

But if you say that CHRIST is a donkey raping child molester to a c hristian, he would obviously start whining and complaining to you that you don't feel the message of god, that christ had died for your sins and stuff like that...

so draw your conclusions.

At 7/3/06 10:41 AM, TwO_FaCeD_PaRaNoID wrote: Peacefull? The religion might be peacefull, but the followers aren't!
The muslims we're the first to invade Europe, they claimed it was their mission to conquer the whole world in name of the islam and make every single person a believer.
How do i know? Because qu'ran says that every muslim must do it's part to spread the religion.

The reason that early Christian communities in the middle east don't exist today is because they had a choice: become muslim, or die!
How do i know? I learn this stuff at history class!

E ee.. this topic cuz of boredom and it became bigger then i tought..
But only readin the first paragraph of ur topic made me laugh..

damn u r stupid.. and hypocrit..

Really go learn elsewhere and u will learn the truth..

haha u funny cuz u tough u were smart..

u joke..

Oke.. first..

Islam says that u should respect everyone like he is family..

That means that the "infidel" "Jew" shit isn't real..

The thing about unbelievers is, the oines that dont believe in the rulez of Islam..
( the murderes and rapers n stuff )

The burka or headscarf isnt a islamic law..

At 7/3/06 10:41 AM, TwO_FaCeD_PaRaNoID wrote: But if you say that CHRIST is a donkey raping child molester to a c hristian, he would obviously start whining and complaining to you that you don't feel the message of god, that christ had died for your sins and stuff like that...

I dare you to go to a relatively poor district in Bogotá, or any other city in Colombia for that matter, walk up to a guy who's about twenty to thirty years of age and tell him that Christ is a donkey-raping child molester (in Spanish). An average Muslim wouldn't hit you any sooner. The problem is that most Muslims in Europe come from masculine cultures which means they're more prone to respond violently to insults, it has nothing to do with what the religions teach.

At 7/3/06 10:52 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote:

E ee.. this topic cuz of boredom and it became bigger then i tought..
But only readin the first paragraph of ur topic made me laugh..

damn u r stupid.. and hypocrit..

Really go learn elsewhere and u will learn the truth..

haha u funny cuz u tough u were smart..

u joke..

Well, if that's the only thing you have to say about my reply, and you say that i am "stupid, and hypocrite" makes ME laugh. Because you can't even spell properly.
Well, i wont go learn anywhere else, because it is simple truth that the muslim conquest of spain happened before the crusades. And it actually provoked the crusades. So if "u joke" is the only thing you can say about it, then i guess that you are doing the "vmbo" level (lowest level of school in holland) in contradiction to me doing the VWO (highest grade of school in holland)
There is plenty of historical evidence for the conquest of spain.
So does that mean i'm hypocrite and i'm joking?
Truth is that the muslims came to spain around 700.
And the crusades we're around 1100/1200.
(i'm not claiming they we're right or something, i just claim that muslims attacked the christian world before the christians attacked their's)

At 7/3/06 10:15 AM, Mooperty wrote:

It's religion, people choose to base their lives around a belief system and rules. How the hell are we supposed to be uncritical?

I think you're misunderstanding me, or maybe I've not been exact enough. I meant you're (as a religion) supposed to be more critical, not more uncritical.

You are for even bringing it up.

How so? You're judging people by their beliefs or groups, and I was only giving an example of how you're being a hypocrite.

You're again messing up politics and religion. And about being ignorant: They point is, you wrote it because you wanted to, not because you did NOT want to. If you really thought that playing the nazi card was just ignorant, you wouldn't have written it at all.

It is true that people who have been a part of religion in the past have abused their power, IE witch hunts, crusades, etc.

Yes, and it's time your religion made up for it.

But, people we far more ignorant back then. People's reasoning skills were poorer and, well, people were generally stupid.

You can't seriously believe that. We're not talking about the stone age here.

It's only natural that people would come to their senses and not let their religion ruin other people's lives.

Sadly, it's not. The abrahamic religions have never been very tolerant. Individual followers may be, but too many are not. And again, the reason they have been forced back from exacting power in the good part of the last two centuries is not that they had willingly given it up. They have been forced to because of secularization. In other parts of the world, i.e. the arabic world, you can see one of them still in action.

Extremists and diehard fundamentalists, because of their violent actions, should not be stereotyped with people of the same religion who would disagree with them.

I see your point, but I cannot agree. You can't brush it off that easily. We have to endure the crap that members of your religions are responsible for, and all we get is a "sorry, we're not responsible"? No, that's not acceptable. Again, I know that you personally can't be held responsible and neither can most other individual members of your religions. But you're the ones who can, and need to change something about it. All those stupid rules, psalms, sures or whatever, in short the dusty pages that dominate your religions will never cease to cause trouble. You seriously need to do something about that. I am of course aware that is not a process that will be over in just a few years. But it's the only way you will ever have a chance to stop causing so much trouble to yourselves and others.

At 7/3/06 10:41 AM, TwO_FaCeD_PaRaNoID wrote:

At 7/1/06 06:05 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote: All u geeks say that all the shit that is wrong is the cause of Islam..

Shut up and live, cuz we r a peacefull religion..

Peacefull? The religion might be peacefull, but the followers aren't!
The muslims we're the first to invade Europe, they claimed it was their mission to conquer the whole world in name of the islam and make every single person a believer.

No they weren't, in fact it was Christian empires that sought to destroy the growing Muslims.

How do i know? Because qu'ran says that every muslim must do it's part to spread the religion.

By peaceful measures.

The reason that early Christian communities in the middle east don't exist today is because they had a choice: become muslim, or die!

No, they had a choice, in fact most Christian communities were urged NOT to convert.

How do i know? I learn this stuff at history class!

You have a piss-poor teacher.

But have you ever seen a burning flag or a burning embassy? (cartoon riots early this year)
The people who did that we're average middle eastern muslims.

Most of them were just pissed, what do you expect? If you walked in a black neighborhood and said MLK was a dirty N-word, what ddo you think would happen? And there weren't that many rioting when you look at the grand scheme of things.

Well, the majority of the muslims supported the protests agains Denmark.

Yes, the peaceful protests, a lot of Muslims condemned the riots.

And i didn't see that much riot police or millitary trying to protect the buildings, or the diplomats inside.

The diplomats had evacuated, there were police there but they got overrun, and the chief of security (or police force, or whatever the hell his job title was) was fired because he couldn't stop the riots.

It wouldn't be that strange if all the protesting against denmark and norway was just started by middle eastern goverments.

It would be strange, some nations called for boycots, but that's about it.

(of course i don't know i just say it wouldn't seem strange to me)

Considering that they tried to stop riots, I don't think they started them.

Another thing, if you walk uppon a muslim and say that mohammed is a donkey raping child molester(or something). THen he would obviously try to punch you in the face or atleast hurt you. I think you have a chance of 90% being beaten up.

Like lapis said, you could do the same with Jesus. Or as I said above, if you called MLK an N-word in front of a black person, he'd probably shoot you.

At 7/3/06 02:19 PM, seventy-one wrote:

At 7/3/06 10:41 AM, TwO_FaCeD_PaRaNoID wrote:

At 7/1/06 06:05 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote:

No they weren't, in fact it was Christian empires that sought to destroy the growing Muslims.

No, it was the Christian Empires that saught to defend the holy land. The Saracens and Turks were just in the way.

But what I think he's talking about is the whole conquest of Spain and the Battle of Poiters.

No, they had a choice, in fact most Christian communities were urged NOT to convert.

Actually in some of the extremest muslims states (ie Sudan) Christian communities are randomly attacke.

Your religion inspired thousands of Muslims to riot in their countries demanding someone's hands be cut off for their cartoons.

Really tolerant.

I've met plenty of Muslims. Sure, not all of them are friendly people, but what does that have to do with their religion? I've met just as many that are nice, honest, caring people.

People in the west hate muslims for the same reason people in the middle east hate the west. You keep killing us. If we all just stopped killing each other, maybe we wouldnt be so pissed off at one another lol

At 7/3/06 04:23 PM, chocolate_penguin wrote: Wait, you are whining about our supposed "intolerance"? People who do not follow your religion are killed for it.

See..

These r the Retrads i am talkin bout..

Whats the cause ?media or just lazynes to really figure out whats really goin on..

At 7/3/06 04:30 PM, emmytee wrote: People in the west hate muslims for the same reason people in the middle east hate the west. You keep killing us. If we all just stopped killing each other, maybe we wouldnt be so pissed off at one another lol

Kill..

We never hated you..

The that Al qaida hated was the fact that u diddnt helped Afghanistan.
The so Called fights for freedom like in Korea and Vietnam..
They saw it at kapitalistic actions..

And that they would help Afghanistan cuz they diddnt saw profit in it..

The only thin why the Mid-East S-E Asia And europeans hate America is cuz of the war..

WHy do u even keep listenin to ur bullshit president.. damn...

At 7/3/06 04:34 PM, F-8-L-E-T wrote:

Kill..

We never hated you..

The that Al qaida hated was the fact that u diddnt helped Afghanistan.
The so Called fights for freedom like in Korea and Vietnam..
They saw it at kapitalistic actions..

And that they would help Afghanistan cuz they diddnt saw profit in it..

The only thin why the Mid-East S-E Asia And europeans hate America is cuz of the war..

WHy do u even keep listenin to ur bullshit president.. damn...

Actually, I'm british and I hate bush but have nothing against muslims, but if you want to know why some ( more than 50% from what Ive seen) are racist towards Islam, its a combination of them being retarded and them seeing Muslims killing Brits and Americans on telly. Id imagine its similar in the middle east when you see what the US did in fallujah etc. And America has done way more than the Iraq war to the middle east to earn he hatered some locals there have for them.

While im here, America started veitnam as well.

At 7/3/06 02:19 PM, seventy-one wrote:

Yes, the peaceful protests, a lot of Muslims condemned the riots.

Riiight... I had a quote on that, but I not at home and cannot quote directly from the source, but it was something said by a Muslim guy:

Those who are rioting are taking this too far. But if I saw the man who made those cartoons, I would disembowl him and leave his entrails in the street.

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At 7/3/06 03:02 PM, Fenrus1989 wrote:

At 7/3/06 02:19 PM, seventy-one wrote:

At 7/3/06 10:41 AM, TwO_FaCeD_PaRaNoID wrote:

At 7/1/06 06:05 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote:

No they weren't, in fact it was Christian empires that sought to destroy the growing Muslims.

No, it was the Christian Empires that saught to defend the holy land. The Saracens and Turks were just in the way.

I was referring to the Byzantines and their initial wars with the arabs.

No, they had a choice, in fact most Christian communities were urged NOT to convert.

Actually in some of the extremest muslims states (ie Sudan) Christian communities are randomly attacke.

Today, but refferring to initial expansion, people under arab rule were urged not to convert, and they made very difficult to.

At 7/3/06 04:25 PM, -Rant- wrote: Your religion inspired thousands of Muslims to riot in their countries demanding someone's hands be cut off for their cartoons.

Really tolerant.

No, the religion didn't inspire the people. The insult did.

At 7/4/06 01:20 AM, Iamrecognized wrote:
Riiight... I had a quote on that, but I not at home and cannot quote directly from the source, but it was something said by a Muslim guy:

Those who are rioting are taking this too far. But if I saw the man who made those cartoons, I would disembowl him and leave his entrails in the street.

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ONE.FUCKING.GUY. For everyone one quote of those, I can find quotes from ten different people condemning it.

At 7/4/06 01:49 AM, seventy-one wrote:

At 7/3/06 03:02 PM, Fenrus1989 wrote:

At 7/3/06 02:19 PM, seventy-one wrote:

At 7/3/06 10:41 AM, TwO_FaCeD_PaRaNoID wrote:

At 7/1/06 06:05 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote:

I was referring to the Byzantines and their initial wars with the arabs.

I think your reffering to the Byzantine wars with the Sassanid Empire(Persia) around the time of Mohammid. You have to remember, most of the Saracens lived around the Arabian Penisula, and the Byzantines stayed out of it

But once the Byzantines lost Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Palestine to the Saracens, it was up.

Today, but refferring to initial expansion, people under arab rule were urged not to convert, and they made very difficult to.

I think it mainly depended on the Caliph. In North Africa for example, the Berbers pretty much erased all history of the Christian community's around that area.

While around Syria and Palestine, they lasted longer.

And dont foget what the have done to the South American civilisation.

They genocided them in the name of the church. there even was a priest who demanded them to be exterminated cuz some chief threw a bible on the floor.

These r the kind of people u think Islamist r but hey.. U cant help it that America is a country based on Propaganda and hidden history.

At 7/4/06 07:56 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote: And dont foget what the have done to the South American civilisation.

The south american civilazation were destroyed by Spain, not because the church or bible said so, but because Spain was trying to build an empire.

They genocided them in the name of the church. there even was a priest who demanded them to be exterminated cuz some chief threw a bible on the floor.

No they did not. Why blame Christianty for what its followers do. I could use your logic to say that 9/11 was done in the name of Islam.

These r the kind of people u think Islamist r but hey.. U cant help it that America is a country based on Propaganda and hidden history.

You know in the Middle East there are terrorist training camps where little kids are taught that America is the great satan, and if America's "Hidden History" is hidden why does everyone seem to know about it.

http://www.psychohis..eln03_terrorism.html

At 7/4/06 09:02 AM, arz756 wrote: Stuff i already told

The church was like a senate, they orderd the genocide of the Mayans Aztecs etc. to establish the Christian Comunity it is now.

And the shit about the Child camps is bullshit, cuz islamic schools dont teach politics.
And dont believe every shit they say, maybe if it is about Africa, but the mid east this shit has been banned for a fockin long time.

At 7/4/06 10:33 AM, F-8-L-E-T wrote: The church was like a senate, they orderd the genocide of the Mayans Aztecs etc. to establish the Christian Comunity it is now.

Can you show me proof of this order?

And the shit about the Child camps is bullshit, cuz islamic schools dont teach politics.
And dont believe every shit they say, maybe if it is about Africa, but the mid east this shit has been banned for a fockin long time.

First there doesn't need to be a class on politics it could happen in almost any class. Second they are taught that the west mainly Israel and America are the cause of all their problems.

http://www.washingto..AR2006051901769.html

FIRST GRADE

"Every religion other than Islam is false."

"Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words (Islam, hellfire): Every religion other than ______________ is false. Whoever dies outside of Islam enters ____________."

FOURTH GRADE

"True belief means . . . that you hate the polytheists and infidels but do not treat them unjustly."

FIFTH GRADE

"Whoever obeys the Prophet and accepts the oneness of God cannot maintain a loyal friendship with those who oppose God and His Prophet, even if they are his closest relatives."

"It is forbidden for a Muslim to be a loyal friend to someone who does not believe in God and His Prophet, or someone who fights the religion of Islam."

"A Muslim, even if he lives far away, is your brother in religion. Someone who opposes God, even if he is your brother by family tie, is your enemy in religion."

SIXTH GRADE

"Just as Muslims were successful in the past when they came together in a sincere endeavor to evict the Christian crusaders from Palestine, so will the Arabs and Muslims emerge victorious, God willing, against the Jews and their allies if they stand together and fight a true jihad for God, for this is within God's power."

EIGHTH GRADE

"As cited in Ibn Abbas: The apes are Jews, the people of the Sabbath; while the swine are the Christians, the infidels of the communion of Jesus."

NINTH GRADE

"The clash between this [Muslim] community (umma) and the Jews and Christians has endured, and it will continue as long as God wills."

"It is part of God's wisdom that the struggle between the Muslim and the Jews should continue until the hour [of judgment]."

"Muslims will triumph because they are right. He who is right is always victorious, even if most people are against him."

TENTH GRADE

"The 10th-grade text on jurisprudence teaches that life for non-Muslims (as well as women, and, by implication, slaves) is worth a fraction of that of a "free Muslim male." Blood money is retribution paid to the victim or the victim's heirs for murder or injury:

"Blood money for a free infidel. [Its quantity] is half of the blood money for a male Muslim, whether or not he is 'of the book' or not 'of the book' (such as a pagan, Zoroastrian, etc.).

"Blood money for a woman: Half of the blood money for a man, in accordance with his religion. The blood money for a Muslim woman is half of the blood money for a male Muslim, and the blood money for an infidel woman is half of the blood money for a male infidel."

ELEVENTH GRADE

"The greeting 'Peace be upon you' is specifically for believers. It cannot be said to others."

"If one comes to a place where there is a mixture of Muslims and infidels, one should offer a greeting intended for the Muslims."

"Do not yield to them [Christians and Jews] on a narrow road out of honor and respect."

TWELFTH GRADE

"Jihad in the path of God -- which consists of battling against unbelief, oppression, injustice, and those who perpetrate it -- is the summit of Islam. This religion arose through jihad and through jihad was its banner raised high. It is one of the noblest acts, which brings one closer to God, and one of the most magnificent acts of obedience to God."

Nina Shea is director of the Center for Religious Freedom at Freedom House.