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Originally Posted by SoonerCoug
Mindful:
We have examples in our scriptures when people were "justifiably" murdered because they might have caused spiritual harm to others. In this way, we have something in common with Islam.
The difference is that these scriptural examples are viewed by many as very distant and perhaps even allegorical (fictional) stories. In other words, most of us don't really believe that God wants us to kill people because they do spiritual damage to others.
So, your beliefs and our beliefs have something in common, from a scriptural perspective. Many Mormons might even acknowledge that Mohammed was a prophet. The problem is that you guys interpret scripture too literally, and this is a form of fanaticism. Extreme Islam seems barbaric and bloodthirsty to us, especially when we see that people are willing (and feel justified) to kill each other over such trivial things as a book, and all in the name of religion.
I realize that the Koran is the center of your faith, and that it's perceived by many Muslims as horribly disrespectful that Rushdie wrote his book about the Satanic Verses.
But people write books mocking the Book of Mormon or Mormon beliefs all the time, and we just roll with it, and life is much more civil. It's a lot easier to have a normal society when you're not trying to kill people over books. There is no need to play medieval games with fatwas and hukms and killing people over their words.
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ok ,i admit that we are standing on different stages and it could NOt get any close by further discussion ,since it requires us to be familiar with islamic jurisprudence and quran interpretation if we determine to fetch the core of fatwa ,which is well..impossible here .
but you should notice that i am NOT going to make a god of ayatollah khomeini nor an immaculate person but to oppose to his fatwa you ought be knowing the principals and the knowledge .