Med Osman
DEFINITION OF INFIDEL
Tue Jul 6, 2004 01:22
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Subject: DEFINITION OF INFIDEL
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 19:18:19 -0700
From: Med Osman
Reply-To: Med Osman medfly1@cox.net
To: tom@amazinisp.com
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Tom:

I read your article about the definition of infidel, and your story sounds like one of those bedtime stories for simplistic minds aiming at dicrediting Islam, counting on the lack of information and the huge amount of disinformation spread by our media and tele-Evangilists.

First of all, there is no such a thing in Islam as clerics or clergy or any form of organized religion, that's why Islam poses a threat to the organized religionm business and those who lead an opulent lifestyle off of the contributions and donations of those who give to those organizations. In Islam there is no intermediary between the CREATOR and his creations, humans or otherwise.

The word "Infidel" as mentioned in the Holy Quran, means specifically those who lived in the Arabian Peninsula at the time of Prophet Mohammed, who engaged in worshipping idols and fought Islam.

"Infidel" does not refer to Christians nor Jewish people, who are referred to in Islam as "People of Book" since they were given the Bible and the Torat who are heavenly books as recognized by Islam and all Moslems. Islam emphasizes respecting and allowing Christians and Jewsish people, to practice their faith and rites without any harm. A good example here is that no such a thing happened in any Moslem society similar the infamous inquisition in Spain which targeted Moslems and Jews, nor Krytal Nacht in Nazi Germany where Jewish stores and businesses were burnt and destroyed.

There has never beed any persecution of Christians nor Jews in any Moslem society nor country, so what is that nonsense that you state about killing those who are not of the Moslem faith to go to Heaven. How many Christians, Jews or people that practice other religions were killed by any Moslem using the allegation you mentioned about going to Heaven.

Mr. you should be ashamed of yourself for making false allegations about a conversation that probably was concocted in your mind and you wrote it as fact. If what you say is true, I appreciate sending me the name and e-mail address of the alleged Imam that you debated with, if he really exists.

I am also attaching an article about Islam, which will shed a lot of light on the reason why organized religion and the media is attacking Islam, not because it is a violent religion, but because the number of people switching to Islam after learning about it is on the rise and the fact that those engaged in the business of organized religion, are afraid of having to work for living instead of living off of the donations they collect from those who don't know any better, but once they realize that religion should not be exploited and that neither Abraham nor Noah nor Moses nor Jesus nor Mary nor Mohammed, made a living by taking other peoples money, once people figure out the scam, they will look into the origion of all these religions and how it related to true Christianity as practiced by Jesus, and it won't be long before they figure out that they are buying Cadillacs and Lincolns ot other fancy cars for some individuals who are exploiting them and they will stop being duped.

Read the attached article and I hope you search for the true religion, there is a place call Zeiouna Institute in California, I suggest that you contact them, they will help you.

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Columnist and former soldier David H. Hackworth is the author of The Price of Honor, and contributes weekly commentary to DefenseWatch.

June 28, 2004

America would be a whole lot safer if the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Richard Myers, was flying for Virgin Airlines, and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was competing on "Survivor." Both war leaders have done so miserable a job honchoing the military side of our critical conflict against global terrorism, and in the process so jeopardized our national security, that they should be sacked for dereliction of duty.

http://www.military.com/Resources/ResourceFileView?file=Hackworth_062804.htm