Is this what mulsims mean by religion of peace http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/08/18/09/mnlf-tak?

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MANILA - Armed men claiming to be members of a Muslim separatist group are negotiating their surrender after occupying an island in the western Philippines, military officials said Wednesday.

Troops and navy boats were sent to Marabon, off Palawan, after about 30 gunmen claiming to be members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) seized the island on Saturday, a police report said.

Some of Marabon's residents were held in a mosque after most fled the island and reported the incident to authorities, police said.

Although the residents were later allowed to leave the mosque, the armed men had asked them not to leave the island.

Navy boats were now circling Marabon while attempts were made to convince the gunmen to surrender without a fight, police said.

"The armed men... are saying they are willing to surrender, so as of now, negotiations are being done by the members of the local government," said military spokesman Lt. Col. Romeo Brawner.

It was unclear why the gunmen occupied the island. The military was also trying to confirm whether they were members of the MNLF, once the Philippines' largest Muslim separatist group.

In the 1970s the MNLF waged a bloody guerrilla campaign for a Muslim state in the southern Philippines, but ceased hostilities in 1996.

as of 08/18/2009 7:12 PM


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Answer 1

Would you let your computer to determine your perceptions for you? Or would you rather see what its really like for yourself?



That fighting has been going on even before I was born. No point in discussing about it.

Answer 2

why dont chruistians blow up buildings



why dont cvhristians take hostages



why dont christians use suicide bombs



Jesus asked us not to do these things so we dont do them



why is it that after reading the quran there is a 1:5 chance of you becoming a terrorist?



maybe it's what the quran actually teaches, and maybe in certain countries it is easier to commit these attrocities



i.e. non western natgions with weak governemnts are where you can freely praqctice everything the quran teaches



i wonder what Abu Sayef, and Osama bin laden would make of 'moderate-westernized muslims' who go against the quran by taking christians and jews as their friends



i wonder what muhammed would do to them for taking christians and jews as their friends?



the only reason why they go agianst the quran to do this is because they live in the west,



if they lived in pakistan or yemen or the philpines or palestine the same people answering this question would instead be preparing their children for Jihad





muslims blame the media for showing islam in a negative light



i blame the muslims with suicide bombs thinking they are going to an orgy with 72 hourias for showing me the truth

Answer 3

" Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood " – Jer:48:10 .





" Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up " – Hos:13:16 .







" And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ***, with the edge of the sword " – Jos:6:21 , the only book that allows killing women , children , old people and animals , even the worshpers of stones and the sun .. etc , didn't do this .







" And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city " – Ez:9:7 .







" Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house " – Ez:9:6 .









" And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless " – Ex:22:24 .





Do not spare them, put to death men, women and children and infants, cattle and sheep, camles and donkeys ( Bible 1 samuel 15:3)



Think not that i cam to send peace on earth, i came not to send peace, but a swords (Bible , Matthew 10:34)





I have come to set the world on fire, and i wish it were already burning (Bible, luke 12:49)

Answer 4

Real Religion can happen only when there is peace, everything else is just consoling false religions, just like you will never achieve real peace and happiness with Prozac It may give you false felling of peace but its far far from the real thing, witch is to be real and authentic man. So my answer would be that no religion can bring peace to the world, for the simple reason that real religion is the byproduct of peace, It will flower only when you are at peace.

Answer 5

Extremists =/= most muslims

Answer 6

wow they have printer friendly?



I'm convinced