Question:
How can the Taliban call themselves Muslims?
Andrew H
2010-11-05 05:59:55 UTC
How can the Taliban call themselves Muslims when they keep blowing up mosques and killing Muslims?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-11700795

Surely it is absolute sacrilege to blow up the holy places of your own religion?

And why do some Muslims keep banging on about the west invading Muslims countries (which is valid criticism) and ignore the fact that the great majority of the deaths are caused by Muslim factions like the Taliban and al Qaeda?
Nineteen answers:
Dick Greyson
2010-11-05 06:05:27 UTC
I don't see too many muslims saying the Taliban aren't muslim, so why would the taliban itself admit to it?
?
2010-11-05 13:15:13 UTC
How do mormons call themselves Christians? LIke the taliban, there is so much they attribute to the religon that is just made up. Like half the stuff they do isn't even in the religous texts, or is in texts they flat made up.



They focus on one archaic writing that wasn't even originally in th Quoran, about war. Mohammed was actually a very wise man, and said that violence is largely unesseccary except when all else fails. The funamentalists abuse his teachings, and focus on exactly what he says not to.



Mohammed never said anything about abstaining from alcohol, keeping women away from public, covering them, beating them, even separation during prayer. He just said too much of anything distracting from living a good life is bad, and to clear your head of outside distractions while praying to god.



And somehow the taliban use this as a rationalization to kill and supress.



Beleive it or not, most muslums see through the facade, and know that many of the problems they are facing, both socialy and politically, are because of the hypocracy of their leaders, and small groups that abuse the religon for their own benifit.
eliminator
2010-11-05 13:15:38 UTC
If you would call them muslims. They do not even follow their bible (the Qur'an). It states that all muslims must respect their God and even other people that do not believe or quite understand their religion.

You have to understand a bit more, its like calling a meat eater a vegetarian, it just doesn't work that way.

Groups like HAMAS and other terrorist groups are not muslims, they are quite actually far from it.

And you know that not every muslim is going to kill their own people. That's why people go to places for example Australia or Easter Island for refuge and a start for a whole new life.



Hope this helped!
Matilda Ljungberg
2010-11-05 13:03:43 UTC
Because different Muslim factions will fight amongst themselves if they believe the other group isn't being Muslim in the same way they feel it should be practiced.



We Christians have been doing it for centuries.
specal k
2010-11-05 13:16:23 UTC
the taliban are of one sect and the mosques are of a different sect.

an example in the christian history would be the fighting between catholics and Protestant in ireland
2010-11-05 13:02:33 UTC
Are you looking for someone to defend the Taliban? They're a bunch of religious fanatics of the non-Christian variety; I don't think you'll get too many sticking up for them.
Ariel
2010-11-05 13:16:50 UTC
If you keep the devil in the midst and claim that some devils are good and others are bad at your own convenience the result is what we see. The Devil comes to kill steal and destroy. You better ask yourself if that is the religion of God or the religion inspired of the accuser
2010-11-05 13:09:38 UTC
Because they are the best Muslims around. The masjids are being attacked

and blown up by black water, US hired mercenaries to malign the taliban. They

can not be so mad as to kill their own men who help and support them.



But the problem, people in the west believe in CNN and BBC as those were

revelation from God Almighty!



M J Iqbal
2010-11-05 13:05:49 UTC
Hey Peter Pan....study history much....didn't think so...the Crusades were 3 centuries AFTER the Muslims INVADED many countries in Europe. I'd say the Christians were VERY patient until they had had enough of the invasion. Go study will you so you don't look like an idiot !!!!
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2010-11-05 13:20:57 UTC
Because there's no point in doing so I mean you don't really think the talibanis hang out together on the internet when they're done bombing do you?
wefmeister
2010-11-05 13:11:24 UTC
What frightens me is it appears to me they are ones following the Quran most closely.

It is the passive Muslims who are out of step with what their holy book requires of them.



If you think they are an aberration...........



http://thereligionofpeace.com/
2010-11-05 13:04:41 UTC
they can easily call them self's muslims read the Koran it is full of hate against non muslims and the koran says that there is to make the whole world muslim and they will can use force if need be
StandW2Fists
2010-11-05 13:05:36 UTC
They're extremists caught up in the world.
?
2010-11-05 13:13:45 UTC
Surely they have a Covenant.
2010-11-05 13:04:32 UTC
Christians killed Christians in the Crusades, so I would apply the same argument to that.
2010-11-05 13:01:43 UTC
The Crusades - The Inquisition.



Christians killings thousands. What makes los Talibanos any different.
KUB
2010-11-05 13:03:23 UTC
Why is it all these are happening after U.S. invaded Muslim countries?



There werent suicide bombings last time, only after the U.S. led wars all these are happening.



Why dont the U.S. pack up and go back to their countries?



Those are not Muslims they are tyrants and devils destroying Muslims.
VPA021
2010-11-05 13:06:39 UTC
because they are idiots. they blow up their own people..
?
2010-11-05 13:01:33 UTC
They are lunatics.


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