Muslims Are No Different, or Why Bill Maher’s Blood Libel Is Bigotry

[Oregonian]

10. Then we disagree

Yes, I am "privileged" to have the education I have (as are you). I don't shy away from that. It's not a phrase meant to demean the underprivileged.

This is the first I've heard of the "3rd world" being thought of as some kind of slur, or, uh..."archaic" term. I never said it tends one to homicide, but it certainly tends one to poverty, hunger, desperation, and therefore the willingness to cling to a, perhaps irrational, set of ideals so long as bread or acceptance comes with it.

The Koran most explicitly and literally requires mudering of infidels.

Quran (8:59-60) - "And let not those who disbelieve suppose that they can outstrip (Allah's Purpose). Lo! they cannot escape. Make ready for them all thou canst of (armed) force and of horses tethered, that thereby ye may dismay the enemy of Allah and your enemy."

Quran (8:15) - "O ye who believe! When ye meet those who disbelieve in battle, turn not your backs to them. (16)Whoso on that day turneth his back to them, unless maneuvering for battle or intent to join a company, he truly hath incurred wrath from Allah, and his habitation will be hell, a hapless journey's end."

Quran (8:12) - "I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them"

Quran (3:56) - "As to those who reject faith, I will punish them with terrible agony in this world and in the Hereafter, nor will they have anyone to help."


There are many, many more. I'm really having a hard time discerning the metaphor in all this hate. Even the old testament has to quiver in fear of the level of anger spewed by the Koran.

Maher's words are not an attack on Muslims, they're an attack on Islam -- and belief in general. And I think he's 100% right.