Can Muslims and Christians coexist? ‘Of Gods and Men’ offers an answer

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Last week’s Paris terror attacks, and then the renewed controversy over the Syrian refugee crisis and resistance to accepting Muslim refugees into the United States, reflects ongoing concerns about terrorism among Americans. But it also reflects, in some circles, animosity and suspicion toward Muslims in general, or even toward Islam itself.

There are two popular caricatures of Islam in Western imagination. The first is the glib affirmation of Islam as “a religion of peace” that has only been “hijacked” by jihadists and terrorists, popularized by the Bush administration to help sell the so-called War on Terror to the international community, including Muslim nations. The other is its mirror image: the indictment of true Islam as inherently ferocious and warlike, with the “moderate” Muslim of fond Western imagination reduced to a product of the pluralistic West.

The reality is more complicated than either of these pictures. There is no one true Islam, but several, with a range of schools or traditions privileging different themes in the mixed bag that is the Quran, hadith, and Islamic tradition.

“Of Gods and Men” (2010), the most extraordinary cinematic depiction of the Christian ideal in at least the last quarter century, also depicts something of the variety of expressions in the Islamic world.

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You are correct in saying that there is no “one true Islam.” This is because Islam is not truth. However, a person can (and should) be a “bad” Muslim. I hope that if someone decides they want to be a Muslim, they are a “bad” Muslim. Why? Because “good” Muslims kill infidels.

So asking the question “Can Muslims and Christians coexist?” is like asking if children and child molesters can coexist. Not in their eyes we can’t!

Now the question “Can Islam and Christianity Coexist?” is an important one. And the answer is yes, but they shouldn’t. Islam needs to be eradicated by the conversion of their souls.
 
St_Francis said:
If this happened in Paris, why were the signs in English?
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The second video was shot in Paris, at 44 secs the sign is written in French. I believe the first video was shot in the USA, it looks like a US city anyway.🤷
 
pepipop said:
The second video was shot in Paris, at 44 secs the sign is written in French. I believe the first video was shot in the USA, it looks like a US city anyway.🤷
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Thank you. My charge was low so did not watch the entire 2nd video. I agree with you about the city in the first one looking American but I had heard it happened in France so I was confused :o
 
Unfortunately history has shown that it is a pipe dream that Islam and Christianity can exist peacefully
 
gilliam said:
Last week’s Paris terror attacks, and then the renewed controversy over the Syrian refugee crisis and resistance to accepting Muslim refugees into the United States, reflects ongoing concerns about terrorism among Americans. But it also reflects, in some circles, animosity and suspicion toward Muslims in general, or even toward Islam itself.

There are two popular caricatures of Islam in Western imagination. The first is the glib affirmation of Islam as “a religion of peace” that has only been “hijacked” by jihadists and terrorists, popularized by the Bush administration to help sell the so-called War on Terror to the international community, including Muslim nations. The other is its mirror image: the indictment of true Islam as inherently ferocious and warlike, with the “moderate” Muslim of fond Western imagination reduced to a product of the pluralistic West.

The reality is more complicated than either of these pictures. There is no one true Islam, but several, with a range of schools or traditions privileging different themes in the mixed bag that is the Quran, hadith, and Islamic tradition.

“Of Gods and Men” (2010), the most extraordinary cinematic depiction of the Christian ideal in at least the last quarter century, also depicts something of the variety of expressions in the Islamic world.

cruxnow.com/life/2015/11/20/can-muslims-and-christians-coexist-of-gods-and-men-offers-an-answer/?s_campaign=crux:email:daily
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This was wonderful. I read this article and then a previous review of the movie by the same author. I had never heard about this movie, and now I hope I will be able to watch it with my family soon 🙂
 
No way, not ever, the main problem, their ‘bible’ says its perfectly fine to kill anyone, women, children, babies, as long as they are infidels, and its done to spread the muslim faith…there is just no way around that, its the same reason why this ‘war on terror’ will NEVER end, they are not willing to negotiate, not willing to compromise, not willing to attend talks…they want us all dead, just because their leadership is killed or arrested, the fighters will still keep fighting.
 
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