Islam is a religion of peace and is tolerant of other religions?

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Islamic extremists attack Catholics reciting rosary

The attack took place on 11 October in a private house. Armed men broke in and threatened to burn the place down if the prayer went ahead. Fears are rising about further violence against Indonesian believers.

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Jakarta (AsiaNews) – A group composed of Islamic extremists attacked Catholics praying the rosary on 11 October and threatened to burn down the house they were gathered in. The assailants, who claimed to be part of the Islamic Defender Front (Front Pembela Islam, FPI), invaded the house of one of the Catholic community belonging to the parish of Christ Salvator in western Jakarta.

The men forced the marian prayer to stop immediately, threatening to burn the place down. They forced all those present including the Ketua Lingkungan (informal parish leader - ed. note) to sign a declaration that they will not hold any more rosary gatherings in houses in the area.

The attack has fuelled fears and apprehension among Indonesian Catholics who fear further possible hostile moves from the FPI. The front is also behind the closure of 24 home-churches in western Java.

For Catholics all over the world, including those in Indonesia, October and May are months dedicated especially to the Virgin Mary. In Indonesia, believers manifest their faith by undertaking pilgrimages to the country’s Marian shrines and by reciting the rosary in parishes.

Meeting to recite the rosary together, better known as Doa Rosario Bersama, is usually organised once a week in one of the houses of the community.
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Recently a group of Protestants walked to the front of a Catholic church (during Mass!) and began to vandalize it. But that doesn’t mean that Protestantism is a religion of vandals.

There are extremists in any large group - religion, political, artistic, whatever. It is wrong to condemn an entire category of people for the actions of a few extremists… especially when those actions are contrary to the spirit of their group.
 
Faiths are not judged by its claimants, they are judged by its actual teachings. Its very easy to narrate the faults of muslims and catholics, past and present, but the way to judge a religion is by studying its teachings, not by its followers.
 
Hashi Al-Eritre:
Faiths are not judged by its claimants, they are judged by its actual teachings. Its very easy to narrate the faults of muslims and catholics, past and present, but the way to judge a religion is by studying its teachings, not by its followers.
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What if they do it in the name of God?
 
Crusaders killed in the name of God does that mean their actions were good?
 
Do we see now christian attack other faith in the name of God?
 
Christians have attacked other faiths in the name of God.

Do you deny this?
 
So far I haven’t seen any Christian shut down or burn mosques only just because they run their faith.
 
Really ?

Just because you havnt seen it does mean it hasnt happened.
 
Definitely.

Thats right. But… is there?.. only just because they run their faith?
 
Go to christian aggresion .com

Think its biased, wat makes it anymore so then muslim persecution sites.
 
I think its important honesty is employed when propagating against a faith. If im going to propagate my faith to a christian, im not going to use tactics of trying to paint a bad image of another faith’s followers but rather concentrate on disproving its beliefs through concrete proof.

It seems the christian tactic of propagation nowadays is to disparage Islam by narrating the wrong practices of Muslims, especially since now the media has given a great deal of attention to that. And this is unfortunate.
 
Islam has no central authority to speak for its teachings. Therefore, given all the “kill them wherever you find them” verses in the Koran, the terrorists’ interpretation is just as valid as your interpretation that Islam is peaceful and tolerant. Islam does not speak with one voice.

Jesus even told us:
John.16
[2] …indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
[3] And they will do this because they have not known the Father, nor me.

God established a teaching authority on earth and that is the Catholic Church. If someone wants to know what God’s true teachings are, there is an authority to turn to. God protects His Church from teaching error about Him. If you are interested in knowing what God wants you to know, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is available online.
 
Hashi Al-Eritre:
It seems the christian tactic of propagation nowadays is to disparage Islam by narrating the wrong practices of Muslims, especially since now the media has given a great deal of attention to that. And this is unfortunate.
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Your media publishing false news and you brought that thread. Priest embraces Islam.
arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=68768&d=21&m=8&y=2005
Where? When? Who? until yet no response from Arab News nor from you. My self I verified and found this a false news. Really this is unfortunate.

In Christ,
selvaraj
 
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Shadowcry:
Really ?

Just because you havnt seen it does mean it hasnt happened.
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I’m looking more at the society, which claims to be an Islamic society. Contrast that with the US, which claims to be a Christian society. You would never hear of a group of thugs bursting into a moslem home and terrorizing the inhabitants for saying their prayers. If that happened, those thugs would be prosecuted and villified by everyone all the way up to the president. Now compare that to what happened in this story. These things happen quite frequently in moslem societies.
 
Hashi Al-Eritre:
Faiths are not judged by its claimants, they are judged by its actual teachings. Its very easy to narrate the faults of muslims and catholics, past and present, but the way to judge a religion is by studying its teachings, not by its followers.
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Amen, I am sure that there are many people here from various religions that would shudder to be made an example of there chosen religions if all of their lives were to be made known… public and private!

When IRA Catholics bomb and murder innocent people do we conclude that ALL Catholics are terrorists. When a Catholic priest molests children are all Catholics deemed to be pedophiles? When Protestant Fundementalists firebomb an abortion clinic, do they then all become fire bombers and murderers? It is very ignorant and inconsiderate to judge an entire religion based upon the actions of SOME of their adherants.
 
Actually if one were to do a Google search under “Christian Atrocities” they will get page after page of examples thereof. Then change Christian to Protestant, Catholic, Islamic, etc (pick your own group, it matters not). There are countless examples throughout history of religious groups that somehow thought they were better then everyone else and had exclusive claim to “the truth” and then kill innocent people just to “prove” it to the world. Obviously it has not worked out so well for any of them.

If we are to select a religion of God by the actions of its adherants we should all sell our: cars, electric appliances etc., have our gas, electricity and running water turned off and become Amish or Mennonite. If you also Google “Amish atrocities” you will only find jokes about Amish car bombings, etc. This is a group of people that have never resorted to terrorism or violence to prove a point or to gain recognition. Obviously we cant all do that so perhaps we should simply observe our own religious convictions and leave everyone else to their own beliefs??

After all no one group can “prove” that they are right to the mutual exclusion of everyone else!
 
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SavedByFaith:
Amen, I am sure that there are many people here from various religions that would shudder to be made an example of there chosen religions if all of their lives were to be made known… public and private!

When IRA Catholics bomb and murder innocent people do we conclude that ALL Catholics are terrorists. When a Catholic priest molests children are all Catholics deemed to be pedophiles? When Protestant Fundementalists firebomb an abortion clinic, do they then all become fire bombers and murderers? It is very ignorant and inconsiderate to judge an entire religion based upon the actions of SOME of their adherants.
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Too bad many Christians and Catholics judge Islam because of a few violent followers.
 
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