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What would the Prophet Muhammad think of the Islamic State group? Not much according to a non-profit US Muslim organisation that launched a poster campaign in the US this week.
Sound Vision used a giant billboard in a suburb of Chicago, saying "Hey ISIS, you suck", quoting the Quran's Life is sacred and signing it From: #ActualMuslims.
The Chicago stunt was a hit on the internet, became a most-read article on Reddit and was used by many on Twitter for their own messages that IS was not synonymous with Islam.
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anamandujano
(7,004 posts)Hopeful!
Warpy
(111,277 posts)maybe a few bigots out there would start to catch a clue.
After all, most of the victims of DAESH are Muslims.
True Dough
(17,306 posts)across the U.S. who will applaud that billboard. But the next outburst of violence by a radicalized individual will result in bigots condemning all Muslims and lining up behind Trump. Some people are so narrow-minded. Sad, really.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)I'm happy to see this.
Marr
(20,317 posts)...it seems to me that ISIS is infinitely more devout than any moderate. If either is not a 'real Muslim', it's the moderate.
Even that quote-- 'life is sacred', is wholly taken out of context. It's actually part of an accounting of the command that had been given to the Jews, and doesn't apply to Muslims whatsoever. The following passages not only mandate killing people who 'cause mischief in the land', they flatly state that the lives of non-believers are not equal to those of Muslims. In the Hadith, Mohammed said no Muslim should be punished for killing a non-believer.
So if your only moral guide is the Quran and Hadith, there is no way you could come away with the notion that 'all life is sacred'.