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| Religious books offending Islam sold in Algeria |
| 2007-09-04 |
| Some religious books and publications in bookshops or displayed in streets include many extremist ideas, according to witnesses. The president of a banned charity association in Algiers says there are books with extremist ideas that raise doubts over real Islam and the Prophet's sira (the ProphetÂ’s biography). Some books say customs and taxes are forbidden in Islam while others insult the prophetÂ’s wives. Extremist books and publications were even found inside mosques and so, the religious affairs ministry is inspecting mosques and forbidding any religious book in mosques without permit, said communication director at the ministry Abdellah Tamine. In the same regard, the religious affairs ministerÂ’s advisor said the ministry is calling on citizens to notify it of any suspicious book. |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #5 and forget Davey and Goliath cartoons! Infidels! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-09-04 22:07 |
| #4 Insult to the fake prophet's wives is central to Shiite dogma. Caliph Ali was murdered by followers of Muhammed's family. Ali is believed to be connected to Muhammed as one of the first peoples of the "blood oath" (ahl-Bayt) to Islam. From our point of view, the Sunni-Shiite split should be viewed as a purely political matter between 2 sides that didn't want to share booty from the Muslim terror conquests. (The unholy koran is the only so-called "sacred" text that includes a chapter on Division of Booty; and captive women are sex booty to Muslim men) |
| Posted by: McZoid 2007-09-04 20:19 |
| #3 I don't know which books they have. However, the most strict version of the Wahabi sect states that any compliance with a secular State (e.g., paying customs and taxes) is a form of polytheism (since it, in effect, makes the secular sovereign, even if he is a Moslem, in a position of taking money that would otherwise be available to support Islamic requirements) |
| Posted by: mhw 2007-09-04 09:00 |
| #2 I'd like a cliff notes too. I just don't get what they're saying. |
| Posted by: NOLA 2007-09-04 06:17 |
| #1 Huh? Can someone make a sense of this? Thx! |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-09-04 02:21 |