The Peaceful Religion of Islam

Nasir Ashraf, a Christian stonemason, was working on the construction of a room at a school near Manga Mandi outside of Lahore when he got thirsty and took a break.

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"He drew water and drank from a glass chained to a cemented public water tank next to a mosque, which was reserved for 'all' poor people," the VOM report said. "Returning to the construction site, a Muslim man asked him, 'Why did you drink water from this glass since you are a Christian?'"

The man then accused Nasir of polluting the glass, yanked the glass off the iron chain, broke it and threw it in a garbage can.

He also summoned other militant Muslims nearby.

"This man polluted our glass," he told them.

The result was an incensed mob that beat Nasir, yelling that a "Christian dog" drank from their glass.

Bystanders encouraged the beating, because it would be a "good" deed that would help them in heaven, the report said.

"The attackers pushed Nasir off a ledge onto the ground, and the fall dislocated his shoulder and broke his collarbone in two places," the VOM report said.

So. In the eyes of some, evangelicals are just as ignorant... Just as savage. There are some sick folks out there claiming the name of Christ, but they are none of His. And that's the difference between Christianity and Islam. Islam condones violence in the name of 'purity of religion,' Christianity does not.

I know some readers will vehemently disagree, and will say that I either, 1) don't understand Islam, 2) conveniently forget Christian atrocities, or 3) the bulk of Muslims are peace loving people.

The only response any of you will get from me is, 1) it doesn't take a rocket scientist to read the Qur'an, and judge its statements with the actions of muslims world-wide; 2) Christian atrocities do not occur in this day and age, to the extent that Muslim atrocities occur-- Atrocities commited by Christians today are all but non-existent --furthermore despite Christian atrocities of the past, Christianity has returned to its first love, whereas Islam has never left hers; and 3) In western nations this is true, but Muslim atrocities rarely occur in western nations... No, they mostly occur in Muslim, and non-western nations. Muslims in America are overwhelmingly peace-loving because they recognize the freedoms they have here. Does that mean Americans should drop their guard? Not at all. Does that mean we should make excuses for ignorance and barbarity? Nonsense!