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Why Have Muslims Turned Violent December 14, 2008
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Quran 25:30 · Al-Furqan
▶ 10:46
Quran 3:140 · Aal-Imran
▶ 17:15
Quran 48:1 · Al-Fath
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Quran 3:140 · Aal-Imran
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Quran 2:2 · Al-Baqarah
▶ 1:15:12
Quran 66:11 · At-Tahrim
▶ 1:17:46
Quran 37:10 · As-Saffat
▶ 1:26:41
Quran 10:25 · Yunus
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why Muslims turned violent - lecture theme intro
“Why have Muslims turned violent? A very common question.”
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scholar's paradox: peaceful Quran, reactive Muslims, resolved
“A non-Muslim scholar told me: the Quran is peace.”
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differentiate Islam from Muslims, not vice versa
“The answer is simple: differentiate Islam and Muslims.”
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Quran's prediction that Muslims would abandon it
“The Quran already predicted Muslims would abandon it.”
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opinion makers must give community's history positive spin
“Every community's leaders must positively reinterpret its history.”
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leaders must reframe history positively to avoid negativity
“Solution: leaders must give history a positive interpretation.”
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equalization verse: Badr, Uhud, Hudaybiyyah, and the payoff
“A very relevant Quranic verse revealed after the Battle of Uhud.”
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Hudaybiyyah peace treaty led to bloodless Muslim majority
“Then came the Hudaybiyyah peace treaty.”
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Prophet's peace treaty: everything else was secondary
“In the Prophet's eyes, peace was supreme, rest secondary.”
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Japan applied equalization and became a superpower
“Japan's story should have been an eye-opener for Muslims.”
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Japanese intellectuals used equalization to defuse revenge
“Japan was furious after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”
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colonial destruction of empires and Muslims' failed reactions
“Not one Muslim leader learned from Japan's example.”
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Tipu Sultan's death-in-battle logic called absurd
“'A lion's one day beats a jackal's thousand years.'”
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hate and violence are the same category
“Hate is passive violence, violence is active hate.”
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critique of suicide-bombing fatwas as un-Islamic
“Some scholars call suicide bombing 'Istishhad' - a fatwa?”
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Islam: seek martyrdom, don't manufacture it
“In Islam you become a martyr, not get others martyred.”
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anger blocks planning in family and national life alike
“Even in family life, anger blocks good planning.”
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Muslims paying the price of incompetent leadership
“It's not oppression - you pay for incompetent leaders.”
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outwardly moderate Muslims still harbor hidden hate
“Well-dressed, well-spoken - but scrutiny reveals hate inside.”
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blame lies with failed strategy, not misunderstanding
“These book titles blaming 'misunderstanding' are wrong.”
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man is a paradise-seeking animal by nature
“Every person searches for an unknown, ideal world.”
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Quran's inimitability: failed imitation attempts, unique claim
“The Quran challenges mankind to produce even one surah like it.”
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Islam's formula is mutual respect, not mutual recognition
“Two formulas: mutual recognition versus mutual respect.”
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