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Posted by Rashad (Guest) - Sunday, January 2 2011, 22:14:45 (UTC)
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This Harris is not so intelligent when it comes to Islam. His profession and qualifications is English so that makes him a good writer(he is an author after all) and a good speaker but no way an expert on Islam. I am not a historian on Islam but no doubt a decade of reading and researching will pay off. The prophet Muhammad had a popular hadith in which he said that learning for an hour is better than praying for 70 years because one could discover truth within that hour while living in blindness and offering prayers. I agree with this saying because I studied for more than an hour and am very confident on my knowledge on Islamic history and the religion of Islam in general. Sam is more successful than me, richer than me and more educated than me but I have some things that he doesn't have. Unlike him, I know Islam very well and only rejected religion after having tasted the two biggest faiths in the world(Christianity and Islam) but Sam only was a secular Jew all his life and maybe read a little about Islam but I can tell he does not know Islam well.

His argument against Islam is no different from any bigoted westerner who doesn't know a damn thang, excuse my dirty south slang, and is very arrogant in the process. I always laugh when White people will say that brother Malcolm X would never be the man that Martin Luther king was while they don't know shit about neither one. Most don't know this but MLK united with Malcolm before they were both assassinated. They were both aiming for the same goal and shared many ideas. They expressed themselves differently but both were great and had a common cause. Sam Harris, just like anyone who is ignorant on Islam, believes this religion to be more dangerous to us than all others and that it is unique.

I may sound like a fool for calling this man ignorant but I can back it up without a doubt. I saw some of the things he was saying against Islam and I couldn't deny how he is identical with any other fool who has never actually studied Islam like some of the western scholars have. Is there any wonder why there are Atheist professors and historians who do not share such ideas about Islam while these amateurs on Islam make all kinds of claims. One of the things that struck me about Harri's level of understanding when it comes to Islam was when he said the Kuran contains instructions to kill "infidels" and this is how I know all he has done is read here and there and not actually studied the Quran, its context, history, etc.

I know he is prejudice and I also know he doesn't speak Arabic which gives me another advantage because I actually learned Arabic when I was a Muslim and still get enjoyment from listening to Quran because I can understand and taste its beauty. This doesn't make me Muslim just as Dr Arberry wasn't a Muslim when he was in tears during the entire time when he was translating Quran to English. Anyone who appreciates poetry, and is free of bigotry would love Quran because it is so nice to listen to if one can understand it. Harris wouldn't know that nor does he care but the real issue here is that he incorrect about Islam. He has condemned Islam as a violent religion so I don't believe he will change his mind nor am I trying to change him but I will prove him wrong hopefully.

There isn't even an Arabic equivalent for the word 'infidel' so how can the Quran contain such a word? It's simply not possible and this makes me even more eager to email him and see what he will say. I can't wait for it and hope he will reply but he may be too busy for me. After all he appears on Bill Maher, Bill O'reilly show and what does that make him? Nothing more than another 'expert' on Islam for FOX News and the west.



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