tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post5373761112052530184..comments2024-03-14T12:42:51.995+00:00Comments on Chris Whiteside's Blog: What should we call the so-called "Islamic State" or DAESH?Chris Whitesidehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02888720969479013951noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10815380.post-80382392682785988182015-11-17T17:40:33.363+00:002015-11-17T17:40:33.363+00:00Not exactly big on religion, I dont really like a...Not exactly big on religion, I dont really like any of them. Though I have read the Quran, albeit in English, and even I can tell you that a state upholding the ideas of the Islamic religion is the last thing that DAESH is.<br /><br />Now I do know that a lot of muslims say you can not understand the Quran if you read it in English, you need to read it in Arabic to understand it. But to me that does not make much sence, as If i had read it in Arabic I would not have understood a single word of it.<br /><br />But anyway the general gist of the Quran states that God thinks the things DAESH are doing are very bad.<br /><br />Now sure DAESH will cherry pick bits of the Quran which justify what they are doing, but its a bit like a christian cherry picking the bible so they are justified to stone to death people who work a sunday shift at the local supermarket. On the whole any person who calls themselves a Christian would condemn that action.<br /><br />Its the same reason Muslims in general condemn the actions of DAESH, and certainly why they do not represent an "Islamic State" Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00373005279697295131noreply@blogger.com