Originally Posted by
Stumpage
Shamswoof, I don't believe that to be true Islam at all, just the deranged thoughts of a small sector twisting a religion to suit their twisted belief. I didn't have the time to go through every instance, but the same can apply to the Christian Crusades I guess, whereby to die in their assault upon the Muslims would lead them immediately to a glorious afterlife, or so they were told...More recently, sort of, would be the Jim (James?) Jones cult I imagine, or that cult a few years back in California who believed that if they committed mass suicide, they would be whisked away to the afterlife on a spaceship hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet (seriously).
Shamswoof...Calm down...I fully realize Islam does not endorse mass killing as one of its pillar beliefs. I only state, again, that people will twist their view of the afterlife to suit their needs, whatever the religion or cult.
By the way...I'm not American...