William [email protected]

Dear Mr. Sina,  

While doing some research on Islam I came across your site and read it with interest.  I write to you as a Christian who has traveled widely and worked professionally  for governments and militaries in the Middle East and the Arabian Gulf; and as one who has MANY Muslim friends.  I have written some of my comments and questions below, following passages taken from your homepage and one of your articles.  I also have responded to your elicitation regarding choosing a name for your organization.   

Sincerely,  

William John  

>>Islam as it is taught in Quran (Koran) and lived by Muhammad, as is reported  in the Hadith (Biography and sayings of the Prophet) is a religion of intolerance, inequality, violence, discrimination, superstition, fanaticism, and blind faith.    

"As taught" this generalization may be true, but AS PRACTICED my personal experience has found this to be quite the OPPOSITE.  Wherever I've lived in the Muslim world, I personally was treated with equality, respect and tolerance for my faith.  

>>An unbiased study of Quran shows that far from being a “miracle” that book is a hoax. Once Quran is scrutinized with rational thinking, almost every sentence proves to be false. Quran is replete with scientific heresies, historic blunders, mathematical mistakes, logical absurdities and grammatical errors.  

Do you really think it is accurate to say almost "every sentence" proves to be false?  My study of the Quran has found certain mistakes and errors (as you state), but MANY passages quote the BIBLE nearly word for word (albeit copied from these earlier Scriptures).  Rather than "false" I've personally found these borrowings (from the Bible) to be life-changingly true.  

>>Let us pause for a moment and take a second look at Islam. We may just have made a mistake.   Islam must go not because it is false but because it is destructive, because it is a danger; a threat to peace and security of humankind. With the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in Islamic countries, Islam has become a serious and a real threat to the survival of our species.  

>>This site scrutinizes Islam with Rational Thinking. It rejects time-honored beliefs that cannot stand the probing of reason. It asks questions and encourages independent thinking.  It promotes unity of humankind, equality between men and women, abolition of prejudices and freedom from dogmatism and blind faith... Religion has always been the biggest  source of misunderstanding.

For religion, people are ready to die, kill and destroy everything else.

  Is ISLAM in itself really as big a"threat" to entire mankind's peace and security as you say?  To the very survival of our entire species!?  Are Islamic countries the only ones proliferating WMD?  Do you think with our own limited "independent" reasoning and thinking (which solely depends on empirical, material evidence) we can truly probe and discern unseen SPIRITUAL realities?  

May I suggest that there is a greater (and much more longer-existing) danger that WILL eventually destroy mankind:  EVIL in the form of human sin and very REAL spiritual forces that control the whole world as it is today, whose ultimate objective is to destroy you, me and every human being.  To think otherwise makes you pitifully naive to the real world and an utter fool (BTW, this comes from the Bible and not me).  To realize and embrace this, my friend, IS "rational thinking".  

>>I am not here to collect votes. But to call humanity to unity and tell them the truth. If that truth hurts someone so be it!  Only "truth will set us free”.   

If you seek "to call humanity to unity", then what is it we are to be unified under?  If "Islam must go", then what are you providing in its place?  What is your alternative?  What, to you, is the truth?  

When you quote from a source (i.e. Jesus Christ, the New Testament book of John) please give credit to where credit is due.  When Jesus stated, "... the truth will set you free.", He was clearly refering to Himself as the SOURCE of unity, liberating knowledge and salvation for all humanity.  Again, my personal experience of Christ in this way goes beyond mere belief, and has been quite far from "dogmatism and blind faith".  

"Against Religious Intolerance"?  Do you really want to alienate NON-Muslim faiths even before they read your front webpage by implying that other religions are also intolerant?  Since your entire site is specifically against ISLAM, I think you had better be more specific in your name.  

A CHALLENGE:  Mr. Sina: Do you really want your readers to know "the truth"?  Do you seek to provide answers and true hope to your readers and the world?  If so, then go to my site below and consider the word of the true and living one who IS the truth.   

http://whoisjesuschrist.faithweb.com/

Dear William,  

Thank you for reading my site and your comments.  

I am sure in your trips to Middle East you have met many wonderful people. As a matter of fact one of the qualities we Middle Easterners pride ourselves of is hospitality. I am happy that you have found us hospitable, friendly and good friends. This however has nothing to do with Islam. You will find Middle Eastern Christians Zoroastrians, Jews and Baha’is also very hospitable and kind.  

Please understand that I am not criticizing my own people. I criticize the cult of Islam that has kept us in ignorance. Islam is the cause of bigotry, backwardness and poverty of my people. Islam is the reason Muslims can never truly be honest with the non-Muslims or befriend them without hypocrisy. Muslims are to follow the teachings of Quran and the teachings of Quran are very clear. It says”  

 O ye who believe! take not the Jews and the Christians for your friends and protectors: They are but friends and protectors to each other. And he amongst you that turns to them (for friendship) is of them. Verily Allah guideth not a people unjust. Q.5:51

See also Q.9: 23  and  Q.3: 28

I am afraid you are confusing the Middle Eastern hospitality with Islam. To understand how Muslims really treat the non-Muslims you have to listen to the Coptic Christians to the Assyrian and Armenians of Iran, to the Jews in Middle Eastern countries, to the Baha’is and the Zoroastrians. Let us not forget that it was just last month that the Muslims in Pakistan attacked the Pakistani Christians and massacred them. Let us not forget the fate of the Christians of Philippines, of East Timor or of Sudan or of Nigeria.  Have you forgotten already the treatment of the Hindus by the Taliban? Didn’t you read how the Iranian Islamic regime has dealt with the religious minorities in Iran?  

Let us not carried away my friend. You are an American. Your government is strong and you expend the almighty dollar. Nevertheless I believe you are cut off from the reality. The hatred of America among the Muslims is already expressed loudly in Sep 11 and if you think this was an exception limited to a bunch of terrorists isolated from the mainstream Muslims think again my friend. Read this article by a respected Muslim scholar to understand the real feeling of the Muslims. http://www.hussainkhan.com/americanism.htm    

You questioned my assertion that almost every sentence in Quran is wrong and affirmed that “MANY passages quote the BIBLE nearly word for word”. And claimed “Rather than "false" I've personally found these borrowings (from the Bible) to be life-changingly true.”