Name:   MAJ USA RET - Subject:   Sharia Law Date:   2/5/2011 2:22:30 PM

The culture of Islam, as it is expressed in countries and societies falling under the current interpretations of Sharia Law, does not promote charity or compassion for wounded or captured prisoners.  This  charity and compassion  is a matured perspective of our Judeo-Christian religion now imbedded in western culture. 

We Christians have not always been so compassionate.  Up through the Middle Ages, much killing, raping, pillaging, and plundering was done by Christians in the name of God and by the authority of the church (e.g. the Crusades, the conquests of Charlemagne, the Inquisitions, etc.)  Indeed, the Muslims use retribution for the Crusades as justification for their current co-opt of “jihad” against the west.

It is also interesting to note that the Muslim societies, up through the times of the Middle Ages, were tolerant of Christians!  Our roles are now reversed… we are more civilized and compassionate… they are more barbaric.

We hope for the times when God(aka Allah) is no longer an excuse for killing, cruelty, retribution, judgement, and revenge.