MohammadBadir said:
most of us don't even consider those people real muslims. as far as i know, anyone who kills for the heck of it has committed islam's greatest sin, which is killing, and suicide falls into that category. |
Who's to say they're "killing for the heck of it"? Many of them that suicide bomb believe they are committing a righteous act in the name of Allah (I've seen several manifestos, if you will, saying that they honor Allah by destroying the enemies that are considered perversions against Islam). Who are you to claim they are wrong, because you interpreted the Quran differently? They are no less a "real" Muslim than you are.
It's the same reason , for example, that we have churches like Southern Baptists who vehemently try to deny gay rights due to some Bible verses, but the United Church of Christ believes in equality for all, because of some other Bible verses. Which ones are the "real" Christians?
Open interpretation of holy text is what makes many religions popular, because it basically allows you to do anything while still following "God's Will". Toss in Heaven, and you've got a recipe for success. But because it's allowed to be openly interpreted, no one is more or less "real" than the next person because 9 times out of 10, whatever verse you believe is true and is justification for whatever actions you have, someone else can find a contradictory verse a second later.
But if it isn't open to interpretation, and there's only 1 set of proper beliefs to be had, it wouldn't be nearly as popular. Christianity only took off in Europe when the Bible started being printed in vernacular and everyone could read it and come up with their own conclusions, instead of having to go through a middle man to know "what God was thinking"
