Ron Voss

2017-03-03 15:38:24 -0500

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it’s not just the Hollywood elites who are misrepresenting the Koran and lying to the people. On January 31st of this year,, former Immigration Minister in the Harper government, made a post of a Statement on the Quebec City Terrorist Attack at his website:Knowingly or unknowingly (I hope the latter), his Statement contained misleading information that will deceive people. He likewise cites a segment of a verse (5:32) from the Koran, namely, “whoever kills a soul… is like one who killed the whole of mankind”, which he described as a “teaching”, according to which it would be construed that Muslims are ‘taught’ that Islam condemns violence. However, that iswhat that verse ‘teaches’ if one considers the context of the whole verse (5:32) as explained by Tommy! This isa general moral principle (a “teaching”) applying to Muslims, but onefor “the Children of Israel”, the Jews as this verse starts out with “Because of that, We decreed upon the Children of Israel that whoever kills a soul unless for a soul or for corruption in the land — it is as if he had slain mankind entirely”. That verse applies to Jews, and in the subsequent verse (5:33) the Koran specifies the punishment for Jews who do not abide by verse 5:32 (that is, “transgressors”). Therefore, this passage is explaining what must be done with Jews who reject Muhammad, not dictating lofty moral principles.There are other parts of Kenney’s Statement that are troubling. For example, he concludes by referring to those murdered as being “martyrs for their faith” and offered up what to me was a rather strange prayer, “Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and may light perpetual shine upon them." Eternal rest grant unto them, O LOrd? Martyrs for their faith? Because it was in quotes, I Googled it and I found out that that prayer was a Prayer for the Poor Souls in Purgatory! Purgatory in Roman Catholic doctrine is a place or state of suffering inhabited by the souls of sinners who are expiating their sins before going to heaven. Note, therefore, that Kenney is preaching salvation for the Muslims who were ‘martyred’ for their faith.