Here is a very interesting article by David Ould that compares how the Bible gets misread in order to justify homosexual behavior and how these same liberals misread and mistake the Koran so that they can claim that it doesn't justify Jihad and how the radicals aren't really representative of Islam.
There is this
We see this worked out in the key issue itself, human sexuality. Jesus is the exegesis in that He presents Himself as the Bridegroom of the His bride, the church (so Matt. 25:1 et seq., Mark 2:19 = Luke 5:34, John 3:29). In doing so He draws upon frequent similar language in the Old Testament where God portrays Himself as the loving faithful husband of His bride, His people (so Isa. 62:5, Jer. 3:1, Hos. 3:1 etc.). The New Testament Apostolic authors also take up the same theme (e.g. Eph. 5:22 et seq., Rev. 19:7 etc.). The correct reading of those OT texts finds their fulfilment in Jesus and He Himself makes that clear. And He speaks clearly on the topic of human sexuality too, citing Genesis 2:24 as the definitive created order for human sexual expression:
Mark 10:6-9 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.â€
There is a clear trajectory in all of this, the hermeneutic isn’t hard to understand. What is clear, however, is that not liking the obvious conclusion of that hermeneutic leads people down strange paths of inconsistency and, frankly, just poor reading.
And then there is this (the murder referred to is the British soldier killed by jihadists on the streets of London)
What has been noticeable in the response of politicians in the UK, mirrored by the mainstream media, is the general consistency of argument that this murder (while initially labelled as “Islamic terrorismâ€) is not representative of Islam or has no grounding in Islam. Prime Minister David Cameron said,
This was not just an attack on Britain – and on our British way of life. It was also a betrayal of Islam – and of the Muslim communities who are give so much to our country.
There is nothing in Islam that justifies this truly dreadful act.
and the Muslim Council of Britain had this to say,
Eye-witnesses suggest that the murderers made Islamic slogans during their heinous action and were thus motivated by their Islamic faith.
This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam…
Nothing in Islam to justify this act.
No basis in Islam.
The problem is that it’s simply not true. But that’s not to say the question isn’t complicated.
Islam has a messy and, quite obviously, violent history. From the very beginning Islam has been blatantly expansionistic. Rather than being a “religion of peace†it is a religion of submission. In fact that’s what the word Islam means; “submission†- submission to Allah. As you read through the Qu’ran this much is perfectly obvious - the rule of Islam, the Caliphate, is a very earthly kingdom that was instituted in the early decades and then centuries of it’s existence at the point of the sword once the opportunity for persuasion had failed,
The whole article is hereI think you will enjoy reading it.
