Jan Mathias Quotes
Hubert, the blacksmith here has been led terribly astray by an evil spirit, reaching such a pitch of madness that in public, he dared to despise the Prophet [Mathias himself] sent to you for your salvation—to revile him with unspeakable bitter and scurrilous jibes. From this it is clear that he is an impious disturber of the general peace. This man must be quashed, to be removed from the pious, to be pulled up by the roots
He had whipped the crowd up into a feverish pitch until someone rushed the bound and tied blacksmith and stabbed him to death. He had only criticized Mathias for being too harsh and stern a leader.
Jan Mathias, ~1500–1534, [Jan Matthys], Dutch & German Anabaptist Protestant Prophet & Leader, Speech to the entire city he ordered gathered in a large field in the city, Munster, Germany, February 1534
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If some Islamic cleric declares a war or dispute to be an attack on Islam, the penalty is indeed severe for those Muslims who do not join the fight. In some Islamic lands, unbelievers are put to death. Note that the children become the Islamic society’s hostages for the behavior of the father.
The King, a religious exremist fanatic, was a great supporter of the Inquisition whose excesses were horrible during his reign.
In an orthodox Muslim nation, freedom of religion as a right is impossible.
Since Muslims try and convert others, one who changes religion and becomes a Muslim is exempt. The death penalty is reserved for Muslims who leave the religion.
Whoever teaches differently from what I have taught, … condemns God and must remain a child of hell.
Humility and doubt were not characteristics of Martin Luther.
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Innovator in this sense refers to one who innovates within Islam—who tries to change or reform the religion departing from the original message of the Prophet.
In September of 2005 a Danish Newspaper published some political cartoons showing the hypocrisy of some Muslims who use Islam to justify murder of innocents and terrorism. Months later, in January of 2006 many in the Middle East protested vehemently and Muslim riots broke out because the Prophet Muhammad's visage was depicted against Islamic tradition. Many Muslim nations started a boycott against Denmark. Many Muslim leaders claimed that insulting religion was an “abuse” of freedom of speech including those from nations which regularly publish material that is virulent against Christians and Jews. The Sheikh along with many other Muslims called for the death penalty for the cartoonist who was exercising his Danish right of freedom of expression.
While this hadith has been used to justify murdering converts or even those who criticize actions taken in the name of Islam, this statement should be seen in historical context whereby Christians also commonly murdered “heretics,” and during the Protestand reformation, both Catholics and Protestants routinely murdered not only converts from their faith, but non believers such as Jews and Muslims. The Old Testament also advocated death for heretics.
This is the justification that some Muslims use for the murder of prisoners of war if the war is perceived to be an attack on Allah. This for most includes Westerners.
This edict gave great support to the Inquisitors of all Catholic countries. See {617572}
The colonial American were quite knowledgeable about trials like this one which were occuring all over Europe. The result was the demand for the First Amendment in order to ratify the original Constitution. In this particular case, the major crime that triggered the investigation and trial was the fact that La Barre did not remove his hat in respect as a religiohs procession of Corpus Christi went by. During the investigation, the mayor searched La Barre’s residence and found blasphemous literature the worst of which appeared to be Voltaire’s Philosophical Dictionary which the Mayor ordered to be burned along with the head and body. The photo is a plaque in Abbeville to the victim reminding all of the danger of mixing religion in civil law.
Luther’s attitude toward the Catholic mass was the main reason the Protestant churches abolished the mass.
