Norway, give them money and recognize them! all they want to do is pillage and kill and mass convert the infidels. Surely they deserve their own state!

I want to hear what you think about this... You're a well educated person who lives in the West and enjoys the fruits of European, JUDEO-CHRISTIAN culture. Without undermining the inputs of Arab culture during the medieval times, how do you feel about these Hamas leaders' statements? Are they just a cheap political trick ? Or do Muslims feel that the entire world should pray to Allah, no matter at what cost?

Now they are showing their true colors. They want to own the world. Sounds to me like they're getting to big for their britches. But it does start to get scary - almost like the inqusition.

... and we'll tell it to f**king get out after beating it with brooms, bats and shoes! I don't hope you fanatics repent. I hope you die in your sins and burn in hellfire for eternity! I pray for your damnation, not your salvation.

And let's not hide behind the "oh, it's only a few extremists" BS - this is what mainstream Islam believes. Luckily, not all Muslims are "True Believers" either because they choose to ignore or are ignorant of the message of the "Religion of Peace" .....

Well, it's because they believe the same thing - that their religion will take over the world. That is no different. At one time they tried to do it by force - think of the thousands upon thousands of Jews who were murdered in Europe because they would not convert - and they are still at it, although with honeyed words (and financial help) instead of a sword. Remember the Crusades? Good old-fashioned religion. Why are there Christian missionaries in Israel? They think we're important too - too important to leave in peace. If someone wants to destroy me - physically or spiritually - I don't care what holy book they're throwing at me.

I'm sure he didn't even read this article b/c it's not about Jews.

Zahar's speech provides advantages: (a) It's another reminder of the true nature of Arab terrorism in general and Hamas in particular. (b) It's further evidence showing that Hamas are less deceitful than their fellow 'freedom fighters'. (c) These are especially good lessons for sane Moslems around the world, the 'non-alighned' countries, the Europeans and perhaps even the US and the delicate souls (yefey nefesh) of the Israeli Left.

When Our Prophet said this he doesnt mean that Islam will enter by force or we have to do it by force , it just a good omen for believers that this relgion will grow but in what way God only knows , so this isnt a call for forcing or practising anything that might come to your mind peace to you all

every body knows it but the world make the difference between hamas and al quaida !! europe make the difference between the terrorism of hamas that kill "guilty "people in israel and innocent people in the rest of the world !!!!!

being spewed in Gaza

If I have to convert to Islam I have to know what will I be, a Shiat or a Sunni? I have to know which opposite group I will have to start killing

#7 - your assumptions are incredible. #2 - good question. If you want to know, I think he's an idiot - along the lines of the Lubavitch-Schneerson idiots. All religions throw up their bigots. However, what the aricle does not mention is whether he was speaking about some infinite point in the future, in which case it is the equivalent of saying that god's lovingkindness will descend upon all. From reading the article there is no hint or imputation taht he stated that islam would come to the world by force. I can only presume that in his wishful-thinking he believes that all mankind will come to accept Islam. It's a pretty dull thing to say - howevere, that statement alone makes him no worse than many other religious organisations like Scientology, or Jehova's Witnesses, or even some of those bizarre sects I mentioned above like the Lubavitch and other retrograde medieval quasi-mystical mumbo-jumbo preachers.

Just like when the Barbarians defeated Rome. If and when Moslems defeat the West, we're in for hundreds of years of dark ages. Look at the Muslim world now. No freedom, no rights, no education, no progress. Only hate and destruction, abuse of women, abuse and killings of minorities constant fighting and killing of each other. Is this the Utopia that Moslems want for the whole world? I wonder if all the Moslems who escaped the Tyranny of their homelands to go to west, want this barbarism to follow them.

For out the the life of me I cant find anywhere in the Holy Book about Islam taking over the world. Zahar was a useless fool as foreign minister and even more useless as a student of the Koran. And he fools noone. However there is one thing he is first class at. And thats lining his pockets at the expense of his fellow Palestinians. How much is he worth? My sources say about $4m. Not as much as that corrupt cynic Mashaal reputed to have stashed away about $20m and certainly not as much as that money grabbing greedy slob Nasrallah who according to a very close aide is reputed to have a nest egg of up to $50m.

You know here is another example of why these people get no respect and never will. There is no live and let live attitude. What do they get in return? A sewgae tsunami.....maybe allah is telling you something with all the hundreds of thousands muslim deaths the last few years between tsunamis,massive earthquakes in Iran and Pakistan and Indonesia. Not to mention all the war deaths since 90% of all conflicts on the planet involve muslims. So reap what you sow. Islam visited a few houses in gaza in the form of a fecal tidal wave. Poetic isnt it? I cry only for the children that were lost. The children are innocent no matter who their parents are.

Thanks to George Bush who put the Shiites in power so that they could revenge from the other Muslims. Shiites in Iraq are minority by the way. Kurds are Muslims and Sunni. But for some reason, your media never mentions that.

Their goal is not converting everyone to Judaism. Their goal is finding "lost Jews" everywhere and returning them into their spiritual nest (I found Chabad gatherings in Ko Samui, which was a great service to many young Israelis who were a little lost without their mommies and with a lot of drugs and women). There's a great joke that while every priest's and imam's dream is to wake up and find the whole world turn Christian or Muslim (respectively), it's every rabbi's nightmare to find the whole world Jewish. Judaism is as tribal and exclusive as it is ancient. Today we call it racist, then it was a condition for survival. I think every extreme ideology involves a certain degree of lunacy, whether it's a religion, communism or psychoanalysis :o) But some ideologies are costlier (in terms of human lives wasted) than others.

that all religions are just a cover-up for greedy politicians, who fail in the mundane, not glorious tasks of protecting their own people (sewage, welfare, crime, etc.). They just don't want to do the real, boring work. "We can't avail ourselves to your needs until Palestine is free. And since Israelis are such evil bastards, it will never happen, so why don't you go and blow yourself up since your life is not worth living anyhow and we're not going to do anything that might improve it..."

Can I respond to your question? Well what Zahar said is not his own words. It is an old saying of the Prophet Muhammad peace be upon him. The Prophet said that the day of Judgment will not come until the call for Islam reaches every house, even a tent or a bedouin in the deep desert. Hadith: Ben Hibban quoted the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as saying: “This matter (i.e. Islam) will spread to cover all areas where there is night and day. Allah will never leave a house in a rural area or in urban community without its people being Muslims. Honor is for those who embrace it (i.e. Islam) while disbelievers are doomed to disgrace and humiliation.” Quran: 61:9 It is He Who has sent His Messenger with Guidance and the Religion of Truth, that he may proclaim it over all religion, even though the Pagans may detest (it).

Ever read the hamas Charter. Its pretty sick. I have met plently of Arabs/Muslims whom I like and am friends with, but Hamas and their Charter disgusts me as it should all of you.

Rustum, you said that ...."It's a pretty dull thing to say - howevere, that statement alone makes him no worse than many other religious organisations like Scientology, or Jehova's Witnesses......" I disagree; other religious organizations like Scientology or Jehova's Witnesses are not political parties that are now the head of a government. And they are not justifying violent attacks against civilians based on their religious beliefs. Therefore your apologetic argument re Hamas (and radical Islami in general) is severely flawed. (I do agree with you however that all of these groups are preaching "mumbo jumbo," at least you got that part right about Hamas)

And HAMAS also believes that the Palestinian territories are a first step, after which Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and so on must be conquered.

Schneerson does not condone the use of suicide bombs against civilians in shopping malls. Nor does Schneerson go around calling for the murder of all Palestinians.