"It’s justifying within a religious frame the killing of other Muslims, which is completely against the Koran." Granted she did not say "killing of disbeleivers" but I thought Mia might want to dust off her Koran if she insists on telling others what the Koran proscribes: 9:111 – “Allah hath purchased of the believers their persons and their goods; for theirs (in return) is the garden (of Paradise): they fight in His cause, and slay and are slain”.

How can one can be a worldwide expert and yet be totally incapable of logical thought?.
Mia: “It’s justifying within a religious frame the killing of other Muslims, which is completely against the Koran”. Kate: Are they (female suicide bombers whose missions failed) rejected by their communities? Mia explains no, the community would understand if the prospective bomber were pre-empted or if the device failed to go off and would be rejected only if she backed out. Then she gives the example of a “very religious Muslim girl” who changed her mind because she didn’t want to get “tarted-up”. So if this violence is not legitimate as ‘expert’ Mia tells us, why do Muslim communities reject those whose conscience makes them back out of suicide bombing yet understand if circumstances beyond the prospective bomber’s control lead to failure? And how could, (if “the Koran is completely against” this), “a very religious Muslim” girl consider bombing right up until the time she was asked to “tart-up”?

Imam's have far more important things to do than this - you must get your understanding of Islam & Imams from "Little Mosque on the Prairie". Go to Islamonline to read the Fatwabank to learn the things that real Imams lose sleep over. Try this one on female genital "circumcision" - http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?page....
Thank allah for moderates!

Pork products, alcohol and Israel may be anathema to Sharia compliant financial instruments but one thing that will never be an obstacle to them is "Jihad". In fact, following the rules of divinely sanctioned Zakat, 2.5% of proceeds must go to acceptable charities – including “Jihad effort in the path of Allah”. Check out a mainstream Islamic website like http://www.missionislam.com/knowledge/zakat.htm
and you’ll find that this means “buy arms or some other supplies related to the war effort, Zakat money should be used provided the effort is to raise the banner of Islam.”
Scratch the surface and everything associated with “Sharia” is retrograde and should have no place in the west. Shame on the U of T.