Actually, no hate speech whatsoever, was uttered by Christ here. He was merely using a pre-existing rabbinic attribution so familiar among His Jewish audience for the gentiles who are considered "unclean" by the Jews, to convey His point across.
The dog was already long regarded an unclean animal by the Jewish law. They probably represent snarling, scoffing opposers. The characteristic of dogs is brutality. To try to instill holy things among such minds is useless.
Likewise, swine and pigs were also already long regarded unclean by Jewish laws and rabbinic customs. Just like the non-muslim are considered unclean or 'najasun' -filthy in the koran in sura 9/28 - "O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean (filthy, najasun); so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque."
It was Christ after all, Who taught His disciples the distinct command to "love your enemies":-
Matthew 5:43-45:
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven."
Its the exact opposite of the quran's hate speech.
Nothing significantly comparable was ever uttered by Mohamed. Rather, the very opposite hate speeches were consistently spewed by him & on his lips on the "filthy infidels (mushrikun)" and those muslims who chose to dump islam and became apostates in his eyes..:-
"Whoever leaves his islamic religion, KILL HIM." Bukhari Vol.9 #58.
Now, THAT'S the REAL hate speech which, from day one, was propagated by the Quran & slavishly enforced by all sharia-compliant muslim societies to this very day.
The dog was already long regarded an unclean animal by the Jewish law. They probably represent snarling, scoffing opposers. The characteristic of dogs is brutality. To try to instill holy things among such minds is useless.
Likewise, swine and pigs were also already long regarded unclean by Jewish laws and rabbinic customs. Just like the non-muslim are considered unclean or 'najasun' -filthy in the koran in sura 9/28 - "O ye who believe! Truly the Pagans are unclean (filthy, najasun); so let them not, after this year of theirs, approach the Sacred Mosque."
It was Christ after all, Who taught His disciples the distinct command to "love your enemies":-
Matthew 5:43-45:
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven."
Its the exact opposite of the quran's hate speech.
Nothing significantly comparable was ever uttered by Mohamed. Rather, the very opposite hate speeches were consistently spewed by him & on his lips on the "filthy infidels (mushrikun)" and those muslims who chose to dump islam and became apostates in his eyes..:-
"Whoever leaves his islamic religion, KILL HIM." Bukhari Vol.9 #58.
Now, THAT'S the REAL hate speech which, from day one, was propagated by the Quran & slavishly enforced by all sharia-compliant muslim societies to this very day.
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