Obsessive Compulsion

Let there be no complusion in religion - [Sûrah al-Baqarah:: 256], according to Islam's Koran.

So perhaps someone would like to explain this:

Palestinian militants who held two Fox News journalists hostage for nearly two weeks threatened in a statement posted online Saturday to abduct non-Muslims visiting the Palestinian territories and kill them unless their demands were met.

The statement, posted in the name of the Holy Jihad Brigades on a Web site frequently used by militants, said the group would kill any hostages it takes unless they converted to Islam, paid a ransom or Muslim prisoners were exchanged for their release.

"Any infidel blood will have no sanctity," the group said in the statement.

Please note the article's accompanying picture (reproduced above).

And this:

In an Arabic translation of a poorly audible English statement, a man previously identified by the FBI as Adam Yahiye Gadahn said: "I call on all Americans and other infidels to embrace Islam."

Mr Gadahn, who also recited Koranic verses in fluent Arabic, was also dressed in white tunic and turban.

"I call especially on those who have fought for the illusory Crusader plan of (US President George W.) Bush in Afghanistan, Iraq and everywhere else, to convert to Islam," he said.

"Time is running out. Choose the right path before it is too late, before you meet the sad end that thousands have (already) known," Mr Gadahn added.

Can't be much of a religion if its adherents have to force people to join on pain of death.

-- Nora