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To: Little Ray
I felt the same way about Muslims until I hired a young man in Bangladesh who happened to be Muslim (and an amazingly skilled Oracle database administrator, BTW, which was quite an accomplishment).

One day it occurred to me that he might need a new laptop computer and I asked him what he wanted most .. his answer .. "Peace for all men". At that instant I could not longer generalize about Muslims.

And just today I was watching a TV program about how the nation of Turkey joined the modern world. There are millions of Muslims who simply are not radical, and I'll no more generalize about religion than I will about race - you just end up throwing out too many babies with the proverbial bath water.

48 posted on 11/10/2013 6:12:48 PM PST by The Duke ("Forgiveness is between them and God, it's my job to arrange the meeting.")
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To: The Duke

Thank you! I’d agree with you, except...

“Peace” in Arabic doesn’t necessarily mean the same thing as “Peace” in English. When we were in the Cold War, “Peace” in the Soviet’s mouths meant “lack of resistance to socialism (communism).” To a Moslem, “Peace” means “Submission to Allah.” I am kinda keen on resistance to both Socialism and Allah, myself.

In any case, it may simply be that your employee is simply not a very good Moslem (which is a GOOD thing...)!


56 posted on 11/11/2013 5:38:52 AM PST by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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