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To: Man50D

FROM YOUR LINK:

///Staring in Horror at the Bible

The bishop of Hildesheim in Germany paid an imam a courtesy visit in his mosque. The imam handed the Catholic prelate a Koran, which he joyfully accepted. But when the bishop tried to present the imam with a Bible, the Muslim cleric just stared at him in horror and refused to even touch Christianity's holy book.

"The bishop was irritated because he perceived this behavior as a gross discourtesy," wrote Tibi, "but the imam had only acted according to his faith. For if an imam gives a bishop a Koran, he considers this a Da'Wa, or call to Islam."

This, explained Tibi, must be borne in mind when one engages in a dialogue with Muslim "scholars," for it corresponds to a verse in the Koran: "And say ... to those who are unlearned: 'Do ye submit yourselves?'" (Surah 3:20).

Copyright 2002 by United Press International.

All rights reserved. ///

One would hope that a Catholic bishop ought to be a little better informed, before he conducts himself in a way that communicates the wrong message to someone else.

These Mohammedans are making Catholics look like buffoons.

///"...but the imam had only acted according to his faith. For if an imam gives a bishop a Koran, he considers this a Da'Wa, or call to Islam."///

So the imam was acting according to his faith: That's more than we can say of the bishop.

This huggy-kissy-face business with pagans and heretics is nothing short of apostacy from the Faith. We can be polite, but we don't have to hug their book, or "kiss it."


16 posted on 02/21/2006 4:32:51 AM PST by donbosco74
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To: donbosco74
So the imam was acting according to his faith: That's more than we can say of the bishop.

The Imam's faith denies the existence of any other religion and those who are non muslim are to be converted or destroyed. That is tantamount to Naziism. There is no justification for any religion or political ideology that supports such thought.
21 posted on 02/22/2006 3:37:43 AM PST by Man50D
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