Here is another ...
Thugee completely transcended both religion and caste, normally insurmountable barriers in Indian society. The following remarkable exchange, which took place between Sleeman and a Muslim Thug named Sahib Khan, is revealing in this connection:
Sleeman: You are a Musulman?
Khan: Yes, most of the Thugs of the south are Musulmans.
S: And you still marry; inherit; pray; eat and drink according to the Koran; and your paradise is to be the paradise promised by Mahommud?
K: Yes, all, all.
S: Has Bhowanee [Kali] been anywhere named in the Koran?
K: Nowhere.
S: Then has Bhowanee anything to do with your paradise?
K: Nothing.
S: She has no influence upon your future state?
K: None.
S: Does Mahommud, your prophet, anywhere sanction crimes like yours; the murder in cold blood of your fellow creatures for the sake of money?
K: No.
S: Does he not say that such crimes will be punished by God in the next world?
K: Yes.
S: Then do you never feel any dread of punishment hereafter?
K: Never; we never murder unless the omens are favourable; we consider favourable omens as the mandates of the deity.
S: What deity?
K: Bhowanee.
S: But Bhowanee, you say, has no influence upon the welfare or otherwise of your soul hereafter?
K: None, we believe; but she influences our fates in this world and what she orders in this world, we believe that God will not punish in the next.
where in Chicago are ya. I moved to Aurora 3 yrs ago.
An excellent example of the human mind being able to reconcile contradictions for the sake of earthly wealth and power. A picture of Bill Clinton carrying a Bible comes to mind.
Yeah I read that interview. Great stuff. Moslems do not have to believe anything in their hearts they merely have to say they do. This is one of the fundamental differences between Islam and Christianity.
I live on the NW side of the City.