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To: Edward Watson

Nice essay. But I disagree with your statement:

"For the first time in its 1400-year history, Islam will learn how to become a benevolent, tolerant, civilized, and jihad-free religion, one that respects human dignity regardless of faith."


Islam is based entirely on the subjugation or destruction of anyone who is not a muslim. Despite what muslim "scholars" say, this is THE central pillar of islam.

Islam cannot coexist with any other cultural entity, be it religion or secular.


10 posted on 11/26/2005 9:09:43 AM PST by RouxStir (Peaceful Muslim?.....The Ultimate Oxymoron.)
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To: RouxStir
Islam cannot coexist with any other cultural entity, be it religion or secular

Well, the Turks use blunt force -- a ruthlessly secularized military -- to put and keep the islamist djinn back in the bottle. I don't know how well that unabashedly "modern" solution will fare in a post-modern world, though.

45 posted on 11/26/2005 10:26:37 AM PST by TomSmedley (Calvinist, optimist, home schooling dad, exuberant husband, technical writer)
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To: RouxStir
Actually, Muslims can co-exist, and I think many would like to do so. Unfortunately, throughout the history of Islam, fanatics (who begin to take certain passages in the Quran seriously) and the power hungry (who use jihad to further their own ambitions) have started movements to spread the religion by force. This phenomenon did not represent a threat to the West when these jihadist and Madhist movements were confined to isolated parts of the world. This is no longer the case. In short, Muslims who desire to live in peace with other religions must renounce the jihadist texts of the Quran as being incompatible with the modern world. Unfortunately, modern technology has also aided the jihadists and has given them a global outlook, much like the Communist revolutionaries of past generations.
47 posted on 11/26/2005 10:32:01 AM PST by attiladhun2 (evolution has both deified and degraded humanity)
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