[exnavy]

"build bridges with islam" so that the muslims can hang our collective bodies from that bridge? NO THANK YOU.

[vrwcagent0498]

Offended? Too bad!

Stop slaughtering Christians, infidel!

Glad to see a Christian leader who has a clue, btw.

[eagle11]

The cardinal said Islam might become the communism of the 21st century, attracting those who were alienated and embittered, as well as justice seekers. This analogy is becoming increasingly relevant. There is a "romantic" appeal of a Che Guevere or a bin-Laden as heroes of the exploited. But this doesn't mean it will end up this way. Radical Islam will fail and lose credibility like communism.

[SunkenCiv]

Islam Faces a New Era
by Munawar A. Anees
1999, Civilization Magazine

Today's Muslim world is also being betrayed by a similar intellectual passivity regarding the Internet, the dynamo of the next Renaissance. While the French fight an uphill battle to prevent English from laying siege to the French-speaking world via the Net, none of the major Muslim languages plays a major role in this huge knowledge machine. Equally conspicuous is the absence of Muslim countries from one of history's greatest scientific endeavors, the Human Genome Project. Islam is not intrinsically opposed to ideals of justice, equality, and human dignity. It is folly to assume that technological sophistication or economic prosperity need weaken, or run counter to, religious belief. Meanwhile, at some distance from the ivory tower lies the grim reality of much of the Muslim world: poverty; mass illiteracy; want of basic hygiene and primary health facilities; lack of fundamental liberties of religion and speech; little protection from state persecution.