[highlander_UW]

my impression was that there was a rank and file muslim in the US with no understanding of Arabic, and therefore they take the somewhat Westernized and sanitized translations of the Quran as accurate.

I am aware that Wahabbism is being spread through the prison systems in particular. I realize Bush needs to apply some level of control in his references to Islam, but I'm getting tired of the "religion of peace" trash...although, I haven't heard him utter it lately. I also wish the US would do something to help the Sudanese. The reports are horrific and have been for a couple of decades.

[Guillermo]

Mohammedans really do not accept translations of the Koran.

For instance, in the Pakistani madrassas, children memorize the Koran in Arabic.

If one converts to Mohammedanism in a non-Arabic country, they would be taught Arabic, so they could read the Koran in it "original."