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To: JohnHuang2
Moreover, much of what we know as Islam — the lives and sayings of the Prophet — is based on texts from between 130 and 300 years after Muhammad's death.

Not much different than the new testament.

2 posted on 03/01/2002 10:57:39 PM PST by Demidog
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To: Demidog
Not much different than the new testament.

In real world practice today, there is a big difference. Christians seem to have largely become folks who seek peaceful, just, civil, secular, modern and lawful societies. Muslims seem to have largely become folks who accept dictators (military, religious), reject freedom of religion, and reject modernism.

This difference is born out, with statistics showing Muslims as being involved in most current world conflicts, having little democracy, and grossly inferior economic progress.

I submit there is a correlation with the religion, and with the lack of democracy, freedom (press, religion), and poor economic performance. The difference is between societies of the year 2002, versus societies of the year 1300.

5 posted on 03/01/2002 11:12:04 PM PST by truth_seeker
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