Posted on 02/06/2003 4:22:21 PM PST by chance33_98
Maybe.
... to believe in the Torah and in the Bible...
But not the "distorted" versions promulgated by those lousy Jews and Christians.
(Muhammad == 7th century higher critic.)
... and to respect Jesus and Moses, peace be upon them, and to believe in the messages they brought to the world...
Which was Islam. Right dearie?
Then why did you have to get educated in the West my dear foolish woman?
The Koran says the Torah and the Bible were corrupted over time, and the Koran itself is the only incorruptible religious book. The Koran says it itself is literally true; it is the last revelation from Allah, and it is complete (it is the only book Muslims need).
Anyone saying anything else is a filthy lying sack of @#%!. It does not surprise me that Muslims would be willing to lie about their religion, a common interpretation of the Koran (though not held by all Muslims) is that Mohammed broke a treaty with a tribe of Jews and slaughtered them, and that as a result Muslims have the right to lie to and cheat infidels when they wish. This view is not held by all Muslims, but is pretty common.
I do not believe that Islam is a religion of peace, and I won't until I see muslim clerics on TV calling for the mass enlistment of young muslim Americans into the armed services to prove their patriotism the same way every other ethnic group in America has.
The fastest growing religion among convicted rapists and murderers in the US federal prison system has a public relations problem of it's own making, and talk is cheap.
Maybe the day will come after being pummelled enough by US military power that the likes of Osama Bin Laden will say, in the manner of Yule Brenner in the Ten Commandments after witnessing the parting of the Red Sea, while watching the departing B1 bombers, "Their God is God". Then again, if they don't, we'll just send more B1's, makes no difference to me.
Gulf War Vet.
Talk to the hand. Get your buddies in the mosque to start practicing this before you lecture us.
Can we not learn to respect and appreciate cultural diversity?
Like in Saudia Arabia where owning a Bible or holding a Christian prayer service is a capital crime? Like in Pakistan where they toss hand grenades into Christian churches?
Can we not condemn the assassination of cultural identities and declare “cultural cloning” a hideous crime?
Um....Christians are not the ones who are entering Muslim countries by the millions. It's the other way around. Again, talk to your friends before you lecture us
I hear ya. The more good muslims, the better...wink, wink.
WE (Western Nations) have been, and continue to do so.
Name a middle eastern country which can say the same.
" Can we not promote international love, friendship and understanding?"
You mean like Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Iran, N. Korea, China, Syria,
Jordan, Lebanon, S. Africa, E. Timor, Columbia, etc., etc.,......?
"Can we not learn to respect and appreciate cultural diversity?"
I'm up to my neck in "APPRECIATING CULTURAL DIVERSITY".
"Can we not condemn the assassination of cultural identities
and declare “cultural cloning” a hideous crime?"
Sounds like a GREAT idea.
But why is this letter addressed to Westerners?
(Now can we just start bombing these primitive a$$h0le$ OUT OF the stone age?)
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