Re: Causes behind Islamic terrorism

2009-01-19 Thread Ashok Agrwaal
I invite you all to see the funny side of this (and a couple of other) conversations. Perhaps, however, it may be best if these threads are terminated at the present. Let us agree that we all have our divergent perspectives on the issue of religion/ faith/ belief. It is natural for every

Re: Causes behind Islamic terrorism

2009-01-16 Thread Ashok Agrwaal
Sometime back I had written that the problem is not what you believe in but the fact that you believe and the manner in which you hold your belief. Dr. Isaacs proves the point. You dont have to be a Muslim to be a fanatic. Since it is inevitable that people will believe (in something or the

Re: Causes behind Islamic terrorism

2009-01-16 Thread Kundan Kumar
Dear Ashok, I completely agree with you. Fanaticism is not the province of a single religion. Only thing that one could add that it is not what people of Europeans have already done, but what they continue to do, as clearly visible in Iraq, Gaza, or Afghanistan. When people tend to leave out

Re: Causes behind Islamic terrorism

2009-01-14 Thread Dr A K Isaacs
REPLY TO ASHOK AGRWAAL: Open your eyes and stop trying to play the cheap role of a Muslim apologist in an attempt cover up the seed causes behind Islamic terrorism. Yes, Christianity, especially portions of the Old Testament, preach violence against non-believers which the naive Christian