Mike Borgelt wrote:
That, I'm afraid, is some of the most bigotted anti-Islamic speech I have come across. In much the same way that the beliefs on the extremist fringes of the Christian religion have only a passing acquaintanceship with the core teachings of Christ, those of the extreme Islamists also bear little resemblance to the core of Islam. Furthermore, when we in the "educated west" were wallowing in the dark ages, conducting purges against our fellow Christians (take a look at the Abigensian "Crusade" as an example), burning 'proscribed' books reporting unacceptable truths and also people for investigating the real world around them, the Islamic civilisation was keeping alive the flame of learning and scientific inquiry. Without the preservation and extension of knowledge undertaken by the Islamic civilisations around the mediterranean, our Renaissance would have had a hard time getting started. I do not condone and will not accept the behaviour of the terrorists - but neither will I accept sweeping generalisations that attempt to class all people of the Islamic faiths as terrorists. I hasten to add I am not an adherent of either religion. -- Robert Hart [email protected] +61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au |
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