On Mon, 8 May 2006, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Iskandar Hai, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 7 May 2006, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
>
>
> > > > Baha'u'llah forbids religious warfare, Muhammad
> > > > did not forbid this.
>
> Gilberto:
> > > The Bahai writings allow for something called "righteous warfare" and
> > > I've never heard a convincing explanation for how it is significantly
> > > different from other just war theories in a moral sense.
>
>
> > Warfare conducted in the name of religion and/or conducted to covert
> > others into your religion is prohibited in the Baha'i Faith.
>
> And the Quran says that "there is no compulsion in matters of
> religion". Jihad, properly understood, is not about converting other
> people at the edge of the sword. It is about protecting people from
> harm.
>
> -Gilberto
>
>
Oh, I very much like your interpretation, Gilberto. I wish that all Muslim
leaders, thinkers, rulers, jurists, theologians, etc. of the past 14
centuries and now had adopted your interpreation or something very much
like it. We would have had a much much better world than what we now have.
Iskandar
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