At 21:30 23-10-2002 -0400, Joe Hale wrote:
Are you really that intolerant, or just extremely ignorant?This author makes a good point. People who claim Islam is a religion of peace are turning a blind eye to history. If Islam was a religion of peace there would never have been a Battle of Tours. The Moslems are currently fighting the Christians, Jews, and Hindus, and they are responsible for blowing up the Buddhist statutes in Afghanistan. They can't get along with anybody. This is not a religion of peace.
Islam's history is not one of peace and only peace, but the same can be said about that other major religion: Christianity. The aggressive actions of Muslems in current times are not typical for Islam; they are the actions of a relatively small number of Muslim-fundamentalists who misinterpret the Koran -- in pretty much the same way the Christian fundamentalists misinterpret the Bible.
Islam itself is a religion of peace and tolerance; it is the words and actions of a few fanatics who give Islam a bad reputation. Look beyond that.
Jeroen "Intolerance towards intolerance" van Baardwijk
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