----- Original Message ----- From: "ritu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 4:00 AM Subject: RE: [L3] RE: religious/political question
> > Gautam, how many religio-political groups condemn their own > lunatics/extremists loudly, clearly and constantly? For that matter, how > many political organisations/groups do that? >From my perspective, its the norm over here. I remember the pope routinely commenting against terrorism by the IRA. Protestant leaders also condemned violence by militant Loyalists. The Republican party had to denounce David Duke to remain credible. The Oklahoma city bombings were overwhelmingly criticized by the anti-big government folks. Indeed, as the Balkans were beginning to fall into violence, the leading figures of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Muslim religions got together and issued a joint statement against the notion that the fight was for their respective faiths. They called violence in the name of their faith an attack on their faith. In the US, religious and political leaders condemned violence against Muslims in the wake of 9-11. Indeed, one congressman was raked over the coals for calling Bin Ladin a "rag-head" and thus insulting a number of innocent folks. If any radical Christian group, such as the KKK who claim to be a Christian organization, killed scores of Muslim civilians in a terrorist attack and claimed it was in the name of God, I would expect routine condemnation. If the organization were to put out propaganda on a regular basis, and there was any risk at all that this would be followed, I would expect the pope, the archbishop of Canterbury, the US Council of Churches, etc. to actively and regularly proclaim their teachings that this violates Christianity, not supports in. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
