Come on Gel, lets not just restrict this to Islam. People have been brainwashed in the name of religion for centuries. This has nothing to do with religion, and everything to do with politics and economics.
As an aside, this quote from the newsday article struck me as poignant: "If I found bin Laden, I might take him to the United Nations. But never to the Americans, even if they are offering $25 million to turn him in." will -----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 December 2001 20:59 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: I'll never understand... You have to understand Howie, that these people have been brainwashed. They think they are serving some single deity somewhere but in reality they are serving men on earth who have perverted religion to control people, to their own ends. That is why we can see such hipocrisy in Islam, with this one for all and all for one rubbish. A muslim told me that while they thought the group of "Muslimeen" who attempted a coup in Trinidad in 1990 were wrong, they would not publicly speak out against htem , or ostracise them because they were Muslims, and muslims must look out for each other....oh..but what they did was wrong and the loss of life was tragic etc. But their people are still allowed to preach in Mosques throughout Trinidad. You will see this blatant double standard elsewhere in the Muslim world, which is why I think Peter should pay for Paul and Paul should pay for all when it comes to their religion and their followers since this is the stance they have taken. -Gel -----Original Message----- From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] I really don't get it... A group of people that will cut off a thief's hands, condone the murder of family members for adultery, etc... Yet, here's an article that really makes me wonder: http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-warpray1216.story?coll= ny%2Dtop%2Dheadlines I may be naive but I don't think I'll ever understand this way of thinking... Howie ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
