Like the other two of the big 3 (Jews, Christians and Muslims being the big 3) it has contradiction sin it's major writings. there are something's about it that are very peaceful and loving and others that are vengeful and hateful. It's all in how you read the books, and which passages you focus on.
Timothy Heald Overseas Security Advisory Council U.S. Department of State "that the free Constitution, which is the work of your hands, may be sacredly maintained" - George Washington, Farewell Address 1796 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:26 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: re Islam and Arab attitudes (Was RE: Corporate Support for Activa ted Reservists) Do some reason of islam yourself from what i have read its a very peaceful religion. No violence no war no killing. At least several other westerners have thought the same thing perhaps we're all reading it wrong. If you put on 3d glasses then maybe you see islam allows hatred but in my readings i havent see that at all. But then again i'm not a scholar "When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts peple off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harkins,Patrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 1:17 PM Subject: re Islam and Arab attitudes (Was RE: Corporate Support for Activa ted Reservists) Ah ok I was curious whether it might have originated from Sears! Your comment about the petition brings up a question that is bothering me these days. Does it not seem to anyone else that hatred is very often explicitly or implicitly condoned in the muslim world? Where's the religion in that? I don't think I'm being too Judaeo-Christian when I ask that, as I am a Buddhist. Is it just ingrained in the Arab psyche and Islam just turns a blind eye to it or what's the story? I mean it's a relevant question because many have rightly raised the question of how well western-style democracy will fare in post-war Iraq, in what is more or less a medieval-style patriarchal feudal environment? I am thinking of the problems in Japan as another example of this issue. Granted that Iraq is a secular state, but then we have the bizarre scenario of self-interested secular Iraqi politicians calling for a jihad or holy war against the U.S. coalition! The hermetic if not anaerobic nature of the Islamic Arab world, especially it's extreme fundamentalist side, has been worrying me ever since they issued a jihad against Salman Rushdie. You can be sure that none of those who issued that order ever read his book. People with such a terminal lack of humour scare the shit out of me.... Ever since that time I've been expecting a whole lot more bad to come out of that part of the world. Anyways, I guess the question that I'm dancing around is to what degree is Arab violence and hatred a reflection of Islamic theology and to what extent is it fostered by corrupt authorities - be they religious or secular or both? Thoughts? Thanks. -Patrick >-----Original Message----- >From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: April 2, 2003 11:42 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: RE: Corporate Support for Activated Reservists > > >The one that I got was from a Conservative action group. They send out >emails about petitions and the like... I got on their list while I was >poking arond looking for RNC info last year. > >I tend to read what they're sending me and only take action if >I agree with >it (there was one I saw where the petition was to install a >Judeo-Christian >gov't in post-war Iraq... didn't sign that one, too extreme >for my blood). > >The email they sent this time was asking for people to email >Sears thanking >them for their support. > >Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89 70.5
