On Jul 13, 2005, at 6:32 PM, akasha_108 wrote: > A western christian telling a muslim that they have "embraced a false > theology and a god" does not solve ANYTHING. Just as white civil > rights workers in the early 60's were bright and educated > students who, if they wished, could be productive and prosperous > members of suburban America. But they were shocked and dismayed at the > state of civil rights in the south, were pissed off, and risked > careers, life and limb to do something about it. Why is it so hard to > imagine idealistic muslims doing the same.
But it does highlight one particular point that is deliberately avoided due to political correctness and absolutely avoided by all politicians and that is that the basis of this IS religious. A good Muslim has a number of things they are required to do, an one of those is Jihad. It's fashionable to state 'oh the real Jihad is a Jihad in the heart of us all'. If I hear that another time I'll blow chunks. Jihad can mean if you I or anyone else says anything deemed blasphemous--we can be killed and it is perfectly lawful! That's what happened to that descendent of Van Gogh who did the movie on abuse of Islamic women: he was stabbed in the heart in public and his throat slit. Perfectly legal because he was a blasphemer. To another Jihad means you have to convert people--some think that means the whole world must be converted and it their job to see that this is done--some feel that means "convert or die". This is nothing new, this has been happening since Islam started. Remember the Sabians? All the places Islam has spread has one thing in common--it is part of a vast area of the planet where years ago huge climactic shifts caused deserts. Starvation ensued. A lifestyle arose from this highly (muscular) armored seed culture totally at odds with their own life-current. This is what starvation does to a human, but it's also what happens when that imprint becomes part of human society and their taboos, rituals and practices. These same areas are where male and female genital mutilation was born and is still practiced. Also tight swaddling of children to prevent crying, etc., binding of the skull, etc. Thus there is a bioenergetic core and cause to this IMO. This type of movement thrives on prana depleted areas. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
