"akasha_108" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
 

> --- In [email protected], anonymousff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>> --- In [email protected], akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
wrote:
>> > > And like any religion, Islam has fundamentalists that try to 
do
>> > everything required of them,
>> 
>> The problem is that in Islam those fundamentalists seems to be 
the 
>> majority 
> 
> "Seems to be" are the operative words. Have you traveled or lived 
in
> muslim countries much? 
Yes, 35 years.

>Have you gone to the muslim areas in your
> country? 

yup

>There are a lot of sweet gentle kind people there.
sure there are, that's not the point.

> I hope
> your assessment of "seems to be a majority" is empiracally based 
and
> not just some armchair, pipedream, dogmatic racism/religous 
bigotry.
> 

Are you hoping or telling me that this is what I am, under a cover 
of "hope".

>> while holding captive the other, silent by consent, Muslims.
> 
> I don't like the influence of radical fundmentalist muslims and I
> don't like the power of radical fundmentalist christians. 
> 

same here, but my criticism of Islam doesn't imply that I don't have
one on radical fundamentalist Christians.

> Though recently, I have been inspired by the power of radical
> fundmentalist muslims in resisting the horrific Russian invasion of
> Afghanistan in the 80's. Their courageous resistance, and their
> austere, spiritual ways are inspiring. I believe they were A major
> force, if not THE major force that caused the Soviet Union to 
crumble. 

So what, is that another way to justify the Muslim's horrors ?

> 
>> Note majority not by quantity here but rather by power etc.
>> 
>> Their tolerance towards other religions is very small.
> 
> And so are fundamentalist Christians. And they are growing so 
rapidly.
> Their intolerance, bigotry and arrogance is quite scary, don't you
> think? 

I absolutely agree with that and nothing in my previous email 
suggests differently,
At least in Christian countries there is a strong opposition to 
fundamentalist Christians, while almost none in the Muslim 
countries, that is to say that their majority
is actually passively agreeing with the fundamentalist.

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