--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 7/26/06 4:22:32 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > One could say that the manner in which Islam designates certain places > > as "Holy" followed by attempting to appropriate these places can be > > viewed as an MO of territorial expansion in itself. > > > > "Religious imperialism, "Religiou > > > > Unlike Jewish or Christian or Buddhist designations of certain places as > "Holy" by > attmpting to appropriate these places? Dare I mention non-reservation holy > land of the > American Indians? > > > > Can you give us an example of how Jews expanded their territories by calling > them Holy? >
Er, so they use different words. They still use words to identify special places. "God-given land" for instance... 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/