[Platt} > I don't know who God favors. I presume that if She exists She favors > every > individual human as one of Her "children" and wants the individual > to be > free to live,love, and pursue happiness. I would also presume if > that be > the case that God favors nations that help individuals achieve those > goals. > > Islam has great legitimacy based on its outstanding achievements in > the past that > somehow got off track in the modern era. Those more familiar with > Islamic history > than I can probably explain what happened. Today there are radical > elements > in Islam who, for whatever reason, threaten Western civilization. > Some blame > white imperialists for the rise of radical Islam. Others blame > poverty and lack > of opportunity. Still others blame the rigid aspects of > fundamentalist Islamic > religion. Whatever, those who threaten for whatever reason to > eliminate others > and demonstrate a willingness and capacity to do so hold no > legitimacy in my book > and must themselves be eliminated. But for the majority of Islam who > are peaceful, > they have as much legitimacy has any other group. The only caveat I > would propose > is that when the emigrate to another country they should assimilate > by adopting > the language, customs and values of the host country so as to avoid > unnecessary > friction. But, I could be wrong.
[Khaled] Is that the sound of reason I hear, or are you baiting us. No one really knows what went wrong and where, and maybe all the above reasons are to blame, and only time will fix things ( i.e the IRA) If one looks at he largest Muslim country in the world, Indonesia, one says well there is hope. So religion is not to blame, a little politics, a little colonialism, a little oil, a little passion, and there you have a recipe for disaster. As for assimilating in a new culture, I have posted on that before. Some things take time. And remember that what freedom you give people like the Amish, you have to give the rest. Khaled moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
