Khaled, Questions regarding the Quran, reading the Quran as a westerner lacks the understanding of just what it is. As I understand, Islam in the purest, recites the Quran from memory in arabic and has done so until recently due to the same reason of any representation Of God or his word is tainting it's holiness. To interpret the Qu'ran, Muslims use a form of exegesis known as tafsir. Do you know anything about this process? -X
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Khaled Alkotob Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 1:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MD] Christian Ethics and U.S. Law [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/ 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/
