From: "dave o'brien" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
A scroll of mail from Collin Brendemuehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri,
14 Sep 2001 07:19:44 -0500
>That's the reason for getting rid of Jews and Christians. To
>Islam we are false inheritors of the promise of Paradise and
>infidels to be dealt with.
According to most Muslims I've met, Christians and Jews are People Of
The Book (i.e. the Old Testaments plus some texts about Jesus as a
prophet), and worthy of respect.
That's exactly why I began by mentioning
that there are many theological schools within
Islam just as there are many within
Christianity. They obviously don't all agree
on that point. I was referring to the
very common orthodoxy that is not radical
but moderately fundamentalist, holding to the
matters taught inthe Q'ran, but not acting
out the violence. This is a predominant
outlook.
>At this point, I've unfortunately found no orthodox Muslim
>who does not want to destroy both. That's an essential part
>of the belief system. Book 4 of the Q'ran calls us "scum".
Can you provide a quote for that? I have a really hard time believing it.
I'll look it up.
>Right now the Taliban has a group of Christians in jail,
>scheduled for beheading, because they practice their Christianity.
But they're quite an extreme branch of Islam. Kind of like judging
Christians by Jerry Fallwell, or Americans by the Ku Klux Klan.
But it's a whole national concensus.
Even though there are some rebelling against
the Taliban, it's the predoninant
concensus, and thus in control
Also, I don't think you find any prejudice
in the Falwell camp. (Not like the Bob Jones
camp.) That statement could use some
re-evaluation, as the evangelical camp in
general is one of Israel's biggest supporters.
(mentioned because of the common and erroneous
portrayal of evangelicals and being haters
of Jews)
dave
Collin
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