Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:38:14 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@neomedia.it>, Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: Elden Fenison <moon_dog@spamcop.net>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Religions (was Re: helping victims of terror) Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20011020213112.0489f2f0@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1003617187.3bd1fba3d31ff@webmail.neomedia.it>
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At 04:33 PM 10/20/2001, Salvo Bartolotta wrote: >I now gather that, at a doctrinal level, there exists no "moderate" Islam at >all. You are correct. In fact, according to Islamic law and doctrine, the creation or even the advocacy of a "moderate" Islam is itself punishable by immoderate measures (i.e. death). > Of course, strong political reasons make all western political leaders >speak of ahem "moderate Islam". What they're speaking of, of course, is tolerance and separation of church and state. Which the religion forbids but which many -- especially Turkish Muslims -- practice anyway. According to the doctrine of the religion, these people are apostates, because Islam forbids tolerance of infidels. (Again, see http://www.secularislam.org/) --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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