Theos-Talk Archives (July 2002 Message tt00013)

--- Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com> wrote:
> I have a number of Muslim friends, who all have
> been saying pretty much
> the same thing. Do I wish there were more like them
> on both sides of the
> conflict.

If it is not true, as some imams have instructed us,
that Islam requires its followers to slaughter the
infidel, then it is the responsibility of those who
know better to enlighten the rest of us, including non
Muslims. By doing so they serve their own interest as
well as ours.

As for the Palestinian Arabs, it is apparent at this
point the ONLY way they can serve their own legitimate
self interest is by forming an alliance with the
Palestinian Jews. What is regrettably less clear to a
lot of people is that the converse is also true.

As for Pollard, though, I thought he was simply a spy
and reaped the reward of spying and getting caught. 
People who are entrusted with secret information are
briefed with fire and brimstone lectures before any
information is given to them, so there is no way he
can reasonably say he was unaware that what he was
doing was imprisonable. The religious argument he and
his wife advanced is mooted by the fact that he was
clearly motivated by money.


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