Theos-Talk Archives (July 2004 Message tt00266)

Hi Raghu,

I know too many muslims to be able to agree with you on this. Muslims
don't usually justify violence. Jihad can easily be interpreted as the
spiritual war within: against bad tendencies. To call 'them more more
evil than good' is to put all Muslims on one heap. Islam is as diverse
in its followers as Christianity is. Bin Laden isn't even really a
Muslim (by the usual definition) because he doesn't practice the food
laws and all that. 

The basic belief of Muslims is:

'There is only One God, and Mohammed is his prophet' 

That is the core of Islam and that certainly doesn't include Jihad.
Jihad isn't even amongst the five pillars. See:
http://www.islam101.com/dawah/pillars.html 

A reasonable description of how Islam relates to Jihad and terrorism
is given at:
http://www.iiie.net/Brochures/Brochure-33.html

Further: as a theosophist you really should have studied Islam a bit
more before coming to such drastic conclusions as the below. 

Katinka
--- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Raghu K" <raghu_k@a...> wrote:
> correction Katinka
> 
> The muslims insist on one more god - Jihad. Violence, justified. I
feel they
> are more evil than good.
> 
> Raghu
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Katinka Hesselink [mailto:mail@k...]
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:08 PM
> To: theos-talk@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: Theos-World Hooray!
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Space is in a sense the only deity... Space is one of the three major
> principles in the proem to the Secret Doctrine. And if there is going
> to be only One God as Christians, Muslims and some Jews insist, it is
> going to be Space.
> 
> Katinka
> --- In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, MKR<ramadoss@g...> wrote:
> > That's interesting. Someone may be able to give some insight into the
> > policy questions behind reprinting.
> >
> > Another book by Wood - "Is This Theosophy?" was also a very very
> rare book
> > - I have seen only two copies in the last four decades - It not
> reprinted
> > for a long time till Kessinger reprinted it some time ago.
> >
> > mkr
> >
> > At 09:54 PM 07/21/04 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> > >I just received by mail an old (1956) Vasanta Press book, "A Secret
> > >Doctrine Digest" by Ernest Wood, and other than being a bit yellowed,
> > >it is in excellent condition. It was apparently never reprinted, but
> > >I do not know why. Mr. Wood begins the book by stating that HPB and
> > >Theosophy believed SPACE to be the only deity, and that
> > >misunderstanding may be why it was never reprinted. If anyone knows
> > >more about the book and can tell me why it was not reprinted, please
> > >let me know. In the meantime, it is good to be reunited with an "old
> > >friend" that I had back in 1966. (I found it by Abe Books
> > >bookfinders, and it was sent by Blue Heron Press, at a very
> > >reasonable cost. Abe Books can be found on the net easily for those
> > >wanting to find other old Theosophical works.)
> 
> 
> 
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