Theos-Talk Archives (December 2004 Message tt00125)

"Judge then a religion by its noblest,and not by its worst, and then we shall learn to love each other as brothers, and not hate each other as bigots and as fanatics.

Bart Lidofsky <bartl@sprynet.com> wrote:
aupanishad2300 wrote:
> I use the name Al-Hallaj Kabir Ali because I once joined the religion 
> of Islam, and although I quit practicing it after the 1993 WTC 
> bombings, I still love it and try to live its spirit of love and 
> peace which is how I understand submission to Allah. 

I know quite a few Islamic people who no more identify themselves with 
the bombers of the World Trade Center than most Christians do with the 
Ku Klux Klan.

Daniel Pipes wrote an excellent article about how he would define 
"moderate Islam", and it applies to all my friends:

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=%5CCommentary%5Carchive%5C200311%5CCOM20031125a.html

Bart





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