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"Edward Dolan" <[email protected]> writes:
> "Bill Z." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Edward Dolan" <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > FYI, Muslim groups in the UK have denounced the trial and
> > conviction of a schoolteacher in the Sudan, and Islam never had a
> > centralized power structure that needed to be reformed - nothing
> > corresponding to the Vatican and the Pope. Both religions - Islam
> > and Christianity - have their share of extremists, but you'll find
> > that most people practicing either religion are sensible.
>
> I do not find the Muslims the least bit sensible about anything whatsoever.
> Their silence on the Islamic terrorist murder rampage is deafening.
Actually, Muslims have condemned terrorists, but the don't have the
sort of heirarchical structure that funnels large amounts of money
to an organization that can run a loud, noisy PR campaign to get a
"message" out.
If you've ever been in an Islamic country (I have, but not in the
Middle East), you'll find that most people living their are quite
sensible. They may make an appearance at a mosque on Fridays, but
they go about their everyday lives the rest of the week, just as
most Christians go to church on Sunday and keep their religion more
or less confined to that hour of the week. But those are not the
ones you read about in the newspapers.
> What is transpiring in the Sudan and elsewhere in the Muslim world does not
> have anything do with respect, self-respect or any of that kind of liberal
> ****.
It has everything to do with respect. The Sudan has real problem
right now, but the completely over the top reaction you saw there is
fundamentally no different than a "drive by shooting" resulting from a
kid in an inner-city slum feeling "dissed" over trivia. People like
you are making the situation worse by figuratively throwing salt on a
wound.
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My real name backwards: nemuaZ lliB
> "Bill Z." <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > "Edward Dolan" <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > FYI, Muslim groups in the UK have denounced the trial and
> > conviction of a schoolteacher in the Sudan, and Islam never had a
> > centralized power structure that needed to be reformed - nothing
> > corresponding to the Vatican and the Pope. Both religions - Islam
> > and Christianity - have their share of extremists, but you'll find
> > that most people practicing either religion are sensible.
>
> I do not find the Muslims the least bit sensible about anything whatsoever.
> Their silence on the Islamic terrorist murder rampage is deafening.
Actually, Muslims have condemned terrorists, but the don't have the
sort of heirarchical structure that funnels large amounts of money
to an organization that can run a loud, noisy PR campaign to get a
"message" out.
If you've ever been in an Islamic country (I have, but not in the
Middle East), you'll find that most people living their are quite
sensible. They may make an appearance at a mosque on Fridays, but
they go about their everyday lives the rest of the week, just as
most Christians go to church on Sunday and keep their religion more
or less confined to that hour of the week. But those are not the
ones you read about in the newspapers.
> What is transpiring in the Sudan and elsewhere in the Muslim world does not
> have anything do with respect, self-respect or any of that kind of liberal
> ****.
It has everything to do with respect. The Sudan has real problem
right now, but the completely over the top reaction you saw there is
fundamentally no different than a "drive by shooting" resulting from a
kid in an inner-city slum feeling "dissed" over trivia. People like
you are making the situation worse by figuratively throwing salt on a
wound.
--
My real name backwards: nemuaZ lliB