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> "Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Alex W." <ingilt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> "Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>> "Christopher A. Lee" <calee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 20:43:08 -0400, "Justin Case"
>>>>> <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>>>>> The tiling in medieval Islamic architecture turns out to embody a
>>>>>>> mathematical insight that Westerners thought they had discovered
>>>>>>> only 30
>>>>>>> years ago.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://www.newsweek.com/id/36281
>>>>>>Medieval Arabic (not Islamic) architecture was indeed great.
>>>>>>Unfortunately,
>>>>>>the rise of the Islamic religion is in direct pro****tion to the
>>>>>>decline of
>>>>>>Arab culture and peoples. So much so that today, Arab culture has
>>>>>>advanced
>>>>>>little since the year 1000. The only Arab countries which have
>>>>>>advanced are
>>>>>>the ones embracing Western thought.
>>>>>
>>>>> No. The rise in Islamic fundamentalism, not the Islamic religion per
>>>>> se which progressed and coexisted with science and engineering until
>>>>> the fundamentalists gained control round about the time Europe was
>>>>> starting to emerge from the Christian dark ages.
>>>>
>>>> Islamic fundamentalism? One cannot be a Muslim unless one adheres to
>>>> what we consider Muslim fundamentalism. The Islamic religion demands
>>>> adherence to both good and bad qualities of human conduct.
>>>
>>> Of course one can. Like Christianity, it is a matter of
interpretation.
>>> There are some flavours of Islam which are quite happy to live with
>>> technology, human rights and pluralistic ideoogy. Unfortunately, the
>>> three major denominations of ****a, Sunni and Wahhabi are not among
that
>>> number.
>>>
>>> The fundamental problem affecting the Islamic world is that they
failed
>>> to develop the distinction between religion and secularity, as we did
in
>>> Europe. The Enlightenment never happened. There was no emancipation
of
>>> civil society, and with it no development of the middle and
professional
>>> cl***** which are the mainstay of our civilisation.
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>> You're probably right. I guess there are people who make their own
>> interpretation concerning passages concerning killing infidels, Jews
and
>> numerous other quite specific comments within the Quran and hadiths.
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> The Quran is no different from the Bible or other sacred texts:
> contradictions abound. In principle, though, it is pretty clear on its
> demands for tolerance of the People of the Book (Jews and Christians);
> this fact is commonly disregarded by those who abuse the Quran for
> political ends.
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_the_Book
I'll provide references if you really must have them but while I don't
disagree with the intent of your reference, be advised that any article
in
wikipedia can be edited by anyone.
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