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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.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_the_Book
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> 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.
I'm aware of that, but a quick double-check of other sources appeared to
largely confirm wikipedia. In this case, I decided to give this reference
because it was the most concise of the lot.
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