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> "Justin Case" <Thinhthi@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> "Alex W." <ingilt@[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"
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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.
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> 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.
May I suggest you look at http://www.thereligionof
peace.com/. Granted,
the
site is baised but the information is factual. Go to the header "about
Islam".
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