>Z, I had dinner with two friends of mine from church who read parts of the Koran, and I got a better sense of how Muslim scholars view the anti-Christian, anti-Jew verses. I think their argument is that even the prophet Mohammed was human, and that he sometimes made questionable statements that shouldn't be construed literally. They compare this to parts of the Bible where scholars have endlessly debated their interpretation.
>Personally, I think this comparison is a red herring. There are FAR more Muslims who think the Koran preaches jihad than there are Christians who think the Bible preaches something similar. This is the real problem that the Islamic faith needs to address (and with more than just liberal rhetoric). If not, they'll risk the fate of Islam itself to the radicals, and we all know where they are headed.
Yeah, I'm just not sure they want to address that, though. Many don't want to admit that other Muslims do bad things, and if they do admit it, they have a hard time condemning them, just because those people are Muslim. IMO, not enough Muslim leaders condemned Sept. 11th, and I've never heard even one Muslim on TV do so without adding something like... "but we have to understand what causes people to be that angry", and implying that the U.S. kowtowing to Israel is what caused it- not one!
It's a huge problem...
-Z |
