This is what you wrote with regards to topics of discussion on this thread.
...."This discussion group is to promote understanding and appreciation of international affairs related to global economic, political and cultural issues. It is not restricted to any specific topic. Suggested topics (but not restricted to):
1. The relevance of United Nation's mission and purpose?
2. The African scene: aid, hunger, fight against diseases?
3. War against terrorism: America's war or a war for all nations to participate?
4. One nation "under God", separation of religion and state or embracing atheism?
5. Should we hold our elected officials to a higher moral standard and why?
6. Clash of civilizations or is it terror?
7. The basis of a nation's formation: religion, race or both?"....
...." international affairs.... cultural issues
....' Clash of civilizations...terror
....Religion, race or both?"
So it would appear that religion IS on topic?
My first post on this thread was July 6/02
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I suggest that if you don't want to discuss islam then don't bring the topic up when you know that someone will take you up on it
It appears that there is no problem with you posting pro muslim/islam propaganda on other threads.
Your first post about muslim religion on this thread. July3
" Epsteinbd, there is much talk about the rise of Muslim radicalism and the havoc it is causing worldwide. Some have seized the opportunity to run down the Muslim Faith. I believe that ultimately the Muslim world will have to sort this battle out for themselves. The West's role should be to back the Muslim moderates and ensure that they triumph over their radical believers. And Indonesia could a pl;ace to start for the west.
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" Lorne and X the Unknown, interesting article on Islam in today's NYT
July 9, 2002
Bigotry in Islam - And Here
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" Lorne good post. And the article is right about the "Iranian bomb". There are Islamic moderates who need the world's support. They are our frontline folks against Islamic fundamentalist. Another group of people in the frontline are those oppressed women women in Iran who are increasingly speaking out against and murdering their husbands.
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" Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, which are Muslim countries give their women the same voting rights as their men folks. I do not know about Saudi Arabia whetehr even their men folks have a right to vote or not. They are a monarchy I thought.
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" Don't you think that branding together only becuase of common religious beliefs is taking something a little too fay just like the Muslims who come together and fight and oppose them?
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" Fundamentalist Christian thinking, is it not? We criticize the fundamentalist Islamic followers who interpret the Koran as written in those days and apply their interpretations today without making allowances for modern day society. Now we have the evangelical (notice how people avoid referring to them as fundamentalist) Christians, encouraging the Jews to leave the US (sorry, shouldn't have said that and instead that they are being encouraged to go settle in Israel in keeping with the Bible.)
" I sure do hope that this does not become a Christian-Muslim war in the name of "war against terrorism"
Message 17729780
" There are millions of Jews and millions of Irish. Why is it not the world vs. the Irish or the world vs. the Jews? Is it because those terrorists did not attack the US? And since Al Qaeda, who is not welcomed in any Muslim country attacked the US, the US decides that it is a war against Muslims?
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