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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: unclewest who wrote (93843)4/17/2003 3:27:52 AM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 

Freedom of religion is one of the greatest gifts.

This issue has nothing at all to do with freedom of religion. It's about the imperative need to make it clear that the US occupation is not a crusade, and the obvious desirability of maintaining the smallest possible number of irritants to relations between the interim government and the Iraqis.

Once order is restored and an Iraqi government is in charge, I don't care if Franklin preaches on every streetcorner, or (more likely) flies over Najaf in a private jet and bombards the place with bibles. Until that happens, he should confine himself to sending material and money. There will be no shortage of professionals there to handle distribution.

In many ways it's a test that will reveal the real purpose of Graham's organization. If they want to help people, they will move in slowly, after peace has reduced the inherent irritant of there presence. If they're there to preach, he'll want to bring his own people in and establish a visible presence immediately.

We'll see.

It should perhaps be noted that many people, not all of them Muslims, believe that aggressive evangelism is not compatible with freedom of religion. Freedom of religion, like all freedoms, is constrained to the extent that it intrudes on the rights of others.
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