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Politics : Stockman Scott's Political Debate Porch
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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (54379)8/31/2004 1:52:01 AM
From: Satish C. Shah  Read Replies (1) of 89467
 
Have you read "Beyond Belief, Islamic Excursion Among the Converted Peoples" by V S Naipaul, Viking 1998 ?

I quote from page 327, " In this way Salman was introduced to the idea of Jihad, holy war. It was a special Muslim idea. ....... If you see an un-Islamic practice you stop it by force. If you not possess the power to stop it, you condemn it verbally. If not that also, then you condemn it in your heart.....As far as I remember I have known this. I think this tradition gives the Muslim license to act violently."
You may not agree with what Naipaul found on his second trip. The first trip was described in "Among the Believers".

Naipaul was born in a Hindu family in Trinidad. Hence, he carries a certain burden of Hindu biases against the Muslims.
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