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To: mrstevenson who wrote (234)	11/18/2001 3:04:43 AM
From: AmericanVoter	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 758

Dear Mr. Stevenson You wrote “It is with regret that after spending so much of my time trying to express in detail and in a logical reasonable fashion what my questions were, you do not even bother reading my posts and come up with some superficial illogical explanation of matters that make absolutely no sense. I do not need to know how you respect me and my discussion with you when for example you say: +++++I do not know what “scourge” means, but will take your word for it… Your above statement is a proof that you either think I am so naïve and so stupid, or you genuinely want to hear what you like to hear and nothing else!” What is the point of looking up the word the translator used when I know the exact meaning of the Arabic word used… remember, the Qur’an was revealed in Arabic and not any other language.! You wrote: “I do not need to go any further for which you do not even follow your own advice to others to read to better understand matters, and yet you expect others to read – and interestingly you only want people to read only those words that you would like them to read!” Is that why I provided the links and keep trying to find links that go into the reasons of every verse ? You wrote: “You ask people to read so they could understand about Islam better? What other valuable resource than Quran to better understand the religion.” Well, the reasons behind the verses for example so that they can be taken in perspective. You wrote: “Yet you – a believer and defender of the Islamic faith – admittedly has no clue what Quran talks about, and when you are confronted with what Quran says that does not make sense, you dismiss it as being the word of God that you do not wish to question!!” There is a difference between having limited knowledge and having “no clue” like you’ve described me… a big difference I might add. I have very limited knowledge… but I certainly have a lot of clues… You wrote: “I have nothing more to discuss with you for which you are: blindly following something (namely Islam) that you have no clue what it is about. You admittedly have no idea what Quran says, Eventhough you as a escape goat and in order to blindly defend the violence and evil acts that are attributed to Islam, continue to tell people to go ahead and read, and yet you – yourself – are not willing to read Quran (or for that matter the very same so called valuable resources on Islam that you have provided in your introduction post!. What do you think people are? So stupid? Hardly Mr. Alsuezi.” No Mr. Stevenson… I do not consider any one to be stupid at all… all I’ve asked anyone wanting to find out about Islam is to realize that some of the verses of the Holy Qur’an were revealed for specific circumstances. And I gave the example of the verse that talks about the killing of the non-believers… You wrote: “You keep telling others and me that you have addressed the wife beating ad vocation that is done in Quran, or the promotion of killing and destruction of non-Moslems that is encouraged in Quran. But why don’t you read your own explanations? No intelligent (or otherwise) individual on this planet is so blind to accept your explanations as anything but just babbling and trying to hide.” Thank you Mr. Stevenson. Shall we let others decided for themselves ! Mr. Stevenson, I am more inclined to believe that you are just like others who want to persist on discussing a misunderstanding Islam not in the hope of clarifying matters, but merely for the purpose of persisting on the negative image, which is a misunderstanding. You have mentioned earlier that you have nothing else to say to me, then fine, and I have nothing further to explain to you. Regards Amein alsuezi