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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (305)	6/17/2002 5:03:26 PM
From: lorne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 770

Chinu. This is also from the web site you recommended. The literacy rate among Muslims is the lowest. Most of them limit themselves to learning Urdu and Arabic. They are rarely to be seen in areas like industry, technology, science. In India, the number of Muslim criminals is far greater than proportion of Muslims in the general population. But in fields such as science and technology or in the creative arts, a Muslim is an exception to the rule. This is not specific to India, but is the case with the entire Muslim world. The advances made by Muslim states are generally in the fields of global terrorism and in the manufacture of chemical weapons of mass destruction. Advances in these fields, fuel their warlike aggressive mentality. Most Islamic nations are military-theocratic dictatorships. Democracy is an irrelevant concept for them.

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (305)	6/18/2002 7:39:44 AM
From: lorne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 770

Chinu. You said...." Now about the Hindus. Hinduism is not a religion but it is a philosophy and way of life. But ancient Hindus worshipped idols. And it was against idol worship that Prophet Muhammed came out. In fact he said that his religion was an offshoot of Judaism and Christianity but it was against the practice of idol worship, which I interpret as against the Hindu religion".... Message 17610946 I believe that the " Kaaba " referred to here is the black rock that arabs worshiped when mohammed came on the scene. It is my understanding that this black rock is mecca to day and millions of people still do a pilgrimage to this place to worship. If islam does not worship idols as you have said then why is mecca required? This is from the web site you recommended. " But whatever be the origin of the Kaaba, it was a popular place of pilgrimage in the 6th Century A.D. when Mohammed was born . In that period Arabia had many religious cults and the worship of the Kaaba was one of them. The worship of sacred spirits, stones, trees and mountains had buiit up a conception of guardian spirits incharge of every holy spot. These guardian spirits were looked upon as Gods and Goddesses. The term Allah some scholars think is of pre-Islamic origin and was the name of a specific deity worshipped at Mecca. In pre-Islamic Mecca, three goddesses were worshipped, they were Allat, Aluzza, and Mannat. They were called daughters of Allah." " But Mohammed had made concessions to the Meccans. The practice of Kaaba worship which he had earlier denounced. The practice of throwing stones at a pillar symbolizing the Devil was also carried along into the new faith. This came close to idolatory i.e. personifying the devil as a pillar. These pre-Islamic practices were now made part of the new religion along with the annual pilgrimage to Mecca (Haj) and even the kissing of the Kaaba and quaffing of the brackish waters of the Zem Zem."