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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (100929)	6/10/2003 10:36:57 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

Islam was tolerant during its heyday. For example, St. John Damascene flourished under the Caliph, and was his treasurer. It was the Wahabist movement that "reformed" Islam into its present unyielding doctrinal imbroglio that allows a handful of clerics exclusive say-so on the interpretation of the Qu'ran. Wahabism, however, is by no means completely accepted in the Islamic world. There are theological currents and counter-currents at play. These currents will inevitably create doctrinal differences, just as has occurred with Judaism and Christianity. This process is absolutely inevitable and inexorable. Religions evolve like anything else. If they don't, their adherents may pay lip service to its doctrines but reach their own accommodation, ignoring certain precepts while adopting others, much like many Catholics ignore the ban on abortions, the claim that the Pope is infallible, etc., yet consider themselves Romans at heart. Since militant Islam has little to offer, I think its evolution will ultimately lead it to tolerance. The issue is whether violence and terror will drop off during our lifetime. I frankly don't think so, but we'll see.