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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (52533)	7/2/2004 12:19:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793568

hate to admit this, but I am too lazy and or do not have enough interest to find out more about the Muslim faith. Refreshing honesty. I have always thought that the major belief systems (systems with more than ~ 1 billion followers - or belief systems that have been around for more than several thousand years) could co-exist. I had a similar discussion last week with one of my brother-in-laws, who has "converted" from Unitarianism to Buddhism. He couldn't understand why we can't all just get along. He did have a copy of the Koran published by the government of Saudi Arabia (read: House of Saud). I pointed out Sura 9:29, which commands Muslims to force non-Muslims to pay a special tax ("jizya"). Muslims are commanded to force all non-Muslims to either convert or else pay tribute, willingly or unwillingly. I think that it is no accident that Islam is more-or-less "contained". Take, for example, Nigeria. The Imams in the Muslim parts of Nigeria banned polio shots because of a fear that Christians were using them to kill Muslims, so they are waiting until they can administer polio vaccine made in Indonesia, a Muslim country. That's in today's news. They are letting children die of polio. It's irrational, but so much of what Muslims do is irrational from my perspective. The religion is primitive, not consistent with modern culture, not compatible with secular humanism in the least. And I am a deep admirer of secular humanism. What am I missing? It wouldn't take much effort to read an essay or two. Your local Catholic bookstore probably contains something or other like "Islam: A Catholic Perspective," only 32 pages long and $1.95. shop.catholic.com