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To: kumar who wrote (168919)	6/7/2006 11:16:39 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793757

a person being "RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT" does not mean or imply that others who practice that religion are "BAD FOLKS In the West it's come to be accepted that you cannot, or should not, impose your religious beliefs upon others. We believe that it is a civil right to have your own beliefs, and practice your own way, without fear of oppression. Observe your own religion but don't force others to observe what you observe. Live and let live. Ghandi believed in religious tolerance, but I understand that there are religious men and women in India, Hindus, who don't practice religious tolerance. It's not just Muslims. I even know Christians who wish to impose their religious beliefs on others in America. Nobody else likes that but their little group. (Not the norm.) I do know tolerant Muslims. In fact, some of the nicest people I know are tolerant Muslims.

To: kumar who wrote (168919)	6/7/2006 3:41:54 PM
From: frankw1900	Respond to of 793757

I never said that. a person being "RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT" does not mean or imply that others who practice that religion are "BAD FOLKS"

To: kumar who wrote (168919)	6/8/2006 1:02:17 AM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 793757

a person being "RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVANT" does not mean or imply that others who practice that religion are "BAD FOLKS" No, it doesn't. But there is religion, on one hand, and politicized & militant religion, on the other. As it happens there is a strong current of thought running through politicized Islam that makes quite a few young Muslims think that storming the Canadian parliament and beheading the Prime Minister would be a nifty idea. Now, they did not just think this idea up on their own. It has certain antecedants, and all of the antecedants not only call themselves Islamic, but claim to be the one truest form of Islam. I don't think you can ask that the rest of us should just pretend not to notice this.