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To: Sam who wrote (201651)	9/6/2006 8:01:31 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Because to a fundamentalist (though not necessarily militant) Muslim, Islam is the fulfillment of all mankind requires, spiritually, politically, and economically. There is no need for political ideologies, political parties, or democratic elections. Everything you need is spelled out in the Quran, according to their belief. Actually, you could say the same about fundamentalist Jews and Christians, not just Muslims. But Jews don't want converts. Fundamentalist Christians and Muslims have some similarities, But Fundamentalist Jews simply want israel to be run as a Jewish state. They don't have aspirations of the World being Jewish, they don't want the world to be Jewish. Just their own little patch of earth. That is a pretty huge difference. Fundamentalist Jews, don't care if you worship Rocky the flying squirrel as long as you don't interfere with them.

To: Sam who wrote (201651)	9/6/2006 8:30:11 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Actually, you could say the same about fundamentalist Jews and Christians, not just Muslims. I would agree with you about Judaism in its most fundamental form since there was a long history of religious rule in ancient Israel. en.wikipedia.org But Christianity is not the same.. Jesus explicitly instructs his disciples to "render unto Caesar that is which is Caesar's, and render unto God that which is God's". This is clear difference and makes sense as Christians are very much of the belief that mankind cannot create "Heaven on Earth". Now that's not to say that some of the current fundamentalist Christians wouldn't like to turn the US into a Theocratic government, but there is not basis for this in the New Testament. Hawk