Re: REQ: Any Islamic Art Asciis?

Bateau wrote in message ...
>>It's RELIGION that's a threat, that incites violence and hatred, not just
>>one particular religion.
>
>Muslims actually pay attention to the violent bits of their book.

I'm Islamic and have never felt any need or urge to kill anyone.  I'm quite
pacifistic, actually.

My wife (also a non-murdering Muslim) is from Indonesia.  I have been there
twice so far (where nobody seemed to be killing anybody else), and met my
in-laws (who are also non-violent).

I went to visit all her old school friends (none of whom are killers) and
met many people whom I now consider to be friends (and not murderers).

The mere mention of the names "Osama bin Laden" or "Saddam Hussein" is not
taboo as such, but is treated with scorn.  The average Islamic person does
not follow the extremist (bin Laden) or fundamentalist (Taliban) viewpoint
that the Koran must be followed to the letter.

Most of them treat it like the average Christian treats the Bible - they
don't take the killing parts literally.

In fact, Islam and Christianity are so similar it's unreal.  The Koran
even recognizes Jesus (although not as the son of God but as a great
prophet).  The Koran's Christ-like figure Mohammed is not revered as the
son of God either; he is known as the last prophet.

I spoke to my sister-in-law very shortly after September 11th 2001.  She
- and the rest of our family - was absolutely shocked and disgusted with
the events that took place on that day.  She was saddened and frightened
that those lives were taken "in the name of Allah".

The fighting in Indonesia at the moment is mostly civil unrest due to the
independance of East Timor, and the other islands that are trying to
seperate from central Indonesian rule.  There is very little fighting
between the Muslim majority population and the Christian/Bhuddist/Hindu
people (who make up the 25% of the population who are not Islamic).

They're a good people.  They don't kill because their holy book tells
them to.  In fact, the vast majority of them don't kill at all.

Any Islamic fundamentalist or extremist who kills in the name of Allah is
doing so because that's what they were brought up to do from a very early
age.  It's all they know, and all they have ever known.

Don't pass off all Muslims as violent killers bent on world domination,
because it's simply not true.

--
Graeme Porter
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