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Re: "The Roots of Muslim Rage"
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Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:12:45 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Low writes:
> Another cite. I got this one from Slate -- it's an article by Bernard Lewis
> that was published in the Atlantic Monthly a while ago.
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> http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/90sep/rage.htm
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> Read the whole thing, but I'd like to quote from the last two paragraphs:
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> "THE movement nowadays called fundamentalism is not the only Islamic
> tradition. There are others, more tolerant, more open, that helped to
> inspire the great achievements of Islamic civilization in the past, and we
> may hope that these other traditions will in time prevail. But before this
> issue is decided there will be a hard struggle, in which we of the West can
> do little or nothing. Even the attempt might do harm, for these are issues
> that Muslims must decide among themselves. And in the meantime we must take
> great care on all sides to avoid the danger of a new era of religious wars,
> arising from the exacerbation of differences and the revival of ancient
> prejudices.
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> "To this end we must strive to achieve a better appreciation of other
> religious and political cultures, through the study of their history, their
> literature, and their achievements. At the same time, we may hope that they
> will try to achieve a better understanding of ours, and especially that they
> will understand and respect, even if they do not choose to adopt for
> themselves, our Western perception of the proper relationship between
> religion and politics."
He's half right. This *is* an internal Muslim issue, but the (technically
non Muslim, by many interpretations of the Koran) radicals have forfeited
the right for it to remain solely internal. They are going to get some
outside interference whether they like it or not.
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| Another cite. I got this one from Slate -- it's an article by Bernard Lewis that was published in the Atlantic Monthly a while ago. (URL) the whole thing, but I'd like to quote from the last two paragraphs: "THE movement nowadays called (...) (23 years ago, 21-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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