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Tonight, I ordered a translation of the Quran, the holy book of the Islamic nations. I believe that if I am to understand them, I need to start with that which is common and is the beginning of their religion. The Quran meets both criteria.
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Cartman
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"Them"? Please specify whom you are referring to... hopefully, you didn't mean the fundies.
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"them"=people of the Islamic nations.
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Da_bang80
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I believe it's spelled "Koran"
-------------------- Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change. The courage to change the things I cannot accept. And the wisdom to hide the bodies of all the people I had to kill today because they pissed me off.
-------------------- "The best defense is not a good offense. The best defense is a terrifyingly accurate and devastatingly powerful offense, with multiply-overlapping kill zones and time-on-target artillery strikes." -- Laurence, Archangel of the Sword
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Them? That's a problem. Because a lot of Them are Us. It's a term that always makes me uncomfortable.
-------------------- "Tragedy is when I cut my finger, Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die."-Mel Brooks
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My guess would be that a straight reading of the Koran would be as helpful to understanding Islam as a straight reading of the Bible would be to understanding Christianity.
By straight, I mean a literal reading, without examining the geographical, historical, political, and sociological influences behind the text.
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