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From: uunet!unrvax!unssun.nevada.edu!beekun@ncar.UCAR.EDU (R. I. Beekun)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Removal of Qadiani books from libraries
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Date: 2 Jul 90 11:51:26 GMT
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In article <13780@wpi.wpi.edu> lgsax%cdp.uucp@oxy.edu writes:
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>I want to urge people *not* to try to have Qadiani texts removed.  In the
>first place, I believe it is wrong to try to take something out of the
>public library because you believe it to be heretical. In the second
>place, I think they would have small chance of success, and the attempt
>would hurt the image of Islam in American eyes much more than any
>heretical text could. Putting alternative texts in the library is very
>good idea (libraries could definitely use a better selection of books
>about Islam), but removing books isn't.


I think that the best advice with regard to this topic came from Sr. Carol
Turner. Whether the we try to have these books removed or we add to the
collection of Muslim books already in the libraries, the goal is still the
same: to prevent Islam as it truly is and as practising Muslims view it.

>
>Lynn Gazis-Sax

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