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From: uunet!unrvax!unssun.nevada.edu!beekun@ncar.UCAR.EDU (R. I. Beekun)
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Subject: Re: Kuwait
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In article <14464@wpi.wpi.edu> John.Smith@brunel.ac.uk (John Smith) writes:
>
>In article <1990Aug3.154028.27841@midway.uchicago.edu> midway!sophist!goer@ncar.UCAR.EDU (Richard Goerwitz) writes:
>>What are the religious implications of Hussein's invasion of Kuwait?
>>
>Perhaps it means that he, as so many others, uses religion as an excuse
>to justify what he wants to do.

>Perhaps it means that in spite of being raised in the wonderful ways of
>Islam and reading all its holy writing and learning its laws it does not
>stop a man becoming what he has become.
>
>There are many people who have never heard of religon who would not act as he
>is doing.

Knowing about Islam should not be equated with belief in Islam and practise of
the religion. Most importantly, the Qur'an in chapter 2, verse 256 asserts
that

"There is no compulsion in religion. The right direction is henceforth
distinct from error."

Saddam Hussein, not Islam, is responsible for his actions. If he wishes to
believe and practise the religion, that is his responsibility. If he
wishes to  commit atrocities, that is his responsibility too. He is not
responsible for your sins or mine or Adam's  or Eve's (PBUH).

Just because somebody has an arabic/Muslim name and has "knowledge" of
Islam does not meet that he has faith and is a Muslim. At the same time,
no one can say who is a Muslim or who is not.

Abu Syed Marwan

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