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From: brianc@daedalus.ucsf.EDU (Brian Colfer)
Newsgroups: soc.religion.islam
Subject: Re: Muslim/Christian
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Date: 23 Aug 90 11:41:25 GMT
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In article <14584@wpi.wpi.edu> you write:
>>I think that it was Elijah Muhammad (from America) who said that he was both
>>a Christian and a Muslim.  Correct me if I am wrong, but even if I am wrong,
>>is it possible to be Chrsitian and Muslim at the same time?
>
>
>someone had posted a reply to this, and my mailer deleted it.  could you
>repost it?  thanks!

Sammy Davis Jr. once said that he was both a Jew and a Christian.  In 
explaining this remark he pointed out that he felt part of both cultures.

This is probably what Elijah meant ... that he lives in both cultural worlds.

I don't think he meant it theologically.
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