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From: wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler)
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Subject: MUSLIM LAW???
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Date: Thu, 22-Mar-84 09:54:38 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 22 09:54:38 1984
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Now just hold it right there a minute.

Mr Martillo makes the statement that Jews are supposed to be
harrassed according to Muslim law.  That is just not a true
statement of fact.  If Mr martillo would care to pick up a
copy of the Koran and read it, he would discover that what
he thinks to be Muslim law is NOT in the Koran.  Quite the
opposite is true.  To paraphrase the Koran, members of the
Muslim faith are to regard the Jew as their brother, but
all others are to be considered infidels.

That the Muslims don't practice what they preach is not
surprising to me.  Neither do any of the other religeous
groups.  At the time the Koran was written, the Muslims
had scant knowledge of Christians and therefore lumped them
in with all of the othes who did not recognize their God.
The Muslims did recognize that the Jews worshiped the same
God that they did.  Christians were not too plentiful, nor
were they called Christians in those days.  The Muslim
faith, however, does recognize Jesus and Mary as being
a major prophet and his mother.  In fact, there is a
shrine in Saudi Arabia where it is claimed, by the Muslims,
that Mary is buried.  The Muslims recognize many of the
same prophets that the Jews venerate.

To say that it is Muslim law to harrass Jews is false and
only shows a lack of knowledge in the true nature of another's
religion.  Read the Koran, it won't burn your fingers if you
pick it up.  You might open your eyes a little and begin to
see what it is that the other person is saying to you.  You
will not harm your faith by trying to understand, you can
only strengthen it by gaining knowledge.  To pass on falsehoods
that Muslims are out to get the Jews because of some law can
only perpetuate the assinine turmoil in the Middle East.  If
both the Jews and the Muslims were to act according to their
respective religeous teachings, the Middle East would be the
quietest area on the globe.

T. C. Wheeler