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From: dgary@ecsvax.UUCP (D Gary Grady)
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Subject: Re: Islam (long but informative)
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Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 10:07:40 EDT
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> I wonder how Islam contributed to the Greek Civilization.

Partly by preserving literature destroyed in the West by Christians.

> Just look at what happened to the (one-time)
> Glorious St. Sofia in Constantinople the most important Cathedral
> of all Christianity (at that time).

Just for the record "St. Sophia" goes along with "Thomas a Beckett" as
an example of a non-name.  To the best of my knowledge (some historian
correct me), the church was named Hagia Sofia ("Holy Wisdom").  (And
Sophias on the net may rest assured their lovers are philosophers :-)

Islam, like Christianity, has long preached the highest standards of
human behavior.  Would that the adherents of all religions spent more
time adhering to their highest teachings rather than murdering and
enslaving those who disagreed with them.  Would that pigs had wings,
too.
-- 
D Gary Grady
Duke U Comp Center, Durham, NC  27706
(919) 684-3695
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