Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1997 21:25:12 +0100
From: Carsten Agger <agger-AT-faklen.dk>
Subject: Re: PKF: (Re-) Introducing myself


BillR54619-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Pardon me if I keep a tight rein on this discussion. But I have asked you a
> simple question...

Actually, now I have answered it, see my last answer to Dave.

>  Islam is a special
> problem, since the concept of "holy war" is embedded rather deeply in Islamic
>
> teaching and thinking -

Right and wrong - jihad is an important concept, but it does *not*mean Holy War
as some people like to insist, rather like an intense
form of "endeavour".

> hardly the attitude one would
> expect of an "absolutist" bent on eradicating his theological opponents.)
>

Well, many people tell many things - that is why I referred tohistory (e.g. the
crusades and the prosecution of the Jews in their
wake etc) and not to individual actions. Once again, observable
(or long-observed) fact.

    Carsten

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