Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:49:09 -0400
From: Partha Banerjee <partha-AT-capital.net>
Subject: Re: Update on Taslima Nasreen -- Farideh Seihoun's comments


Farideh Seihoun writes:

>It is a great mistake for any educated person to think that the laws of
>1400 plus years ago religious or otherwise would be valid to day.Yes
>Qoran is more advance than Bible, but doesn't say"Men are the rulers of
>Women"" Al rejalo ghavvamoona ala nesa" Doesn't say "hit them on their
>head if they do not obey?"
>So we better stop this discussion that gets us nowhere as religion is
>only an emotional matter.
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I am surprised to hear comments such as "Qoran is more advanced than
Bible". Talk to almost anybody in USA, England, etc. and he/she will tell
you just the opposite.

Yes, it is meaningless to talk about religion unless we agree that religion
could be and has been misused by bigots and that we just can't look the
other way because religion is an "emotional matter".