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Old 09-22-2006, 07:32 PM   #77 (permalink)
Baraka_Guru
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Originally Posted by Seaver
Baraka, I left those out because that is how it's been quoted for centuries. [...] I see how they are simply statements which are ignored by the very people who write them. How half of the sentence is worthy of repeating in a blood-chant, while the rest are suitable for being ignored.
This is the crisis of Islam. Influential "Muslims" are bastardizing the faith, using it for political purposes. This is not true Islam. Just as the West corrupts concepts of "Truth," "Justice," democracy, "Liberty," and "Freedom," Islamic extremists are corrupting what is essentially a religion of peace. And, yes, this includes the corruption of Palestinian children.
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