On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 05:26:25 -0000, Brent Poirier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Our friend Gilberto wrote: > > >>There are also scathing condemnations of Muslims as a community>> > > In the Baha'i Writings there are criticisms of Jews who did not recognize > Jesus Christ, and Christians who did not recognize Muhammad, and Muslims who > did not recognize the Bab and Baha'u'llah, and have mercilessly persecuted > Their followers. It is a huge responsibility to reject the new Prophet of > God when He appears, and not in keeping with the concepts of the people who > await Him.
Sure, and the Quran has both positive and negative statements about Jews and Christians as well. But I wouldn't claim to be Jewish or Christian in any sense, and I would want to be more open about my criticisms of those religions. Ok, there are at least two big questions we could toss around and juggle. One would be whether the Bahai claims regarding "Islamic entities" (i.e. Muhammad, the Quran, the imams, hadith, etc.) are true. And secondly, can Bahai claims be fairly described as affirming Islam in a positive sense, or do they result in co-opting Islam. I think your response largely deals with the first part to some degree but doesn't really address the second question (which is fine). Peace Gilberto __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com To unsubscribe, send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, use subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web - http://list.jccc.edu/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
