I guess I would take with a great deal of salt the claim of someone like that to speak for all sunnis. (Especially since he doesn't speak for me). I tend to view this sort of conflict through a political lens before seeing it as a religious issue. Analogous to the "Troubles" of Northern Ireland. Which was really more about land and politics than Catholics and Protestants.
But anyway, to try to answer the specific question, the Quran says things like: 5:82 you will certainly find the nearest in friendship to those who believe (to be) those who say: We are Christians; this is because there are priests and monks among them and because they do not behave proudly. And elsewhere the Quran explicitly gives Muslims permission to eat with Jews and Christians (which implies sociability) and even limited inter-marriage. So the idea that the Quran asserts that the only dialogue possible the sword and the bullet is really silly to me. If there is alot of hate and animosity from Muslims in the Middle East directed towards "Christians" its not because of what Muslims are reading in the Quran, its because of what Muslims are reading in the newspaper (or seeing for themselves in their own countries). Peace Gilberto On 5/17/05, Sandra Chamberlain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Gilberto, > > No assumption on my part... I assure you. My error is asuming > that because he said "Our Sunni faith... etc." the belief > would have some basis in the Quran. And, if I remember > correctly you are Sunni ... obviously a reliable source of > information. > > If there is no basis for this "stipulation" in the Quran > perhaps you could shed some light on how this "belief" could > have become distorted - from what source?). > > I would also welcome comments from anyone-else. > > I didn't intentionally single you out Gilberto, I simply > thought you were possibly the most knowledgible; having a > Sunni perspective. Unfortunately, I'm probably in the (US) > ignorant majority concerning the "branches" of Islam. > Although I do think the citizen on the street is beginning to > realize that not all Muslims follow the same teachings. > > lovingly, Sandra > > > The following is a quote taken from a news item... Musab > > al-Zarqawi: "Our Sunni faith stipulates that the sword and > > bullets be the only dialogue between us and the worshippers > > of > > the cross." > > > Could someone, perhaps Gilberto, tell me the particular > > Quranic text being referenced in this statement ? > > Why would you assume that the Quran actually supports anything > like that? > > Peace > > Gilberto > > "pharaoh is just a leaf on a burning bush" > > __________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st > Baha'i Studies is available through the following: > Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu > Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/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 > -- "pharaoh is just a leaf on a burning bush" __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/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
