On 5/8/06, Iskandar Hai, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Mon, 8 May 2006, Gilberto Simpson wrote:
> On 5/8/06, Iskandar Hai, M.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I:
> > Warfare conducted in the name of religion and/or conducted to covert
> > others into your religion is prohibited in the Baha'i Faith.
G:
> And the Quran says that "there is no compulsion in matters of
> religion". Jihad, properly understood, is not about converting other
> people at the edge of the sword. It is about protecting people from
> harm.
I:
Oh, I very much like your interpretation, Gilberto. I wish that all Muslim
leaders, thinkers, rulers, jurists, theologians, etc. of the past 14
centuries and now had adopted your interpreation or something very much
like it.
G: It's not just my interpretation. And I don't need backhanded "praise".
-G
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