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Well, I don't think Islam per se committed any sin. I myself do draw spiritual nourishment from reading the Quran, for example. I am perfectly willing to forgive and forget any and all discrimination and injustice that has been done to me by Muslims in the name of God and Islam if only they would be willing to show tolerance to me. For instance, I'd like to be able to visit the country in which the Baha'i Faith was born, with peace of mind, and without fear of unwarranted detention, etc., being able to freely visit the Babi-Baha'i historical sites, etc. at least once, before I die. I do understand and appreciate your open mindedness, and your tolerance, etc. dear Gilberto. But the facts on the ground, unfortunately, are different. I suspect that your liberal and tolerant voice is a minority and, regrettably, doesn't carry much weight in the real world where the rubber meets the road. I am appreciative, nonetheless. Best regards, Iskandar Sent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Gilberto Simpson <gilberto.simp...@gmail.com> Sender: <bounce-510619-2080...@list.jccc.edu>Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:10:32 To: Baha'i Studies<bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Reply-To: "Baha'i Studies" <bahai-st@list.jccc.edu> Subject: Re: Ablutions The Baha'i Studies Listserv On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 2:00 PM, <iskandar....@gmail.com> wrote: > The Baha'i Studies Listserv > > > I believe Islam to be a Divinely ordained religion, just like Judaism, > Buddhism, Christianity, the Baha'i Faith, Zorastrianism, and Hinduism. > > Shelf life is a different story. Ok, so which aspects should your sin covering eye look at? > The way marriage is actually practiced in most Muslim societies is that a > Muslim man is allowed to have a Christian or a Jewish wife but a Muslim > woman cannot have a Jewish or Christian husband unless he first converts to > Islam before the marriage ceremony is allowed to take place. I think the reasons for that are a whole other issue which are arguably based on the Quran, especially the verse which was already quoted in this thread. But in terms of the original subject, they definitely don't have to do with the idea that non-Muslims are unclean. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:iskandar....@gmail.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:leave-510619-20805...@list.jccc.edu Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:%%emailaddr%% Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:%%email.unsub%% Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to ly...@list.jccc.edu Or 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 (on-campus only) - news://list.jccc.edu/%%list.name%% Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai...@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
