--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "peterklutz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "larry.potter" <larry.potter@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > b. It's [Israel] the only place Jews can call home. > > > > > > Other than the various countries they are citizens of, you mean? > > > > A good point. Can you point to any other religion on > > the planet that has a nation specifically reserved > > as (or even considered as) "home" to members of that > > religion? > > > > I somehow doubt that Muslims in other parts of the > > world consider Saudi Arabia "home," > > [snip] > > They have a number of sacred sites they consider "home." > > Mecka and Jerusalem are two. > > Ayodha was another. > > One could say that the manner in which Islam designates certain places > as "Holy" followed by attempting to appropriate these places can be > viewed as an MO of territorial expansion in itself. > > "Religious imperialism," if you will. >
Unlike Jewish or Christian or Buddhist designations of certain places as "Holy" by attmpting to appropriate these places? Dare I mention non-reservation holy land of the American Indians? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
