Laurent:
I assure you that I have no interest in hopping on one side or another of this debate.
However, I
must say that I think it is ill-advised to quote someone like Joseph Farah to prove
any point. Do
you know about his journalistic history? Bias doesn't even begin to describe it.
If you want to know how many times Mecca and Medina appear in the Koran, check out
this site:
http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/koran/
A simple search for the word Mecca returns two matches and the word Medina returns
three
matches. Your man Farah here is just using more of his usual hyperbolic histrionics,
not citing
fact.
While I personally find this whole debate sometimes fascinating and sometimes dull it
would be
nice to see an unbiased view from either side.
Best,
Brenda
For those interested, U of Mich's Humanities Text Initiative is a great project and a
great digital
resource for writers. The searchable American Verse Collection is superb.
http://www.hti.umich.edu/
n.p. - U.S. Open (Did anyone see Serena & Lindsay last night? WOW!)
On 5 Sep 2001, at 13:48, Laurent Olszer wrote:
> The following letter was written by Joseph Farah around October 2000,
> copyrighted 2000 WorldNetDaily.com
> A daily radio broadcast adaptation of Joseph Farah's commentarie can be hear
> on TalkNetDaily.
>
> Not true. In fact, the Koran says nothing about Jerusalem. It
> mentions Mecca hundred of times. It mentions Medina countless times. It never
> mentions Jerusalem. with good reason. There is no historical evidence to
> suggest Mohammed ever visited Jerusalem.
