Re: NEWS: CNN: Hajj pilgrims urged to shun Western ways

From: Michael S. Lorrey (mike@datamann.com)
Date: Thu Mar 16 2000 - 15:48:32 MST


Spudboy100@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 03/16/2000 6:37:43 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> bradbury@aeiveos.com writes:
>
> > Worth noting is the fact that there are 2.1 million people who
> > drag themselves from just about everywhere for the Hajj and that
> > their leaders recognize the threat posed by "globalization".
> >
> > Robert
> Its also worth noting that this surprises anybody at all.

As some people see it, freedom of religion means that you have the freedom to
persecute other religions....a quite common concept in Islam, so I'm not
surprised at this apparent paradox as well.

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