Re: Islam and extropianism

From: Neal Blaikie (nrb@porterville.k12.ca.us)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 23:02:57 MST


Sean Kenny wrote:

> > **Not at all--but religion is a far more powerful force in all of
> > these nations than it is here, and Islamic leaders can and have been
> > toppled for religious reasons. There are lines they will not cross
> > (or will die or lose power upon crossing). Egypt? Look what happened
> > to Sadat for valuing international relations over religious
> > divisions.
>
> from Europe both the US and the middle east seem beset by fundamentalism -
> in some places the bush election victory is seen as a christian coup.

Many of us here in the US see his victory as a christian coup.

Neal



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