Re: Letter to NPR re Duncan Moon's 9/18 piece on Islamic reaction to the911 attacks

From: Dan Clemmensen (dgc@cox.rr.com)
Date: Tue Sep 18 2001 - 18:56:09 MDT


John Clark wrote:

> Eliezer S. Yudkowsky <sentience@pobox.com> Wrote:
>
> > The Koran may endorse violence against unbelievers, but it is quite
> > possible that modern Islam does not.
>
> Recent events would seem to cast some doubt over your observation.

"Islam" is approximately as varied as Christianity. Look at
Falwell versus (say) Martin Luther King. And that's just in
US protestentism.

>
> >It is quite possible that mainstream modern-day Islam does not tolerate
> >violence regardless of what the Koran says
>
> Recent events would seem to cast some doubt over your observation.

ditto.



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