From: Mike Lorrey (mlorrey@datamann.com)
Date: Sun Mar 31 2002 - 10:32:04 MST
dwayne wrote:
>
> Mike Lorrey wrote:
>
> > Everything in Islam has at least three different meanings. For example,
> > all this clatter about 'Islam' meaning "peace", when actually it is more
> > accurately translated as "submit" or "surrender". Not a sentiment that
> > any freedom loving individuals should ever consider laudable.
>
> You just can't resist pushing your barrow, can you?
> Who said Islam means peace, anyway?
Every mulsim who has shown their face on the news/pundit programs on tv,
or written apologies for terrorists in the newspapers. Where have you
been hiding? Under a barrow?
> All the muslims I grew up with were
> careful to point out that "Islam" means "submission" and "Muslim" means
> "slave"
>
> Which they consider an appropriate stance to have before God. I'm not quite
> sure where "freedom loving" enters into "relationship with god".
Except for the fact that slavery in the west was introduced by muslims,
who were the primary slave merchants selling africans to european
traders.
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