From: snex Date: 2009-02-26T05:24:15+09:00 Subject: Re: What is the Qur’ân? On Feb 25, 2:13 pm, Tom Cloyd wrote: > snex wrote: > > [snip] > > >> FYI, a lot of this fairly straightforward Islamic stuff is coming out of > >> well funded effort in Turkey to get some reasonably accurate information > >> about Islam out into the world, to combat some of the racist, > >> xenophobic, colossally ignorant rant that pours out of certain centers > >> of ignorance in the US and elsewhere. I do NOT approve of this spamming > >> of this list, but let's try to keep our heads on and our facts straight. > >> And yes, Islam deserves a far better shake in the non-Islamic world than > >> it's gotten of late. For one thing, Islamic universities preserved Greek > >> wisdom during the dark ages, at a time when my ancestors (and quite > >> possibly yours) were living with and like pigs, in dark, cold places. > >> The Christian (?) Crusaders brought back Aristotle to Europe from these > >> Islamic centers of learning, to the amazement and perplexity of, among > >> others, the Catholic Church, which as usual was busy spinning tales > >> about how it invented sunshine. > > > this crap spam is not a well meaning effort to dispel myths about > > islam, it is intended to convert the world to their delusions. > > Again, you're behaving rudely. It's not crap. I get a lot of Christian > evangelical stuff at my door that's much more outrageous. This is just > coming from an earnest believer. Not my style, or yours, but also not > crap. If you want to be respected for your position, you would do well > to respect others more. > > Not a well-meaning effort? Why not? It's not precisely objective, I > think, but what do you know of the writer's motivation? To me, it reads > as well meaning. The writer intends no harm to his readers. I cannot say > quite the same about you - you sound pretty hostile. Reminds of certain > religious fanatics I've had contact with. the fact that this shit is spam-posted to several completely unrelated groups tells me all i need to know. its spam. it should be treated like spam. its author should be discouraged from further disseminating it to people who did not request it.