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At 04:10 PM 9/24/2001, Rahul Siddharthan wrote:

>This crime is not acceptable.  There is no justification for it.

The scary part is that not only fundamentalist Islam but even
the plain language of the Qu'ran actually DO claim to "justify"
it. See

http://www.secularislam.org/call.htm

and

http://www.secularislam.org/wtc2.htm

As you read these essays, note that, like Salman Rushdie's
"Satanic Verses," they are heresies that -- simply because
they critique some aspects of Islam -- would be sufficient 
to get the authors killed should they show their faces in an
Islamic nations. 

The authors are clearly struggling with the fact that Islam -- 
not just fundamentalist Islam, but any form of Islam that
does not reject portions of the Qu'ran and Islamic law 
("Sharia") -- is as incompatible with humanism, separation of
church of state, and other aspects of Western culture as
oil is with water. They do not wish to reject their religion,
but rather to reform it.... They bemoan the fact that since
Islam allows for no reform or even moderation, they may be
forced to reject it.

The essays are both enlightening and scary. Recommended
reading.

--Brett


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