xmca@weber.ucsd.edu writes:
> He should rather be thought of as someone who would do
>>anything to protect Islam.
from what i have been reading, Islam is a pacifist order, a theology
grounded in peace, community, tolerance, and mutual respect.
it is also reported that globally, most Muslims do not endorse terrorism
in any form,
and believe that Islamic faiths are threatened only by fanaticism and
extremism.
hm.
diane
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"Waves of hands, hesitations at street corners, someone dropping a
cigarette in a gutter - all are stories. But which is the true story? That
I do not know. Hence I keep my phrases hung like clothes in a cupboard,
waiting for someone to wear them. Thus waiting, thus speculating, making
this note and then another, I do not cling to life."
Virginia Woolf, The Waves, 1931.
(...life clings to me...)
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diane celia hodges
university of british columbia, centre for the study of curriculum and
instruction
vancouver, bc
mailing address: 46 broadview avenue, montreal, qc, H9R 3Z2
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