Word: koranic
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...blame. While religion is a powerful force, it is not the reason that terrorism exists. The terrorists are trying to protect their culture, land and dignity in an unreasonable, extreme way. Manji asks Muslims to "own up" to the negative ideas that radicals find in the Koran. But that does nothing to rectify the situation or change the system. Change is needed?;not just personal change but social change as well. Lisa Alarcon Stanford, California...
...dead brothers, surrounded the house of popular Shi'ite clergyman Sheik Razzaq. A frail man in his 50s with a white skullcap and a ready smile, Razzaq had tried to stem the tide of sectarian hatred in the neighborhood, even accepting both Sunni and Shi'ite children into his Koran study classes. Sunni extremists found his message of tolerance threatening. "I was sitting with my wife and son and heard someone call out to me from the gate," recalls Razzaq. "As I walked to the door, my wife came up and put a woolen shawl on my shoulders. Next thing...
...right. It is not enough for Muslims to hide behind platitudes like "Islam means peace" and to say the radical fringe of Islam is exploiting the religion for its nefarious ends. It may be time for Muslims to acknowledge that the teachings of Islam, as reflected in the Koran, are vulnerable to sinister and foolish interpretation at the hands of ignorant clerics or those willing to use Scripture to achieve political ends. Manji's courageous exhortation to reform the religion needs to be heeded. Islam has much more to be commended than censured. Muslims must modernize by combatting the suppression...
...blame. While religion is a powerful force, it is not the reason that terrorism exists. The terrorists are trying to protect their culture, land and dignity in an unreasonable, extreme way. Manji asks Muslims to "own up" to the negative ideas that radicals find in the Koran. But that does nothing to rectify the situation or change the system. Change is needed - not just personal change but social change as well. Lisa Alarcon Stanford, California, U.S. The biggest threat posed to the civilized world by religious radicals of all stripes is their inability to doubt or question dogma that...
...blame. While religion is a powerful force, it is not the reason that terrorism exists. The terrorists are trying to protect their culture, land and dignity in an unreasonable, extreme way. Manji asks Muslims to "own up" to the negative ideas that radicals find in the Koran. But that does nothing to rectify the situation or change the system. Change is needed--not just personal change but social change as well...