Word: prophetic
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...experience of last fall--the terrorist attacks, the anthrax deaths--not only deepened the interest among Christians fluent in the language of Armageddon and Apocalypse. It broadened it as well, to an audience that had never paid much attention to the predictions of the doomsday prophet Nostradamus, or been worried about an epic battle that marks the end of time, or for that matter, read the Book of Revelation. Since Sept. 11, people from cooler corners of Christianity have begun asking questions about what the Bible has to say about how the world ends, and preachers have answered their questions...
...Christian militants were seeking refuge in a mosque or some other Muslim holy site, would they be granted sanctuary? Would the abuse of an Islamic holy site in Mecca be tolerated by Muslim clerics? Or would such actions be punishable by death? Since Islam accepts Jesus as a prophet, the least these fighters could have done was respect the site of his birth. In capturing the men without storming and invading the church, the Israeli army showed consideration for its sanctity. TONY COSTA Toronto...
...Hudaybiyah as a sign of a half-hearted attempt at peace. Rather, Muslims hearing a reference to Hudaybiyah immediately make associations with the need to make peace whenever an enemy makes a credible move toward peace. The fact that stands out in the story for Muslims is that the Prophet actually signed the treaty with the grudging acceptance of his followers in Medina. In doing so, he made compromises, such as not even mentioning God, of not signing his name as “the Prophet of Allah” (as was his custom in other treaties) nd of ignoring...
...half-hearted attempt at peace cannot be justified in Islam. We are taught by the example of the Prophet that the value of an action is determined by the intention behind it, and that honesty and unambiguity in intention is of utmost importance. Treaties are taken very seriously in Islam. The Koran notes that treaties should not be broken, in more than one place. Referring to treaties made with non-Muslims, the Koran explicitly orders in c. 9: v. 04 that unless non-Muslims have failed to abide by the terms of the treaty, all terms and conditions...
Much has been said about misguided misconceptions and stereotypes of Muslims, their traditions and their faith, and the prejudice against Muslims that these misconceptions and stereotypes lead to. Gorin’s unjustified accusation against the Prophet serve only to further such misconceptions. He owes an apology to the Muslims in the community for his slur upon their faith. He also owes an apology to the Harvard community for propagating misleading information that only serves to credit distrust between Muslims and non-Muslims here and in the rest of the world...