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CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY After 40-year struggle, the IRS finally agrees to treat it as a religion...
Your report on accused world Trade Center plotter Mahmud Abouhalima and Muslim radicals ((Cover Story, Oct. 4)) demonstrates that you unfortunately believe Islam has a dark side. But Islam is a very peaceful religion. It is too bad that when someone does an evil deed and claims to be a Muslim, all Muslims and Islam itself are considered to be evil. Murder is not tolerated in Islam, and the murder of civilians is especially un-Islamic. The very word Islam comes from the Arabic word al-salaam, meaning peace. People fear Islam without understanding its true nature. Omar Reda Maple...
...defense counsel of Mahmud the Red claim that his trial is about Islam and not about the bombing of the World Trade Center. Any religion with its foundations enmeshed in brutal wars and the use of jihads, and with some adherents who display an inclination toward bizarre violence, deserves nothing less than serious scrutiny by all right-thinking persons. Gbenga Oduntan Lagos, Nigeria...
...judge a religion by the actions of some of its followers. And please spare us the sensational headlines that promote prejudice and fear in people ignorant of Islam. If you had made an effort, you would have discovered the Islam that is attracting large numbers of converts around the world. You need a Muslim on your staff. Saadi Alikhan Strongsville, Ohio...
...Jewish? Opinion is divided. David Wasserman, the House Editor at the non-partisan Cook Political Report believes it could count against the Democrat: "My biggest concern about Shulman's viability is that he's a rabbi, and I think voters in this district tend to want to keep religion out of politics," he says. But John McArdle, a staff writer for Roll Call, disagrees: "He draws you in with the story and then he speaks very well about policies," says McArdle. "He does a very good job of using that to hook people in and then talking about change...