Re: Islam is a religion of peace

--- In metatuning@yahoogroups.com, "X. J. Scott" <xjscott@e...> wrote:
> Clap your hands everybody! Let's all sing it together: "Islam is a religion
> of peace!"
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Man is not a creature of peace, so he will find excuses wherever he can. I suppose evil men can even find passages in Lao Tse to justify murder. Bah, a pox on all religious bigots!

John Starrett

Crank up the propane organ, rally the drum corps, Islam is the religion of peace!!

"Islam is Peace" George Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/09/20010917-11.html

Bush hails Islam as a religion of charity, compassion, peace
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/021109/2002110917.html

"Islam is a peace-loving faith" George Bush
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/11/20021105-3.html

"Al Quaida... perverts the peaceful teachings of Islam"
http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/islam/s092001.htm

Islam is neither this nor that. Islam is a religion practised by over a billion people, and it has almost that many variants. I have known both peaceful Muslims and violent, as well as peaceful and violent Christians.

John Starrett