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Skunks · 07-12-2005, 08:31 PM

mrnoodle,

I realize it strongly supports your case to say that, paraphrasing, Islam advocates destroying Jews. And I concede that there are certainly a lot of Muslims who dislike Jews. Probably a lot in Palestine.

But, as we've covered a lot in this thread, there's a difference between individuals who identify with a group holding an opinion and the doctrine which defines that group holding an opinion. And, although I skipped a few hundred posts in the middle, I believe you're saying that Islam, as a doctrine, is anti-Semitic. Not just particular Muslims.

If that's the case, I'm very curious as to what you base this statement on. A professor of mine once said that there really isn't just one Islam, but more a bunch of different islams. Sunni and Shi'ite, yeah, and enough subdivisions of that that it's really a difficult thing to count.

So what have you read that makes you think Islam hates Jews? Because I simply don't agree.

07-12-2005, 08:31 PM	#173
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	mrnoodle, I realize it strongly supports your case to say that, paraphrasing, Islam advocates destroying Jews. And I concede that there are certainly a lot of Muslims who dislike Jews. Probably a lot in Palestine. But, as we've covered a lot in this thread, there's a difference between individuals who identify with a group holding an opinion and the doctrine which defines that group holding an opinion. And, although I skipped a few hundred posts in the middle, I believe you're saying that Islam, as a doctrine, is anti-Semitic. Not just particular Muslims. If that's the case, I'm very curious as to what you base this statement on. A professor of mine once said that there really isn't just one Islam, but more a bunch of different islams. Sunni and Shi'ite, yeah, and enough subdivisions of that that it's really a difficult thing to count. So what have you read that makes you think Islam hates Jews? Because I simply don't agree.