Re: CITR and the Koran

    I presume the idea is to broaden understanding in the aftermath
    of last September & Middle Eastern events generally. But I wonder
    really how much relevance a grasp of the Koran has to that enterprise.
    It's like suggesting that a mastery of the King James Bible or
    of Humanae Vita will illuminate the conflict in the North of Ireland.
    Only very, very marginally.

    Scriptures can be used - and are, all the time - in diametrically
    opposed ways to support almost any political stance. 'Islam',
    nowadays, is essentially a tribal badge - just like 'The West'.
    The tribes have grown to existence along many different routes
    - economic, historic, & the rest. The religion of the tribe (whether
    Islam or Humanist Capitalism) is now little more than a handy
    combustible to fuel the fire.

    Scottie B.

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Received on Wed Aug 21 03:03:32 2002