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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