RE: CITR and the Koran

I also said that there wouldn't be controversey, at least not as much, if
the Bible instead of the Koran was chosen, and I think that for the same
reasons you do. It seems that it's ok to mention God, in Christian form as
much as you want, but if you want to mention Allah, well then there's a
problem.
>From: "Matthew S. Mahoney" <matthew.s.mahoney@vanderbilt.edu>
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: "adam lescalleet" <adam@sebcoe.org>, <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
>Subject: RE: CITR and the Koran
>Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 06:49:22 -0500
>
>that was me who said it wouldn't have been as big a deal if the Bible was
>the
>text in question-what i was implying, however, was not that groups like the
>ACLU, etc, would not get involved, because they most certainly would, but
>that
>popular sentiment, the thoughts on the issue by the average joe, would be
>much
>less ferocious and pervasive, and indeed even existent. the bible, being
>inherently more familiar and 'accepted,' would provoke less of a response
>than
>an unfamiliar and distinctive Koran, simply because more noteworthy things
>lead us to perform a double-take. (the Koran, of course, has largely been
>dragged into this due to our frenzy with all things 9/11-in any other year,
>this would have gone largely unnoticed. my read on the situation-extremely
>savvy newspaper personnel picking up on a story guaranteed to turn heads,
>and
>us (society) following in tow-some with meritorious debates, most with
>ignorant rhetoric).
>
> >===== Original Message From "adam lescalleet" <adam@sebcoe.org> =====
> >That's exactly their explanation for the reason it was chosen. Due to
>the
> >recent happenings "over there", they figured it would be good to gain a
> >better understanding on the religion that is supposedly the flame that is
> >the passion that drives them to do this; some of them say they do it for
> >religious purposes, and, for the most part, true devout followers of the
> >Koran are being cast under an ugly light. I can't really say that I
>appose
> >or support this...I think that, like someone said earlier, it's all quite
> >silly to be made such a big deal over.
> >
> >And who said that if they had to read the Christian Bible it wouldn't be
>a
> >big deal? I think that if they did, there wouldn't have been just a
>handful
> >of people suing the university over this... =)
> >
> >-adam.
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Scottie Bowman" <rbowman@indigo.ie>
> >To: <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
> >Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 2:02 AM
> >Subject: 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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> -Albert Einstien
>
>Matthew S. Mahoney
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>matthew.s.mahoney@vanderbilt.edu
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