RE: CITR and the Koran

I would assume that UNC doesn't think that the book is biased. Have you
actually read the selected book, or have you just heard about it from
newspaper articles and the such? Because if it's the latter, then maybe it's
just the writers opinion that it portrays the Koran in a favorable light.

>From: "Besiada, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Besiada@nextel.com>
>Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>To: "'bananafish@roughdraft.org'" <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
>Subject: RE: CITR and the Koran
>Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:57:09 -0400
>
>The point is, there should not be any discouraging OR encouraging of a
>religion going on. UNC states that they are neutral and are not promoting
>ideas yet they are introducing a very biased interpretation of the
>religion.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: m e g h a n [mailto:bedroomdancing@hotmail.com]
>Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 3:01 PM
>To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
>Subject: RE: CITR and the Koran
>
>
>
>Well, wouldn't any book be biased? You're either going to have a very
>positive view of the Koran or a negative view of the Koran. At least they
>chose the book that shows the Koran in a positive light, opposed to a book
>that makes it out to be some terrible book in some terrible religion, and
>therefore possibly brewing more anti-Islamic feelings.
>
> >From: "Besiada, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Besiada@nextel.com>
> >Reply-To: bananafish@roughdraft.org
> >To: "'bananafish@roughdraft.org'" <bananafish@roughdraft.org>
> >Subject: RE: CITR and the Koran
> >Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 09:52:25 -0400
> >
> >There was an article about this in the Washington Post - it wasn't the
> >Koran, it was a book by an author explaining the Koran, chapter by
>chapter.
> >The school says they wanted to increase awareness of what is really in
>the
> >book, not promote anything. I favor people getting more educated on
>things
> >that are so prominent in the news, but on the other hand, from what I've
> >read, the author's slant is very positive, so I don't know about using
>that
> >particular work.
> >
> >Jennifer
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