19 April 2006
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam; Aslan, Reza
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Finally getting around to reading this. I just received it after a rash of impulse-purchases (mostly CDs). The opening caught my attention as he describes his chance meeting with missionaries in the post-9/11 Middle East. He wonders how to respond to such spiritual profiteers when, also post-9/11, Franklin Graham calls Islam an evil and wicked religion,
Ann Coulter encourages countries to kill Muslim leaders and convert [their people] to Christianity,
and a past president of the SBC calls Muhammad a demon-possessed pedophile.
With these unfortunate examples, he introduces what he calls a clash of monotheisms in contrast to the less-precise class of civilizations.
No god but God: The Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam; Aslan, Reza
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posted on 19 April 2006 at 8:05:08 PM
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