Letters to the Editor
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Judeo-Christian Values
Elfread quoted the Koran and deived some principles about Islam.
1) * "Fight", until Jews and Christians are "in a state of subjection", and "pay the tax in acknowledgement of [Muslim] superiority".
I'll quote the bible:
If your brother, son (family member) beloved friend says to you 'let us go and serve other Gods,' you shall kill him. You shall stone him to death. And if in a city, there are those who have drawn inhabitants away from God, you shall put that city to the sword, destroying it utterly and all who are in it and its cattle. Deuteronomy13:6
That sounds like an injunction to fight, doesn't it?
2) From the Islamic perspective, Jews and Christians are not simply another religion, they are wrong, "may Allah destroy them".
I'll quote the bible:
God and the Lord Jesus will inflict vengence upon those who do not know God and obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus. They shall suffer eternal destruction. Thessalonians 1:6
3) All other religions, and the irreligious, are less well regarded.
I think the above passages make it pretty clear how the bible views non-Christians.
I'm sure someone with a better knowledge of the Koran than I have can cherry pick some passages that express what we tend to call Judeo-Christian values and contrast them with the more obnoxious things the bible says. Because let's face it, they both come from the same region, culture and time period.
And while we're on the subject of the bible and American values, the bible says:
"You may buy male and female slaves." Leviticus 25:44
In Exodus 21:7, the bible gives guidelines on selling your daughter as a slave nd makes it pretty clear that it is assumed to be sexual slavery.
If Jewish and Christian Americans can rise above the junk in the bible, why do you suppose Muslim Americans can't rise above the junk in the Koran?