tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post116162693776286474..comments2024-03-24T15:19:06.377-04:00Comments on The Continuum: Would That It Were SoFr. Robert Harthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05892141425033196616noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1161768866132182012006-10-25T05:34:00.000-04:002006-10-25T05:34:00.000-04:00Hello All,Overall I view this as a promising and p...Hello All,<BR/><BR/>Overall I view this as a promising and positive development. Once you can get Muslims to start thinking in a critical way you have already made a space for the Holy Spirit to enter into their minds and lives. I mean, the fact that these men have come together to engage in a fair and honest debate, notwithstanding any historical innacuracies that they propogate, instead of slipping into anger and violence, is good.<BR/><BR/>There is of course in general a discrepancy--a great discrepancy indeed--between what is said by Muslim leaders and what they do. I hope that these scholars are indeed preaching these ideas to their people.<BR/><BR/>The way of Islam is the sword. Islam was made to rule and conquer, and when it is not ruling and conquering and plundering, it declines. Islam has seldom been a generative civilization, but one that prospers through the work and generation of others. <BR/><BR/>The Pope, by getting Muslim scholars to engage him on his own turf--that of historical and logical discourse--has already scored a minor victory. May there be many more in the future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1161688547438090732006-10-24T07:15:00.000-04:002006-10-24T07:15:00.000-04:00Anonymous,Thanks, but the point I was making here ...Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Thanks, but the point I was making here was that we were missing prominent people.<BR/><BR/>I have never heard of Tashkiri in many years of following events in Iran. I just googled him, and found only 16 entries. And most of them were linked to the letter.<BR/><BR/>As for Al-Azhar, one would expect that for something this weighty, Sheikh Muhammed would have weighed in.<BR/><BR/>He didn't. My point.Albion Landhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423168351697120421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18902745.post-1161649161519137332006-10-23T20:19:00.000-04:002006-10-23T20:19:00.000-04:00From Iran, there is Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Taskhir...From Iran, there is Ayatollah Muhammad Ali Taskhiri; from al-Azhar, Prof. Abla Mohammed Kahlawi.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com