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Re: Online Zakat Payment: Religious tithe.
I am resending Mr. Gabb's message edited to show that Mr. May wrote the
three lines in question.
SC Perkins
At 10:34 AM 2/13/96 +0000, you wrote:
>On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
>
> Once again, the gutter religion of Islam reveals the derangement of its
> so-called Prophet.
>
> The world really needs to get around to nuking these folks.
>
>Oh, Come now! Islam may in its present form be a religion deeply hostile
>to liberty. But since "nuking" the whole Islamic world would not be
>itself much of a defence of freedom, the only long term answer is to
>promote within Islam the same kind of Reformation as eventually made
>Christianity half decent. And Tim's comments do not contribute to that.
>I don't know how many internet servers there are in the Middle East.
>But, if I were an intelligent fundamentalist, I'd be copying it all over
>the place. "Look", I'd be saying, "these people really do mean another
>crusade to destroy us and our faith".
>
>I can understand Tim's disgust with these people. But I do question his
>manner of expressing it.
>
>
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