From: gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal)
Subject: Re: Islam a fascist ... NOT!
Organization: Computer Science Department, Texas A&M University
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 22:01:38 GMT

In article <24AUG199216181091@juliet.caltech.edu> mughal@juliet.caltech.edu (ASIM M MUGHAL) writes:
>In article <1992Aug24.204608.27253@tamsun.tamu.edu>, gagrawal@cs.tamu.edu (Gopal Agrawal) writes...
>>When saying that Islam is "tolerant", it means that there is scope 
>>for forgiving infractions. All the more especially when the accused 
>
>     Yes, it is tolerant but you seem to imply that if a religion is 
>     tolerant is by default must forgive everything and just say,
>     "oh its okay, just don't do it again."
>     I don't think there is a single society which takes this above position
>     on *any* crime commited. Just there is a death policy in California
>     doesn't mean California is an intolerant state & no mater what your
>     crime you will be sent to the gas chamber.      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You mean if I steal a lollipop from a kid or not pay my parking 
ticket, I'll go to the gas chambers !! They must have a lot of gas
chambers in California then.

>>malice towards any one particular religion. And certainly they had no
>>idea that their play could be so inflammatory to certain fanatics else 
>>they would have never staged it publicly in a country like Dubai in the 
>
>     From the other reports, they were advised against staging the play 
>     due to the content and they still went ahead with it. Will that 
>     classify as being 'naive?'

Really! What other reports ? Could you mention any sources ? 

And even if they did go ahead with the play, does blasphemy 
(which is yet to be properly defined) deserve death ?! You 
seem to be no better than khomeni. 

>
>     Plz note, it not for the people to forgive anyone it is always up to 
>Allah.

So I suppose, Allah can only forgive but not condemn. The condemnation 
part must be carried out by his followers eh ?! 

>     Q. How tolerant are followers of other religions? (just curious)

Many times you see similar examples in other religions as well. I 
don't deny that. Most of the time such ridiculous intolerance is 
shown at the individual level where the individual concerned is 
a simplistic minded fanatic. You don't see such intolerance at the 
state level where one can expect more broad minded people to think 
out their actions without getting themselves worked up by religious 
frenzy. What we are seeing here is akin to the burning of Joan of 
ark for heresy. 

When such intolerant actions do take place in other religions 
you don't see educated people of that religion using convoluted 
sophistry to justify such barbarious actions as we are seeing 
here on the net. 

regards,
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