From: mmilicevic@spike.psc.scarolina.edu
Subject: Re: B-H is NO place for IWN
Reply-To: mmilicevic@spike.psc.scarolina.edu
Organization: Univ of S Carolina College of Sci and Math
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 92 19:14:45 GMT

In article <1992Sep14.052956.6276@ee.eng.ohio-state.edu>, rached@blanc.eng.ohio-state.edu (rached) writes:
>In article <1992Sep14.033520.730@usceast.cs.scarolina.edu> mmilicevic@spike.psc.scarolina.edu writes:
>>In article <1992Sep14.005838.14110@athena.mit.edu>, bhmughal@athena.mit.edu (Bilal H Mughal) writes:
>>
>>There is one thing which is gratly misunderstood. In B/H there are Muslims
>>(written with an uppercase letter) and this signifies nationality, and there are
>>muslims (written with a lowercase letter) and this signifies the religion. I
>>lived for 28 years in Sarajevo with Muslims but not muslims. It is the war now 
>>and people are desperate. In those circumstances one can plant the seeds of any
>>religion and ideology. I just wached on TV how Muslims are becoming muslims,
>>and Croats are becoming chatolics, Srbs I could not see because they did not
>>let the TV crew in their church, but I beleive that they too are becoming
>>eastern-orthodox. This is sad, because it represents how desperate those people
>>are. As far as Iran is concernd, they are led to beleive that Muslims = muslims
>>so they think of spreading Iranian fundamentalism in B/H. I don't think our 
>>Muslims are that desperate that they cannot differentiate between these two 
>>evils, 1. the war that Serbs and Croats are waging against them and 2. Islam 
>>fundamentalism which is trying to buy them at their weakest moment. Iran has
>>big interest in BiH and they are trying to do something. The west see no
>>interest and they just sit and pretend thay do someting while doing nothing. No
>>one does anything if there is no interest - we all know that. 
>>
>>MLADEN   
>
>Dear MLADEN
>You differentiate between Muslims and muslims. This differentiation does not exist 
>with theose who are persecuting your people. Muslim or muslim your sister is being raped
>your brother is being killed and your child is being sent away from his home.
>Muslim or muslim you are being bombarded, your house destroyed. Food, water
>and electricity are being cutoff from you.
>The difference is that the muslim who is fighting will Inshallah have his
>reward with Allah and will be victorious. The Muslim who subscribes to the
>religion as something of a nationality will be killed by the enemies but will
>not receive the rewards.
>
>Wake up ! smell the burning country. While you are trying to divide Muslims
>Serbs are wiping them out indiscriminantly. All the above rhethoric did not serve 
>you. The Serbs waited until they finished with the Croats and then targeted you. 
>It is better for you to be part of a Muslim Ummah than to be part of a nationality
>that has no nation. If you had defined yourself as a Bosnian I would have 
>respected your ideas but to take the name of a religion and leave its basic 
>principles ? that's cheating.
>
>You are either a Muslim and thus our brother and we have to help and protect
>you or you are a Bosnian and thus we will see if it is in our INTERSET to 
>help you, otherwise we sit and watch like the west is doing.
>
>
>rached
>
>
THEN YOU BETTER SIT AND DO NOTHING.

MLADEN
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