From: irfan@wiener.ece.wisc.edu (Irfan Alan)
Subject: Re: CALL OF THE QUR'AN TO THE PEOPLE OF THE BOOK
Organization: none
Date: 10 Sep 92 04:05:31 CDT

When Rushdie writes a book and  we Muslims show anger
and criticize it YOU say freedem of speech.  I am almost sure
once upon a time Rushdie issue was one of your popular discussion
topics even if it has nothing to do with carabbien or any other 
culture.  When somebody talks about Islam, it is not freedem of speech. 

Islam is so relevent to your cultures that the diseases and
the problems of your cultures can be cured by the solutions of 
Islam only.  

          ISLAM IS THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR ALL PROBLEMS

     Your societies are crying for freedom.
     Freedom, freedom, freedom!  What freedom you are talking about!  
You are enslaving women, using and prostituting them everywhere and wherefore 
upsetting the harmony and peace of the individuals as well as of the whole 
society by provocating the animal-like desires of individuals, letting 
people to have access to alcohol and drugs and to become intoxicant and 
loose their conscience and do whatever they can, legalizing homosexuality, 
fornication and adultery by law and being the source of  all sorts of immorality, 
dishonesty and destruction of family life (foundation of a strongly established 
society) and spread of all sorts of diseases.  By the way, may be you should 
reserve a day every year to celebrate AIDS to commemorate the fruits of your 
"western freedoms"  or another day for ALCOHOLISM.  This is not freedom.  
If one should name it, CORRUPTION fits best.

     You have in your country many social diseases and problems like racism,
alcoholism, drug addiction, homosexuality, gambling, surplus women and etc.. 
How are you going to solve these problems?  With the "western freedoms" you are
talking about all the time?  I think, if the people does not come to realize 
this CORRUPTION and turn away from it soon, you would sink and fall apart as 
the communism sank in USSR and other eastern block countries.  May be, you might 
not be thinking to solve these problems at all or even do not think about the 
future of the well being of your next generation as you want to enjoy your 
"western freedoms" now.  Like the people who have AIDS and who enjoyed their 
"western freedoms" in their past did not think their next generation and they 
are now giving birth to the babies with AIDS.  You might say; 'who cares the 
next generation, I wan'na enjoy my western freedoms now and abort the next
generation.'  

     What the western freedom does to the individuals is to let them enjoy now and
bear the consequences later.  Even the enjoyment at the beginning turns into a
hell for them.  When you see a spoiled tomato in a box of tomatoes, do you
leave it in the box to enjoy its freedom of spoiling the other tomatoes as
well, or you take it out and protect at least the other tomatoes.  To me
"western freedom" is no different than leaving the spoiled tomato inside the
box and let them spoil the other tomatoes and then look for the cure for all
the tomatoes instead of eliminating the first spoiled one.

     Islam establishes the true freedom in the society for all the individuals as
well as for the whole society with the instructions given in the Qur'an. 
Therefore, giving birth to a strongly founded society with good moral values. 
It puts a policeman to the heart of every individuals, which might not even
require so many 'COPS' or 'TOP COPS' to keep the order in the society.