Tuesday, September 16, 2003

The Trouble With Islam
And what is the trouble with Islam? According to Irshad Manji, web-mistress and author with a new release scheduled under the above title, the trouble is that "while every religion has its share of literalists,...only in Islam is literalism...mainstream." See also the article in WorldNetDaily describing the angry denunciations of her work before it has even hit the shelves, the protective measures she has taken, and the mentoring of her by Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. She calls for something radical enough: that Islam must cast off its fundamentalistic streak.

What she evidently fails to realize, however, is that she might as well ask Islam to cease to be. If the fundamentals of a faith are the problem, then the faith itself is the problem. I would ask all readers to pray that Ms. Manji will take the only step that will actually save her soul and accept Christ.::Submitted for your war [Matthew 24:6] files.

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