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From:	Jaq (4psb94.psbnewton.com)
Subject:	Well, they certainly are not helping with
Date:	March 26, 2008 at 3:34 pm PST

In Reply to: Falwell and Robertson should shut up. They do more harm than good... posted by Millie on March 26, 2008 at 12:20 pm:

ecumenical discussions. If a religious proponent oozes arrogance like those two do (and some others I could mention) just how effective are they going to be in gaining respect, finding solutions to conflicts and making peace with other cultures, nations (etc)? What happened to blessed are the peacemakers?
From PBS

Most scholars -- and President Bush -- insisted that the new enemy was not Islam as a whole but a radical extreme wing of so-called Islamists. But recently, one after another, prominent evangelical Christians have been condemning all Islam, the Qur'an, its interpretations (the Hadith), and the Prophet Muhammad. Is that hate speech? Is it dangerous? Is there any truth to it?
Lucky Severson reports.

Reverend FRANKLIN GRAHAM (Evangelist): The God of Islam is not the same God of the Christian or the Judeo-Christian faith. It is a different God, and I believe a very evil and a very wicked religion.

Reverend MOODY ADAMS (Evangelist): I like Muslim people. Those that I have known. I think they are very nice people. I think they are being victimized by a very, very dangerous book -- the Qur'an.

SEVERSON: The Reverend Moody Adams travels from his home in Louisiana to churches as far away as Africa. The evangelist preaches not so much about the Bible but the Qur'an.

Rev. ADAMS: When a Christian kills, he's disobeying Scripture, and he's refusing to follow the example of his leader, Jesus Christ. When a Muslim kills, he's obeying his Scripture. He's following the example of his leader, Muhammad.


SEVERSON: Hussein Ibish heads the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. And he is very worried about what he sees as the spread of hatred and suspicion.

HUSSEIN IBISH (American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee): The kind of defamation we see coming from the religious Right and other social conservatives really has produced a climate of anxiety and suspicion that makes people very vulnerable and feel exposed.

Regardless of the extremists on either side (Muslim or Christian) what good does it do to focus on the shortcomings of a religious group without some opening for reconciliation?

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