Posted by Farmer on May 11, 2011 at 10:48:02
the short reply
...well...you're right...my feelings all the while...a friend of mine...fluent in Hebrew...chided me just recently...one should only pass a comment..about the Muslim faith that is...when one has read their book etc....he's kind of right and I only read excerpts...
though I think I don't have to read everything in detail...before passing a n y comment...next think is I have to learn Arabic !....though I started Persian a decade back...because the Hebrew course at Uni was too early for my night-shifts...all in all it was too timeconsuming for the moment...
Anyway...I meant ...that even the Muslims happened to be "kinder" in their warfare...then they are now...would be nice/right to remind them of that too....wonder what happened to that...actually they have also so many fractions & also trouble with their tradition/oral...written etc....canon that is.
Actually my short dispute with my friend was over the one scene in the movie ...my name is Khan...where I learned...that the Muslims actually think...that Abrahim sacrificed or intended to actually rather Ismael...I thought that was "funny"...and he for some "funny" reason
thinks both could be possible????????????...then omitted in either of the versions of the religions...hmmm...not my take for now and later...
Well...often I don't understand him...nevertheless in many things he's just great.
OT2...I wanted to comment more on journeys...but lack the time...all about...change of lifestyle...in my own life ...a bit more...along the line of diet etc.