[ExI] Religions and violence [Was Re: Sarah Palin]

[Tomasz Rola]

On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Damien Sullivan wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 12:16:24AM +0200, Tomasz Rola wrote:
> > 
> > I think it's a bit hard to agree or disagree, unless one reads "the text" 
> > in original, i.e. in Arabic language. From what I've heard so far, reading 
> > a translation "does not count", whatever this really means (not sure yet). 
> > As of authorities, I guess it is same as the case with Catholic religious 
> 
> I misread that as Chinese religious authorities; despite being wrong,
> I'll share today's link anyway:
> http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128628514&sc=tw
> on female imams and mosques in China.
> 
> -xx- Damien X-) 

Very interesting indeed. A quick goog led me to this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_as_imams

which shows this issue is a subject of dispute lasting at least 1000 years 
:-). A very nice way to learn how decentralised Islam world really is, or 
appears to be.

Regards,
Tomasz Rola

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