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Given that the minister that threatened to burn the Koran apparently had only around 30 members of his church he sure got a huge amount of global publicity.
Some of you may know that I was brought up in Kuwait and I remember that I received a short course about living in a Muslim country. This was to tell you about things you should know and things to be sensitive about. Like in the time of Ramadan when the Muslim community would fast from day break to day end we were advised not to eat or drink during these times in public.
The Muslim countries are very old in culture and tradition and I've always been sad that we don't get on better with them.
I noted one interview with a Muslim in America where he pointed out that their mosque had collected a lot of clothes for the victims of the Katrina disaster but of course things like that are never covered in the media.
It does seem to me that the media has to take it's share of the blame for intolerance as they always seek the sensational.
Mind you it is hard to sit back and see the extreme views of people of all religions like the extreme Muslims that refuse to let their girls have an education. But do we really understand what actually happens in their religion?
Like today there is still a big discussion going on about letting women become ministers.
There is also a lot of interesting information on the Bible that is not generally known. I mean someone somewhere decided what would go into the Bible and what wouldn't.
In our own Religion section of the site I have made available...
Forbidden Gospels and Epistles (An e-text)
Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology (An e-text)
The Koran (An e-text)
The Woman's Bible (An e-text)
I've always believed in freedom of Religion and I think the better we are informed the better will be our understanding and tolerance.
You can get to our Religious section at http://www.electricscotland.com/bible/
Alastair
Some of you may know that I was brought up in Kuwait and I remember that I received a short course about living in a Muslim country. This was to tell you about things you should know and things to be sensitive about. Like in the time of Ramadan when the Muslim community would fast from day break to day end we were advised not to eat or drink during these times in public.
The Muslim countries are very old in culture and tradition and I've always been sad that we don't get on better with them.
I noted one interview with a Muslim in America where he pointed out that their mosque had collected a lot of clothes for the victims of the Katrina disaster but of course things like that are never covered in the media.
It does seem to me that the media has to take it's share of the blame for intolerance as they always seek the sensational.
Mind you it is hard to sit back and see the extreme views of people of all religions like the extreme Muslims that refuse to let their girls have an education. But do we really understand what actually happens in their religion?
Like today there is still a big discussion going on about letting women become ministers.
There is also a lot of interesting information on the Bible that is not generally known. I mean someone somewhere decided what would go into the Bible and what wouldn't.
In our own Religion section of the site I have made available...
Forbidden Gospels and Epistles (An e-text)
Ten Great Religions - An Essay in Comparative Theology (An e-text)
The Koran (An e-text)
The Woman's Bible (An e-text)
I've always believed in freedom of Religion and I think the better we are informed the better will be our understanding and tolerance.
You can get to our Religious section at http://www.electricscotland.com/bible/
Alastair
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