A Personal Connection to a Muslim?

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I lived with a Muslim for years during undergrad. Great guy. Had a couple of others as friends too.
 
jcwit said:
Peaceful Religion?

clarionproject.org/news/american-muslims-stone-christians-dearborn-michigan#

nationalreport.net/city-michigan-first-fully-implement-sharia-law/

Go to this city and read from the Gospel on the street corner.

nydailynews.com/news/national/residents-nervous-majority-muslim-michigan-city-article-1.2445093

I do not hate Muslims but they are what they are!

Do not believe?? Read the Koran!
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Hey man, I once read the Bible and learned about genocide too (Deuteronomy 7 and 20 to just start with). I also learned about the Spanish slaughter of New World inhabitants in the name of the crusading spirit, and a bunch of other Christian “civilizing missions” which were just simple imperialism. So cool story bro, but I don’t go around talking about how vile Christianity might be. That may be because I don’t use facile reasoning.
 
My city has an Islamic community, mostly of immigrants, and a few are regular patrons of mine at the library. I often have long book talks with a city councilor who is a convert to Islam. A long-time acquaintance of mine is a convert to Islam, but I do not take that very seriously. As far as I can tell, it has zero influence on his morality. One of my favorite shows to watch online and now on DVD is Little Mosque on the Prairie, so I also have that kind of exposure – it’s a sitcom about a mosque renting space in an Anglican parish hall in Canada, and the members of the mosque are from various Islamic countries (Nigeria, Pakistan, Lebanon). Personally, I feel a closer kinship to Muslims who take their faith seriously and try to live godly lives than to cultural Christians whose experience is limited to wearing a cross necklace and going to church on Easter.
 
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