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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Sometimes I feel like giving it a go - but then I think the only reason I'd read the Koran, rather than any other religious text, is because of the atrocities carried out by its fundamentalist adherents; and I wouldn't want to feel they'd manipulated my reading habits by their actions.
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Of all muslims who might give a hoot if you read the Koran, the ones who decided to become terrorists are the ones who will care the least. They only want their enemies to be dead...they're not trying to buy the world a coke. The muslims who would care are the ones who actually care about other people and what they think, i.e. the "good guys".
Also..."islamic fundamentalist" is the worst label for a terrorist ever. Committing atrocities is not fundamental to any mainstream religion. They should simply be called terrorists. If Islam was about terrorism, then why weren't muslims historically terrorist? Why did it take over 1000 years for that "fundamental" to crop up? Religion isn't the problem or the cause of terrorism, politics and socio-economic problems are.
As for deleting the Koran? I might, but probably not...unless I was honest to goodness running out of space, but how often is that an issue these days? I generally keep all the books I find, even ones that I doubt I'll ever read. I'm a bad enough packrat in the physical world....I'm a like a packtyrannosaurus rex in the digital world! (not sure how that one works...maybe t-rexes pack things in their bellies?)