From: Ashfaq Rasheed <ashfaq@corp.cirrus.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 19:36:44 +0800
To: tcmay@got.net
Subject: Re: Online Zakat Payment: Religious tithe.
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> From owner-cypherpunks@toad.com Tue Feb 13 10:34:37 1996
> To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net>
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> Subject: Re: Online Zakat Payment: Religious tithe.
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> On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:
> 
> > At 10:07 PM 2/12/96, Steven C. Perkins wrote:
> > Once again, the gutter religion of Islam reveals the derangement of its
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> > so-called Prophet.
> > 
> > The world really needs to get around to nuking these folks.
> > 
> Oh, Come now!  Islam may in its present form be a religion deeply hostile 
> to liberty.  But since "nuking" the whole Islamic world would not be 
> itself much of a defence of freedom, the only long term answer is to 
> promote within Islam the same kind of Reformation as eventually made 
> Christianity half decent.  And Tim's comments do not contribute to that.  
> I don't know how many internet servers there are in the Middle East.  
> But, if I were an intelligent fundamentalist, I'd be copying it all over 
> the place.  "Look", I'd be saying, "these people really do mean another 
> crusade to destroy us and our faith".
> 
> I can understand Tim's disgust with these people.  But I do question his 
> manner of expressing it.
> 

Actions of certain individual or group does not reflect what the actual
religion is. Examples of this can be found on every religion. 

Somebody generalizing as above reflects his/her own closed/blocked mentality.

Look at yourself, if you can fall to such degrading levels and since you 
happen to be a member of this mailing list, it is not ration to think as
every cpunks as demented as you are.

Ashfaq Ahmed