please read carefully

Submitted by G.Vishvas (India), Mar 24, 2008 at 05:03

Respected Mr. Curmally

Pity, that you did not read my message carefully.

USA, Russia and European countries developed the technology to discover, extract and make petroleum useful and valuable. Hence they have the right to charge money for petroleum. Kuran and muslims did not make any such intellectual contribution. This crucial point in my argument has been forgotten by you.

Your second paragraph is actually absurd. Nowhere did I say about liking or disliking any history. Nor did I say that I hate muslims. Nor did I say that I "hate" muslims because they ruled over the hindus. These thoughts are bandied about by the muslims themselves as suppositions and speculations about why hindus "hate" muslims. Since such suppositional thoughts absolve the muslims of all guilt, self-criticism and introspection and give them the impression that all hindu fear or rejection of islam and muslims is purely irrational and backward-oriented, the muslims cling to these self-convenient theories and like to pass them on amongst themselves.

Let me repeat: I have come to the conclusion that a peaceful coexistence between muslims and non-muslims (not just hindus) is impossible because of some sentences in the kuran and hadith, that honesty is impossible for muslims because of the boastful-manipulative claims made by islam, that muslims are trapped in Islamic indoctrination and become mental slaves of a 7^th century despotic and manipulative god-concept.

No one can change history. But we need to present it honestly, and that is where the muslims are doomed to be dishonest, as faith-clinging muslims.

A hand of friendship without honesty – that is an insult and injury of the worst kind.

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