To Peter & cc:Daniel Hassan: Have you heard "Sephardic Jews"?

Submitted by Nuray (Portugal), Nov 18, 2005 at 14:43

Dear Peter,

Let history shows how peaceful religion Islam is. Action is better than words. Let's see how Muslims understand Quran.

Sephardic Jews refer to Jews descended from Jewish families driven from Spain in 1492 by inquisition. For hundreds of years, They lived in peace with Muslim neighbors and rulers in North Africa and in the Ottoman Empire. They were considered second-class citizens, but were free to practice their own religion and participate in commerce.

Show me another example like this humanitarianism in the history. This beneficence and goodwill came from Muslims who read verses of Quran. They did understand Quran like me not like you. Thanks to Allah. That's why I repeat again and again Islam is very peaceful religion.

Nuray

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