One week gone and you haven't gotten anywhere

Submitted by Michel (United States), Mar 16, 2007 at 19:50

Howdy Folks again.

Just scanned through the recent posts and must say, I did not miss anything. ...

Well, in the meantime I did have a couple of extended voice conversations via Slype with Janus. Guess, if he kindly would confirm this to Dhimmi, as those who tried to label me as a Pakistani Muslim etc., will be now be proven wrong.

Most importantly however, this discussion I had with Janus was extremely fruitful, much common ground was discovered and we laughed a lot. As Plato initially mentioned, the written word is a sharp sword and can easily be misused or be misunderstood, depending on the mndset of the reader.

Even though Janus and I differ in opinion on various topics, we nevertheless came a long way to understanding, where the other guy was coming from. I am afraid I kept him up until 3Am one afternoon and herewith apologize....

My personal key learning was that we indeed simply have different definitions of, what a Muslim really is.
We both despise this classic fundamentalist, radical Islam and understood, that all the differences lay in the problem, that these modern people who try to interprete for themselves, use the same classification of their religion, as the wahabi Mufti does, Moslem. IN reality however, what these tolerant, progressive people believe in could easy be called a new subdivision or sect within Islam or should be given a whole different name. Janus and I both agreed that such tendencies should be supported and not alienated.

Anyway - Janus and I in fact covered a ton of ground, eliminated a lot of miscopnceptions and misgivings and I can only once again extend my invitation for a Skype round table, since most of you probably have hispeed internet, that conference could easily be set up.

I am sure that we all would quickly realize that no one here is the devil incarnate. Why not give it a try and really talk instead of being limited by time delayed written word?

Come on guys - make an effort. Janus, are you with me in this?

Mi

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