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Originally Posted by djplong
Yeah, I looked at the video. You ARE aware that the Koran was *dictated* by Muhammed and *legend* has it that it wasn't until 22 years after the 'revelation' that anyone STARTED to write it down.
Check the history of it - it was an oral tradition for quite a while before the idea to 'compile it' and 'write it all down' took hold.
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dp, I do not question you on this. Certainly, we know that the Koran like many texts started out with an oral tradition. However, I believe that we know this is irrelevant. What is relevant is what is taught in the madrasas and believed by those that 'graduate' from them. The impact of these schools is seen in the increasing radicalization of Islam. They do believe for example that the Jews drink the blood of Arab babies, that Israel and the United States are the lesser and greater satan, that killing non-believers is the right thing to do, etc. These are what they believe and what is truth for them.
Any course of action we take, must recognize this reality and stop trying to ignore it by saying that the educated Muslims do not believe this. Dr. Nidal Malik Hasan was an educated man, UBL has a civil engineering degree, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed earned his degree in Mechanical engineering in North Carolina, all of the 9/11 terrorists were college educated, etc.
I do not pretend to know the solution. What I do know is that sticking our heads in the sand and justifying the terrorism by saying we were just like that does not come to grips with the realities of today.