Very interesting stuff, Anwar!  I'm looking forward to the resurrection of
your website. :)

Carol

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Anwar J Goins
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:20 PM
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> Subject: Re: Love Conquers All
>
>
> No. They are totally different. Muslims say that they believe in the
> Qur'an but in truth they don't follow it(they really follow Hadeeth and
> traditions). The main point which separates
> the Qur'an(Koran) from Islam is that it came during Pre-Islamic times and
> never
> intitiated any religion called Islam. In fact the words Islam(properly
> al-islaamu) and muslim(properly muslimun) have pre-islamic arabic
> meanings and the Qur'an never changed them or added anything to them,
> someone else added another meaning onto them. They(muslims) and
> others don't understand the Qur'an or that the Qu'ran does not promote
> Islam because they don't put it into proper context. It is like reading a
> work from 1500 A.D. in England that talks about 'tracks, conductors and
> trains' and thinking it is talking about locomotives. That is not
> intelligent or prudent. You have to put
> things into context(atleast as best you can). When you put the Qur'an into
> it's proper context, a
> pre-Islamic one, then you see that it does not promote Islam, though
> Islam blindly promotes the Quran, like Christianity blindly promotes the
> Bible. I would send you to my website if it wasn't temporarily down. It
> should be up by next week though. THen I'll give everyone the address.
> What does the Qur'an promote? Islaamun lillaahi or Submission to and for
> God. It says in 3:19 'Adeenu &andillaahil-Islaamu': The order
> with God is to
> be submission.'
>
> Godbless,
> Anwar
>
> Liza May wrote:
> >
> > > I'm not talking about Islam. Islam and the Quran are not the same
> > don't
> > > get it twisted.
> >
> > I thought they were. What is the difference?
> >