Re: Current Issues in Religious Tolerance

On 28 Nov 2003 05:02:12 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Arvay)
wrote:

>Greetings;
>
>Steve Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Having fled an Islamic country for a more free society, they
>> >felt threatened by the advocacy of the very thing they had fled.
>> >Wouldn't you?
>> 
>> You're confiused. They fled persecution, not the saying of prayers and
>> fasting.
>
>Am I the one who is confused?

Yes.

>Was it prayers and fasting they were protesting?

Essentially, yes. But I didn't say they were protesting prayers and
fasting. 

>How did you concoct THAT interpretation?

I commented on what they had fled, and contrasted that with what they
were protesting.

> Please re-read
>the article with an open mind.  It clearly states what their fears
>were.

It does, but that's not pertinent to what I said. My comments stand.

ka kite
Steve