Dear all,
Here's how one of my Christian friends reacted to Falwell's insulting
comments. Thank God, the overwhelming majority of Christians are against the
views of such an idiot!
Peace,
Boubacar Kane
Colorado
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To: <bkane@lamar.colostate.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 2:19 PM
Subject: RE: [mAliLink2] NCC BOARD REPUDIATES FALWELL'S '60 MINUTES'
COMMENTS ON ISLAM
> Thanks for sending this. I have always said this guy is wacked. I don't
know if you remember but right after Sept. 11th happened he made some very
crude comments and we talked about how I was not a supporter of this guy.
He's another one of those Evangelists that say anything to convince people
to send him money and not because he believes in what he is saying. He has
no idea about what it means to be a Christian. I think the last letter below
says it all, I totally agree with it. I did catch an advertisement of him
saying Mohammed (is that the correct spelling) was a terrorist and my mouth
dropped. And then I said "That guy is wacked". I think God should take him
back and start over cuz this guy just ain't gettin it. What a jerk.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Boubacar Kane [mailto:bkane@lamar.colostate.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:45 PM
> To: ellyn_just@agilent.com
> Subject: Fw: [mAliLink2] NCC BOARD REPUDIATES FALWELL'S '60 MINUTES'
> COMMENTS ON ISLAM
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Amadou O. Wane" <wane@intechs.net>
> To: <malilink@malilink.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 6:07 AM
> Subject: [mAliLink2] NCC BOARD REPUDIATES FALWELL'S '60 MINUTES' COMMENTS
ON
> ISLAM
>
>
> > NCC BOARD REPUDIATES FALWELL'S '60 MINUTES' COMMENTS ON ISLAM
> > U.S. Newswire, 10/7/02
> >
> > NEW YORK, Oct. 7 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Executive Board of the (U.S.)
> > National Council of Churches this afternoon (Oct. 7) voted unanimously
to
> > "condemn and repudiate" the Rev. Jerry Falwell's statements yesterday on
> > CBS-TV's "60 Minutes" about Islam and the Prophet Muhammed, Islam's
> > founder, saying Falwell's statements endangered the lives of Christians
> > around the world.
> >
> > Noting that "Falwell implied in his comments that he and his
constituency
> > control President Bush's policies toward Israel and Palestine," the
> leaders
> > of U.S. Protestant, Orthodox and Anglican denominations called on
> President
> > Bush to repudiate and condemn Falwell's remarks.
> >
> > Falwell's "hateful and destructive" statements - among others, that
> > "Muhammed was a terrorist" - "are NOT those of the majority of
Christians
> > in this country nor in the rest of the world," said the governing body
of
> > the NCC, whose 36 member denominations comprise 50 million adherents.
> "His
> > statements about Islam and the Prophet Muhammed are not only factually
> > untrue and offensive, but are dangerous to the national security of
every
> > nation where Christians and Muslims are seeking a peaceful
> relationship..."
> >
> > The full text of the statement by the NCC Executive Board is available
at
> > http://www.ncccusa.org
> >
> > ---
> >
> > MUSLIMS PROTEST FALWELL'S COMMENTS
> > Chicago Tribune, 10/8/02
> >
>
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0210080232oct08,0,4601215
> > .story
> >
> >
> > NEW DELHI, INDIA - Thousands of Muslims demonstrated in India's Jammu
and
> > Kashmir state Monday after a newspaper reported that conservative U.S.
> > religious leader Jerry Falwell had called the founder of Islam a
> terrorist.
> >
> > People shouted slogans, shops and businesses were closed, and protesters
> > attacked vehicles as Islamic groups called for a daylong strike to
protest
> > Falwell's remarks, which were made in an interview broadcast Sunday on
> CBS'
> > "60 Minutes" program. The Greater Kashmir newspaper quoted the region's
> > main separatist alliance, the All Party Hurriyat Conference, as saying
> that
> > Falwell's remarks about Muhammad were part of a "war against humanity"
and
> > that Christians are the "terrorists."
> >
> > "They wreaked havoc in Vietnam, killed innocent people in Iraq and are
> > responsible for the killings of Palestinians," the group said.
> >
> > Activity Monday in several main towns, including Jammu and Kashmir's
> summer
> > capital, Srinigar, slowed to a crawl. Falwell's comments were not
> broadcast
> > in the state.
> >
> > ---
> >
> > EDITORIAL: FALWELL'S FALLACIES
> > Arsalan Iftikhar, Al Jazeera, 10/8/02
> >
>
http://www.aljazeerah.info/Opinion%20editorials/Oct%202002%20op%20eds/Oct%20
> > 8,%202002%20op%20eds.htm#fal
> >
> > Reverend Jerry Falwell is essentially proclaiming a political jihad
> against
> > Islam in an effort to promote his apocalyptic worldview and lobbying
power
> > to the American public. History will vindicate or demonize us for the
> > manner in which we react to such skewed and self-promoting rhetoric.
> >
> > In the most recent installment of "60 Minutes", Falwell began by smugly
> > telling correspondent Ben Simon that the fringe element of the Christian
> > Right dictates the policies to which President Bush adheres. He and some
> > other evangelists proclaim to be stronger political saviors to the state
> of
> > Israel than American Zionists themselves.
> >
> > Islam was next in the crosshairs of the reverend. He self-righteously
> > asserted that he thought "Muhammad was a terrorist. I read enough to
> decide
> > that he was a violent man, a man of war. In my opinion, Jesus set the
> > example of love, as did Moses, and I think Muhammad set an opposite
> > example." If I were to stoop to Falwell's anachronistic level, I would
> cite
> > Leviticus 20 in the Bible, where the prophet Moses proclaims the
penalties
> > for various crimes, including death for anyone who curses his father or
> > mother, commits adultery, or engages in homosexual sex.
> >
> > The scariest aspect of this debate is the undue influence people like
> > Falwell have within the current Bush administration. Commenting on
> > Falwell's comments, a Washington Post editorial stated that "on
> [Falwell's]
> > noxious mix of religious bigotry and anti-Muslim demagoguery, Mr. Bush's
> > silence is deafening." Only when President Bush denounces and distances
> > himself from duplicitous and conniving people like Falwell, will I ever
be
> > convinced that this "war on terror" is not an evangelical war on Islam.
> >
> > Arsalan Iftikhar serves as Midwest Communications Director for the
Council
> > on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
> >
> > ---
> >
> > OPEN LETTER TO REVEREND JERRY FALWELL FROM CHRISTIAN IN THE HOLY LAND
> >
> > I am a Christian from Jerusalem. My roots in the Holy Land go back one
> > thousand years, so says my family tradition. Some would argue that our
> > roots as indigenous Christians might go back further and link up to the
> > early Church in Jerusalem. In this sense, we are a Christian
> fundamentalist
> > family deep-rooted in the foundations of the Christian faith.
> >
> > As a Christian from Jerusalem, I owe great debt to two monotheistic
> > traditions: Judaism, on the one hand, because of the Old Testament which
> is
> > the basis of my faith in the New Testament, and Islam, with whose
> adherents
> > my family, for centuries, has shared the experience of living side by
> side.
> > Thus, my fundamentalist Christianity is enlightened by the history of
the
> > Hebrews and by experiential sharing with Muslim neighbours.
> >
> > As a Christian believer, I strongly adhere to the teaching of Jesus
Christ
> > and his message of compassion and forgiveness. This Christian message
has
> > taught me to accept others; not to judge lest I be judged and to
consider
> > every human being, irrespective of background, in the image of the
> Creator.
> >
> > It is this comfort that my faith gives me that also causes me great
> > spiritual and moral tribulation when I hear someone of your stature
making
> > statements of judgement on Islam and its Prophet. I find this offensive
> not
> > only to Muslims and their religion but also to our Christian faith and
> > practice.
> >
> > Could I plead with you to return to the fundamentals of our Christian
> faith
> > and to become a constructive force in our world and especially in our
> > Middle Eastern region? Could you please bring hearts together instead of
> > distancing them from one another? Could your faith and belief afford to
> > accept others, irrespective of their backgrounds? Could you be a force
of
> > healing in our troubled world?
> >
> > Is it much to expect these things from a person of your stature?
> >
> > Dr Bernard Sabella,
> > Executive Director,
> > Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees,
> > Middle East Council of Churches,
> > Jerusalem
> >
> > -----
> >
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