Joe,

My treasured copy of the Koran is printed (very handsomely too) in both English and Arabic and was a gift, courtesy of the Saudi Government.

Thanks Is Mise,

I didn't know that the Saudis did that. I thought that would be viewed as blasphemy, especially in what would be seen as a barbaric and ignorant language like English.

But my bet is that, say, in an Indonesian home, the Koran would be in Arabic, and kept up out of reach, never read. Maybe I'm wrong ?

Back in the Middle Ages, when the Bible was only in Latin, and only priests could (barely) read it (if it was read at all), of course the ordinary people had to take the word of their priests about what was in it. Maybe a similar situation prevails in many parts of the Muslim world ? I don't know, but I suspect it would be so ?

Cheers,

Joe

Yes, I also consider all religions as stupid, but only one is particularly vicious as well.

Why do we lock vicious, dangerous people up for many years in the vain hope that perhaps they will reform, and turn into productive members of the community, when statistics and just plain common sense would argue that it won't?

Mass murderers such as Martin Bryant should be hung, not fed, clothed and housed, at something exceeding $100,000 per year, at my expense. Prison, it has been said, is an extremely expensive way to make bad people worse, and should be reserved only for those non-vicious criminals with a good chance of redemption. We have many better uses for our tax dollars.

We should not allow religious belief, or any form of insanity, to be used as an excuse for mass murder, or terrorism, or treason!

Hang the bastard!