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New world order not so new : Comments
By Osman Softic, published 27/4/2006Are predictions of peace on earth little more than utopic fantasy?
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I'm curious to know where you got this from,Coach. From my investigations into Islam, Muslems believe they share a common ancestor with the Jews in Abraham. They believe the Arabs are descended from the first son of Abraham, Ishmael, and the Jews are descended from his second, Isaac.I always thought Islam began with Mohammed, but he considered Islam (literally, Surrender) to be a logical continuation, or evolution of the 'religion of the book' ie Jewish and Christian religions. Indeed, I believe he exhorted his people to be tolerant of the 'children of the book' (christians and Jews) for these reasons.
There is no tenet, no belief, no principle no matter how noble that cannot be subverted or simply used as an excuse for evil, by those unevolved individuals who can never understand what it is that makes us human. Simply the ability to empathise with each other; feel what it is like to be someone or even something else; even and particularly our victims.