Re: strike the colors rule

On Fri, 5 Jan 2001 22:04:05 -0000 "Nathan"
<Nathan_at_Spring_Grove_UK@email.msn.com> writes:
>On Thu, 04 Jan 2001 Richard Bell wrote:
>
>>> I am surprised that anyone would fire on a lifeboat, as that is
>>> considered an atrocity.
>
>From: Glenn M Wilson <triphibious@juno.com>
>Date: Friday, January 05, 2001 01:34
>Subject: Re: strike the colors rule
>
>> IIRC, under ideal situations and my memory of certain Qur'an
>> statements, killing (prisoners consisting of)  "People of the Book"
>> (Jews and Christians) before offering them a [chance to convert]
>> is frowned upon.
>
>So NAC, FSE, NSL, LLAR, RH, OU and amazingly NI prisoners
>are in with a chance, but it's bad news if you were aboard an
>ESU vessel. Do we know anything about the prevaling faiths
>in the PAU and the IC, or are the "Levantine" blocs the only ones
>where religion is a factor?
>

Islam sees Hindu as 'heathen' and not salvagable.  At least in most
understandings if not in practice (but frequently so among the masses -
see India/Pakistan independence bloodbath...

>Was the Koran written before or partially after the Shia schism?
>The Islamic penalty for apostasy (denying one's faith) can be
>death, but it would be illuminating to know the orthodox view on
>heresy.
>
>Nathan
>
Um, 'senior moment' - I can't be sure, but I believe a little bit of
both...

Gracias, Glenn/Triphibious
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