| Wednesday, April 16, 2003 |
 | From our corrections and emendations department, Mr Jack Fear writes to inform:
Last I checked, Muslims revere Abraham as their father in faith, and Muslim tradition places Abraham in the highest of the seven heavens, in the immanent presence of Allah. Indeed, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam are referred to collectively as "the Abrahamic faiths" for that very reason-i.e., that they all trace their common origin to this herdsman who forsook all other gods for the One True God-and the sepulchre of Abraham in Hebron ("The Tomb of the Patriarchs") is a site of pilgrimage by all three faiths.s:
This we knew. It was more that Abraham is, as he says, common to Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and as such, given that there is already massive uneasiness among Muslim countries about the US, which has extensively supported Israel, a secular state (with the odd multi-faith holy site inside its borders), but one frequently associated with the Jewish faith, which is currently using methods that have resulted in criticism both from the Arab nations and the UN, most recently yesterday in a series of condemnations universally rejected by the US, and is itself a state run by a Christian with an increasingly narrow distinction of church and state, then a slightly more logical approach might have been to stick to some more Islam-specific celebs.
Just sayin'.
Speaking of Mr. F, who is yet another on my "when I get around to chaning my bloglist" list, he has an interesting question to ask - what if the US were invaded by Canada for its own good?
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