Respect for Islam

Reader comment on item: Bush's Middle East Hopes [and His Failures]
in response to reader comment: Should islam be accorded the respect accorded to other religions?

Submitted by Linda Haslam (United States), Jan 24, 2008 at 11:29

Should Islam be repected as a religion? Is Islam a religion? My personal answer to both questions is "No." Why? I believe that Islam as a whole is more political than it is religious. I feel that a religion should speak to the spiritual needs of man rather than the political demands of tyrants and their Gods.

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