You don't have to be scholar to understand Islam

Submitted by Romesh Chander (United States), Jan 7, 2009 at 17:46

Ugri:" You write "The plain and regrettable truth is that both options are true. Studying Islam, its tenets and its ultimate goals is hard work, something which the politicians willingly postpone to the distant future".

Come on. You don't have to be an islamic scholar to make political policies. Do politicians learn GITA to formulate policies regarding India or study Buddhism to formaulate policies regarding China, Cambodia, Japan, Burma, etc. Did US/European politicians study Karl Marx to formulate policies against USSR? No, you don't have to be a scholar to understand Islam and its followers.

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