I'd say the convergence is nothing more than the deep genealogical
relationship between these two religious texts - interesting also to
compare them with the Juadaeic spiritual writings -
A
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>What chilled me about those two passages was their convergence with Bush's
>militant/military plans (or the rhetoric thereof), almost as if Islam had
>long since anticipated what would be in store for (some of) them, or--more
>chilling yet--almost as if Washington were drawing on the Koran for
>strategy. Note my "almost as if" before denouncing me as paranoid. I don't
>think this convergence is anything like this literal, but it's suggestive of
>such momentous historical dovetailing--at this moment at least--as would
>make anyone weep, I'd have thought.
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>Candice
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