--- Alison Croggon <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.
> >
> >Candice
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>
> Alison Croggon
>
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