Ahmed wrote
>Both. (fatalism or realism.. Ed) The former Musslims prefer to call
'Islam', meaning 'peace in
>surrender'. The latter is the result of Islam being a way of life
>(like Judaism), a system of government and a spiritual feed all wrapped
>together in powerful inimitable language and no human divinity.
I have to confess to an increasing tendency to become fatalistic in this
job. There is a certain comfort in the ideology of "kismet" (?sp
Ahmed), which is probably just as well, the way the PCG's are going.
There is an air of resigned inevitability about the whole process.
Que sera, sera, and does any of it make a jot of difference in the long
run?
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Chris Pearson
Vice Chair, Blackwater Valley PCG
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