Do you have any substantive objections to the painting of Islam as an intolerant faith at all?
Of course not. Intolerance and violence are to be condemned no matter who engages in it. I have argued with Muslims precisely on this point.
My criticism of Pell is because he is engaging in hypocrisy and bigotry. He is claiming that Christianity was capable of self-transformation, but Islam is not.
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Re: Islam
Date: 2006-05-06 04:01 am (UTC)Of course not. Intolerance and violence are to be condemned no matter who engages in it. I have argued with Muslims precisely on this point.
My criticism of Pell is because he is engaging in hypocrisy and bigotry. He is claiming that Christianity was capable of self-transformation, but Islam is not.