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2002-12-30 Southeast Asia

Nahdatul Ulama calls for end to sharia campaigns

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Posted by Fred Pruitt 2002-12-30 10:14 am|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "...That's why religious politicization in a narrow-minded sense will only undermine noble values and religious universalities,"

Truer words have never been said: Give a religion, any religion, state power, and they'll twist and pervert their core doctrines in an effort to add religion as an enforcement mechanism.

Posted by Ptah 2002-12-30 12:21:44|| 2002-12-30 12:21:44|| Front Page Top

#2 P.s. I'm no agnostic or atheist: I'm a Christian trying to get back to the core and heart of my religion, and having to fight to clear away the barnacles, seaweed, and other BS that have accreted or been attached thereto by one religious leader or another in an effort to "improve" on the original or "adapt it" to modern times.

Posted by Ptah 2002-12-30 12:25:35|| 2002-12-30 12:25:35|| Front Page Top

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