re: #165 Liet_Kynes

It is though, and this is important, to understand that in the first few centuries of the existence of Islam, it was treated as a Christian heresy, not as a wholly independent theological movement.

Please cite a source for this claim.

I don’t know. One would have to have the fuller speech by Terry. Is he or is he not suggesting to inform ourselves about Islam, and then then to “combat” its teachings through public debate and through prayer, penance, and almsgiving? I don’t know.

Wow. You seriously think that he might mean to fight it through charity?