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'Conservatives' Who Want to Ban Books

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J.S.2/12/2009 3:45:48 pm PST

re: #354 Quella

The Koran can be interpreted in many, many different ways. There are even (gasp!) interpretations that conflict! There is no “papal authority” with Islam. Obviously, some clerics have used passages of the Koran to endorse all sorts of things — from violence to misogyny. But the point is not “Have you read the Koran?” rather, it’s “how do the adherents behave?” If their conduct is such that it violates a law, then (obviously) in a democratic society there are remedies for that — namely, police charges, etc.