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rapier · Joined: 16 Feb 2003

Muslims Celebrate 50 Years in Korea

It was half a century ago that two Muslims, Imam Zubercoch and Abdul Rahman, fought for peace in the Korean War as part of the UN forces and in the process introduced Islam's holy book, the Koran, to Korea.
Korea now has some 100,000 Muslims, more than 30 percent of whom are Koreans. That Islamic fundamentalists were behind major terrorist acts worldwide has meant that many ordinary Muslims face discrimination. But religious leaders insist Islam is a peaceful faith.

Korean muslims serve in iraq.

Islam is said to be the fastest growing religion on earth and followed by one-fifth of the world population.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200510/200510140006.html

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Compared to Judaism and Catholicism, it's quick and easy to convert to Islam. That's why it spreads as fast as it does, not to mention attraction to the Prophet's message itself.

At one point in human history, Islam was on the cutting-edge of science and govt. I understand that, at its height, Islamic civilization invented trig and sailing, among other very valuable things.

While in high school in the U.S., my next door neighbor was an Arab doctor, and very religious, too. Extremely wise and pleasant man. We used to spend hours every weekend in his house on his Ham radio talking to ships as far away as the Indian Ocean. (My badass cat, Puffy, used to terrorize his wussy cat, in his own house, no less. So he set up an electric shock-style trap in his doggy door for Puffy, and she stopped going over there rather quickly.)

Islam has been in something of a cultural decline for centuries, and is very much plauged by a fundamentalist conservatism that breeds intolerance of the West and also leads to the extreme violence that we've seen for decades.

Beyond that issue it's as good as any other religion. If Islam comes to Korea, good for Korea. Koreans need more influences from other parts of the world.

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

Islam grows quickly due to birth rates. The message isn't impressing anyone. Babies aren't involved in adult choices.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

Christain does not equal stupid. You will need a new argument or dupe method. Yea sorry, there are limits.

dulouz · Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Location: Uranus

Gopher, I'm tired of the liars. I'm tired of you. I critisize something, esp something exotic and I'm a "hater".. you really believe you have the world by that strategy, don't you? You really think you just call someone a hater and you get pretty much whatever you want? There are legitimate grievences and you have to acknowledge they exist. You seem set to make sure that never happens. I'll like the Muslims when they go home and we can have an abuse free relationship.

bigverne · Joined: 12 May 2004

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

BigVerne: what do you want? Extirminate Islam? It's clear you see nothing good in it. I've glanced through pages and pages of you arguing with the Bobster (and the Bobster arguing with you) over this issue.

So do you want Islam gone?

mithridates · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2005 9:03 am Post subject:

The problem with him is that he doesn't know what he wants. Every time I've pressed him for actual details on what to do it's usually 'don't let muslims in.' 'Okay, how about the president of Afghanistan? What about his family? What about Asian muslims? What about people of pure European descent who have decided to become muslim?' 'Uh.....' 'How exactly are you planning to keep them out, and what exact governmental process are you going to use to accomplish this?'

uh....

Next post is a quote from a blog about muslims doing something bad in Europe.

Nowhere Man · Joined: 08 Feb 2004

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

I don't know enough about the Middle East to really back it up. But my understanding is that the birth of Islam there is responsible for the political and cutural fourescence that followed -- I'm talking about several centuries ago.

I don't know which is more important -- religion, economics, or other cultural factors -- generally, that is, which causes the other all over the globe throughout human history. I'm fairly certain that great things in the Mid-East followed the emergence of Islam as a force, though.

I fully realize that Islam has mostly lost this today and it's at least as problematic as any other religion (but also just as good as any other religion, because I am no fan of any organized religion, and I believe Marx was mostly correct on this point), but for a while, at least, great things happened in that part of the world. It was something of a center. And Islam, or at least the energy surrounding it, was a causation.

The Bobster · Joined: 15 Jan 2003