Lest anyone should start with the wrong idea: it\u2019s not that we have much to learn about Mohammed\u2019s paedophilia or the finer points of exactly which part of the anatomy must be amputated for various and sundry crimes. No, apparently, we Christians are simply too loving and the Koran can teach us how to balance our love with \u201cjustice\u201d. No, no, not the stoning adulteresses type of justice, the \u201ctolerating economic systems which keep whole nations in poverty\u201d justice, about which the Koran has much to enlighten us, apparently. When it isn\u2019t waxing eloquent on the joys of removing the heads of infidels.<\/p>\n
From here<\/a> (page 11):<\/p>\n My impression (from, admittedly, a reading of this book alone) is that the Qur\u2019an has much of value to say about justice and how we should build, and live in, what the author calls a community of the middle way. It has less to say about the Christian virtue of love.<\/p>\n This discrepancy may permit us to correct our own faith. It often seems that many Christians will go the extra mile and more in loving response to an individual in distress while at the same time tolerating economic systems which keep whole nations in poverty. The message of the Qur\u2019an might help us attain a better balance between love and justice. In all events, we have much to learn and even perhaps much to make use of.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Lest anyone should start with the wrong idea: it\u2019s not that we have much to learn about Mohammed\u2019s paedophilia or the finer points of exactly which part of the anatomy must be amputated for various and sundry crimes. No, apparently, … Continue reading