Monday, September 25, 2006

Our Histories


"But a professor of Islamic law at Qatar University, Muhammad Ayash al-Kubaisi, proposed another route: A debate with the pope on the history their faiths. His offer, posted last week on the Web site of the Al-Jazeera television network, contends Christians should study their own turbulent past." Quoted from seattlepi.com at
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1103AP_Christianitys_Sword.html

Mr. Muhammad is right that the history of Christianity and Islam both have plenty of violence but what about the history of the founders of each one of these two faiths? What is there to say about Muhammad and Jesus as it relates to conquest?

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