I've been thinking that if more Americans took the time to read the Qu'ran and the Book of Mormon, there would be a lot more tolerance, and a lot less desire to burn the Qu'ran (idiot southern preacher!) or terrorize the missionaries.
I'm a Mormon, and yet one of my most prized books is my leather-bound copy of the Qu'ran -- I wrote to the Saudi embassy in college requesting a copy, and a couple months later received it in the mail...free of charge!
Read it. And re-read the Book of Mormon. Then ask yourself why can't we all just get along?
In the same vein, I found this article to be very interesting: http://people-press.org/report/358/public-expresses-mixed-views-of-islam-mormonism.
What do you think?
Watch the whole thing. So great.
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"Dude, you have no Quran!"
Rachel! Thanks for posting on our blog - we love when people post! That is cool that you caught that Emily's classroom is our 6th grade classroom! I enjoyed what you said about the Quran and the Book of Mormon - if you guys are ever in town (and not too busy with family) let us know and we could do dinner or something - and maybe get together with other friends from our childhood (now I really feel old).
ReplyDeleteFriend: I just read a review of Muhammad: A Story of the Last Prophet. It's a narrative version of the prophet's life, and sounds very good. I'm excited to get my hands on it.
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