InterFaith21 » Harbour’s Edge http://www.interfaith21.com Promoting unity among people of faith (or no particular faith) in the 21st Century. Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:02:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Juan Cole: Following Quranic logic to its conclusion http://www.interfaith21.com/juan-cole-following-quranic-logic-to-its-conclusion/ http://www.interfaith21.com/juan-cole-following-quranic-logic-to-its-conclusion/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:43:55 +0000 admin http://www.interfaith21.com/?p=1796
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Stumbled across this insight from University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole while researching my talk on the true picture of Muslims with a great group yesterday at Harbour’s Edge in Delray Beach. Cole cites and translates chapter and verse to conclude: “The default in the Quran is therefore not aggressive warfare, something the book repeatedly condemns. Warfare is permitted in self-defense. But the default is to be at peace with those who are at peace with you.” Note the date; another sign of how long “Informed Content” at juancole.com has trumped most major news sources for “Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion.”

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Host Ray Marks confirmed...

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...that I stimulated some thought.

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More of the good folks at Harbour's Edge.

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(R-L) Ray Marks, Harold and Janice Cooper, Aneesha and me.

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