A White Christmas In Mecca?
Somehow I Doubt It

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
October 16, 2007

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/216/a-white-christmas-in-mecca

Excerpt:

PART ONE

Towards the end of Ramadan, (October 11th, 2007), a group of 138 Muslim clerics released a Letter which called for peace between Muslims and Christians. Jews, (my people), Hindus, Buddhists, other non-Christian denominations, secularists, and atheists were not included in this theologically-based appeal.

Already, I'm worrying. Why are they only talking to Christians? Although Jews represent less than 1% (.003%) of the world's population, (there are perhaps 14 million of us), why not talk to Jews–since Jewish scripture is cited in the Letter; and because we are also viewed as so very powerful?

But, what's wrong with approaching Buddhists and Hindus who number 360 million and 900 million, respectively? What about Chinese traditionalists who number 225 million, or primal-indigenous worshippers who number 190 million? Secularists and atheists number 850 million; that's a lot of people. (Yoruba, Juche, and Sikhs number 20 million, 19 million, and 18 million, respectively.)

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