An Urgent Call To All Infidels About The So-called Muslim “Peace” Initiative

by Phyllis Chesler
Pajamas Media
October 19, 2007

http://www.phyllis-chesler.com/218/an-urgent-call-to-all-infidels-about-the-so

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I am not a Muslim nor am I a religious Muslim. I am certainly not a Qur'anic scholar. But I am a religious Jew. As such, I want to respect peoples of faith, including those who are secular fundamentalists. One does not have to agree with one’s neighbors in order to respect them and one does not have to disagree with others in a verbally uncivil or physically violent way. I applaud all efforts to “reform” or re-interpret ancient religions in accordance with our contemporary understanding of human and women’s rights.

I have also been drawn to the Islamic East for almost sixty years and count many Muslims and ex-Muslims as friends and political allies. I have lived in or traveled to Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Uzbekistan but now, I can no longer visit most of the countries that once called out to me (except in books).

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