lgsax%cdp.uucp@oxy.edu (06/29/90)
I want to urge people *not* to try to have Qadiani texts removed. In the first place, I believe it is wrong to try to take something out of the public library because you believe it to be heretical. In the second place, I think they would have small chance of success, and the attempt would hurt the image of Islam in American eyes much more than any heretical text could. Putting alternative texts in the library is very good idea (libraries could definitely use a better selection of books about Islam), but removing books isn't. Lynn Gazis-Sax
beekun@ncar.UCAR.EDU (R. I. Beekun) (07/02/90)
In article <13780@wpi.wpi.edu> lgsax%cdp.uucp@oxy.edu writes: > >I want to urge people *not* to try to have Qadiani texts removed. In the >first place, I believe it is wrong to try to take something out of the >public library because you believe it to be heretical. In the second >place, I think they would have small chance of success, and the attempt >would hurt the image of Islam in American eyes much more than any >heretical text could. Putting alternative texts in the library is very >good idea (libraries could definitely use a better selection of books >about Islam), but removing books isn't. I think that the best advice with regard to this topic came from Sr. Carol Turner. Whether the we try to have these books removed or we add to the collection of Muslim books already in the libraries, the goal is still the same: to prevent Islam as it truly is and as practising Muslims view it. > >Lynn Gazis-Sax ........................................... Abu Syed Marwan : : beekun@unssun.nevada.edu : / | "" | : Islamic Anti-defamation Bureau : / | | | | : P.O. Box 9818 ........: | | __| | | | : Reno : : |___|___| | <__|__|__| | : Nevada, 89507 : (* : _ / * : :.......:.........................................:
sanjiv@fergvax.unl.edu (Sanjiv K. Bhatia) (07/13/90)
In article <13809@wpi.wpi.edu> uunet!unrvax!unssun.nevada.edu!beekun@ncar.UCAR.EDU (R. I. Beekun) writes: >I think that the best advice with regard to this topic came from Sr. Carol >Turner. Whether the we try to have these books removed or we add to the >collection of Muslim books already in the libraries, the goal is still the >same: to prevent Islam as it truly is and as practising Muslims view it. ^^^^^^^ Does that make sense?? Why will you like to prevent Islam as it truly is?? Won't that make a lot of Muslims angry?? Sanjiv Sanjiv K. Bhatia Department of Computer Science sanjiv@fergvax.unl.edu Ferguson Hall 115 voice: (402)-472-3485 University of Nebraska - Lincoln fax : (402)-472-7767 Lincoln, NE 68588-0115