Headline found on MSN news at
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21455714/"Oklahoma lawmakers object to donated Qurans
Gifts returned to diversity panel; lawmaker says book condones killing"OKLAHOMA CITY - A gift intended to promote diversity in Oklahoma is generating controversy instead.
Several state lawmakers are returning copies of the Quran to a state panel on diversity after one lawmaker claimed the Muslim holy book condones the killing of innocent people.
In a letter to colleagues, state Representative Rex Duncan says "most Oklahomans do not endorse the idea of killing innocent women and children in the name of ideology." At least 17 other legislators have notified the Governor's Ethnic American Advisory Council that they too will return the gift.Ok, now my comments:
Rex Duncan is an idiot. Oops, bad spelling. Should be in all caps. IDIOT. He stated, "most Oklahomans do not endorse the idea of killing innocent women and children in the name of ideology." 'Ideology'? The Quran is the Holy Book of the Islamic religion. It is not an ideology. It is a religion. The Quran does not suggest that women and children should be killed anymore than the Holy Bible suggests such atrocities.
The 'ideology' that Rex Duncan is actually referring is being driven by "right-wing conservative" Islamic followers. The same or similar group of "right-wing" conservative Christian followers. These guys will kill anybody in the name of ideology. Christ didn't teach this anymore than Mohammed did. These guys 'thunk' (Oklahoman word) this up all by themselves. The fundamentalists seem to believe that if you don't believe the way they do, then they have a "god" given right to kill you.
Rex Duncan is an idiot and probably a "right-wing conservative fundamentalist to boot.
Mick
