ADDENDUM to: Re: Begun to Exist
Joseph Crea Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net
Sat, 20 Feb 1999 21:08:01 +0000 (00919566481, 19990220210801.KKMQ11710@LOCALNAME)
Hello again, folks!
At 08:38 PM 2/20/99 +0000, Joseph Crea wrote:
>Hello, G.R.!
>
>At 12:32 AM 2/20/99 -0500, G. R. Gaudreau wrote:
>>TOM
>><snip>
>>Regarding Islam: The Quran teaches and it's commentators have
>>verified by interpretation, that the earth is flat and that the sun
>>sets in a pool of muddy water. Please. While a modern educated
>>muslim may not believe this, he cannot escape that the Quran and its
>>commentators historically teach it. I have not quoted references as
>>they are lengthy. If someone feels the need to challenge this, I'll
>>post them.
>><snip>
>>
>>
>>[grgaud]
>>I have a Muslim on my back about how true his religion is and how I'm
>>headed for Muslim hell if I keep refusing to believe Allah(PBUH) and
>>his prophet Muhammad(PBUH), and he's gettin' to be a pain in the
>>wahzoo. I'd just love to slam this down his throat, so you you give me
>>the flat-earth references in the Qur'an? Thanks.
>
>
>CREA
> To add insult to injury, I remember reading (within the last five years
>or so) that a prominent Islamic "mufti" in Egypt (I don't recall the name,
>but do remember that he's blind) issued a "fatwah" declaring that it is an
>article of Islamic faith that the earth is flat, and decreeing that any and
>all Muslims who hold otherwise are to be regarded as Karijites and apostates.
CREA
Just managed to come up with the name of the mufti mentioned above.
It's Sheikh Abdel Aziz al-Baz, and the malarky he spouts makes the folks at
ICR look like ultra-liberals.
With Mettaa,
Joseph Crea
<Joseph.Crea@worldnet.att.net>