Re: interesting book: Tea With Terrorists

Hard to reply without reading the book. This particular part of one
review was nonsense -- I hope this wasn't lifted from the novel:

> They are not an attack on the left, Christian or Jewish rubbish, or a
> condemnation of fundamentalist Islam (there IS no "fundamentalist
> Islam" you will learn). The book simply examines the Islamic faith and
> does what no one else in America has been willing to do: come to a
> conclusion. And what a conclusion it is. It is important to remember
> that this book, while a work of fiction for the story, relies on the
> Qua'ran and the Hadith (the 2 books of the Islamic faith) for all its
> facts.

There is no "fundamentalist" Islam? The author's reading of the Koran
is normative and defining of all Islam?

Islam is widely diverse.

Jim

jlsmith3@earthlink.net wrote:

>i'm about halfway through; very interesting read - and some of the reviews at the website are informative
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0971448116/ref=pd_sxp_elt_l1/104-3262173-0387124
>
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>luke
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