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    Default Re: Is Islam true?.

    Let's whip out the old Arabic Quran:

    "yâ ayyuha alladina 'âmanu la-tattahidu-lyahûda wa-nnasârâ awliyâ'a"

    Now, I am far from an expert on Arabic or Qur'anic exegesis, but I'd translate it something like

    "Oh, you who believe, do not take the Jews or the Christians [as] governors". Now, the word here probably doesn't mean governor, but looking up the word "wali" in the dictionaries, we find things such as:

    Quote Originally Posted by Lane, W. Supplement, 3060
    manager of a thing or of the affairs of another (Msb.:) the guardian, or manager of the affairs and maintainer, of an orphan: the guardian of a woman, who affiances her, and independently of whom marriage cannot be contracted by her.
    There are a lot of different meanings to the word "wali" (awliya being a plural form). This does not mean that the Qur'an is saying that Christians are really cool, but it might mean something different.

    EDIT: Also this notion of "no comments needed" is relatively silly. You have no ideas about how difficult it is to render Arabic into English or Dutch, for example. I have problems translating modern literature into understandeable (and meaningful) Dutch, let alone poetry or religious text.
    Last edited by Hax; 11-29-2012 at 22:22.
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