[Gocamino] London

[Pat Rush]

Margaret, Grant:  yes, I too am deeply troubled by Grant's claim regarding
historic Islamic violence.  The atrocities of the Crusades, by the way, were
on both sides, as we all know.  I am deeply ambivalent about making my own
pilgrimage on a route associated with such violence, and with the image of
James as the Moor Slayer.  If we delve a bit more closely into Spanish
history after the reconquest, the culture of repression and atrocity in
Christian Spain is almost too much to bear.

Patricia Rush


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Margaret Fuchs" <megfuchs at gmail.com>
To: <GoCamino at oakapple.net>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:54 AM
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] London


> Grant, I was deeply troubled by your claim that "Islam was a violent
> and aggressive movement from it's inception" and the way you seem to
> equate all Muslims with these fringe terrorist groups (and the
> atrocities of the crusades). For the muslims I have been privileged to
> meet (a female graduate student who plans to become a lawyer, a young
> man from Turkey who is a research chemist, a wise Egyptian scholar and
> feminist who is a professor of mine, etc. etc.), Islam means peace,
> and submission to God, and prayer, and care for the poor. They are as
> disgusted by these acts of violence as anyone, and perhaps more so,
> because the terrorists commit these murders in the name of Islam and
> in so doing, the terrorists tarnish and desecrate the name of that
> faith.
>
> My heart goes out to all of you who have friends and family in London.
> I am still waiting to hear from a friend of mine who lives there.
> Peace to you all, and bonne route/buen camino
>
> Meg
> (in Cahors today)
>
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