Steven I was referring to Tim May comments. I am sorry if I was not clear in my response. Thanks! Ashfaq Ahmed

From sperkins@andromeda.rutgers.edu Thu Feb 15 13:45:35 1996 X-Sender: sperkins@andromeda.rutgers.edu X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.4b11 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type> : > text/plain> ; > charset="us-ascii"> To: Ashfaq Rasheed <ashfaq@corp.cirrus.com> Subject: Re: Online Zakat Payment: Religious tithe. Content-Length: 2796 X-Lines: 67

Ashfaq:

Please note that the lines you underlined were written by Mr. May and not by me. As a descendant of the Prophet Muhammad, blessed be his name, I would not write such comments.

Steven C. Perkins

At 07:28 PM 2/14/96 -0800, you wrote:

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From owner-cypherpunks@toad.com Tue Feb 13 10:34:37 1996 To: "Timothy C. May" <tcmay@got.net> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: Online Zakat Payment: Religious tithe. In-Reply-To: <ad4541d1000210045325@[205.199.118.202]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type> : > TEXT/PLAIN> ; > charset=US-ASCII> Sender: owner-cypherpunks@toad.com Precedence: bulk Content-Length: 971 X-Lines: 20

On Mon, 12 Feb 1996, Timothy C. May wrote:

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At 10:07 PM 2/12/96, Steven C. Perkins wrote: Once again, the gutter religion of Islam reveals the derangement of its ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ so-called Prophet.

The world really needs to get around to nuking these folks.

Oh, Come now! Islam may in its present form be a religion deeply hostile to liberty. But since "nuking" the whole Islamic world would not be itself much of a defence of freedom, the only long term answer is to promote within Islam the same kind of Reformation as eventually made Christianity half decent. And Tim's comments do not contribute to that. I don't know how many internet servers there are in the Middle East. But, if I were an intelligent fundamentalist, I'd be copying it all over the place. "Look", I'd be saying, "these people really do mean another crusade to destroy us and our faith".

I can understand Tim's disgust with these people. But I do question his manner of expressing it.

Actions of certain individual or group does not reflect what the actual religion is. Examples of this can be found on every religion.

Somebody generalizing as above reflects his/her own closed/blocked mentality.

Look at yourself, if you can fall to such degrading levels and since you happen to be a member of this mailing list, it is not ration to think as every cpunks as demented as you are.

Ashfaq Ahmed

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