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Koran: Islam's
Common Voice

Don't Forget
Israel's Security

With no central authority to declare an
official interpretation of Islam,
Farmington's Sohail Khan is a solitary
voice characterizing Islam in Editor's
Notebook ("In Search Of A Common
Voice," Nov. 16, page 5).
For Islam, the only common voice
speaks from its scriptures.
Unfortunately, the "recognition of
Jewish and Christian prophets" that
Paul Blizman of Farmington Hills
found is disingenuous when read in the
context of Islam's founder's words
recorded in the Koran at the beginning
of Islamic history.
The Moses and Jesus in the Koran are
caricatures of the Moses and Jesus
found in Bibles. They became imposters
created by Mohammad when he edited,
revised and amended their messages.
An Internet search site for the Koran
lists 140 hits for "Moses."
Mohammad's quotations of Moses are
either divine inspirations or fantasies
because, except for a few paraphrased
quotes, most are not found in any
Bible.
The Koran "recognizes" (mentions)
very little of Moses' teachings, and
Mohammad abrogates the grant of the
land of Israel to the Jews for their rejec-
tion of him (Surah 9, verse 29).
Mohammad's demand for homage as a
prophet as a condition of salvation
(Surah 28, verse 86) denies the biblical
Moses' prophecy.
I cannot find a Christian "prophet" in
the Koran that a Christian would recog-
nize. Except for John's book of
Revelation, New Testament characters
are not prophets but prophecies of the
Jewish Bible, with Jesus as messiah and
God incarnated.
Mohammad's presentation of Messiah
Jesus (Surah 3, verse 84) as indistin-
guishable from Moses (Surah 3, verse
84) denies the Christian pascal lamb
Jesus.
"Recognition" has two definitions.
Islamic recognition of caricatures is like
recognizing (identifying) the person's
statue and not recognizing (acknowl-
edging) the person's stature. Islam can-
not recognize, as in acknowledge, Jewish
or Christian prophets because to do so
defines Mohammad as a false prophet
or anti-Christ.

I commend you for your editorial
position vis-a-vis the United Jewish
Communities' convoluted, spineless
rationale in squelching the initiative
for a solidarity rally in support of
Israel ("Sitting Down And Standing
Up," Nov. 16, page 35).
The perpetrators of the Sept. 11
murderous assault against America and
its way of life have been indoctrinated
by the same genocidal fanatics that
Israel has had to contend with almost
since inception.
The UJC's "explanation" that
expressions in support of Israel are
somehow "untimely" in the aftermath
of Sept. 11 belies the federated
umbrella organization's dedication to
the concept of "Israel Now and
Forever."
While I find your editorial's reason-
ing logical and compelling, I wonder
why you found it pertinent — unin-
tentionally, I am sure — to blunt its
impact by referring to the kabbalistic
concept of "repairing the world." Your
editorialist seems to be fixated on the
concept of tikkun olam, which, in the
literature of kabbalistic mysticism,
does not mean "repairing the world";
it refers rather to a lamentable "dishar-
mony in the process of Jewish redemp-
tion."
In a lighter vein, it seems that
Jewish interests may be better served
by repairing or protecting our belea-
guered State of Israel by a pretentious
and unsolicited attempt to "repair the
world." President George W. Bush has
taught us — or so it seems — that it
takes a coalition to repair the world in
which Israel is merely an "awkward
guest."

Dennis L. Green
Detroit

Ezekiel Leiken
Southfield

Don't Brush Aside
Threat Arafat Poses

Though Powell's speech had some
comforting statements for Israel, he
made several comments that were
quite disturbing. He referred to the
establishment of a "viable Palestinian
state," which can only mean the estab-
lishment of a nation with defined bor-
ders, its own military, its own foreign
policy, its own economy and its own
immigration policies. Though, in the-
ory, that is the right of any nation, it
certainly is not applicable in this case.
Without the end of a hate-ridden,
anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli culture of
violence, the creation of a Palestinian
state would be suicidal for Israel.
Nothing would prevent Palestinian
Authority leader Yasser Arafat from
inviting Iraq or Iran into the new
Palestinian state to support further
"liberation" from the Zionist menace.
Since Oslo and "land for peace," the
Palestinians have received land, but
there has been no corresponding
peace. Using America as a broker will
ensure a change of heart on the part of
the Palestinians. As long as Palestinian
children are educated to hate and kill,
the Palestinians will remain a menace.
Israel has demonstrated its willing-
ness to reach for peace. Whatever was
offered was unacceptable. Where,
then, is there a change of heart?
Remember Oslo, lest we forget the
threat that Arafat poses.

Joseph Savin
Birmingham

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In the editorials and letters of the last
issue relating to the cover story
("Getting Into The Fray," Nov. 23,
page 14), there was a generally positive
response to Secretary of State Colin
Powell's address of the previous
Monday.

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