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Monday, February 06, 2006
So, while the rest of the world's fussing over the other Muhammad Cartoons, I get an email about a cartoon of Muhammad - Ali - as an example of how the 200 Words a Day language course works.
Here's the site. You can go to the main site if you want to try out their language learning software.
In the email from the site, Kevin Crocombe writes:I spent a pleasant evening yesterday having drinks with two Norwegians, a Lebanese (called Mohammad) and a Jordanian, both devout Muslims, and we discussed the cartoons furore at length.
It was a lovely evening with lovely people, who live and work together in harmony, ever respectful of each others' beliefs and thoughts. It was a pleasant sharing of views.
A nice thought to keep is the Arabic greeting: Salaam Aleikum... which literally means "Peace be upon you..." and which is, they explained the fundamental principle of Islam. One hopes those who claim the sincerest devotion to the faith will get the word. In the meantime, the sentiment ranks right up there with with Do unto others. Let's haul 'em both out and put 'em to good use.
posted by gbarto at 6:35 PM
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