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Tue July 1, 2008
Letters to the Editor: Tuesday, July 1, 2008
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Muslim preaching vs. practice
Razi Hashmi's "Muslims: Keep political promises” (Opinion, June 20) is cleverly written to appeal to Oklahomans, emphasizing Muslim "conservatism” and opposition to abortion. Yet in Florida and Ohio, respectively, 95 percent and 86 percent of Muslims voted for liberal John Kerry in 2004 because a Muslim umbrella group endorsed him. Could leaders of any other religion command such a response?
Muslims oppose abortion primarily to keep women subjugated. They certainly don't consider human life sacred: Suicide bombers (and hijackers) are considered heroic. So "Muslims are highly concerned about education, civil rights and liberties in America.” This must refer to their civil rights and liberties and Islamic education here, yet Islamic nations consistently disregard the civil rights and liberties of non-Muslims within their borders, as well as the education of Muslim women.
Few Christians and Jews live in mainly Muslim nations, and persecution and slaughter are steadily reducing their numbers. Clearly this is anti-Christian. You decide whether believing that Mohammed's teachings supersede those of Jesus makes Islam an "anti-Christ religion.”
Elliott Doane, Oklahoma City
Misplaced trust
In response to Joe Pellegrin (Your Views, June 21): I continue to be amazed at the ignorance of people about basic economics and their willingness to trust and believe government over industry. Other than environmental concerns (which are meager), I don't see how anyone could be opposed to energy independence through exploration, drilling and refining — especially if there were a chance that fuel prices could come down as a result. Even if the law of supply and demand were predicted by some to have little effect in this situation, what would be the harm in at least trying to see if it could?
Even if it didn't have any effect on price, at least we'd have a supply that we'd never have to beg Arab nations for. In this age of terrorism, that's crucial! Critics who say t