tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088548971389738352.post7331283519555154203..comments2023-10-29T05:00:24.124-05:00Comments on Pestilent Platitudes: Iran and US, revisitedB. Broerenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15589370818515202801noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3088548971389738352.post-31700228335564876642007-06-07T15:13:00.000-05:002007-06-07T15:13:00.000-05:00Wow, since I cannot comment on your Blog, I guess ...Wow, since I cannot comment on your Blog, I guess I'll comment here.<BR/><BR/>"And fight in the way of God with those who fight with you, but aggress not: God loves not the aggressor."<BR/>-Quran (Sawm 2, v. 187) trans. A.J. Arberry.<BR/><BR/>Individually, I have not invoked violence against you. My political leaders may have done so, but many of them don't represent me.<BR/><BR/>"To you your religion, and to me my religion."<BR/>-Quran (Sawm 109, v. 5) trans. A.J. Arberry.<BR/><BR/><BR/><I>lexis talonis</I><BR/>"'A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and for wounds retaliation'; but whosoever forgoes it as a freewill offering, that shall be for him an expiation."<BR/>-Quran (Sawm V 109, v. 49) trans. A.J. Arberry.B. Broerenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15589370818515202801noreply@blogger.com