ISLAM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE

200 nies idols... God is the patron of those who believe... but the patrons of those who do not believe are the idols, who bring them out of the light into darkness. The unbelie- vers will end up in the fire and stay there forever. A hadith: • In the friendship, mercy and affection we bear witness to one another, the Believers resemble the human body: when one side suffers, the other knows the fever and insomnia. • the great Muslim mystic RABAA EL ADAWIYYA, who once walked around with a bucket of water in one hand and a torch in the other, saying: "I would like to extinguish hell with this water and burn heaven with this flame, so that it is no longer out of fear of a punishment, nor out of desire for a reward that we obey God, but out of pure self-interest." Quran Read and apply the text to the letter wi- thout correlating it to the text as a whole. • The second way is to take the Koran as a whole and not look for the truth in the single sentence but in the general con- text. Despite the existence of verses that con- tradict each other, modernist M. moder- nists assert that the Koran should be read as a single Chapter and not in the reading of a verse taken in isolation. The sacred texts are not closed in depth, but are a source of meditation and reflection. Wives - You will not be able to be impar- tial with your wives even if you want to, and do not neglect some and if you are afraid of not being fair. Marry only one. The problem of the veil fits into this fra- mework: For centuries entire Islamic societies have not bothered to "dress" women, and they were no less religious than now. Today, some Islamic curren- ts continue to cover the woman's body as an essential message of Islam (which was addressed to Muhammad's wives so that they would not be offended, and added that God continues to forgive!). Until a few years ago great thinkers (Taha Hussein, Jamal El din afghani, Mohamed Abdu... or the spiritual father of Pakistan Muhammad ikbal) have tried to renew the theological thought of Islam; they were esteemed by the people; today, for those who set out on their tracks hang the pu- nishment of being slaughtered. God has given men the faculty to think... ISLAMIC CENTERS: teaching proposed in the name of Sharia by many centers Sharia law bans: • For a Muslim woman to marry a non-Muslim. • For a Muslim woman to change her re- ligion. • That the children may choose the reli- gion of their non-Muslim mother. • that a Shia Muslim may marry a non-Muslim woman • To recognize that God, one and triune, and Allah are identical. That the non-Muslim can inherit the patri- mony of a Muslim the sharia law forbids that the WOMAN can: 1.Inherit an equal share of man's property. 2.divorce a man 3.Marry a man of her choice. 4.Reject polygamy 5.Traveling without her husband's per- mission.... • forbid a woman to greet a man with her hand without her husband's permission • Forbid women to play sports, go swim- ming with men. • Forbid the woman to dress how she wants. • Forbid the woman to take the passport photo without the veil.