ISLAM-CHRISTIAN DIALOGUE

275 BEATING UP WOMEN CORSERA- 29/1/2007 Is it right to beat up women? It's good for Magdi to denounce the abu- ses made in the cultural centers linked to Ucoi. They launch messages to introduce in Italy medieval customs and traditions still existing in the name of religion in the most remote corners. But the women threatened by terror re- main in their fate. Dear Magdi: I may sug- gest publicizing the follow-up to the com- plaints made and the penalties that our institutions will have applied to these offen- ders. We will succeed in making the violent aware of the consequences they face and we will give courage to Muslim women to ensure that their rights and their human di- gnity so that the Kuran will not take over. Corriere forum - 16/10/2006 The Koran Two ways to read the Koran: - Reading and applying the text to the let- ter without correlating it to the whole script: "cut off the hand of the thief" wi- thout considering the Koran's insistence on Forgiveness! - The second way is taking the Koran in its entirety! The believer does not seek the truth in the single sentence but in the general context, they do not remain disturbed by individual contradictions. Despite the existence of verses that con- tradict the modernist M., they assert that the Koran should be read as a whole Chapter and that the truth is to be found in the evolution of the text and not in the reading of a verse taken in isolation. The sacred texts are not closed in, but are a source of meditation and reflection: "If all the plants that exist on earth beca- me a series of pens, and if all the water of the sea, and of other seven seas, became ink, they would not be enough to write the verb of the God, who is powerful and wise" (Koran 31:27). "Then there are many other things done by Jesus, which if they were written one by one, I think that not even the whole world could contain the books that should be written" (John 21, 25). Spiritual themes Love - The Benevolent (God) will grant his love to those who believe and do good works. - To confirm the spiritual depth of Islam we can quote a hadith of Mohammed on the love of God: "When God loves a servant, he tests him; if he is patient, he puts him aside; if he places his affection in God, he chooses him... and when he loves him with total love, he takes possession of him, stripping him of everything". Padre Pio: "Let yourself to be loved by God and you can do whatever you want". TWO WAYS OF READING THE KORAN