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Two out of three is bad

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Two out of three is bad
: From the Peninsula newspaper in Qatar:

The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani yesterday proposed the setting up of a permanent body in Qatar for a dialogue between Islam and Christianity which, he said, are challenged by the manipulation of their tenets to serve political purposes and the tendency to brand a whole nation for the actions of a few extremists.

A fine idea, Emir. But something seems to be missing. Hmmmm. What world religion could you be leaving out of this? Say, perhaps, Judaism?

2 responses to “Two out of three is bad”

  1. Anil Avatar
    Anil

    If you want to talk about glaring omissions, there are about 10x as many Hindus in the world as Jews. But the point still stands.

  2. Jeff Jarvis Avatar
    Jeff Jarvis

    Anil: I thought of that as well but the issue here is the MidEast.
    And it’s not a numerical game; it’s not an issue that there are more Hindus than Jews. It’s about trying to solve the problems that are causing strife. And the strife in the MidEast between Christians and Muslims is not an — not the — issue.
    Strife in Asia between Muslims and Hindus is another issue indeed.