Bashing weely ... Newsweek

ZULFIQAR_ALI BUTT wrote: [ Bashing Newsweek] (Dear David Brooks ).... I fail to understand as to what service you have done by writing about your apprehensions in your article titled "Bashing Newsweek" in the Daily New York Times, dated May 19th,05. You believe that the prisoners in the X-ray camp are telling lies and you are forwarding this idea to the public in general here. Instead of finding ways and means to bring the Muslims close to Christians you are committing the same mistake which was committed by Newsweek earlier. There are people in the Muslim world who are re-reactionaries but so are some people here in USA. Muslims believe in the prophet hood of Jesus, God's command regarding his birth,Muslims believe that Mary was virgin, that Jesus is alive and in heavens and that he is to come back and deliver us from "evil". Islam is the only religion of the world which accepts Jesus as God's prophet. So think on these lines and think how close Muslims are to followers of Jesus. Do the Jews believe in Jesus ? No, but I leave it to you to see if they? People who believe in Jesus are, according to you, your enemies and people who don't believe in Jesus are your friends ? How is this possible? This is like closing eyes to the real problem. I am married to a Christian lady here and I am a Muslim but religion and USA has never been a bone of contention between us just for the reason that we understand each others' stance on these things. You should also understand this aspect of life too. You can do this by your contributions by bring these "two cousins" together instead of talking of the Muslims as enemies. .... I was a (petty) Correspondent of the daily, The Pakistan Times, Lahore,Pakistan, for over 32 years and I have been to Afghanistan and Iraq back in 1967-72 and I can take you there to see yourself as to what has happened there really on the ground. Apart from bad people thousands of innocent people have been killed there for no fault of theirs. They suffered during Talbans and Saddam times in the past and, now are suffering at the hands of the occupying forces. So I would request you to write articles which can bring the two close to each other. That will be a welcome step. Yours, Zulfiqar Ali Butt, Lamar. MO.64759 ...... Tel:417-681-0429