Subject: Your woman Islamic "expert" was quite disappointing
When I asked her to summarize her arguments about why the Koran does not say what it appears to say about women, she said it was too complicated for the airwaves & referred me to her books. I was insulted. This is the first time I've ever heard someone go on air on a topic and then refuse to talk about the substance of it.
-RC

Subject: criticizing islam
When criticizing Islam for being violent, and for mistreating women,
people should keep in mind that the predominantly Christian United
States built their nation on the backs of African slaves, committed a
genocide against Native Americans, denied women the right to vote until
eighty years ago and hardly gave women an opportunity to support
themselves economically until about fifty years ago.
-JF

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