I dislike
Muslim zealots (specifically those who resort to violence), but certainly not all Muslims.
These militant messianists are matched in dogmatic self - assurance by
Muslim zealots in the Middle East, as well as by secular nationalist zealots among the Palestinians.
Christian zealots are bad enough, but
muslim zealots are, well... let me put it this way:
Not exact matches
Instead of asking him about «
Zealot,» she asked him why, as a
Muslim, he would presume to write a book about Jesus.
In my mind, militant right - wing «Christians» (i use the term loosely), are little different in their fanaticism than the radical
zealots many
Muslim madrassahs turn out.
Abraham, most of the radica farl right Christian - republican
zealots insist Obama is a
Muslim, facts be damned.
Thus it is not the literal mind of the religious
zealot that prevents
Muslims from seeing the difference between fact and fantasy or between dream and sanity, and we flatter ourselves if we think it is refined sensibility rather than cultural limitation that makes us strip dreams of any real significance.
At a time when secularists are doing all they can to drain the last drop of Christianity out of this country, I find it insulting that these same anti-religious
zealots are becoming
muslim apologists and arguing for the inclusion of
muslim holidays in the NYC public school calendar.
Mistaken for
Muslims for their beards and turbans, they became ripe targets for
zealots seeking revenge.
I see the contemporary
Muslim world as analogous to the Jewish people at the time of Jesus — haunted by Herodians, Pharisees, and
Zealots.
These biblical texts, with their depictions of Amalek and the Canaanites as subhuman, were not lost to religious authorities and
zealots throughout history: During the Crusades, Pope Urban II considered
Muslim conquerors of Jerusalem to be Amalek.