In an interview with The Washington Times, Pat Robertson regrets that President Bush declared Islam a "religion of peace." Says Robertson, "I don't think the issues have been ventilated at all in the press because no one has read the Koran." According to the Times, the religious broadcaster, Christian Coalition builder, and former presidential candidate wants the press to "investigate the content of the Koran and what he says are many passages that incite Muslims to kill nonbelievers."
The real question is not whether journalists have read the Koran; it's whether Pat Robertson has read the Bible.
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Al Barger|12.9.02 @ 2:08AM|#
What do you mean has Robertson read his Bible? He certainly has. In what way has he acted against the Bible exactly? Dumb it down for a Kentuckian.
The fact that Robertson is correct about the Koran [see URL attached to this comment] should be an adequate defense.
Mark S.|12.9.02 @ 11:41AM|#
Pat has read the Bible, he just skips over that whole "New Testement" part. That Jesus fellow sounds like some sort of homosexual or communist to him.
Mostafa Sabet|12.10.02 @ 12:59PM|#
I think this is reference to the Old Testament part having all sorts "kill in my name" proclamations from God. The story of Adam, the Ark, etc wasn't the only thing that Muhammed lifted from the Bible.
|3.1.04 @ 1:52AM|#
I think Mohammed "the greatest prophet of Islam"(I guess) started to speak the words of the Bible and the Jewish book. He combined the Bible and the Jewish book to invent a new religion. And he did accomplished what he did, but he sinned by lying he was the last prophet and the most powerful prophet. The Bible says that the great prophets were until the time of John(The Baptist). I hope that Muslims find out how Islam began and find the True God(Jehovah). They are against the Jews, but the Jews are the special chosen people of God.
|3.2.04 @ 9:19AM|#
Let me ask this question to every single Muslims on earth.
1) All the prophets did miracles such like Moses, Elijah and etc. But did Muhammed do any miracles at all? History doesn't prove it and neither the Koran. Muhammed claimed to be a prophet, but he is not.