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Re: FW: Racist book "The Arab Mind" used to train military , but best use is as a doorstop.
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- Subject: Re: FW: Racist book "The Arab Mind" used to train military , but best use is as a doorstop.
- From: Michael Perelman <michael@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2004 08:37:03 -0700
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Why is this not true for all monotheistic religions?
On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 08:31:49AM +0100, Chris Burford wrote:
> The element of truth is that this monotheistic religion was an aggressive and militarist political programme at a time of divided polytheistic tribal society. To apply that today in the absence of a historical materialist understanding of the changed economic conditions of later imperialism could be used for fascistic purposes to promote worse divisions among ordinary people.
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Michael Perelman
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California State University
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