Just finished a very enjoyable, leisurely
ride around some of the ancient sites here - the Roman odeum, some mosaics and
frescos plus a reconstructed Roman house from the 3rd century. Last night after
dinner I meandered around with the dynamo switched on, admiring the town at
night and taking some photos.
I headed off to bed,
"ke-li-nich-ta", and ended up watching a German TV channel for
over an hour - an interesting report on Islam in Europe and elsewhere. It took
a somewhat alarmist line but ended by saying Europe's Muslims have the chance
to lead Islam worldwide into a new era of democracy and openness. It's a
difficult question - just what does your average Muslim think about things like
conversion to another religion? It reminds me a bit of fuundamentalist
Christianity - if you corner them, they will admit that they think followers of
other religions are heading for eternal damnation. That's a bit different to
believing a Muslim who converts to another religion should be killed, though.
That sort of belief ended in Christianity with the religious wars of the
16th-17th century. So Islam has a few hundred years of catching up to do.
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