I know what the Bible, Quran really teach

It was nice to read “I missed that verse” by Wendy Fosnight Dymoke [Opinion, Northwest Voices, Nov. 25] who had the courage to speak the truth about Pat Robertson [“In military, Muslims speak out,” News, Nov. 12].

People like him, who have no knowledge about Islam, get on the TV and spread hatred. Isn’t he the same guy who, a couple of years back, told us let’s kill Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez? Based on the Bible that I have studied, I am sure his advice to kill was against the teaching of Jesus, and now slandering another faith is not advised by the Bible either.

The violent Muslims, and Robertson promoting violence, are chips off the same block as they have no clue what Islam really is. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, Crusaders and Hitler used the name of Jesus and killed millions of Jews and Muslims. However, the history rightly blames the individuals and no one ever says Christianity is not a faith but a violent political system.

Robertson is a very confused man and thus ends up misleading innocent people. He should do a favor to himself and his audience; let us meet and let me explain what the Bible and Quran really teach.

— Yahya Malik, Kent

Letter missed one important aspect of Islam

While I quite agree with Wendy Fosnight Dymoke from Bainbridge that Pat Robertson is both a demagogue and a hypocrite, she misses the most important part of understanding Islam.

It indeed is not just religion, but an all-encompassing set of imperatives that reach into all aspects of life — political, economic and personal.

The true Muslim believes that Sharia law transcends elected governments and its institutions such as courts and legislatures.

It is this failure of understanding by most Americans that represents the greatest danger to our institutions and way of life.

— Howard Phelps, Seattle