<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/800d8868-1e6e-4550-8c5e-eae49b9624e1/095EE64D-6621-4DE7-BE92-4A62D8CAAEF9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html" href="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html" style="font-size: 11px;">en.qantara.de</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><B>In his essay, the acclaimed Syrian-Lebanese intellectual Adonis criticises the monotheist religions' dogmatism and uncompromising claim to truth, blaming them for blocking constructive Euro-Mediterranean dialogue to this day</B></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.qantara.de/img/651993E3-942B-42F5-9F7E-94901CBCFEE2" alt="Adonis (photo: 'West-Eastern Divan')" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><DIV>each of the three faiths – be it Judaism, Christianity or Islam – assumes that God sent a unique message to them and only them. As a consequence, this becomes an absolute ideology in practice, and the interpretation of each religion's scripture becomes the only true and possible understanding of God.</DIV><BR /><DIV>All other paths to God are declared null and void. Thus, God's word becomes an instrument of power, its interpretation instrumentalised as a cultural authority for the justification of political and social power.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.qantara.de/img/1EFAB3E3-2350-4E81-BA7B-5FFF585BF546" alt="Jerusalem (photo: AP)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.qantara.de/img/5D847627-D628-4B91-8856-F39D972B70B3" alt="Medieval painting showing a battle during the Third Crusade (source: wikipedia)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html">dogmatic interpretations of religion have led to lust for power</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.qantara.de/img/EEB946BE-C81D-4DB6-AA10-4F7EFCC3DE78" alt="photomontage of the Bible, the Koran and the Torah (source: AP/DW)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html">Muslims who accuse believers in other religions of lack of faith deny them their humanity and the ability to make use of their intellect and liberty</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.qantara.de/webcom/show_article.php/_c-476/_nr-1157/i.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.qantara.de/img/A20F30B0-4B90-4D53-8FFC-3143830B41E4" alt="photomontage (source: DW)" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/095EE64D-6621-4DE7-BE92-4A62D8CAAEF9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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