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Julius Civitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-31-06 09:50 AM
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11. Please read the whole article
Edited on Thu Aug-31-06 09:53 AM by Julius Civitatus
It's more than just than translating Alah for god. They actually turned these characters into devout Muslims:

In The Three Musketeers, D'Artagnan is told that he cannot visit Aramis. The reason would surprise the author, Alexandre Dumas.

An old woman explains: "He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness."

Tom Sawyer may always have shirked his homework, but he is more conscientious in learning his Islamic prayers. He is given a "special treat" for learning the Arabic words.

Pollyanna, seen by some as the embodiment of Christian forgiveness, says that she believes in the end of the world as predicted in the Koran.

Heidi, the Swiss orphan girl in the tale by Johanna Spyri, is told that praying to Allah will help her to relax.

Several more books have been altered, including La Fontaine's fables and Victor Hugo's Les Miserables.


It's fundamentalist wankerism, no question about it.
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