Reading the Koran: I have done so in English translation. Again, it has good philosophy and I`m sure good intentions, as does the Bible. However, if the practitioners themselves have it interpreted by some real nasty sonuvabitch, the book doesn`t really accomplish what it set out to do. Just what the `leaders` have set out to do. Kinda like the Crusades--or Joe McCarthy in the USA, let`s kill a commie for Christ, or kill a ______________ for Allah. The various preversions in some churches is disgusting. But until people start calling bullshit bullshit, it will continue. It ain`t the books, it`s the interpreters. Very sad situation.