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   Dan Drake to nystulc@cs.com   
   Re: Inklings and Islam is there a connec   
   12 Apr 07 18:48:02   
   
   XPost: rec.arts.books.tolkien, alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: dd@dandrake.com   
      
   On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:56:20 UTC, nystulc@cs.com wrote:   
      
   > Seems to me that the Calormenes are clearly intended to be fictional.   
   > They are pagans (clearly unlike the Muslems, and I am quite certain   
   > Lewis understands the difference).   
      
   Considering that he has been duly criticized for describing Islam as   
   basically a Christian heresy, it seems clear that he understood. (Oh, and   
   his idea of how Muhammad would react if you asked him whether he was the   
   son of Allah: not even a little bit pagan.)   
      
      
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