XPost: alt.books.cs-lewis   
   From: no@no.com   
      
   On Fri, 04 May 2007 17:22:52 -0600, Larry Swain wrote:   
   /snip/   
      
   > On a side note, an Islamic blog that I sometimes read made an argument a   
   > while back at how Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe is a Muslim allegory.   
   > Another Islamic blog takes its title from Lewis, and the author says in   
   > a post: "Speaking of C. S. Lewis, a couple of months ago a traditional   
   > Islamic scholar that I respect immensely recommended reading The   
   > Screwtape Letters to the Muslims attending his class. This was done in   
   > the context of a discussion about understanding how the Devil works and   
   > how he deceives us, and this erudite scholar felt Lewis? book would be   
   > valuable in this regard. I still haven?t read the entire book, but I   
   > have read enough to see that it is a unique work that does indeed have   
   > some religious value."  If the Muslims are worshipping such a different   
   > God how can these devout Muslims comprehend and even accept so much of   
   > what Lewis says?   
      
      
   Well, they might believe in different gods but the same (or similar)   
   devils.   
      
      
   G,d,r,   
   Bree   
      
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