George Hawkins of Bountiful expressed his opinion that "Islam is a religion of jihad" (Readers' Forum, Dec. 30). The letter was printed in the same edition headlining the death of Abdurrahman Wahid, Islamic cleric and former president of Indonesia, a Pacific nation with more Muslims than in all the Middle East combined. That article referred to a BYU devotional in 2006 where LDS apostle Boyd K. Packer introduced Dr. Alwi Shihab.
May I respectfully urge Mr. Hawkins to go to the BYU Web site and watch, listen or read the addresses of both, then ponder what would Jesus do with respect to Islam.
Stan Jarvis
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