Frederica Mathewes-Green Quotes
The devil's main purpose is not to scare us, in a horror-movie way; when we're scared of him, we're alert to him, and that might undermine his plans. Instead, he wants to quietly, subtly lure us into stepping away from God.
Mathewes-Green, Frederica. The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation. Paraclete Press, 2001.
These suras are ones that for some fundamentalist extremists justified the killing of Iraqis Muslims who worked with the British, Americans or other Coalition forces in the Iraq war or even politicians who cooperated with the coalition.
This quotation is the basis for the insistence of fundamentalist Muslims on the separation of the sexes, in stores, schools, restaurants. In the most extreme case the Taliban of Afghanistan would not allow female doctors or nurses to treat males or work in a hospital. Women were not even allowed in the hospital and many died of medical neglect.
Frederica Mathewes-Green is an American author and speaker in the national forum, chiefly on topics related to Eastern Orthodox belief and practice.