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And that's been a struggle for me, because I have a hard time accepting any personal faith because I just can't submit to a God who doesn't think I'm equal and who sets up women in society to be controlled and abused, whether the issue be big or small. How do you know that God doesn't think you are...

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Chocs - if she was forced to change her story, then that indeed is a travesty of justice. However, what if she was indeed telling the truth when she confessed to falsely accusing the guys of rape? From the article, it appears she was only charged for the UAE crime of s.ex outside of marriage and wa...

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i thought that the window cleaning business died with the crash.
good luck

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Fascinating stuff. My mum and others in my family believe in this stuff (paranormal etc). I'm still a sceptic - I guess I just haven't experienced it yet and hence I try to rationalise things. In Islam there is room for the belief in ghosts etc - and indeed I've heard of other accounts of pious peo...

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Whoa, hold up, wait a minute!!!! You missed out the VERY best sushi joint in Dubai - Bentoya! It's in the back of one of the little buildings next to the Dusit hotel. The fish is very good, their Gyoza dumblings are amazing and the Teriyaki meatballs with raw egg are fantastic. It's reasonable in p...

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wow, The Great Sage, Equal of Heaven.

Lol, praise indeed, thanks m8

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Your right about the waiting list at Arabian Ranches. There is rainbows there though. JESS Jumeriah is in a nice area to live with compound style villas and swimming pools. There are several other british schools in that area also. The springs/meadows(emirates hills) has a British school and communi...

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Hi Shaf, I am trying a diet which forbits me to eat pork, but no reason was given, other than it is bad for my immune system. I can eat as much red meat as i like. I am looking for some scientific reasons on why pork is bad, and I thought that you might know. Apart from the usual: the fact that it i...

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I am beginning to wonder about you. Most kids these days, esp those in UAE, have a gaming console by the time they can walk. Apparently you have a girlfriend, which are not meant to come on the scene until you are sick of playing with the joystick. And you mean to tell me that after 6 girlfriends yo...

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I wanna know about this butane thing.

Is it as widespread as press are making out?

OH, and as long as your grades are good, yes you can have a girlfriend.

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Its horses for courses mate, at the end of the day i paid peanuts for my appartment and sold it for stupid money to some idiot with very few brain cells. The likes of Sage and me would or will never ever be out of pocket. Those who bought from 2006 onwards and didn't flip or resale need to see a do...

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yea dk, my dad wants me to come back to dubai as he says dubai have far superior hospitals and docs. Where im from we have 1 specialist doc to cater to 20,000 people so i suppose its a no brainer :) Dubai has better health care than Ireland ? Really. Yeah I would seriously question that wisdom too....

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rseholes here say that all the time just to try and squeeze the price down. Another favourite is to ask your very lazt price on the phone and then expect to start negotiating from there when they turn up to look at the car. They also have the nerve to come back after already squeezing several thousa...

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Unless you here an english voice at the other end of the phone, just end the call. You might feel bad for being rude, but you'll be better off in the long run.

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There are a couple of old Indian dudes sleeping rough on the park benches next to Diyafah Street. I drop them a few dirhams every morning when I am walking the dogs. They don't speak English so I can't find out what their case is. Maybe this guy should team up with them? :shock: :shock: :shock: Kni...

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I just got my car done by Al Futtaim (Toyota/Lexus/Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler/Volvo/ etc etc etc) for 300dhs. They shampoo the carpets and clean the entire interior. They did a very good job. In comparison, Sara Auto previously did my car for 700dhs and it was no better than a 20dhs job at the Emarat servi...

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Sage, this could happen to ANYONE here! It's very frightening, you just don't know what's going to happen. The banks are completely unsympathetic to peoples circumstances, I know several people who've had changes of circumstances and they've gone to renegotiate payment terms, but the lenders don't ...

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Zain sound pretty good. I just went with Al Futtaim because my car was in for a service at the time. I had some pretty ugly stains in the carpet. The volvo is designed pretty bad for cleaning also, with recessed seat rails etc and is a real pain to vacuum out, let alone clean. But it came back as go...

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asking a pilot instead of a bunch of losers on df would help.

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errr.. what bothers me is I dont beleive you! u dont love science, you just manipulate Quranic interpretions so they would look like scientific facts! You have to admire Shaf's dedication to finding scientific proof for the Quran. However, scientists are staunchly unbiased. A muslim scirntist is a ...

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If AD buy BP, then perhaps next time it happens we can blame AD instead.
We all know how dedicated the emiratis are to protecting the environment and not throwing rubbish out of their car windows etc.

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Now, of course, if the Quran said the sun stopped in the sky for a day - for example - and a Muslim scientist tried to make an argument that this physically could have happened, or that it was a 'miracle' and did happen - then that would be something to write home about. But as Prof Salam says - I ...

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You do know that GTR belongs to the crown prince of Dubai Shk Hamdan right. Worried about the fine, your right I think not. I was actually wondering if the fine was paid at all. I'm not that familiar with clampers, but I didn't think they answered to anyone, not even Fazza. They probably do quite w...

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Almost everyone flaunts their wealth to a certain degree. Whether its a nice car, a nice house, an expensive holiday somewhere, donating money to charity or investing in arts... impressing other people is high on the objectives. Although some flaunt it more than others, which seems to be the problem...

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Saying that the crusades were not religiously motivated is about as loony as saying that the 9/11 attacks weren't religiously motivated either.

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We all know that Bin Laden is loony, but that only adds to the argument that he is religious

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arniegang wrote:now i am feeling guilty and there's me with my new DB9 and a 2 little piece of plastic with 5 digits that cost more than the average car in the UK.

Well Actually ...............................

NO I'm not - i love it.

does this face look bothered ??

whats the 5 digits?

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I wonder how many of the socialists have actually spoken to one of these poor workers they so emotionally talk about, or invited one into their house. Paying one to mow your lawn, wash your car, or walk your dog doesn't count.

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Do you want to encrypt something stored on your computer or everything going into and out of it over the internet? There are various ways to encrypt data on your computer, safehouse being one of the aftermarket methods. The internet is inherently unsecure, which is what RIM have addressed to a degre...

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Do you think the cctv footage will make it's way onto Youtube.. ;) (It will be a great one for captions. I can imagine one of them saying 'Do I look like I'm bothered..?' ) The mind boggles at what the 'taunting' entailed - was it just walking around, or more than that? :) Cheers, Shafique Shaf, yo...

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