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herve, you've lost the previous argument about the Quran etc and now you want me to comment on a headline in a survey!? You are living down to your reputation of being extremely silly. However, let me answer you directly (and not cowardly run away from even your silly argument) - the 52% of Canadian...

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kanelli wrote:Ahhh, if only we learned from this useful video

Great find! Spot on too.

I feel like some Teddy... take it away...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGvK7oOGGj0

Cheers,
Shafique

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This week's economist has a review of a book entitled 'The Crisis of Zionism' within a piece entitled 'A lement for American Jewry'. Enter Peter Beinart, a political scientist and former editor of the liberal (and pro-Israel) weekly, the New Republic. At J Street next week he will launch a book, “Th...

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I'm a Christian myself, and the statement about Christian's ideology on love as being "bad and ugly" is plain bullsh1t. Really? I'm happy to stand corrected, but my reading of historic teachings of s.ex, celibacy in Christianity is what I wrote above. S.ex in Christian ideology since the ...

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The Guardian has a very interesting article about a former FBI informant that has come clean and exposed the entrapment of Muslim suspects of terrorism in the US. It's quite long and quite shocking the details given. I give the opening and closing bits of the article as a taster. We should recall th...

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BM - you're just going to get banned again. You really never learn do you?

(And yes, it is obvious that you're also posting k's family pic as your avatar. I feel sorry for you - you are so bitter and twisted).

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It is frustrating to read things like this, because the public wants the sectret service to protect their interests by stopping genuine criminals, not incite and entrap people. It is a betrayal to the Muslim community and the population as a whole. Yes - that's what is tragic about this. The Muslim...

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Then there are cases like this where informants themselves may have less than noble motives for what they report to security organizations. For a moment I thought this was a case that had been discussed in the past on DF - about the Toronto 'jihadists' who were entrapped by an informant paid $4.5 m...

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Are we talking about old Christianity or modern Christianity? Christianity before say the 1960s, and dating back to Agustine and Hipo. Nowadays, the 'official line' - even from the Catholic church is pretty much in line with the Islamic theology - that s.ex and nudity are not inherently shameful an...

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Yes, body shame does not exist in Islam. In my first post I was making the point that there is a distinction between a concept of modesty and body shame. The current Christian explanation for Christians to dress modestly, is pretty much what Islam also teaches. The Christian explanation (backed up b...

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What do you think about cases where women aren't able to see a doctor if only male doctors are available? It is wrong and counter to what religion teaches about doing no harm - and also counter intuitive and silly. A chaperone - either a nurse or family member is usually enough, and in any case whe...

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Now of course, cultural norms play a very big part - where people are used to seeing naked bodies, this concept that nudity is either shameful or immodest is something that may seem strange. I thought I did cover this point in the bit above. ;) Each community has to decide what is culturally accept...

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Hey if you do not like stat and extrapolation find another one instead I'm happy for you to base your view on a statistic about a survey in Wales and then extrapolate this to apply to England. However, to me it is a bit like me sitting outside in a London park enjoying the English spring time and s...

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Mel - I think the bans are based on posts - Andy does, after all, temporarily ban some people and permanently ban others. Those recently banned were temporarily suspended in the past. FD - your tone of your posts did go down considerably lately and you chose to join herve, bm and eh in the gutter - ...

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Flying Dutchman wrote:You should take responsibility for your own actions.

dubai-politics-talk/where-the-outrage-t49737-120.html#p405478

I see very little of this advice being followed by those who have been banned and have come back to post.

Cheers,
Shafique

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I don't agree with you Shaf. Well, let's put this down to another point we have differing views on. No problems. I know that I did not step over the line in any of my posts, but all those who were banned did. I did not see Bora or kanelli go as extreme as BM et al did either. But of course, I admit...

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Mel - as I said, I'm biased and it is for others to judge whether I stepped over the line or not. I honestly can say I didn't - indeed I'd argue I showed restraint. I agree I was in the thick of the discussions - but you know I don't back down easily, and yet within the torrent of posts, I didn't cr...

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I disagree that there is any mud throwing in this thread. I've been polite in the way I've expressed my views, may I suggest you do the same in this thread of yours. I also note that rather than criticise those who were throwing out personal insults recently, you rather chose to side with them. In m...

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^Mel - agreed! ;) FD - if you look back, I wished you well and only commented after you answered S&O query about why you were banned. I think it is perfectly valid to express my view that your assertion that an avatar got you banned is stretching the truth. Your posts got a response - and blamin...

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Yes.

Does that answer your question?

(am I supposed to click on your links, or can I just take it you mean 'Islam' and 'Islamic culture' as it is understood in the dictionary?).

Ws

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If you have some time to spare and are interested, Loonwatch has linked to a recent radio discussion between Eric Bell and Nadir Ahmed. In attendance on Eric's side was also the blogger Robert Spencer of 'Jihadwatch'. The discussion is over whether Islam is inherently violent. Eric starts off with a...

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I repeat, I don't agree that I've thrown any mud.

I wish you well if you choose to go, I wish you well if you choose to stay. I suggest you re-read the posts in this thread.

Cheers,

Shafique

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All the best FD.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Amazing stuff - filmed this month at TED:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9B0PaSznWJE

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I think a bit of perspective on this clip - first it was a very short TED talk - only 3 mins and was from a session with a lot of speakers (you can see them in the background at the beginning of the clip). It was therefore part of a series of talks and in context it had to be short. He made the poin...

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Why this is in politics? Well, it isn't any more.. But I guess there was some politics in this - as it about someone producing Nuclear by products, including the production of yellow cake - the guy makes a reference to this and Iran.. but apart from that, the answer is 'it's where I post most often...

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Hi, I'm going to be in Dubai for a few days this coming weekend and early next week. I'm buying some 'toys' on my company's expense - a Macbook Pro 13", Ipad and Iphone - and also for personal use a BD player with DNLA ( I have loads of luggage space free, and the goodies are all for me - an ea...

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Thanks DDS - I'll pm you about my details - let me have yours. I've done some research and the mac book pro is a little cheaper in Dubai - Computer Care offer it for slightly less than the UK, but the Ipads and Iphone are slightly more expensive. If I had the time, I'd get them from Hong Kong - but ...

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The irony is that I am replying from an iPad. The kindle kis great for reading books and I do indeed swear by it .. It is a godsend when travelling and as easy to read on the eyes as paper. Colour PDFs are more gorgeous on an iPad or Laptop, but I will still be using the trusty kindle. Enjoy. Cheers...

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Norway's overall response to the terrorist attack last year is the subject of this article - and comes after the recent scenes of thousands of Norwegians gathering and singing a song that the terrorist stated he hated in his trial. The reaction to the killings was initially anger, but the Norwegians...

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