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Hello folks - I thought I'd look in to see what's happening. I see that Flying Dutchman is still waving the flag for the Israeli regime and repeating the party lines! ;) As a counterbalance, I thought I'd reproduce this recent article from Haaretz: The UNSC's responsibility for Middle East peace 07....

shafique

:lol: My 'obsession' with correcting your mistaken views started in this forum (where it seems I am 'master of thread hijackers'!). But I see that avoiding the facts continues to be a trait that you need to follow in your jihad ;) - or perhaps I am wrong and you are agreeing with the Haaretz article...

shafique

The US have been interested in a pipeline across Afghanistan for a long while now. In 1997 the Taliban were in Texas negotiating with Unocal (whom Hamid Karzai worked for - "coincidence") And indeed even in March 2001 the Taliban were sending negotiators to the US, and there is even a reve...

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Not taking sides here; but watch "Children of Abraham" a well researched and balanced documentary. Good recommendation. The C4 documentary from 2004 is reviewed here: http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/C/can_you_believe_it/debates/abraham.html ..and it seems to sum up the issue qu...

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This thread does seem to be in the wrong section. I do agree with FreefromRats that it is a great idea to learn about a religion from original sources and commend him for reading the Quran and giving us the benefit of his views. It is interesting, though, to contrast his conclusions with another ind...

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From Islam's perspective, the question asked is far from 'unanswerable'. Islam is unique (to my knowledge) in that its scripture acknowledges previous religions and prophets as being true. "For We assuredly sent amongst every People an apostle, (with the Command), "Serve God, and eschew Ev...

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I definitely agree with Hans Kung, who has written a long book on Islam (that I haven't read), when he says that Islam is incapable of adapting to the values of the twenty and twenty-first century: I also agree with Kung with many of his points - the medieval-minded Mullahs are indeed stuck in the ...

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Unfortunately, the quote was not what Islam teaches about violence - since the Koran teaches Muslims to attack unbelievers. I know you want to believe this is the case - however, the quote I gave showed Kung agrees with all of us who disagree with you. You appear to agree with him though that Islam...

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Thanks for taking up your challenge and cutting and posting the links. However, I asked you to specify the parameters so we could first count, classify and then compare these incidents with your premise that Islam condones/compels against violence against non-Muslims. I wanted to see what numbers of...

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It will be interesting to see how the Israeli fanboys spin the fact that Fatah has elected an Israeli Jew to it's top body. They usually take the Israeli propaganda line that the Palestinian issue is one of Arab Muslim vs Israeli Jews. However, to be fair, Dr Davis describes himself as a "a Pal...

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Cool, we are making progress. I'm ok with you choosing the parameters - so you have said you want to cover 2001 to 2009. Fair enough. You also want to count the nutters who didn't kill anyone but just plotted to kill - also fair enough, but it would be a bit difficult for me to count the numbers of ...

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So, basically Dr. Uri Davis, a Muslim Palestinian (who renounced his Israeli citizenship and in Jerusalem in 1943) is elected and this is earth shattering news? Some have argued that the Palestinian opposition to Israel's apartheid policies is motivated by religion. I found it interesting that Fata...

shafique

Sure - look forward to it. Dig out references - as Keynes once said, 'When the facts change, I change my mind.' My information about Lebanon/Phoenecians comes primarily from Salibi''s book 'House of Many Mansions': http://www.amazon.com/House-Many-Mansions-History-Reconsidered/dp/0520071964 A couple...

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I see that eh hasn't acknowledged that the first story was wrong and that Lars wasn't in fact headbutted by a protestor after all, but was injured when he hit a plain-clothed policeman. Sigh. Why am I not surprised that his arguments rely on imagined incidents and fanciful interpretations. After all...

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FD - the records don't show that you posted anything at the time you said. I can assure you that I didn't delete it - why don't you just repost it. As for the salute - the photo I showed was from 1941. There is one from 1943 of other American school children and there is also an infamous one of Roma...

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Yes, it is unislamic for a husband to eventually slap his wife for not doing the dishes as he requests. (It would also be a bit stupid of the man for him to banish his wife, not sleep with her for a few days and then tell her that he is now going to slap her because she doesn't do the dishes - but h...

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Raymond Ibrahim - classic. :) I presume the fact you've started a new thread is that you want to avoid the question I've asked you concerning the Christian Terrorist group the LRA (who you insist are Christian Terrorists - I argued they are converts to a cult)? Carry on though - it will be interesti...

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Bump for eh now he is back to normal posting habits.

shafique

Are you saying that sleeping around leads men to respect more? I don't know about you, but I don't have woman throwing themselves at me for love, and one of the unfortunate inconveniences of sleeping around, is that the woman has to agree... Mutual respect comes in there somewhere or rather. No, I ...

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Your wish is my command (and this gives you the opportunity to condemn the war crimes listed in the Bible, so it is not too late). http://www.dubaiforums.com/philosophy-dubai/biblical-war-crimes-t40711-90.html#p330540 We've acknowledged that you equate Acts of God with the war crimes of the Israelit...

shafique

It's only fair that you now answer my questions. I'll happily return to this question and explain to you why it is unIslamic (and actually stupid and never actually happens) for a man to impose the punishment in 4.34 for the 'crime' of 'not doing dishes'. (But if you think about it, you'll get to th...

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MOD UPDATE Given that there is now a thread created by event horizon to list 'Islamic Terrorist' acts, I have had a major clean up of this thread. All posts just listing attacks in Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan (and one in Phillipines) - and where there were no relevant comments other than a questi...

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Thanks for sharing your views. I've answered your question and will happily give you the clarifications you request, after you've answered my straightforward questions: I understand you consider the Quran to be misogynistic. For the purposes of this question, I agree that 4.34 says the same thing as...

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Berrin, if every dispute between a husband and a wife ends with the husband being right (or else), how exactly would that be considered a functional marriage? It wouldn't - you are right, eh. But let me clarify with you - do you think that any teaching that says a man is the head of a family and th...

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You want me to repost what I posted above? Why? Seems pretty clear to me that you refuse to condemn acts of terrorism when carried out by white or Jewish people - eg Baruch Goldstein, the Israelites etc. What is a bit perplexing is why you insist the LRA are Christian Terrorists though. But hey, peh...

shafique

The BBC says the Israeli authorities are doing a quick back pedal now and saying it might have been a mistake.. let's see whether they allow Chomsky to enter now.

Cheers,
Shafique

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The hypocrisy in this post is simply that the OP is commenting against religious law governing the American constitution. But would Shafique raise any objections were it Islamic Law? Actually, I took it that the article was highlighting how little comment such a statement by Palin would generate. I...

shafique

From your posts BM, you hated Islam and Muslims long before you posted here. Just saying.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Fail. (Again) The report also documents those arrested on Terrorism, and highlights the fact that many are just stopped on 'suspicion' and then are released when it proves unfounded. The numpties that do carry out attacks or are entrapped are the ones that count towards the 0.5%. That's the whole bi...

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