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Nope, try again. I did indeed read the whole of the NY times article which reported about the claims when the book came out. I also read and quoted above what the Prof Burnett's long analysis of the claims were. He showed that it was another case of All Mouth, No Trousers. Perhaps that is why you we...

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So, reporters carrying cameras and civilians are going about their business in Iraq - walking around in public. Suddenly they are buzzed by a helicopter and they don't run for cover but continue to walk on the street. They get shot up, one of them survives and crawls up on a kerb - all the while bei...

shafique

Hey FD - are you into scientology now?

Berrin - please read what FD says above - I couldn't have said it better.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Sure, everyone experiences temptations to do bad things every now and then, but that’s all done mentally (internally), without voices or whispers. Yes. Exactly - the internal voice is what is called 'shaitan' in Islam. The theology of Islam (which is similar to concepts in Taoism, Buddhism etc) is ...

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Ok - so you disagree that Hellenistic learning was introduced to the Muslims by the natives they had conquered (and conveniently translated from Greek to Syrian and Arabic by Christian writers) and that the Europeans already were in possession of Greek works before the Christians had liberated Spai...

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Well, the point is that there are people TODAY who believe that the Sun orbits the Earth (whereas science tells us that the Earth orbits the Sun). These guys happen to be Catholic. If you read what I wrote - I did say that the first part of the article is well known - the Church did oppose Gallileo'...

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Interesting findings. It ties in with other research that show how easily people's moral values can be changed - most famously the Milgram experiments at Yale. That was under lab conditions - but similarly findings have been found in people who are living in war zones, under siege etc - it is fright...

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Melika - what's your view on the effects of war on people's views/morality. Were you in Iran during the Iran/Iraq war? Did that harden people's views or change morality? Serious question - just interested in finding out. I've asked the same question to Lebanese friends and colleagues and they joke a...

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^ I appreciate the concern Robby. I've already been accused of US bashing already today - I guess in this thread it was true! :drunken: At least give the US some credit, they were rightly ashamed of this footage and wanted to keep it secret. Kudos to the insider that leaked it to Wikileak - the news...

shafique

Indeed - thank goodness we don't all blindly believe the misinformation any more!

The 72 virgins thing is a great secret though - well hidden from most Muslims, but a prominent feature of the fantasies of those who also dream about Afghan boys. (You know who you are)

Cheers,
Shafique

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Glad to hear that you don't think the Iran/Iraq war changed the morals of the society - that is encouraging.

But as you say, I guess it would be those that saw combat that would be affected - as the main cities didn't see fighting but just some bombing.

Cheers,
Shafique

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No mentions of 72 virgins in the Quran Robby - as I said, it's a well hidden concept for Muslims.

Just as well, if they all have mustaches!

Cheers,
Shafique

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^ Good job - don't tell anyone.

shafique

Excellent - LMAO

And, no I won't make the obvious comments -

Cheers,
Shafique

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^"Silence, I keeeel you!"

shafique

God says in the Quran: And after him We said to the Children of Israel, 'Dwell Ye in the promised land; and when the time of the promise of the Latter Days come, We shall bring you together out of various people." (17:104) This is interpreted as a prophecy that Israel will be formed in the latt...

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Just when you thought the trolls were under control...

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Actually the facts are now quite well exposed, but not that well known generally. See here for a thread which 'de-mystifies' the Palestinian issue. http://www.dubaiforums.com/dubai-politics-talk/demystifying-the-palestinian-issue-t25254.html The first post was a description of facts laid out by Norm...

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P.S. I did not call US as Shaitan. There is no whisper in my ears. :wink: No, in Moscow the 'americanisation' is more like a megaphone than a whisper - just look at the McDonalds, KFCs etc.. ;) BTW - agree with you over the bombings by 'NATO' which didn't have UN approval. The fact that before the ...

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I've actually made exactly the same point many times, about why I needed Chomsky to highlight the facts. The reason is that spin distorts reality. Another current example is Darfur - most people I've spoken to think it is Muslims attacking non-Muslims, or non-Blacks attacking Blacks. The reality is ...

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I've actually made exactly the same point many times, about why I needed Chomsky to highlight the facts. The reason is that spin distorts reality. (And note I put the word atrocities in quotations) Another current example is Darfur - most people I've spoken to think it is Muslims attacking non-Musli...

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Edit, April 14: Day 21. Perhaps 'eh' has gone on a sabattical to come up with a new theory? :? [Now into the third week. I'll pause the count now and see if eh re-surfaces with a theory or not.] -- Wed May 12, 2010 11:26 am -- Ok, can't really be arsed to calculate the days - but let's just say we'r...

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I'll present some extracts from a speech entitled ISLAM AND SCIENCE - CONCORDANCE OR CONFLICT? This speech was delivered by Professor Abdus Salam, Nobel Laureate in Physics (1979),in Paris at the UNESCO House on April 27, 1984 at the invitation of the Organization 'Islam and the West'. In this extra...

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News about how she did in the final below. Kudos to her for rightly speaking out against the anti-women fatwas and doing it from within Islam. Saudi female poet Hissa Hilal loses in contest final The veiled female Saudi poet competing in the United Arab Emirates' version of Pop Idol failed to win th...

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Robby, symettric (or Mel) aren't the one with most extreme views on this forum - so far only one person has seriously condoned war crimes that were committed in the name of God, namely the slaughter of women and children and the enslavement of the virgins (for the 'use' of the murderers). That perso...

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1- There is a hadith in which Prophet Mohammed prohibited his companions from writing down his sayings. I think this hadith is also quoted in the above series. So, the Prophet did teach Muslims about how to follow Islam and taught them things not in the Quran (the Quran doesn't say 'don't write dow...

shafique

May I suggest you guys get a room...?

BTW - you may end up finding you are long-lost cousins!

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The contrast between Shahzad and these guys is over the motivation for their terrorism http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47767000/jpg/_47767867_009183337-1.jpg Nine alleged members of a radical US Christian militia group accused of plotting to wage war against the US have been freed from jail on...

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Another positive article - this time about an 86 year old Holocaust survivor choosing to speak at an inter-faith event at a Mosque. Whilst I'm sure that all DFers will respect his right to speak his mind - as I'm sure he's earned that right, it appears that some people aren't happy that he's choosin...

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nice find!

We need some humour - the actual news out of Libya is quite depressing. (and the international communities inaction isn't helping either)

sigh.

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