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bushra - my grandfather's grandfather was from India and emigrated to Mauritius where my parents are from. I was brought up in Britain

So, no I'm not Indian -- but I think you are warm with the quote. I'm Muslim, but read widely.... why don't you guess.

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Shafique

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bushra - no need to be aprehensive - you are absolutely correct. The quote is from the Hindu scripture the Bhagavad-Gita, the Song of the Lord. The central belief of Hinduism is that there is One Universal Spirit called Brahman which has no beginning or end. The quote above is the description of the...

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If you are eligible for a HSBC Premier account, either in the UK or UAE (criteria easier in UK), you can transfer money between accounts without a fee.

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It would actually be informative to look at the relative rates of crimes against women by countries. The UK and US, for example, have charities working towards highlighting the plight of crimes against women and say that perhaps the real number of crimes is 2 or 3 times those that are reported. Per-...

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Concord - there are issues with abuse against women around the world that transcend religion. Some of the worst cases of spousal abuse are actually found in pacific island communities. If you do a Google search on crimes against women, rape etc you will find UN and WHO reports which document these c...

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Concord, I have only read the reports of the US and USA, not of Indonesia etc. In the UK the reports say that the majority of rapes are not reported. Violence against women is increasing in both the US and UK. The anecdotal evidence I have of muslim countries is that there is less rape of women. Pae...

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Kanelli- stats on paedophillia and rape are available on the web. Honour killings are a problem in Pakistan etc. Domestic violence is an issue in many countries too. I read that My point is that we should check to see in which countries/cultures are there more crimes against women. A good site to st...

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Concord - I'm allowing for under reporting in making my judgements. The agencies in the west all say that rape is UNDER reported in the UK and US. I have not argued that there is no abuse of women in Muslim women, but state my view that the reading of the evidence is that more women are raped and ab...

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Well, there is also the fact that in some Islamic countries/states you can be beheaded for raping a woman - a deterrent not used in the Evil West. I wouldn't really call beheading or stoning people very civilised (but neither is the electric chair for that matter...) Rape rates might be lower if yo...

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I agree with some of the reasons put forward for rape being higher in non-Islamic countries - the segregation of sexes plays a role. Some Islamic countries have less segregation than others - eg Iran, Indonesia, Malaysia. However, the evidence is also of the big link between alchohol and abuse again...

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You could do the same analysis with a phone book and come up with similar results. Sorry, but this particular line of reasoning is rubbish - akin to the Bible code which has been debunked as wilful rubbish. Similar hidden codes have been found in the works of Shakespeare to prove they were written b...

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Iran is less of a threat to the world than North Korea and has certainly caused less upheaval than the USA's military exploits. Iran hasn't invaded any country in my memory and hasn't broken any international laws. Regardless of whether we think they should have nuclear capabilities or not, there is...

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Opium production has soared in Afghanistan since the defeat of the Taliban, to the point where this year's harvest can produce more than one year's world-wide demand of heroin. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/5308180.stm With soldiers dying each day and the Government's authority seemingly con...

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Grapeshisha has a great article dating from 1947 at: http://grapeshisha.blogspot.com/2006/08/future-was-foretold.html "As the Arabs see the Jews" His Majesty King Abdullah, The American Magazine* November, 1947 Here is an extract - but read the full article at the link above and note parti...

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It shows how bad things are that the people want the Taleban back! The fears are that the opium sales are going to provide resources to terrorists - ironically making the world a much more un-safe place as a result of the defeat of the Taleban. It appears that repressive religious nuts are better th...

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kanelli - you said it better than I could. Agree with you 100%. I still think that countries should start de-comissioning their nukes.. using one would be unthinkable and I struggle to see what a threat of a nuclear attack could achieve if the world rallied round to put pressure on the aggressor. Le...

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Iran has learnt from Iraq in 1981 - if they could have targetted Iran's nuclear facilities by aerial bombardment, they would have done so already. Don't you remember the certainty with which the UK and US told us they knew where all the WMD was in Iraq! No one is fooling themselves that they know wh...

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valkyrie - at the time of the invasion of Afghanistan my view was that an oppressive regime was being over-thrown. A regime that was suppressing the rights of it's population and doing it in the name of Islam. This was the information that came to me via the media - and I still maintain this view of...

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Indonesian muslims (I know many) follow orthodox Islam - no difference from that practiced in the UAE etc. Adhat/adat and pincsali (sp?) are sets of laws/rules which are followed by some provinces.. the religion that people follow is Islam and their actions are in accordance with this. (The main are...

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Concord - all we can do is wait and see

What do you base your fears of Iran on - it can't be precedence. A genuine question, why do you think Iran is a threat to it's neighbours?

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Shafique

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Iran certainly believes Israel is a source of trouble in the Mid East and Iran helps those who are resisting any illegal action/occupation by Israel. If supporting resistance fighters is a crime, then many countries in the past and today are guilty. But Iran being a threat to Israel? Why? Ahmadineja...

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Not surprised at the rape as weapon/torture by Iraqi military against Iraqi women - these guys were secular and ruthless. One of the reasons Osama bin Laden was against Saddam's regime.

However, rape by the ordinary soldiers in Kuwait has not been proven but was misinformation.

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Chocs & Kanelli - I think you are both overlooking the fact that other Arab leaders have said similar statements and even launched wars against Israel, but then went on to make peace with Israel (Egypt and Jordan). Iran, as far as I can tell, is guilty of supporting resistance movements and of m...

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Kanelli - in terms of inflamatory statements by heads of state, it reminds me of the famous quote by Golda Meir when she was PM: "There are no Palestinians" Much later she retracted the statement - but at the time she was commenting on opposition to Arabs being disenfranchised (i.e. being ...

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clarification, the quote from Mrs Meir was apparently a 'misquote' she said in 1974 - the original quote was from 1969: There is no Palestine people. There are Palestinian refugees . (Meir wrote in “The New York Times” on January 14, 1976 that the often cited and controversial “There are no Palestin...

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'cake walk' ? Some cake, some walk ! (apologies to fans of Winston Churchill :) ) If anything, the international communities response to NKorea's posturing and sabre rattling is a clear point in favour of having nuclear weapons. The argument goes: "Iraq didn't have weapons and by many measures ...

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Well said kanelli - echoes my feelings totally.

The US does have it in itself to do good sometimes - the intervention in Kosovo by Clinton springs to mind. However, it seems to be the exception when it comes to foreign policy.

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Shafique

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A few articles from 2001 about the Taliban make interesting reading. These were written after the destruction of the Buddhas, but before 9/11. First from NY Times - an interview of the Taliban envoy who visited the US in 2001 and met with the US goverment and spoke at universities etc. Interesting f...

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A few articles from 2001 about the Taliban make interesting reading. These were written after the destruction of the Buddhas, but before 9/11. First from NY Times - an interview of the Taliban envoy who visited the US in 2001 and met with the US goverment and spoke at universities etc. Interesting f...

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Nope - same weekend for us.

My daughter's school doesn't open until Thursday - so traffic may get worse!

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Shafique

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