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But I DO find, hypersensitivity to anything related with israel or the jews, all over the west. Well, there's probably some justification for this. Historically, the 'West' has slaughtered Jews - be it in the 20th century or further back in the countless pogroms and massacres (with the vast majorit...

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Herve - probably I'm missing something here - you're a fiction writer, aren't you?

However, may I suggest you try less fantastical stories next time - doctors in Dubai refusing to treat a girl because they are Muslim men is pretty 'out-there'.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Harsh reality shafique, but you live in a unhuman , dark age society under ruthless Islamic rules, it is a fact that the ER Muslims men would not touch the injured girl because it was ramadan . Next time you call me a liar go bury back your head in the sand. My next book will be to tell of hundreds...

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Shaf, I'm sure Herve can speak for himself but I'm afraid I have to say you are being particularly uncharitable here. I really thought you were better than this. I gave you credit for being an intelligent person. Herve has had his and his wifes lives shattered by Emiratis and he now faces a huge Co...

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BM - yes, when someone is under pressure it is conceivable that a person may have irrational or even delusional thoughts. I would merely maintain that it would be wrong to not label these irrational and delusional thoughts as 'irrational' and 'delusional' - whilst maintaining that they are indeed en...

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Very interesting piece of news - thanks for starting the thread eh. Coincidentally I was watching an excellent documentary by David Attenborough this week about the origins of life - there's a small bit about extremophile bacteria. It just goes to show, what we think we know about the universe chang...

shafique

I had to check that this wasn't a wind up - it wasn't! Here's the link to the NYT story about a make-believe Mullah that took the US for a ride (but as Glass points out - he's cost less than other crooks in Afghanistan and elsewhere): http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/world/asia/23kabul.html?_r=1 Bu...

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You're right - the NYT article linked to and the Glass article above don't blame the Brits for this c.ock-up, but I would not be surprised if they were part of this. (You must have more info than me - I only read up on this today) There is this quote from the NYT article though: Others say the man m...

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By all accounts it appears he was a lightweight fraudster though - the big money is being made by others

Cheers,
Shafique

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LOL. Young eh has a point though - there is a reference to the crusades: My money is on Omar, who, after all, is winning the war and has little reason to negotiate with the foreigners who are desperate to get out of his country before they lose thousands more of their young people, bankrupt their tr...

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A common narrative of Islamophobes is that 'Muslims are responsible for most terrorist acts today' and another common myth is that 'moderate' Muslims aren't doing enough to combat or even denounce acts of terrorism. What makes these beliefs myths are the fact that the stats (i.e. reality) don't supp...

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Loonwatch has a piece on this and asks: The question we must ask of Rabbi Rosen and others who share his views or forward similar views is, how can they believe the character, foundation and beliefs of Europe are so fickle that a minority population (that all indications show is integrated) will so ...

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Hypocrisy exposed! Another case of 'do as I say' - and indeed it is cases like this that give religion a bad name. Purely by coincidence (and at the risk of being accused of using a 'what-aboutery' argument), this piece of news was on Haaretz this morning: A Hasidic rabbi and three of his sons are s...

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So, if Sharia law was recognized and practiced in non-Islamic countries, this guy would walk free. No he wouldn't. Even the Saudis lock up wife beaters - and they certainly have severe interpretation of Shariah when it comes to women's rights: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3763123.stm (Unf...

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So, if Sharia law was recognized and practiced in non-Islamic countries, this guy would walk free. No he wouldn't. .. Geez Shaf, did you miss the ? (as in question) mark???? I was actually asking a question, not making a wish. Sorry, Bora - I did see the question marks in the previous sentences, bu...

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So Bora - just to clarify the other point I made - it is only Islamophobic websites that say Islam teaches that this kind of crime is ok in Islam. Muslim scholars and indeed anyone reading the Quran in totality all agree that this is not the case. But the proof of the pudding is in the eating - wher...

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Excellent point, This phenomenon is not only restricted to bloggers, but also includes a vast majority of anti-islamic writers and tv personalities, eg- Wafa Sultan Wafa shares much with the bloggers - a wilful misinterpretation of Islamic texts and a wilfully ignoring of Quranic exegesis. But thei...

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Bora - you're welcome. Apologies again for misreading your post - sometimes it is too easy to read emotions/motives not intended into posts. I always welcome questions.. sometimes to a fault! ;) Edit (oh - and I agree - there are indeed many Muslims who are ignorant of some aspects of their religion...

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I hate to step into the middle of this fight (my money is on Bora) ;) - but here's a long thread on the topic about what whether the Quran says it is ok to beat up one's wife or not: http://www.dubaiforums.com/philosophy-dubai/wife-beating-the-koran-split-from-politics-forum-t41127.html ..now back t...

shafique

^what! You're female!!

next you'll be telling us you're not a cat!!!

LOL

Cheers,
Shafique

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Zead does have a point zubber.. The mistaken view that the crime committed by the Muslim in the OP is condoned by Islam is indeed spread by the same guys who are going around and insisting Obama is a Muslim. The amazing thing is that 20% of Americans believe this - so I guess it is a good assumption...

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Hey poindexter, this image I found on google images, after I typed in 'attention whore', looks just like you. Just add fifty to one hundred pounds for nearly identical resemblance. http://morethandice.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/gainusa-attention-whore.jpg http://www.dubaiforums.com/philosophy-d...

shafique

In all seriousness - let's sort the wheat from the chaff. The complaint is about dds issuing a warning and the offendee taking offence at being warned. Mod saw a violation, mod issued warning. Had I not been a mod, I may have complained - but given that eh was just trying it on, I chose to ignore. W...

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Shaf, I'm not a compainer, never have been and never will be, but that doesn't mean a mod can go round issuing insults to others then taking the moral high ground when it suits him. Then tell others to shut up when they protest. Well, we are probably reading the warning differently. DDS stated what...

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Again, trying to pour oil over troubled waters: DDS put on his moderator cap on and issued a warning to a member who he felt had stepped over the line. The member in question doesn't dispute that the action DDS warned him about was committed, but is now saying this rule shouldn't apply to him for va...

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^Then the issue is with other mods for not stepping up and chastising DDS for doing what eh did. No one seems to be defending eh - just objecting to WHO warned eh, rather than the fact he was warned. I have to say, that had eh made an ad-hominem attack against another poster (and not myself) I too w...

shafique

Interesting development on the part of Brazil. This is in accordance with unanimous UN resolutions (even agreed by the USA) - such as resolution 242, which state that Israel in particular (and any other country in general) cannot gain territory by war. Therefore the land captured in 1967 by Israel (...

shafique

^Epic fail or tall tale?

What law would prevent anyone quoting the Quran or citing it in writing?

Edit: If there is such an EU law - will you do a Citizen's arrest of Wilders then?

Cheers,
Shafique

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