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SOHF? or was the question too difficult? LOL

Anyway - I'm glad I've got you doing fact checks and trying to trip me up. It is quite flattering, but why don't you lighten up and enjoy posting - this wasn't a 'heavy' thread - it's about Freddy Mercury for pete's sake!

Cheers,
Shafique

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To be fair, Clinton is now saying that there should be an 'orderly transition' to democracy. I don't think Obama will be blamed for losing Egypt (and I've not heard of anyone blaming Carter for the people's overthrow of the Shah in Iran until this article). The trigger here was clearly the Tunisian ...

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Interesting. Oman uncovers 'spy network', UAE denies any links The authorities in Oman says they have uncovered a network of spies working for the United Arab Emirates, according to the state news agency. The alleged agents for the UAE are said to have spied on the Omani government and military. The...

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Interesting theory - and one that can be looked at by a simple examination of the evidence. One question I have - is the figure for 56 convictions in the past 13/14 years a UK-wide (i.e. National figure) or one that is only related to a particular region of England? (The previous articles and this o...

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This is from 'Pickled Politics' from a few weeks ago does contain stats, and an interesting view of the statistics and what they call the 'scaremongering' on the issue. Jack Straw’s scaremongering by Rumbold 9th January, 2011 at 10:23 am Following the conviction of a mainly Asian group of Jack Straw...

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Welcome back datta. Charity is a part of pretty much every religion - and donation of food as charity is a subset of this. Indeed, non-religious humanitarian organisations also practice the feeding of the poor - and indeed let us not forget that many governments around the world do this via social s...

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A very interesting analysis of the Egyptian protests (and perhaps a revolution in the making) - and contrasting it with the Iranian revolution. It gives 4 reasons why this Egyptian 'revolution' is not Islamist - some fascinating insights, and clear logical arguments. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ha...

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Who is the most deserving of food donations? In my mind, the beliefs of the person have very little to do with how hungry and deserving they are. My main criterion would be: How hungry/poor are they? (when the last time they ate etc) Discriminating based on what I thought they believed in would less...

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I agree with Dillon on this. I support Capital Punishment as the ultimate punishment available to society, but within a context of just judicial system with all the requisite checks and balances. Not-withstanding that some errors will occure in any human system, my view is that the benefits do outwe...

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Ah, I was wondering when the next allegation would be thrown out. It didn't take long ;) Shame that it's not backed up with any substance though. 'manipulate stats' indeed. :) Anyway, it is worth reading the whole of Chris Dillon's piece (which was quoted in part above): These remarks by Jack Straw ...

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White parents, Wisen up !!! So should the parents/guardians of the Asian girls who are also victims of these crimes. Many of the girls are actually in care - which means that the state has failed them in these cases. Barnardo's chief executive Martin Narey said street grooming was "probably ha...

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Well, 'Islamist' does have a common meaning nowadays and is short for 'motivated by the religion of Islam' - as this is how it is used. If you note the author doesn't use the term but explains why this Egyptian revolution is not Islamic (i.e. motivated by religion) in the way that Iranian revolution...

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^Coincidentally, I was reading about Ali Shariati last weekend. He died in 1977 (before the Iranian revolution in 79) but is presented as a major ideological influence on the revolution. Mel, do you agree with the observation the author makes about the last Shah's stance towards Islam?: While Iran’s...

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^Oh, I was just testing to see if it was a coincidence that what the Shah's attitude towards Islam in the quote above seemed to match the views you've posted on the subject, and especially as your posts in regards to the Shah's rule have been largely complimentary. I was just asking. On Shariati, th...

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Nope Berrin, I'm not biting. I know where you are coming from - and I'd be happy for us to debate the point in the Religion forum (and I think I would agree with your line of argument). However, here we are talking about a contrast between the Egyptian revolution going on and what is termed an 'Isla...

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So, cutting through the musings of armchair psychologists.. I note: 1. No actual evidence to back up theory 2. No confirmation that these 17 trials of 56 British men since the 1990s is for only one region or a National figure. 3. No explanation of whether the 3 white men, in this sample, and the unm...

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Datta - could you comment on these references I found. Are they authentic? They quote Hindu scriptures on the subject of eating meat: Manusmriti (Chapter 5 / Verse 30) says, “It is not sinful to eat meat of eatable animals, for Brahma has created both the eaters and the eatables.” Manusmriti (5 / 35...

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^Berrin - your post is still there - number 2 above. The problem, I guess, is perhaps you thought that gadfly's 2nd looooooong post was the same as the first? I haven't read either. I didn't delete this thread, because it appeared that you have read his cut and paste - ;) I'll leave it a day or so, ...

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The Arabs are like a bride emerging on her wedding day and many people are commenting on whether her shoes match her gloves, when the real issue is how beautiful and happy she is. :mrgreen: Whilst all who value justice welcome the moves for democratic change in the Arab world (which still has a lon...

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Another article on the Egyptian revolution in progress - this time by Charles Glass, looking at the historical context of the upheavals going on. Even though it directly followed Tunisia’s successful rebellion, the size of Egyptian public opposition to Mubarak took the US by surprise. Washington is ...

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Actually, this follows other sackings in the UK for what are deemed offensive remarks. The latest and most prominent was Andy Gray (and his co-host) being sacked for making sexist remarks about a lady football (soccer) assistant referee. It would be a bit bizarre if insulting a founder of religion w...

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Loons in denial

So, are women also 'untouchable' because Andy Gray got fired or not?

But why no condemnation of the American Christian who killed the dog?

Cheers,
Shafique

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:roll: Fanbois are desperate to justify not giving up land under Israeli Military Occupation and divert attention from real (as opposed to invented) discrimination within Israel. But let's be clear - it's an allegation made by a blogger and presented by Islamophobes as evidence that the PA wants a '...

shafique

zubber wrote:
event horizon wrote:Define moderate.

Antonym of Excessive.

Spot on zubber

And we can recognise extremists from their posts:
philosophy-dubai/most-extreme-religous-fanatic-here-t41961.html

Cheers,
Shafique

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Actually, Farrokh Bulsara (Freddy Mercury) wasn't mixed breed - his parents were both Gujarati Indians. He was born in Zanzibar and came to the UK as an immigrant when he was 17. He was therefore a British Asian immigrant (as he did get a British Passport).

Cheers,
Shafique

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Just a link this time - from NYTimes - some interesting points raised about the subject : Arab World Faces Its Uncertain Future 02.02.2011 | New York Times CAIRO — The future of the Arab world, perched between revolt and the contempt of a crumbling order, was fought for in the streets of downtown Ca...

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First - it is a letter, not an article, in the Guardian. There's a difference. There is never a moral right to terrorism. The ANC were wrong when the blew up South Africans, Irgun and the Stern Gang were wrong when they used terrorism in Palestine (booby trapping British soldiers they tortured and k...

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