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Dec 5, 2003, 9:11:35 AM12/5/03
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"habshi" <hab...@anony.com> wrote in message news:3fd08c46...@news.clara.net...
> Its time to reconvert .

...GREAT....now re_convert into a "FLY"....a good ONE...not one that
lays her eggs ito live flesh;-((...u r at ur END in that case for
TAKING ADVANTAGE of YOUR HOSTS!!!!!?! BEFORE THEY ARE DEAD!!!..shame
on you!

...hey Hasheeshee,...smoke a different brand...get it green and
virgin.....u might stand a chance REPRESENTING YOUR ENTIRE GENETIC
STRATEDGY!!!!!

...that's a BIG responsibility for a "pest" like u!....an impure ONE
at that!:...yAcH;-(

Bridge....OUT...

...tell that mother f((ker to paKK OFF!!....CompuTer....send an
Inter_Galagtic Ultimatum; lets make a Movie;-))

"One Solar Sytem for Sale"...the MOST ADVANCED BIDDER WINS!!!..

:-)

...now....Calculate.....WHEN...Start....and How Much?!!...in any
currency;-))..

...first one to my office WINS...this SHIP and ALL UNDER MY COMMAND!

EnD TransmissioN!

..aqA...in CAyee Ci Sod?!;-(|)| x>!;<x..

abbAs aqA....veleSoon Kon...ASeqand;-))....man xodam CAyee miAram
barAtoon!!!

Note these people have been Muslim for
> less than 200 years
> excerpt dawn.com
> Irfan Hussain
> Thus, Arabs and Iranians whose forefathers entered the fold of
> Islam a millennium ago are much more relaxed about it than South
> Asians who converted to Islam a couple of centuries ago, or even more
> recently.
> It appears that once again, the government's spine is
> wobbling. Instead of grasping the horns of extremism firmly, Musharraf
> is paying heed to cowardly counsel. No doubt his political advisers
> are warning him of the hostility his crackdown will earn him from the
> MMA religious alliance. Meanwhile, his army colleagues are probably
> reminding him of the Indian divisions tied down in Kashmir by militant
> action, and that many of these holy warriors are financed and armed by
> some of the groups banned recently.
>
> But one group that probably does not have Musharraf's ear is the
> business community. If they did, they would have told him that the
> activities of the extremists have been devastating for business. The
> investment climate has been destroyed with scarcely any local or
> foreign investors putting any money into new projects.
>
> Seeming to sustain the rising tide of extremism is the all-pervasive
> religiosity that has become the defining element of today's Pakistan.
> TV screens are full of bearded or masked faces constantly mouthing
> platitudes and sermons.
>
> An art exhibition at Karachi University is trashed by zealots. Women
> patients in NWFP can no longer be examined by X-ray and MRI machines
> operated by male technicians. Other examples of this slide into the
> black hole of fundamentalism are all too depressingly familiar to all
> of us.
>
> In his books and talks, V.S. Naipaul has stressed the insecurity of
> the recent convert that makes him wear his new faith on his sleeve.
> Thus, Arabs and Iranians whose forefathers entered the fold of Islam a
> millennium ago are much more relaxed about it than South Asians who
> converted to Islam a couple of centuries ago, or even more recently.
> To a great extent, we define ourselves solely by our faith while
> older, more established Islamic communities have a number of other
> claims on their time and energy.
>
> This single-minded preoccupation with religion was reinforced by Zia's
> Islamization project that changed textbooks and laws while bombarding
> us with hypocritical sermons that were broadcast non-stop from the
> state media. Twenty years later, while religious words and symbols
> have become everyday currency, their true meaning and purpose have
> become blurred. It would seem that we have acquired a monopoly of the
> faith and others are somehow lesser Muslims.
>
> It is these attitudes that support and sustain the religious groups
> and parties, providing them with the very oxygen they need to survive.
> So when Musharraf seeks to eliminate religious extremism and terrorism
> from our society, he needs to look beyond the symptoms and examine the
> causes.
>
> Going to the roots of the phenomenon, there is an urgent need to
> completely overhaul the syllabi taught at state schools and the
> madressahs. Both teach hate and contempt for other faiths and these
> texts need to be purged. Textbooks are full of jingoistic nonsense
> that makes a mockery of history. A committee should go through
> teaching material to ensure that it conforms to the requirements of
> today's world.
>
> Scientists and educationists should be associated with this task. We
> have lost enough time, and if Musharraf is serious about ridding us of
> extremism, he should prove that he has the political will needed for
> the job.
>
>

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