http://shorterlink.com/?HKPUU4
Excerpts:
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After scores of Saudi religious
scholars and academics issued a manifesto this spring suggesting that
Muslims might find common ground with the West, they were subjected to
withering rebuke by those who accept the Wahhabi notion that Islam
thrives on hostility toward infidels.
"You give the false impression that many people condemned the war
against America," read one such denunciation on a popular Web site, "But
the truth is that many people are happy declaring this war, which gave
Muslims a sense of relief."
In another, Sheik Hamad Rais al-Rais, an elderly blind scholar,
suggested the manifesto writers showed too much sympathy for the victims
of Sept. 11 and debased Islam by neglecting to mention that jihad, or
holy war, remains a central tenet.
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A fatwa from Sheik Muhammad bin Othaimeen, whose funeral last year
attracted hundreds of thousands of mourners, tackles whether good
Muslims can live in infidel lands. The faithful who must live abroad
should "harbor enmity and hatred for the infidels and refrain from
taking them as friends," it reads in part.
Saudis in general, and senior princes in particular, reject the notion
that this kind of teaching helps spawns terrorists.
"Well, of course I hate you because you are Christian, but that doesn't
mean I want to kill you," a professor of Islamic law in Riyadh explains
to a visiting reporter.
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<shudder>
Ken
MoNBH/MDNPEI
http://planeta.terra.com.br/educacao/kencamargo/
"I do know a regime which provides human beings no
deep reasons to care about one another cannot long
preserve its legitimacy" -- Richard Sennet
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Free The Kinsey Six !!
>"Well, of course I hate you because you are Christian, but that doesn't
>mean I want to kill you," a professor of Islamic law in Riyadh explains
>to a visiting reporter.
"It makes me want to give you chocolates instead. Here, try some of
these."
"Hohoho, infidels always fall for that one!" :)
and this copy of the koran ... from the gideon society
<whisper>
When that doesn't work, try the cigars.
</whisper>
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liz
<blazingsaddles>
Telegram for Mr. Mongo
</blazingsaddles>
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liz
Great movie.
That was BEFORE the telegram part, wasn't it (haven't seen the movie
in years!)?
> Great movie.
I agree.
Have a great day!
Ernest
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Rene
Rene Tschaggelar wrote:
> Kirt wrote:
> > i suspect this may be part of a struggle going back at least to
> > galilleo.
> >
> Galileo was a westerner and therefore non-existent.
> No roadblock in going back then.
> The point is more going back to ... ?
> Going back why ?
> The rest of the world doesn't go back.
>
perhaps it will be more clear if i rephrase: "i suspect this may
be part of a struggle that has gone on at least since galilleo"
> <blazingsaddles>
> Telegram for Mr. Mongo
> </blazingsaddles>
<Pedantic>
Candygram for Mongo. Candygram for Mongo.
</Pedantic>
Telegraph main office and tell them I said OOOWWWW!
LOL!
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liz