Right thinking and wrong thinking about Muslims
Earlier this year Gallup provided two intriguing statistics about Americans and their view of Islam: 53 percent of Americans view Islam unfavorably compared with 42 percent who view the religion favorably. Majorities view other major religions favorably: 91 percent for Christianity, 71 percent for Judaism and 58 percent for Buddhism. The negativity comes even as 63 percent of Americans said they know little about Islam.
It's no surprise that ignorance leads the way for prejudice. When I set out to write a fictional account of the life of Muhammad, I considered myself free from prejudice. I was raised in India playing with Muslim kids and maintain close ties with Muslim friends. Yet when I began to research the origins of Islam, I found that compared to what I had absorbed about the life of Jesus or Buddha, my knowledge of the Prophet's life was almost a blank slate.
In the present climate of antagonism toward Muslims, a blank slate is good, since so many people started out their knowledge of Islam with two facts: Arabs control the world's oil supply, and Muslim extremists attacked the U.S. on 9/11. This accounts for another finding by Gallup, that Americans see extremists as woven into the basic fabric of Islam, a view they don't hold about Jewish or Christian fundamentalists. Would you say that Christians who kill anti-abortion doctors and burn down abortion clinics are basic to Christianity? Yet the protest of moderate Muslims that jihadis are an extremist minority tends to fall upon deaf ears.
There are some moderating facts as well. Only 9% of respondents told Gallup that they had a great deal of prejudice against Islam, and until the recent upsurge of rhetoric against the proposed Muslim center near Ground Zero, the tradition of religious tolerance in this country held strong, with half of respondents saying that they felt no prejudice against Muslims. Right think prevails over wrong think. And yet Muslim-Americans are still a hidden minority in this country. Did you know that they are the most diverse religion ethnically in America? Most people automatically equate Muslim with Arab. Given the image of Muslim women as being strongly oppressed, would it surprise you to learn that in this country, they are: one of the most highly educated female religious groups in the United States, second only to Jewish American women?
By the time I finished writing my book, I had a wealth of knowledge about Muhammad compared to when I started. The most surprising fact about him is that among all the founders of great world religions, he considered himself "a man among men," in other words, the closest to how you and I see ourselves. Even though Muhammad received the Koran as a divine transmission (in keeping with most of the world's scriptures) and is a sacred figure in Islam, his self-conception was not like that. I found him fascinating, even as I found that the contradictions present in Islam today, such as the clash between religious tolerance and jihadist fervor, have roots going back to the very beginning.
In the end, the problem isn't about the facts. It's about emotions. Could I write about seventh century Islam without the negative feelings surrounding al-Qaeda, 9/11, the Iraq War, oil oligarchies, and the looming Iranian bomb? Not completely. This is consistent with psychological findings, which show that emotions cannot be entirely separated from reason. Our duty is to be self-aware and honest. Being able to hold mixed feelings at the same time is known as the capacity for ambivalence. Mature people have this ability; immature people don't. Self-aware people speak openly about their ambivalence; people who prefer to be unconscious hide their prejudices until it is safe enough to haul them out. Which camp you belong to is your choice.
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Posted by: PurlGurl | September 8, 2010 4:00 AM
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PURLGURL, I had some experience with this JosiaJosephi (Hew), YasserYousufi. Every time he tries to lock horns with me he ends up accusing me of being a Hindhu bigot and throws a tizzy fit. He either accuses me of making jokes of his religion, which is actually true, because the whole religion is a ludicrous, or that I am ignorant fool, or latest pathetic old man. i don't know what he knows about me that lands him to conclude I am old. One thing people need to remember is that there is a concept of abrogator & abrogated. Which simply put, the last statement about any subject stands. That means a statement plucking the genital hair contradicts 20 previous statement about plucking genital hairs then the last one stands.
Now believe it or not Koran goes into such minutiae of cosmetics as which hair is permissible to be plucked and which is not, and which manner. What is beyond me is that a religion that proscribes women from even showing the face of a women is so obsessed with proper coiffuring female genital areas. No wonder i cannot help myself but to ridicule the religion. I digress.
Back to abrogated & abrogator. First of all the chapters of Koran are not numbered in the temporal order they were revealed. The urban legend has it that to confuse the non-believers the muslim took the names of the chapters and threw them in the air. As the picked the chapters sequence in the opposite order in which the names fell to the ground. Back to abrogation, my question is if this just the verbatim revelation of DOG the almighty, then why is there a need for abrogation. Or else why is there a need for editing the perfect word. This always trips them over.
Posted by: Secular | September 7, 2010 8:55 PM
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SECULAR comments, "PurlGirl, welcome to the Engage the Islamic Apologist in Debate Club...."
Thank you! I like to confront Muslims straight on. Debate is pointless as you write, and those rules of yours are annoyingly true.
I have yet to come across a Muslim here on the net who does not simply lie about anything and everything.
Chopra, how about you give us an "Ultimate Happiness" spin on this habitual lying of Muslims?
Oh wait, wait, wait, I better understand, Chopra! Your words, "In the end, the problem isn't about the facts", those words of yours have me understand all I need to know about you and your idolization of Islam.
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 7, 2010 3:30 PM
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PURLGURL writes,
"I am a girl. I don't have balls." I didn't ask about you, I asked about all American Indians. Are they all girls without balls??
"Nonetheless my balls are much bigger than yours, which is logical; you have none."
Now you're being naughty, I have no idea what balls you're talking of. What does bigger balls prove? You still cant answer a single question I asked.
You have obviously never debated with adults before. Your whole premise is based upon ignorance. You'd be booted out if you ever presented your childish points in an actual debate. Because in an actual debate you have to frame an argument not blurt out stupid questions at every go.
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 7, 2010 3:02 PM
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PurlGirl, welcome to the Engage the Islamic Apologist in Debate Club or (EIADC). Generally it is made of following tactics
1) Ignore the question and raise two other unrelated questions
2) Deny every thing, even those nettlesome verses from the musty old tome
3) Obfuscate, Obfuscate, Obfuscate
4) Play victim, the rest of the world is persecuting us
5) Ours is religion of peace. Even though 3 out of the first 6 caliphs were killed by their own ranks. Not only that the Khiljis, Tugalks, Maughuls, Nwabs of Golconda, the Nizams of Hyderabad, etc, etc also follwed the same path of killing each other for succession.
6) Conflate two or three issues so as to throw the opponent off the kilter.
That is why I rebut them each in an enumerated manner. Mr. Yousufi get made and crys saying I am a bigot, or don't make fun of Islam. He always whines incessantly but never brings cheese to the party, even after reminding him Wine and cheese go well
Posted by: Secular | September 7, 2010 1:08 PM
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yasseryousufi comments, "Why can't they have the balls to respond when their views are challenged?"
I am a girl. I don't have balls. Nonetheless my balls are much bigger than yours, which is logical; you have none.
I will try another topic with your refusal to address my last topic.
"Why did Muslims slaughter 3000 innocent men, women and children on September 11, 2001?"
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 7, 2010 1:04 PM
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PURLGURL,
Why are Indian Americans ashamed of their identity. Why can't they have the balls to respond when their views are challenged???
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 7, 2010 12:39 PM
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yasseryousufi writes, "I can answer all your kiddy questions."
Then do so. Answer this question.
"Why do Muslim men love to rape and sodomize little girls?"
So far you have engaged in inane equivocation and have refused to discuss topics brought up by readers.
Clearly you are fearful to face truth. This prompts another question.
"Why are Muslims habitual liars?"
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 7, 2010 12:25 PM
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PURLGURL,
Something tells me you're trying to be funny. I've asked you a number of questions over the course of thee posts you could answer none. You're swirling around semantics as if you have identified some form contradiction in my post. I suggest you show my post to some educated person in your home. I can answer all your kiddy questions. Its about time you shed this cloak of moral high ground and tell where you're coming from. Answer the questions I've asked you in my posts. Reveal your true self.
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Maybe you will be more comfortable with this topic.
"Why do Muslim men love to rape and sodomize little girls?"
Were you raped by a muslim man as a child? Seriously! I heard Hitler was sodomized by Jew as child that's why he hated Jews all his life. Do you have a similar story?
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 7, 2010 11:15 AM
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yasseryousufi writes, "A few violent muslims might have killed apostates in random acts of violence...."
You write over time,
Apostates are not murdered.
Apostates are murdered.
Apostates are not murdered.
Apostates are murdered.
Clearly you are having difficulties keeping your lies straight.
Appears you refuse to discuss why Muslims blew up a school full of babies and little children, slaughtering hundreds of them.
Maybe you will be more comfortable with this topic.
"Why do Muslim men love to rape and sodomize little girls?"
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 7, 2010 10:45 AM
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Mr. Deepak Chopra and others:
I've been reading these interesting posts and I think that on this subject (right/wrong thinking about Islam) a very sensitive one indeed, that it is proper for certain thinking to come to fruition in order to make reality more clear to the average human layman/beings mind, when trying to explain what a Muslim or a Jew, Christian, Hindu, Buddhist etc. is and for the sake of "Reasoning' for those avid thinkers from so many other religious organization as currently from being old religion or new systems.
Example: Right Thinking, from a Western/English perspective, especially on the subject of Prophet Muhammad's name, one who has no original last name includes other and similar so called Prophet/god figures like Moses or Jesus, Gautama, Vyasa et al, does make us think about Muhammad who's name is on the front pages of this worlds news and problems.
The name "Muhammad" from a Westernized Englishman's thinking means or is revealed to us as:
"MU" sounds like "MOO" which is what a COW says.
"HAM" sounds like PORK which is a PIGS thigh/rump.
"MAD" sounds like ANGER which is mental state displaying EMOTIONS.
Not being a Vegetarian, yet I can see why these people called "MU-HAM-MAD" or MUHAMMADAN'S who eat COW meat (causing Mad-Cow Disease) includes LAMB (safest of all meats) or POULTRY (Cause Avian Flu) which indeed can cause Emotional and or physical problems without awareness of the source.
And in this reality that keeping "Kosher" or "Halal" or even being "Vegetarian" (also sickens people via SALMONELLA Poisoning) will not change a Human being's selfish and masochistic ways. Jealousy and Apathy are this planet's blind and lame side.
Do keep in mind that SWINE, in fact are the carriers of Swine-Flu. So MOO and HAM and MAD (Muhammad) taken together, can be why these so-called Muhammadans are so MAD, not only against MOSES'S People (Jews), but against VYASA'S People (Hindu) and GAUTAMA'S People (Buddhists) and JESUS'S People (Christians) and all "none Muhammadans" alike.
As one of the few and only PhD's in "MULTI-THEOLOGY" or "CRUXOLOGOGY" of the Five Major Religions in the World, I must admit that Prophet Moses (Yes I am from Jewish descent unfortunately) who himself became Kosher, did inscribe or mentioned in the Old Testament through his descendent's "ISHMAEL" (who's mother is HAGAR, Moses's Concubine Canaanite Wife) as being born to be "WILD" or a MAD MAN or tribes.
So I still believe that one is what he or she eats let alone Remembers and thinks. So this is how I see it or saw it since a young Lad. And I Believe that the Truth does set people free. So please do not be offended about how I see it when it comes to MUHAMMAD (broken down) analytically and historically, if any.
Posted by: biomentalist | September 7, 2010 9:38 AM
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“The most surprising fact about him (Mohammad) is that among all the founders of great world religions, he considered himself "a man among men," in other words, the closest to how you and I see ourselves.”
I do not know about how you view yourself but men generally do not insist that whenever their name is mentioned to append to it "Salla allahu aleihi wa sallam” which translates “Allah prostates to the mention of Mohammad’s name." Common men furthermore do not encourage their friends to consider them as the noblest of God’s creation and perfect model of a human being and that the universe was created for their sake. You need to read more about Mohammad’s view of himself.
Posted by: abrahamhab1 | September 7, 2010 3:58 AM
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Danielinthelionsden wrote,
Terrorism is when a private individual sets off a bomb or poison gas in a public place, to kill civillians randomly to achieve a political purpose or goal.
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Danny, do you believe then that 9/11 was a terrorist attack? They didn't plant no bombs. They attacked you with Airplanes. The premise of your country for attacking Afghanistan and Iraq was that the Governments not private individuals were responsible for ramming those planes into buildings. There are a lots of loopholes in your theory. I'll move on to the next when you clear this out for me.
Posted by: yasseryousufi2 | September 7, 2010 3:06 AM
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PURLGURL,
Still stuck on Apostates are you? Take your time. Read my post two or three times. Maybe you'll understand my clearly spelled out premise. A few violent muslims might have killed apostates in random acts of violence, that doean't mean those murders are sanctioned by clergy or state.
Next you bring up a strange topic. I dont know what you're talking about. If any criminals who might be muslims did such an act, its reprehensible. Do you think their religion had something to do with it? Why do you point to only muslims?
Posted by: yasseryousufi2 | September 7, 2010 2:48 AM
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yasseryousufi writes, "I said no apostate has been murdered...."
Previously you write apostates have not been murdered. Next you write apostates have been murdered. Now you write apostates have not been murdered.
This is very clear you do intend to be truthful just like hassan is refusing to be truthful.
I will try yet another topic.
Why did Muslims blow up a school full of babies and little children, slaughtering hundreds of defenseless children?
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 7, 2010 1:51 AM
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PURLGURL writes,
First you write apostates are not murdered.
Next you write apostates are murdered.
You are a very confused Muslim.
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I think you really need to take your medication. You're having serious difficulty in reading and understanding clearly spelled out sentences. Maybe its old age. I said no apostate has been murdered in a state sanctioned death sentence in the 50 or so Islamic countries I know of. There are thousands of Apostates living in muslim countries of which I cited you some examples. If an apostate is murdered in an act of rage its a criminal offense whether committed in Pakistan or US. What do you say about Hindus burning Dalits to death for converting to Christianity?
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 7, 2010 1:16 AM
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PURLGURL Writes,
Here in America we place murderers in prison.
Why do Muslims not place murderers in prison?
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You ask such childish questions. Have you lived all your life in a tent? Do you have any reason to believe we do it differently? Again, I'm dieing to hear your source of info on Islam........
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 7, 2010 12:54 AM
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Posted by: Manske | September 6, 2010 11:00 PM
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Secular, you pathetic old man! Didn't your Hindu mother tell you that if you lie incessantly you'll be born a pig in your next life?
Posted YasserYousufi AKA Dr. Conflation
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Actually it is chameleon to deceive the muslims in battle. Anyway what is your obsession with Pigs. They are some of the tastiest meats. You really need to try them Josephi. With Ham and bacon in the morning, slab of Baby back for lunch and with pair of juicy pork chops for the supper. Man! that is like Niravana, actually Jannat.
Dr. conflation other than your invective you have not raised any legitimate responses to my posts. Now why doesn't it surprise me?
Regarding apostasy that you are arguing with PurlGirl, now come on BRO why are pervercating so poorly? Here are some of the recent such instances below:
Some prominent recent examples of death sentences threatened or issued for apostasy include non-religious authors and activists such as Salman Rushdie, Taslima Nasrin, Maryam Namazie, Mina Ahadi, Arzu Toker, and the blogger Kareem Amer, as well as converts to Christianity such as the Egyptian Mohammed Hegazy and the Afghan Abdul Rahman. If you think I made it up here is the URL
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Apostasy_in_Islam
It is futile battle BRO. My advice just ignore the remaining posts from PurlGirl and me. That way you won't be making more and more Faux pas. Of course the remaining bloggers may think you are all bluster. Don't worry nobody next door would be the wiser, about your retreat. BTW why are you so harsh on PurlGirl, not becoming of chivlrous muslim conqueror like you, I bet your hero Saladin wouldn't do it. Can't say the same for Umar though.
Posted by: Secular | September 6, 2010 10:30 PM
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yasseryousufi2
Terrorism is when a private individual sets off a bomb or poison gas in a public place, to kill civillians randomly to achieve a political purpose or goal.
Posted by: DanielintheLionsDen | September 6, 2010 8:59 PM
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Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 8:21 PM
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yasseryousufi writes, "I asked you to cite a single instance where a state has condemned anyone to death for apostasy, you couldn't come up with any. Because it doesn't happen."
yasseryousufi writes, "The random acts of violence by muslims of killing the apostates has more to do with culture."
First you write apostates are not murdered.
Next you write apostates are murdered.
You are a very confused Muslim.
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 7:02 PM
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yasseryousufi writes, "Not every Apostate gets killed in muslim countries."
This is quite different than writing,
"No apostate gets killed in Muslim countries."
Why do Muslims allow apostates to be brutally murdered?
Here in America we place murderers in prison.
Why do Muslims not place murderers in prison?
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 6:56 PM
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PURLGURL writes,
You, yasseryousufi, have confessed Muslims believe they must do something about apostates. This is psychotic behavior, this is insane behavior.
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Read my post again PURLGURL. Take some adult help if you have difficulty in understanding the language. I never said muslims must do something about apostates. They have no business in what other people believe in. Apostasy is not even an issue amongst muslims. I asked you to cite a single instance where a state has condemned anyone to death for apostasy, you couldn't come up with any. Because it doesn't happen. The random acts of violence by muslims of killing the apostates has more to do with culture. No one condones them. The perpetrators of these crimes are punished where ever they commit these crimes. Do you know in India they burn the whole villages of Dalits who convert to Christianity? Its a cultural thing. Violent, uneducated people take it as an insult when one of their kins changes his/her religion. Same goes for cutting off body parts. Its a cultural thing. Some of your fellow Indian/Hispanic brothers involved in drug trade in Columbia and other parts of Latin America regularly chop off body parts of villagers who are accused of spying. It happens in all third world countries. Even the Europeans and Americans aren't immune to some really violent domestic violence, are they?
Not every Apostate gets killed in muslim countries. Let me educate you a bit, because your knowledge of Islam is obviously scanty. In Pakistan, my home country, there are Ahmedis who have been declared apostates by the state. Yet they are free to practice their religion. Build their mosques and even preach their religion. They have significant presence in high posts in the Bureaucracy, Judiciary and Army. Parvez Musharraf's wife was an Ahmedi. Its funny Pakistani's are significantly less fanatical about the religion of their leaders compared to you Americans. The huge debate about the religion of Obama, God forbid he might be a muslim! Pakistani's didn't bother much about Musharraf's religion when they elected him as President.
I would really like to know what is your source of Information on Islam/Muslims because I see you posting so many anti-islamic posts posing as some expert on Islam. Surely you must have read Karen Armstrong or John Esposito, no? Both of them are scholars of repute and considered authority on Islam.
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 6, 2010 6:30 PM
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Secular, you pathetic old man! Didn't your Hindu mother tell you that if you lie incessantly you'll be born a pig in your next life? You sound like a masochist who enjoys being humiliated, rather craves for it. Do you have nobody to talk to in the cave that you live? Do you bring up your stupid points to seek attention? You really need to see a doctor. If not for yourself, for people who are around you. Psychopaths are dangerous people. I have no doubt you are one.
I have literally lost count how many times I have reminded you of lies and false information in your posts. You along with your rest of Hindu gang......Navin, Kafir, Chatterjee you just hate us muslims/pakistanis because we ruled you for a thousand years!
Where do I begin? You say Saddam should have backed from his position. What Position?? Saddam said all along he had no weapons you douchebag! Regarding Afghanistan, so the Afghanis deserve to die at the hands of Blackwater everyday and bear those Hellfire and Clusters missiles fired on wedding parties because their leaders helped Osama bin Laden? By that logic wasn't 9/11 a justified attack. (I'm sorry I'm talking logic with you, but I guess other people read this post to so the logic part is addressed to them). You dont want me to list the crimes of CIA and US Government prior to 9/11 do you? If its just Osama they wanted, the Taliban had offered to hand him over to a third country where he was assured of a fair trial. With regard to the Bosnia, as always you bare your ignorance every time you open your mouth. Muslims countries offered to help the Bosnian in every possible way but the Americans along with Europeans imposed arms embargoes on the Bosnians. They didn't want the Arab armies and weaponry present in Europe. The fact you defend the mass murder of defenseless Gazan women, children and elderly by Israeli as justified.......I don't have any words for you. All I can say you're just pathetic, hateful man.
Your incessant Islam is evil rant is again devoid of logic. So you only see muslims committing violence in all their 1400 year old history? And yet you cannot come up with a definition for terrorism that you condemn muslims for! So typical of you. All bluster no substance.
I wish I could say I like picking up the lies in your posts. Honestly, I dont enjoy talking to you. Writing these long responses to someone who lacks the basic IQ to make a cogent argument. All you do is rant and keep changing goal posts when your points get defeated and jumping up and down like your monkey god thinking all the while you've won the argument. Someone needs to ram it in your head, you're not an expert on Islam, or Judaism or Christianity. Every time you open your mouth on these things you know nothing of, you just embarrass yourself.
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 6, 2010 5:56 PM
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Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 2:28 PM
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ow about this, Chopra, what happiness is found in brutality maiming defenseless children?
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Or how about raping them..........in a Church!
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There you go again Dr. Conflation. The clergy again did not that because their good book told them to do. They did it because young boys were the only easy way they found to give vent to their sick sexual predilections. The church to its utter infamy later tried to cover it up. When it became known, church was taken to task and is being taken t task and a lot of laity either left the church or have publicly condemned it. The secular authorities are taking action too. Tell me where do you see that kind of purging in your 47 paradises. Lets see, instead we see likes of you coming here without a tinge of shame conflating the issue. Why are you such a glutton for ridicule and mockery Dr. Conflation. Did you ever think of that? "Why do I take so much ridicule from the likes of Secular? Why don't I just shut up and avoid all this?" If you introspect in that manner, Dr. Conflation you will find the answer. And the answer would be "Oh! Oh! I know because my good book tells me that i should defend islam no matter what. So I am doing this". Then Dr. Conflation you may start asking this question of yourself, "Why do I follow that silly delusional book of remarks, of a delusional, narcissistic, megalomanaical, illiterate 7th century bedouin"? Then you will come to this conclusion, "How silly of me, as educated man like me subscribing that silliness, NO! NO! NO!" And then you will see the bright light of REASON. Then you will take the hands of your wife(s) and dance in jubilation, screaming at top of your voice borrowing the words of that apostle of peace, honor, and integrity Mr. Martin Luther King Jr., "FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST, OH! BY GEORGE I GOT IT! I GOT IT!"
Wouldn't that be wonderful? Oh! well we all dream sometimes, don't we? So long Dr. Conflation.
Posted by: Secular | September 6, 2010 1:52 PM
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Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 1:07 PM
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Aah! Mr. yousufi, you accused e of making jokes about your skydaddy before. Do you want to know why. When you make these kind of atrocious arguments, you deserve to be ridiculed and ridicule you will get, nothing less. You said "#2&3 Slaughter?? Do muslims slaughter their women and children? All of us? I think you're loosing your mind. Happens to most idiots blinded by hate and bigotry". Now isn't that a conflating of the issue altogether? Who accused each and every muslim does anything the same way. It depends on how much of zeitgeist had penetrated into a particular muslim's psyche. No one accused every single muslim acts in an identical manner. Then you doctor of conflation remarked "I heard of a Christian man in Austria who abducted his own 12 year old daughter, kept her in the basement of his house, raped her everyday for 2 decades and fathered several children with her. Am I to assume all White Christian males are like that? That's how stupid your logic is". Oh yes you guys do that, of course that does not mean every individual muslim. You do find loonies in the general population, that does not make the rule. Besides did he do that because his good book told him to do? I guarantee you NO. He did that because he was a vile evil man. You on this blog are very adept at conflation. Then when you are ridiculed you cry foul. Doctor Yousufi, when you give up the delusional claims of your imaginary skydaddy, thats when I will stop making skydaddy jokes. Ok !
Posted by: Secular | September 6, 2010 12:36 PM
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How about this, Chopra, what happiness is found in brutality maiming defenseless children?
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Or how about raping them..........in a Church!
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 6, 2010 12:22 PM
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R A N U L,
Yes, Ye Understood. Because Ye Answered in the Affirmative.
Happy Every Day! Like a Birthday. aye.
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 12:19 PM
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RANUL quips, "that won't help Mr Chopra to SELL his book!"
Boy howdy!
I am thinking to ask Deepak Chopra to give us his "Ultimate Happiness" spin on this persistent Islamic habit of cutting off the noses and the ears of little girls.
His spin should be rather interesting.
How about this, Chopra, what happiness is found in brutality maiming defenseless children?
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 12:15 PM
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Aah! Mr. Yousufi you claim "You can squirm about all you want. But it's still a valid question. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TERRORISM???" here is a definition of sort unjustified and unprovoked act of violence or coercion against individuals or groups in carrying out ones dogmatic agenda. So there you go.
Then you ask, "What happened to those Iraqis who died in thousands in the name of freedom they never asked for??" This is a fair question. While I was opposed to BUsh's war, Saddam too could have walked back from his position too. So blame Saddam, shrub & Tony. Then you go on "What about the Afghanis who also died in thousands for a crime none of their countrymen committed?" Now your silly season begins with your claim the then government gave sustenance and sanctuary and support for Osama. To be frank I did not care for that campaign either, because I could see it turning into a morass that it is today. The better approach would have been to infiltrate and destroy from inside. Then you go on "What of the terrorism directed at the people of Gaza, shut in from all sides and then bombed from land sea and air??" This is a retaliatory attacks for what Hamas and Hizbollah do over there. Again they can stop it whenever they are willing. You go on about "What about the Bosniaks? 7000 men killed in a single day just for being muslim!" In fact the west was the one that came to the rescue of the Bosnians, hardly a muslim country raised a big stink about it. It was Bill & Tony who took a stand and condemn it and sent troops. So you don't event go there. Then you claimed that "All you bigots and Islamophobe quick to point out even minor provocations by muslims, I wanna hear whats the definition of terrorism. Give me a definition that absolves you of all your crimes and implicates only muslim and i'll accept your only muslims are terrorist theory." This diatribe is typical of your ilk. There ever is hardly a muslim questioning the atrocities committed in name of islam over the long 14 centuries, but are quick to play the victim card at the least of the provocations and also to minimize the acts of extreme generosity that are shown towards your ilk.
Posted by: Secular | September 6, 2010 12:14 PM
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Hussain2 You wrote "The issue of apostacy is not as you described where muslims will kill your whole family as Nazis killed Jewish families". You are up to the usual tricks of conflating one issue with another. Why are you trying to conflating Nazi killings with islamic killings of apostates. Both are barbaric other than that there is nothing to compare. Can't you guys engage in honest debate? I guess not.
Then you asked us to "Watch this video for your answer on this issue:
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Yes I have watched this and many a one of this Naik fellow. He is very rich, he goes on to compare Apostasy to treason and bandy's that one Meccan verse about "no compulsion in religion". Then what about these verses 2:217, 4:89, 9:11 - 12, 9:73-74, 88:21, 5:54, and 9:66. and above all 4:80 clearly stating mimicking MO is as though obeying Koran. Isn't that rich? Now coming to Hadith we see:
Bukhari (52:260), Bukhari (83:37), Bukhari (84:57), Bukhari (89:271), Bukhari (84:58), Bukhari (84:64-65), Abu Dawud (4346), Reliance of the Traveller (Islamic Law) 08.1, 08.4 all unequivocally recommending death. Unless you institute a new doctrine of reverse abrogation, the above stand following your own concept of abrogation.
Now speaking of abrogation, why a divine eternal book be made of contradictory verses and the need for abrogation. Besides if Koran is uncreated, then how can one really speak of earlier and latter verses? There should be no temporal nature to the verses at all. The long and short of it is Koran is an unadulterated crap, made of earlier delusional crap from OT & NT.
Then you go on "As for me being in Afghanistan, you are so prejudically right on assuming that if i am defending islam, i must be a backward minded uneducated person living in a country that has not seen civilization in ages". I agree with all the truth claims of the above statement bar one. The one about your education. I never thought you were uneducated. For the rest no arguments. At least we agree on a few things.
The trouble with you muslims is you cannot bring yourself to admit that Koran is a collection of delusional hate filled statements of a narcissistic, epileptic, megalomaniac. You pick a stray verse and claim how peaceful it is, ignoring the 10 others which state the opposite. Unlike the Jews and Xtians who admit to the flaws of their books, which has its problems in my view, you guys cling on to every tittle of the book. Hassan2 you come back with your categorical eschewing of Koranic position of Koran and reject the koranic verse on the subject for further discussion.
Posted by: Secular | September 6, 2010 12:13 PM
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yasseryousufi comments,
"There is no consensus among muslims about what to do with apostates."
Why sure there is consensus, "Kill apostates."
I will set this slaughtering aside and ask, "Why do Muslims believe they must do something about apostates?"
What business is this of Muslims what faith is a person?
You, yasseryousufi, have confessed Muslims believe they must do something about apostates. This is psychotic behavior, this is insane behavior.
In essence, yasseryousufi, you have conceded to me Muslims are insane.
Many religions will reject a person from a church or a faith for whatever, such as excommunication by the Catholic church. However, this is extremely rare and only considered after very serious egregious events. This rejection never involves death, unless Islam is involved.
Muslims, as you know you kill apostates without hesitation and without thought.
yasseryousufi asks, "Do muslims slaughter their women and children?"
Yes. This slaughter takes place on a daily basis. Right now, as I type, a woman, a child, people, somewhere out there in the world those innocents are being maimed or killed by Muslims.
Seems to me Muslims are absolutely wild about cutting off the noses and the ears of little girls, then leaving those defenseless little girls for dead.
Such is reality, yasseryousufi.
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 12:11 PM
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Shame on CO-Defendants or Partners in Crime who got away Scott free and laughing at US Voters while Laughing all the The way to the Bank Worry-Free, for Causing AMERICAN's financial HARDSHIP's (Broken Hearts, Spirits, mass homelessness, low esteem etc] via Selfish Elected-Officials [as if GANGS] thus creating the Tsunami" via them U.S. FED RESERVE people & U.S. TREASURY too! Includes the, turning other Cheek, S.E.C. & I.R.S. & CO., gang/people.
Secret: Psychology: All Those U.S. Victims, Especially U.S.A. Kids Whom was a Victim & their Parents For What Happened during Bush's & Clinton's, Will Become Extremists, Radicals & Worse Revolutionaries! a/k/a America's Silent future CIVIL-WAR!? And
Pleazza, BUSH & Clinton Lovers, Do NOt call these good American Kids who will eventually grow-up [Terrorists when ye have to turn the Malitia against them] when they Rise-Up against US, the Establishment in the Next 10 Years! It will be like a bunch of Frankin-Steins (Clinton/Bush made) going mad all at once or sporadically.
Note: If This was China, They All Would/ve Been Shot Already. And If It Was Russia They would be working in the Gulags. And If it was Saudi Arabia, They [COMMISSIONERS] Would've already got their Hands Chopped-Off for STEALING/Enriching selves!
PS: And Now; It is highly Recommended That the CIA & The NSA & The PENTAGON Take Over The "WHITE-HOUSE". And that this Current Presidency's "EXECUTIVE POWERS" via "Executive-ORDERS" (Abuses,& Recklessness) should Be Snuffed-out or Stopped!
AMERICA Should Have a "GENERAL ELECTION" In 2011, Not 2012: Under NATIONAL [Financial] EMERGENCY Reasons or Find some Other Pretexts to do so, "INSTEAD OF CONSTITUTION"! AND
The U.S. Constitution Needs To Be REPEALED, or Fixed or Tweake'd for the 21/22nd Century+; Especially To ONLY ALLOW a President to Serve up to 2-Two, 3-Three Years-Terms (max of 6 years not 8)! Or Maybe up to 3 Times 3 (for 9 years Total if HE or SHE is really good, Like Roosevelt {pbuh}, Lincoln {pbuh et al})
AND Congress Shall Establish a "U.S. RELIGIOUS POLICE" with Powers to "LIMIT" Mosques, Synagogues, Temples Building etc.. so to Police Their "Tax-Exempt" Leaderships More Closely! AND
Ex- SEN. Hillary Rodman Clinton should be IMPEACHED for Usurping U.S. CONST. 1:6 et al. And Prez Borack H. OBAMA should be Censored for Kissing The Hand Of a G-d Player, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia & for other Oss kiss'ngs or of Enemies.
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 11:54 AM
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Beating a woman for not wearing her headscarf is all I need to know about Islam.
Posted by: areyousaying | September 6, 2010 11:16 AM
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"Chopra, give us your "Ultimate Happiness" spin on those issues."
that won't help Mr Chopra to SELL his book!!
well, well, Mr Chopra, you gotta pay for your Intellectual dishonesty!!!
Posted by: ranul | September 6, 2010 10:52 AM
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oopps
".... When The New York CONSTITUTION (holy holy ????) and N.Y.C's CHARTER Forbids a 3rd Term..."
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Soo, "INSTEAD OF CONSTITUTION" Mr. Bloomberg et al Usurped & Flouted US Voters by Turning a "NO" into a "YES"???
And ex-N.Y. Senator Hillary CLINTON turned a Federal Constitutions, "NO" clause into a "YES" Clause by Abandoning her seat to Become some Hot-Shot "Secretary Of State"??? And Now 'Hired" or Deputized the Ishlami Mosque mastermind, Immam RAUF/KHAN as U.S. Ambassadors to Educate The "ELDERS OF AL-TAQIYAH" about American Ishlami's???
Pleazza OBAMA, Pleazza CLINTON DO-n-THEN-Deny and or they Deny-n-THEN-DO Days are Gonna be Over ???
PS: Did Ye/Yo Know that it was the iRISH Economy from Ireland Who 1st tumbled or Domino'd or cascaded Financially, thus IGNITING this Planet/World Financial Tsunami??? YES!
Imagine the Irish Government Borrowing 100 Years Worth (in Advance) of Their current GNP or GDP.
SECRET: The CLINTONS Knew & the BUSH's Knew that, before the (un)great Crash/Depression, that the U.S. Stock market was only worth or had a base of 1-Trillion Dollars($), yet was Ponzy'd into a $14-Trillion Dollar Paper-ELEPHANT or Paper-DONKEY market; Forget Paper-TiGER (of SINO-CHINKO towns)???
Shaaame On the (un)Lucky IRISH? Poor GERMANS!. Ironically; They must sing, THANK G_D FOR THE GERMAN PEOPLE", NOT ENGLAND, NOt iSRAEL & CO.!
SECRET 2: Did Ye Yo Know That The Fanni-May & Mack & Country Wide [Mortgage Dealers] Sold Most of Their WALL STREET Re-Packaged Mortgages to the KOREAN's??? They also Caused a largest of the Speculation (Created Demand, aka a Market) and later prinked the BUBBLE!!! Soo
Shaame on the Kim-chee-t'rs Sneaky Smiling Sino Koreans too!
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 10:45 AM
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"Why do Muslims slaughter apostates?"
"Why do Muslims slaughter women?"
"Why do Muslims slaughter their children?"
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Totally Dumb questions by a woman who obviously gets all her info on Islam from Faux news
#1 There is no consensus among muslims about what to do with apostates. Cite me on instance where a state has punished someone to death for apostasy. Please do not cite random acts of violence committed by muslims as proof because I can cite you a hundred more acts of your co-believers. And death for apostasy is not unique to Islam. In the past Christian Kings had also condemned their subjects to death for apostasy. Sikh's and Hindus also kill their daughters for being too western.
#2&3 Slaughter?? Do muslims slaughter their women and children? All of us? I think you're loosing your mind. Happens to most idiots blinded by hate and bigotry. I heard of a Christian man in Austria who abducted his own 12 year old daughter, kept her in the basement of his house, raped her everyday for 2 decades and fathered several children with her. Am I to assume all White Christian males are like that? That's how stupid your logic is.
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 6, 2010 10:41 AM
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HASSAN
""And you ask why punish someone for a crime? That seems rather foolish coming from you who seem to portray herself as knowing all about ISLAM.""
hassan seems you missing the point, the issue is not who invented such barberic punishment, but who still subscribes to it??
yup, indeed! islam didn't invent death penalty for adultery!
but, it was muhammad who invoked the barberic punishment!
back then the jews were becoming civil! instead of stoning , they blackened the face and humiliated!
the prophet of hate aka muhammad insisted on stoning and after 1400 it still continues...
here's the hadith explaining it!!
(sahih bukhari Book #60, Hadith #79)
Narrated 'Abdullah bin Umar: The jews brought to the Prophet a man and a woman from among them who had committed illegal sexual intercourse. The Prophet said to them, "How do you usually punish the one amongst you who has committed illegal sexual intercourse?" They replied, "We blacken their faces with coal and beat them," He said, "Don't you find the order of Ar-Rajm (i.e. stoning to death) in the Torah?" They replied, "We do not find anything in it." 'Abdullah bin Salam (after hearing this conversation) said to them. "You have told a lie! Bring here the Torah and recite it if you are truthful." (So the jews brought the Torah). And the religious teacher who was teaching it to them, put his hand over the Verse of Ar-Rajm and started reading what was written above and below the place hidden with his hand, but he did not read the Verse of Ar-Rajm. 'Abdullah bin Salam removed his (i.e. the teacher's) hand from the Verse of Ar-Rajm and said, "What is this?" So when the jews saw that Verse, they said, "This is the Verse of Ar-Rajm." So the Prophet ordered the two adulterers to be stoned to death, and they were stoned to death near the place where biers used to be placed near the Mosque. I saw her companion (i.e. the adulterer) bowing over her so as to protect her from the stones.
Posted by: ranul | September 6, 2010 10:40 AM
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How about you, Deepak Chopra, will you discuss these issues?
"Why do Muslims slaughter apostates?"
"Why do Muslims slaughter women?"
"Why do Muslims slaughter their children?"
Chopra, give us your "Ultimate Happiness" spin on those issues.
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Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 10:01 AM
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hassan2, you refuse to discuss why Muslims slaughter apostates.
You refuse to discuss why Muslims stone women to death.
I will present another topic. Maybe you will discuss this topic.
"Why do Muslims slaughter their own children?"
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Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 9:55 AM
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correction:
As a PRO Ishlami Creeper, Why is it that USURPER & Big Mouth, Billionaire Mayer Michael BLOOMBERG 3rd-Termer??? from TAMMANY-Hall & CRONY's, is still a Mayor, When The New York CONSTITUTION (holy holy ????) and N.Y.C. have Self-Served or Dealt themselves a 3rd Term & Gave Selves a Raise(COLA?); under some Pretexts of WALL STREET Financial Crises as 'Emergency' or as State 'Security' reasons?.
REVEALation: Bloomy Made his Billions From WALL STREE while at now defunct SOLOMON BROTHERS & MERRYL LYNCH {and Secretly with SHEARSON LEHMAN BROS. & Robber Barron's of America} as an Investment Banker Himself! Sooo
So the Reason Why Michael Bloomberg is PRO (in favor) of Creeping ISHLAMI MOSQUE thing is Because Mr. Bloomberg Owns (Indirectly for Now) BLOOMBERG PLC. And His Clients Are Ishlami's and He Doesn't want to Loose them Now Or In Future. But but
Deep Down his Russian-Judeo-Heart, He is Probably Against Building The Saudi-Judeo-Mosque.
REMEMBER: This Rich agent (maybe a Closet COMMY Politician from Russia?) Dood, got to be Mayor by buying (He Buys, Thats all he does; and Then Writes-off) VOTES at $75.00 each??? So he is KING OF TAMMANY HALL (NYC)! Note: His Net Wealth had Doubled since. Soo LOOK-OUT!
Imagine What This Russian Commy is gonna Do This Mid-Term Election on a NATIONAL LEVEL, not only State wise?? Especially With the New Generous, or Prodigal Election/Campaign Finance LAWS, allowing LIMITLESS Donations by Entities/Corps as if Individual contributors??? Pleazza see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bloomberg
Soo, Keep a Close Eye on This (potentially 'Closet' of a proud Russian Commy Agent(s)) OLIGARCH turned Politician!
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 9:53 AM
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PURLGURL,
Alas you are still projecting acts of a few to the whole muslim world by referring to 9/11 as something the whole muslim world did.
Anyhow, the issue of adultery and it's punishment did not start with islam, please refer to the bible:
Deuteronomy 22:22 "If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die."
Leviticus 20:10 "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death."
And you ask why punish someone for a crime? That seems rather foolish coming from you who seem to portray herself as knowing all about ISLAM.
Posted by: hassan2 | September 6, 2010 9:46 AM
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"I recall that about the time President Bush was premature celebrating the accomplishment of his mission, the Iraqis were dancing and celebrating around statues of Saddam Hussein before toppling them."
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Yep.....the stage managed dance by a dozen Iraqis proves they wanted to be shocked and awed into rubbles! Is it just a co-incidence that almost all the countries that attacked and gang raped Iraq and Afghanistan were Christian? George Bush lets the cat out of the bag inadvertently by revealing his true feelings and calling this wholesale murder a crusade. The Arabs still remember the barbarity of the Crusaders only this current crusade turning out to be a lot more deadlier.
And what about Israel bombing schools, hospitals, UN safe houses, taking out dozens of innocents to kill one alleged terrorist? The terrorism directed by non-muslims towards muslims is at least 10 times more than the other way round. Thats a fact.........if you put the same microscope on yourself that you put on the muslims, you look a lot more uglier.
Posted by: yasseryousufi | September 6, 2010 9:20 AM
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Mr. Chopra might be knowledgeable in some things but he is ignorant about islam. He writes: mohammad received koran as "a divine transmission" in keeping with most of the world's scriptures ----
Nowhere in the Bible, from moses to jesus, anyone said that what they are saying(e.g.today)is brought to them by an angel as a divine transmission but what they said(e.g.yesterday)they made that up all by themselves so call one koran and the other hadith.
Islam is a product of ignorance and is ignorance and that was the reason mohammad killed and expelled jews and christians from arabia because they knew the Bible and
knew that his koran stories show ignorance.
Islam is now being exposed like it has never been exposed before that it is a beast disguised as a religion and is the motivator of violence by muslims.
Posted by: brahman | September 6, 2010 9:12 AM
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Stoning widows for adultery is all I need to know about Islam.
Posted by: areyousaying | September 6, 2010 8:30 AM
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"What happened to those Iraqis who died in thousands in the name of freedom they never asked for??"
I recall that about the time President Bush was premature celebrating the accomplishment of his mission, the Iraqis were dancing and celebrating around statues of Saddam Hussein before toppling them.
The exact boundaries and definitions of terrorism are complicated, but generally involve distinctions of military vs civilian targets, and whether the parties are at war. A Pakistani attempting to blow up Times Square has none of the elements of a military operation. The US Air Force bombing Radio Baghdad, causing civilian deaths inside the building, does.
Posted by: WmarkW | September 6, 2010 8:02 AM
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Ooooppssss.
Note: As Ye/Yo can See; Once WE[i], i[WE] Elect these two-face WORD-MERCHANTS of certain Politician-GANGs aka "USURPER"s, Then THEY DO WHAT They WANT. So There is
NO U.S. or State CONSTITUTION!! YES, Things Must Change, Not only Yes We Can hot air. DO, No Talk!!
Maybe SARA PALIN Ms. RIGHT is right (Not Wrong)?! Sarai Ain't Afraid to Break or Dirty Her finger Nails. Now That's Tough; So Sara Ain't No "Manicure-Babby", but a Lipstick Momma! eeeeeehaaaa!
Note: Sisstar SARAi is starting to look really good ('Platform/ticket', not only Lipstick & looks) soo maybe she should be our 1st LADY President, aye? OR/b>
Maybe Brother MiTT ROMNEY is the right Mr. RiGHT (NOt Wrong). Likewise; MITT is looking & Sounding GOOD too. A Great BUISINEES MAN Who Will Save AMERICA from Poverty & out of Debt!?
Note: MITT maybe should be our 1st MORMON (A Xrstian , but Persecuted People, NOt only AFRO-Americans) Prez aye??.
"WE, The People" Need To Take Our Nation Back & fix the Sick Constitution? This is NOt a Test! This is Real!!
Note: And GLENN BECK might be 1/2 or 3/4 right (NOt Left oopps, Wrong)?
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Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 8:00 AM
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G O O D - A N G E L
Not Bad, Not Baad. iNteresting; "FREEDOM OF RELIGION..." Hmmmmmm? Here's Good Legal-'Reasoning' Why the Ishlami's should be stopped to creep/sneak their Satanic versUS ways nearer to 'Ground Zero (holy holy holy..) THAT
Besides the "NO [Where 'NO' means Not-a-YES] Religio-TEST" Clause in "ARTICLE-6/Six" of OUR U.S. Constitution (Holy holy holy..); THAT
WE[i] believe that that in The 1st AMENDMENT (holy, holy, holy..), correct i if wrong, THAT:
IT also Tells US (Eklah-t-iON's a/k/a HUUMATES or Apocalyptic-ON's or Apocalyptic-OFF's as Humans alike) that i[WE] can exercise, w/out Fear of reprisals etc. OUR Religion (via G_D, if any) a/k/a "My Belief/Faith/Religion" Yes? O.K?, O.K. Check! NOW:
Thee U.S. Constitution (holy holy holy..) also "Guarantees"(?) US (Voters/Citizenz/Denizens of S.pace-S.hip Earths) via the "Article 1/one SECTion 6/Six" sais clearly THAT:
"No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments whereof shall have been increased during such time: and no person holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either House during his continuance in office." Soo As a "USURPER" who Approves of this Ishlamic-Scare/Creep at WTC (holy holy holy) Contrary to thee CONSTITUTION (holy holy holy..) WHY is (Ex- N.Y. Senator?) after loosing Prez Election that "Hillary Rodman CLINTON" is now the 'Secretary Of State' & NOt a Senator Still????// AND
As a PRO Ishlami Creeper, Why is it that USURPER & Big Mouth, Billionaire Mayer Michael BLOOMBERG 3rd-Termer??? from TAMMANY-Hall & CRONY's, is still a Mayor, When The New York CONSTITUTION (holy holy ????) and N.Y.C. have Self-Served or Dealt themselves a 3rd Term; ubder some Pretexts of 'Emerge4ncy' or State 'Security'?
POiNT: If Hillary R. Clinton(s) & CO can USURP OUR (not Their) Constitution (holy holy holy) by Bending-it (actually Broke it) And Mr. Michael Bloomy & CO., can Usurp & Over-ride the 2nd Term Clauses of N.Y.S. Constiution; THEN
WHY NOt USURP or Abrigate, Like-(un)wise the 1st(first) AMENDMENT (Zero Holy now!) Clause concerning F-R-E-E-D-O-M--OF--R-E-L-i-G-I-O-N aye?????
Sooo, NOW WE[i] APOCALYPTIC-ON's (New-Huumates), NOt Apocalyptic-OFF's (OLD Humans) have a Very Good Case to "STOP THE MOSQUE, Creep/Scare etc.." NOW!! If They (Obama, Hillary & Bloomberg et al; Whom i(WE) Elected) can Usurp it, THEN: Why Not for OUR Sake (US-majority Voters who must Get OUR Way by making them Bending it)!?
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 6, 2010 7:25 AM
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PURLGURL,
You can squirm about all you want. But it's still a valid question. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF TERRORISM??? What happened to those Iraqis who died in thousands in the name of freedom they never asked for?? What about the Afghanis who also died in thousands for a crime none of their countrymen committed? What of the terrorism directed at the people of Gaza, shut in from all sides and then bombed from land sea and air?? What about the Bosniaks? 7000 men killed in a single day just for being muslim! All you bigots and Islamophobe quick to point out even minor provocations by muslims, I wanna hear whats the definition of terrorism. Give me a definition that absolves you of all your crimes and implicates only muslim and i'll accept your only muslims are terrorist theory.
Posted by: yasseryousufi2 | September 6, 2010 6:10 AM
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Hassan2, appears you are uncomfortable discussing Muslims killing apostates. Maybe you will be more comfortable with this question:
"Why do Muslims stone women to death?"
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 2:40 AM
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hassan2 writes, "The issue of apostacy is not as you described where muslims will kill your whole family as Nazis killed Jewish families."
I understand. Muslims only kill a few family members, not all family members.
Yes, this is morally acceptable. Please continue your killing people, just don't kill too many all once, like you did on September 11, 2001.
I am still waiting for you to answer question, "Why do Muslims kill apostates and their families?"
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 6, 2010 2:35 AM
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@SECULAR & PERLGURL
The issue of apostacy is not as you described where muslims will kill your whole family as Nazis killed Jewish families.
Watch this video for your answer on this issue:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqyQOnu8Rd4
As for me being in Afghanistan, you are so prejudically right on assuming that if i am defending islam, i must be a backward minded uneducated person living in a country that has not seen civilization in ages.
Way to think with an open mind
Posted by: hassan2 | September 6, 2010 2:08 AM
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Islam should not be protected under freedom of religion, because it is a military, political, legal cult with religion as a front. It is cruel, primitive, and barbaric. Just because a few Muslim backsliders moved to the USA doesn't mean they have no intention of doing what they have done is every country they have invaded. They had freedom in Great Britain and yet they demanded Sharia law. They had freedom in Paris and they did the same thing. They had freedom in Holland and they committed terrorist acts their. They put cartoonists under death threats and writers under death threats in civilized countries. They,like the imam wanting to build the mosque in New York near ground zero, want to change the USA from our American western ways. Islam is first about world domination and second about domination of women. It does not belong in the USA. If the Nazis had said their belief was a religion, would they have been protected too? This, despite what our Muslim loving president said, is a Christian nation. We don't want to allow barbarians to live here. Look at the results in every country that has allowed a large Muslim influx. It is nothing but violence and trouble. Muslim take advantage of weak politically correct western countries, knowing the political class and elites will allow them to reside in the countries and will make excuses for their barbaric ways by bashing people that object to their ways as "ignorant".
Posted by: good_angel | September 5, 2010 11:40 PM
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Chopra below:
"This is consistent with psychological findings, which show that emotions cannot be entirely separated from reason. Our duty is to be self-aware and honest. Being able to hold mixed feelings at the same time is known as the capacity for ambivalence. Mature people have this ability; immature people don't. Self-aware people speak openly about their ambivalence; people who prefer to be unconscious hide their prejudices until it is safe enough to haul them out. Which camp you belong to is your choice."
What may be added to this is that creative people have as one of their traits this very capacity for ambivalence that Chopra points out. Another trait of creatives is persistence in an endeavour. Capacity for ambivalence is probably not enough to overcome religious extremism. What is needed is persistence along with ambivalence. In other words strength similar in power to extremists but in defense of creative power of mind.
Posted by: daniel12 | September 5, 2010 7:07 PM
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Mr. Chopra. YE/YO are getting a "C-" Grade.
Here's Something about Your "Right Thinkers" (opposite of Wrong thinking), a/k/a the 38% Percent'rs that seem to 'GALLUP'ily or even 'PEW'ily Know some or much about Islam [via Quran/Koran/Hadith/News or Even "ONFAITH" here etc..]
Did ye/yo know that in IRAQ today (via Same old Ishlami thinkers, dressed in Secular Garbs) that it is Illegal & Forbidden to Mention, in ANY News MEDIA/T.V etc,, the word "ISRAEL"?
Did Ye/Yo Know'th That the Quran/Koran does not Mention 1-time the Word "JERU-salem" now called Al-QUDs? Yet the Ishlami Ummah through ventriloquists or "ELDERS Of AL-TAQIYAH" via WAHHABI-bi's & AYATOLLAHi Satanic-VersUS lovers., have Built-up a >b>REAL-Mosque therein/at called Al Aqsa Dome; built 691 CE/AD on what Ishlami's now proclaim is a MYTHOLOGICAL-Synagogue (called Solomons Temple on Mount//Wailing Wall)??
Note: Do The "63%" Percent'rs unKnower's know that GAZA was invaded by Muhammadans Barbarians from the South (Uninvited from ARABia deserts) around 632 AD/CE [Same Year Mr. Muhammad Died of Jewess Poisoning)? And Do the Gallup'rs & PEWi's believers? Know that After converting "Wild" GAZAN's that the Ishlami/Esauites together Jealously Invaded (uninvited) JERUSALEM around 637 CE/AD ? And that
this is the Same Year 'Wild' GAZAN's via Ishlami Converts (Ex-BAALIST Pagans) Arabous's HOLOCAUST'd & Diaspora'd PERSIA (Zoroastrians; of a real MONO-theo Religion; which MOSES copy cat'd some, for his Tribes i.e., Civil Law, Family, Business laws etc.., and which Muhammad & Co. later Rehashed & Pilfered his Tribes Religion; Mormons are No Exception)??? Note: Even The "PHARAOH"s of Aegypt referred to GAZA folk as "LOW Life's From Low Lands".
Today: Most Ishlami's, besides Quran/Koran & Hadiths, read The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, A 100 Year old self-Serving Tome. Thank the Ottoman Empire.
POiNT: The ISHLAMi Creep/Spread/Scare in KAFIR Nations is Real. SO
All the 63% Percenters & the 37%'s alike must know That to think, feel or experience bouts of "ISLAMOPHOBIA" is Normal, aka "RiGHT THINKING" , Right-FEELngs, Not Wrong Thinking, Wrong FEELngs! This Is What They Want US Kafirs to Think. It is A SATANIC ploy. Beware!
A HUMAN-Wrong against a HUUMATE-Right is unlike the "CORRECTION OF [Biblio] SIN"S. Because Some WRONGS can Never be Corrected, let alone FORGIVEN!; Please , DO not turn a 'YES' into a 'NO'. i.e., REALITY is NO Fantasy! So Elders of ISHLAMI's DO-n-then-DENY, or DENY-n-Then-DO. i.e., Beware neo-Nazi Ishlami Turkey & CO..
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 5, 2010 6:51 PM
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hassan2 comments, "define terrorism first"
Well, gosh, with your not knowing what is terrorism, you truly are not qualified to comment on this topic of Chopra.
I find this challenging to wrap my mind around your not knowing what is terrorism, but who knows? Maybe you live in a cave in Afghanistan and are ignorant of such things.
hassan2 asks "...what are the 'reliable estimates' you are using?"
This would be estimates provided by private study groups, universities, government officials, many different sources. Those studies and estimates are available to you, if you have internet access in your cave and a computer.
Consensus is 10% of Muslims actively support Islamic terrorism. Oh, sorry, you do not know what is terrorism. No matter, what number is 10% of the total world population of Muslims?
You do know simple arithmetic, yes?
What about this apostasy thing? Over at your place do you warn people they will killed if they abandon the Islamic faith?
I am curious, why do you Muslims kill apostates and their families?
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 5, 2010 5:59 PM
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woodstock, ain't getting your point,
neither i'am getting Mr Chopra's, when he says character of Muhammad fascinates him!
c'on, pedophile , mass murder, womanizer, rapist , Charlatan ... fascinates??
btw, muhammad's slow and painful death (without any heir to his throne), makes me believe in KARMA.
Posted by: ranul | September 5, 2010 5:29 PM
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Hasan2 you wrote "Passing judgment on Islam based on the actions of few radicals is a far stretch. ....." Then you went through afew false equivalences with atrocities by non-muslims against muslims. The false equivalence is when you do not mention anything about how the non-muslim world dealt with the atrocities as opposed to the muslim response to muslim atrocities against non-mslims. Then PurlGirl cited a few stats and also asked a pointed question about how Apostasy is delt with in islam. You challenged hers stats, fair enough. But you simply skirted her question on Apostasy, but took time and ink for another tirade. Can you be a man enough to deal with the apostasy question or do you want to take a pass?
Posted by: Secular | September 5, 2010 5:20 PM
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Good News!
AMERICA as WE[i} knew Uncle-Sam & Aunt Liberty is now going to be BORN AGAIN, as promised, or about to be so to spaketh TRUTH (opposite MYTH) prophetically. U.S.A Is Going Apocalyptic!
Hint: Eponymous A-M-E-R-i-K-a/o (New Name for Post REVEALation America) will have an Eponymous E-K-L-A-H (New Name for G_d, if ANY, but called an "IT" [NO HE nor a SHE nor is "IT" a visible SPIRIT) to believe in.
ABRAHAMics + Christianity + Ishlami's + Buddhist's + Hindu + ... will All, suddenly, go "POOF" time (in Pre-Apocalyptic thinking American Brains/Minds; thus Apocalypticarizing selves).
Hark: A NEW AGE of Faith Exchanging is Upon US. Yes, The "Religion of Everything before the Science of Everything"! a/k/a The Promised/Prophetic "HOlyi COsmic FEeler's FAith" a Belief, like a Religion, but Better; based on TRUTH (opposite MYTH).!
iMportant: Our O.U.R. Apocalyptarian//HUUMATE(s) REVEALations hath ZERO, nadda, NOthing to do with "Glenn Beck's & Co.,[Pre-Apocalyptarian//HUMAN(s)] "God-Delusion"s (credit Richard Dawkins et al).
iMportanto again: From Info & Belief Biologist Richard Dawkins et al secretly hath got together with Physicist STEPHEN HAWKiNG'S, "THE GRAND DESIGN" to plugin in his recent book no "HE/SHE/IT". Amazing, No grace! And
"PATHEOS"(.com) is very Questionable tool of theirs [Evangelicals & CO.]? Soo,
As told Ye/Yo's before: That jointly MORMON's + CATHOLICS & unknown others are Jealously Driven & Desperate to conspire to take-over America in a pre-Apocalyptic [Christian] way as if be true [Their, Not OUR) MANIFEST DESTINY via their (not OUR) DiVINE PROVIDENCE.
They've even resorted to Steal other knowns & unknowns NEW-AGE/time thinkers Writings & then Rehashing them as if Original Thus attempting to Apocalypticize (renew/Modernize) their OLD-AGE/time Jealous-Religions Systems (all IMPORTED ; NOt Made-in-U.S.A.).
Glenn Beck, John Hagee, et al will not Admit that their ABEic Religion flavors, includes VEDic flavors is all Pre-Apocalyptic faith/belief/religion, let alone NOt-AMERICAN (Imported REligion from the Abroad).
The're Addicted to the Flesh & Blood Consumption (not only PETRO) rituals, aka EUCHARIST. but
but WE[i] Apocalyptarians (Apocalyptic-ON's) will help these "EUCHARIST-DRUNKARD"s or Eucharist-Addicts (Pre-Apocalyptarians (Apopcalyptic-OFF's) get-off their own Cannibalistic & Vampire ways; all bad habits imported from Abroad. Soo WE will AMERIKa/o-ize Them! So YE/YO Will See: Scouts Promise, Scouts Honor! PS: i[WE] EKLAHt-i_ON' art also Boy Scouts (Pioneers) Not only Mormons & CO.!
Sing: Praise The HOLYi NO-MON/WOM. Praise IT! Praise "i" [WE]!!
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 5, 2010 4:50 PM
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@ PurlGurl
define terrorism first and then what are the "reliable estimates" you are using?
This is what i mean when prejudice is obvious on the comments you post.
Posted by: hassan2 | September 5, 2010 4:12 PM
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hassan2 comments, "Passing judgment on Islam based on the actions of few radicals is a far stretch."
Current reliable estimates are 25-million to 50-million Muslims support terrorism. This seems more than a "few".
hassan2 adds, "islamicity.com can be a good start."
Over at this islamcity place, do you warn people should they convert to Islam then decide to leave Islam, apostasy, they and their families will be hunted down and killed by Muslims?
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 5, 2010 4:06 PM
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Commenting about Islam without researching has become a norm in American Media nowadays.
Passing judgment on Islam based on the actions of few radicals is a far stretch.
This is like judging christianity by the actions on Nazis
Or by comparing Jodaism to the killing of 1300 lebanese by Israel in 2006 when 5 of israely soldiers were killed by hizbolah
Please stop this prejudice against islam and ask your questions about ISLAM on few of the websites not set up by pretenders.
islamicity.com can be a good start.
Posted by: hassan2 | September 5, 2010 3:54 PM
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part 2
This new insight of hidden & not hidden mix of Ishlami History & their Current Conspiracy's, ventriloquist'd by Satanic-VersUS Lovers WAHHABI//AYATOLLAH (self serving Theocrats & Monarchy's) around the World via MOSQUE BUILDING as new Insight & Pattern Recognition (REVEALATION) is Nauseating.
Last but NOt least: The "Elders Of AL-Taqiyah" mentions how Ishlami/Eaumi's, in U.S.A. & many Kafir Nations (via the 54 Nation Islamic "OIC"s as Bases) Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organisation_of_the_Islamic_Conference
and will start Rioting (mixed Races of ISHLAMi's Backed-Up with help from the "Nation Of Islam") in U.S. Major Cities, but learning from The WATTS RIOTS of the 60's/70's. Please see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Riots
Note: The recent "Wahhabi/Ayatollah sponsored Riots" in FRANCE (blame blame games/pretexts) is only a small part of the whole. Wait n see what could happen in Stupid South/Central America's, IF YE/YO (KAFIRS) LET IT.
CONCLUSION: So, There is a Secret "ISHLAMIC WORLD ORDER:" to take Over our Planet full of KAFIRs/Jews. And It's True: The Elders of Altaqiyah, are soo jealous of the Elders of al Zion; that as long as there is a Jewish (Yahuddi) Nation & a JERUSALEM as Capital that Ishlam is weak. Not G_D, Not Allah, but Wahhabi-Bi's & CO! aka SATANIC VERSUS LOVERS. And
The Protcols of the Elders of AL-TAQIYAH also mentions a Worse fate scenerio against Ishlami's (for helping Hitler, islamic OTTOMAN empire et al; as REVENGE?); that will pale in comparison to what happened to Zion via "SHOA//HOLOCAUST" in Europe & elsewhere. It's scary but could be True.(?)
Then and only then will Big Mouth Ayatollah's & Leaderships will know what a Holocaust is Like. The Lesson being: No more in Denial of REALITY! And accordingly; Not even ALLAH will nor Save them in the Future Holocaust, forget NIKBA. Like Allah fore saked Muhhamad back then [Pre-Electric/Atomic age around 632 CE/AD]. Talkin about "SUBMISION" (a/k/a 'Islam').
PS: Since Jews Tribes committed great Terrors & Shoah's against Goy's and since There have been many many Holocausts (i.e., Ishlami's against Zoroastrians, a MONO theo faith?). So it was'nt only against Jews. It will be against ISHLAMi Tribes in Kafir Nations.
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 5, 2010 3:27 PM
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If Chopra really wants to learn about Muhammad and Islam from square one, the best place is still the Historyscoper's free online Islam history course, which lays all 1400 years out with links to check facts and go deeper at your own pace. To get started http://go.to/islamhistory
Posted by: tlwinslow | September 5, 2010 3:23 PM
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R A N U L (Part 1 of 2)
Once upon a time there was a little mischievous pamphlet/book entitled; the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" [printed around late 1800 or early 1900's].
But Today there is a REVEALng-Book, circulating underground and eventually overtly called the "Protocols of the Elders Of AL-TAQIYAH" [printed between 1990-2000, and a revised edition for 2010/2011+]. In English, Spanish, German, Russian, and Urdu. i[WE have the Russian, Hebrew, Arabic and English collection. Note: Since it's not me book, WE[i] will not put it up on internet. let the 'Originator's do that.
IT basically tells/WARNS the "KAFIR-WORLD" that it is time for ISHLAMi's, aka AL-TAQIYAHist's of the sneaky WAHHABI/AYATOLLAHi International-MAFIOSO Ummah & their IMMAMS (a Islamic Union of ) to start asking the QUESTION?, instead of the ABRAHAMI's of ZION this time around, instead;
"WHY DOES THE WORLD NOW HATE US ISHLAMi/ESAUMi AL-TAQIYAH?"
iNterestingly the "Protocols of The Elders [Wahhabi/Ayatollah & CO.] Of Al-Taqiyah" begins with:
"LET HISTORY BE OUR JURY (Judge & Witness)......." And it phases into How Mr. MuHAM-MAD [the Ishlami/Esaumi Copy-Cat Prophet] was "Poisoned by Lamb Meat" via his Jewess-Concubine; whom took revenge upon MACHO Muhammad's Murderings & Plunder of Her own LOVING & PEACEFUL Household (Husband, Family & Friends) in YATHRUB//Mecca/Medina Arabia's. {If YE/YO art victims of a Robbery or Murder then ye can relate to Her Anger. 632 AD/CE}
Note: So, Mr. Muhammad was Killed by a Jewish-Widow scaring her to be one of his 20+ concubines (Prostitutes; or side kicks).. So Muhammads transgressions (invading a Peaceful Jewish Family) caused his Premature Death, which was by slow "POISON"ings. But where was Allah and his omnipresent Angel Gabriel whom could not prevent this outcome; Which Today Most Ishlami's will refuse to mention. [Close Mind; Even if you Show Them Their Own Qurans/Korans etc.. Please, NO do- Not say "In Shallah" (Allah's Will). WAKE-UP already!
Note: It Mentions the awareness of Ishalami Neo-Nazi TURKEY Ottomons rise, called the New "EVIL EMPIRE" no longer Russia. And SINO's are the Elders of Al Taqiyah's Partners in International {sneaky/Creep like) Crimes.
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 5, 2010 3:19 PM
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Some news.
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Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'
By FRANCES D'EMILIO (AP) – 1 hour ago
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery...but the mother of two could still face execution by hanging for adultery and other offenses....
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Reminds me of a similar case in Afghanistan. A widow of many years is to be or perhaps has been stoned to death for becoming pregnant -- unlawful sex.
This man who impregnated this older widow is being commended for his virility.
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation
Posted by: PurlGurl | September 5, 2010 2:45 PM
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A Christian can walk down the streets of Tel-iv and not worry that a Jew is going to kill them. A Jew can walk the streets of Rome and not fear a Catholic killing them.
Can Christians and Jews safely walk the streets of Egypt, Algeria, Pakistan, or Malaysia? No. The threat of religious intolerance comes not from Christian or Jews. It is overwhelmingly Islamic.
Posted by: SSTK34 | September 5, 2010 1:46 PM
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well, Mr Chopra,
here's some tip to study about Islam and Muhammad!
read Sahih Hadiths ; bukhari , abu dawood , sahih muslim's hadiths ,which are freely availabel online!
read sirat ul rasoolallah [muhammad's biography} by Ibn Ishaq
while reading Quran read its context , that is; 'Tafsir' by Ibn Kathir.
connect all the dots!
you'd get a ugly picture of Islam and would conclude Muhammad as "Demon among men"!!
Well, You as a New Age spiritual Guru ain't expected to offend any religion or its founder, but then neither you are suppose to Defend a Religion or its founder, which you don't have any authority.
Give you an interesting start, just find out why Muhammad, Banned the noble deed of ADOPTION?
Posted by: ranul | September 5, 2010 1:03 PM
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Correction: "Our O.U.R. (O.ne U.niversal R.eligion) B.ook. Superseding the "Book Of of Trans{finity" (BOT) is Being Printed Privately in U.S.A. 1st, and in Russia 2nd, but in SAMIZDAT edition & in Digital-Form; for FREE or near free for the AQUARiUS-Ager's {next 26,000 Years, via EQUINOX Precession that is, for the world at large}". So
To US Apocalyptarian's; The "UNIVERSE" is our O.U.R. Holyi Genuine CONSTITUTION 1st; and U.S. Constitution 2nd. But The "LAWS OF [ITs] NATURE" is our O.U.R. Genuine CLAUSES; in order for HUUMATEs (NOt Humans) to Magnify, Uphold & Make Honorable Until the Real "END of S.S. Earth Time". This is O.U.R. True (opposite MYTH) Story.
Hint: As a PROPHECY Who's time via Holyi-TiME {or TEMPerature} which com'th now That "IT" (NOt a Man nor a Wom nor a Spirit) is about the inevitable DEATH OF PLURALiTY of man/wom-Made Religion Systems on S.pace-S.hip Earth, aka S.S. GAiA, S.S. GEOiD, S.S. TELLUSng something; and
will be replaced by the BIRTH OF SiNGULARITY of ALL//EVERY//ANY of YE/YO PISCES-AGE/KALi etc.. old-time Religion(s) SYSTEM; as WE[i] Knew Them. Soo Good Bye PLURALITY {from Pisces}! and Hello SiNGULARITY {to AquariUS! Goodbye PELEG (Divideds) folks. Hello JYOKTAN (United) folks.
Goodbye Mr. & Mrs. ZEUS! Goodbye OSIRIS & Seth! Goodbye BAAL! Goodbye MOSES, JESUS, MUHAMMAD & SMiTH! Goodbye Mr. VYASA! Good bye GAUTAMA! Goodbye SHINTO et al
BECAUSE They, Lovers of some-one-elses Pre-Apocalyptic Religions, Proved (like a Science) to US their insecurity. And This Behavior is a Threat to US Apocalyptic-ON's by such Apocalyptic-OFF's on Space-Ship Earth!
VOTE: Abolish ALL, NO Exceptions, Pre-Apocalyptic Thinking "THEOCRACY's and their secondary's, MONARCHY" SYSTEM(s) off the Face of S.pace-S.hip Earth [NEBULA Built] Forever.
They are ALL Inferior! All are Primitive! Includes Those in Secular Garb in Governments.
BEHOLD! "GRiDARIAN-DEMOCRACY" & "APOCALYPTIC-FAITH" (IT's compliment) , aka the "Religion of Everything before Science of everything" or the "HOLYi COsmic FEeler's FAith'rs is now, as Promised in ALL ye/Yo's "iNFIXUS-BOOKS", is COME & MADE-IN-AMERICA for sweet sweet AMERIKa/o's 1st and the rest of S.S. Earthlings 2nd!
Note: All Pre-Apocalyptic-OFF's are also called HUMAN(s) believers of Planet "HELLs, Planet/Angels HEAVENS, Planet LIMBO's etc... And i[WE] Apocaliprtic-ON's are called HUUMATE(s) of S.S. Earth; whom believe that LIFE is a Miracle and being Born via "IT"s is a Zero SIN sum nor a Curs'th Reality.. i.e. compare Scientists thinkings/beliefs (Pre-Apocalyptic vs. Apocalyptic).
YES, AMERICA as WE[i} knew Uncle-Sam & Aunt Liberty is now BORN AGAIN also, so to spaketh TRUTH (opposite MYTH).
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 5, 2010 1:02 PM
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Deepak Chopra ~ you must understand it is not about Muslims [i.e. people] it is about Islam.
Few care if a Muslim prays at a mosque. But they do care when those people say ~ we think our religion is so great ~ we want you to live under our Shari'a law.
Political Islam is causing the rise of 'emotions' as you say in Europe. Because some of the politician there considered giving over rights for Shari'a. Of course these smaller incidents don't make the news as much as when the society pushes back.
And words like racist are banded about. Yet Europe has more mixed race families than does America.
But the use of race to promote Shari'a is 'wrong think'.
I think I highlight the problem and that is that those who criticize Islam are saying something completely different from those who say they support it. And I think those who support it ~ believe that they can call the other guys names and they will see the error of their ways.
There are some serious problems within Islam and its meeting with the modern world. There are no equal rights, non-Muslims all live as second class citizens ~ with limited rights under the law, in the Islamic world.
You did say that there has been a struggle within Islam from the beginning ~ over its war aspect ~ which is more truthful than saying that modern day jihadism is an aberration and totally apart from Islam's history.
What is also true is that Muslims have not dealt with the more horrible aspects of their history honestly. Rather than decrying anyone who doesn't state that there has been a peaceful coexistence with others ~ as Islamophobic ~ they should talk about, for example the events that occurred to take India where some 80-120 million Hindus and Buddhists were killed and the same in the Afghan-Hindu Kush where some 30 million [+] more were killed in the name of Islam ~ as a way to heal.
To move on and to truly get along with others, Muslims most address their past. And this way they can move forward with humility [that you say Muhammad had]. Versus what some might argue, is that he created a religion that was for his own self indulgences. And was not always a good example.
We should respect Muslims ~ but it must also be said that Muslims must respect others ~ and in the Islamic world, the laws are such that they don't have to. And it does appear that the GZ mosque is a reflection of this.
When it comes to Islam we cannot defend the indefensible ~ I am sure the average Saudi is a good person ~ but they don't have any churches, shrines or temples.
Posted by: roxn | September 5, 2010 12:59 PM
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Mr. Chopra goes thru his inanities without getting int details. His agenda is not to appear as someone with strong opinions. That is because his brand is based on him presenting himself as new age fungible nothing. That is how he started out som e10 -12 years ago and gained such a following. He is what I call a true $3 bill.
This constant contrasting the islamic terror events against the abortion doctor killings, or some lunatic's protests against the gays and lesbians. This is a total false equivalence. Why is it a false equivalence. First of all the action of these loons are few between. Whenever this happens these activities are roundly denounced even by the protagonists of the cause, and most certainly by the western media at large, the christian, jews etc. Then the law enforcement in the west takes such actions very seriously, when they cross the line of being criminal. The perpetrators are hunted dow, be they be abortion doctor killers or nutjob militias, etc, etc. On the contrary, in case of muslims that does not happen. The so called moderates are either very quite and pose as if it did not happen at all. When pressed, the often come up with rationalizations for the looney fringe. It does not matter wherein it has happened and who the victims are. And of course they bring up the false equivalencies. There is another theme of the moderate muslims and their western apologists is all scripture is made of vile out-group hostility. They fail to mention that most mainline adherents have long eschewed those passages. Short of throwing the entire scripture out the window the mainline non-muslim coreligionist for most part have expunged them from their daily life. The other nonsense that is brought is the 600/700 year old crusade and Spanish, inquisition without mentioning the atrocious manner in which islam spread to the four corners of the world and the genocides carried out in its name historically. The point is that any little dissent that may crop ups quashed by the entire greater islamic community at large. case in point are Ayan Hirsi Ali, Talima Nasreen, Irshad Manji, Salaman Rushdie. So Mr. Chopra please keep your fake as a $3 bill ideas to yourself.
Posted by: Secular | September 5, 2010 12:51 PM
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Mr. Chopra; (Replace Mr. Michael Otterson's Spot today):
There are only 2-Two competing, for a Deity(s), Religion [man-made] SYSTEM(s) on Sweet sweet S.pace-Ship Earth(s). Note: Both SYSTEM(s) are in Fact POLY-THEO & Zero MONO-theo!
1) ABEic (i.e., Judeo-Ju, Chrstian, Ishlami/Esaumi, Mormon ...) AND 2) VEDic (i.e., Indeo-Hindu, Buddhist, Siek's ...). POiNT: Both VEDiC (of Which Ye/Yo et al art) AND ABEic (of which Immam RAUF/Khan's et al art) art craftily & Cunningly made during the "PISCES-AGE" fighting/hassling over the word "NO" (trying to make it a "YES"); tantamount to USURPING or TRANSGRESSION.
Both have, in their Scriptures/(un)Holyi-Books the "WAR-BLESSING"S story's, as if TRUE (opposite MYTH). Hence WHY? Ye Yo all art soo soo Primitive (Jealous & Violent). a/k/a Possessed with "Religio Jealousy Psychosi" w/ "Pre-Apocalyptic SiNDrome's" & not to mention, ye hath "Double, Triple Standards Psychosis"s & More cursed & G-dly Jealousy-Sickness's.
Example: The ABEic "Drunkin-Noah RACIST" Story(s) & more War-Blessings. And the Kill Each Other "Arjuna/Krishna/Ramma" Jealous Wars Story's & more War-Blessings.
The "AquariUS-age" is now phasing-in & is upon US (door way to Heavens), which is the age of the "PEACE-BLESSING" (Where SINGULARiTY of Religion Systems will melt/weld into EK/1/UNNO/WAHAD/ADDJEEN/EiN...
Hint: Yes; The "RELiGION of Everything, before the SCiENCE of Everything"; And It willa (already Does) have a Book/Scripure called the "ULTRA-PARATESTAMENT" of the NEW SONG (born'th from OLD); Note: IT is Superseded by the "SUPREME-PARATESTAMENT".
a/k/a, Our O.U.R. (O.ne U.niversal R.eligion) B.ook. Superseding the "Book Of of Trans{finity" (BOT) and Being Printed Privately in, in Russia, but in SAMIZDAT edition & in Digital-Form; for FREE or near free for the AQUARiUS-Ager's {next 26,000 Years, via EQUINOX Precession that is, for the world at large}.
Note: This reality has Nut'n to do with any of Ye Pre-Apocalyptarian Thinkers "Horrorscopes, aka ASTROLOGY, Palm readings, or PAGANism or HUMANism etc.., so please do-NOt confuse US [Apocalyptarians] with Them/YE (ABEic's & VEDic's) (un)respectfully.
PS: YE/YO know Nothing About Ishlam, because Ishlami's Do Not Know Their Own Qurans/Korans via any so called Ex-Baalist/Pagans turned "Sunni, Shiia, Sufi etc..! Same Goes for the GEETA/GiTA & those who think they understand/know "IT". Same goes For the CHUMASH's & BIBLE's Delusional's et al!
Posted by: woodstock-41 | September 5, 2010 11:50 AM
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In the case of Islam, the connection between ignorance and prejudice may not be that strong. Before 9/11, my view as that it was a religion that promoted dysfunction within majority societies as evidenced by how they organized themselves in their respective nation states.
Now, having researched the religion more, I view them as inimical as well.
Posted by: edbyronadams | September 5, 2010 11:34 AM
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I truly feel empathy with American Muslims and their fear of a backlash against them, especially this coming 9/11. And, in reading the article, I applaud and thank them for giving of themselves by working in soup kitchens, feeding the poor, helping the downtrodden.
However, Americans of every faith also do these things.
What I am not reading or hearing are American Muslims loudly and widely, in every vehicle possible (newspapers, the web, TV, anywhere) deploring what their more fanatical brothers and sisters in their religion have done and are doing around the world, not just in the US.
I sympathize with the American Muslim's plight, but if they want mainstream Americans of all faiths to trust them after what has been done here in the name of Islam, they need to LOUDLY speak up against the fanatics within their own religion first. Otherwise, they have not earned my trust.
Posted by: sandyc69 | September 5, 2010 11:00 AM
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When I read the news, like this morning, I make a point to check the head count of people slaughtered by Muslims each day.
Typical and on the average, Muslims slaughter one-hundred people per day, each day year round.
News I read recently is of a Muslim father and mother here in America burning to death their three daughters who had become too "westernized".
One of their daughters was just barely out of diapers, a toddler baby. Her parents doused this baby girl with gasoline, flicked a burning match upon her, then stood and watched their baby girl scream and wither while slowly burning to death.
I have serious issues with Islam based upon reality rather than based upon some Chopra nirvana fantasy world.
Okpulot Taha
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Posted by: PurlGurl | September 5, 2010 10:45 AM
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Big difference is being missed or lied about.Christianity had it's problems 500 years ago however Islam still to this day "kills" men,women and children for the simple offence of refusing to believe in their moon god.Huge difference in religions and cultures as most Muslims still think it's 800A.D.
Posted by: fcs25 | September 5, 2010 10:16 AM
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I don't doubt that the vast majority of Muslims in the USA are regular people living ordinary lives.
But how many Fort Hood shootings, Times Square bombings and spousal beheadings is too many?
Posted by: WmarkW | September 5, 2010 9:08 AM
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SECULAR amuses me, "there is a concept of abrogator & abrogated."
Yes, I noticed this right off, decided to ignore this. "This is black, now red, now white, now orange, now...." His is a crazy form of lying and so obvious!
Another notion is he equivocates. "Christians did this bad thing in the 13th century so Muslims can do this bad thing today."
Rather enjoyable messing with his mind.
SECULAR adds, "Now believe it or not Koran goes into such minutiae of cosmetics as which hair is permissible to be plucked...so obsessed with proper coiffuring female genital areas."
I am safe! I braid mine down there, nice long braids.
I researched this hair topic tonight. Really strange. Lot of rules, between the eyebrows OK, but not elsewhere. Pluck here, not there. Shave all below the belly button, including boys! Don't let anyone see you! Then I moved on to teeth, cosmetics, clothing and other topics.
Why bother? Muslim women must cover every square inch of their bodies.
All is aimed at pleasing men, only.
Most ironic is the Koran emphasizes women must study, learn and become educated but Muslim women are not allowed to attend school. Go figure.
I am sure we will cross paths again, Secular. Where there are Muslims, I will be there asking hard questions and demanding Muslims tell the truth for a change.
Okpulot Taha
Choctaw Nation