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2005-05-20 Arabia

Moslem in US compares Religious Freedom in US vs. Saudi Arabia

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Posted by mhw 2005-05-20 12:20|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 moderate muslim watch.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-20 13:17|| 2005-05-20 13:17|| Front Page Top

#2 As Thomas L Friedman says
The greatest respect we can show to Arabs and Muslims - and the best way to help Muslim progressives win the war of ideas - is to take them seriously and stop gazing at our own navels. That means demanding that they answer for their lies, hypocrisy and profane behavior, just as much as we must answer for ours.
Thanks to Instapundit

Posted by plainslow 2005-05-20 13:25|| 2005-05-20 13:25|| Front Page Top

#3 LH

Actually, this guy might (I'm not entirely sure) would even go past the "Moderate" and into the "Progressive Muslim" area (as compared to the Moderate Muslims such as Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri who is against the rule of Mullahs in Iran but thinks its OK to force 9 year old girls to marry because the prophet did so and also prays every day for the destruction of Israel.

Posted by mhw 2005-05-20 14:00|| 2005-05-20 14:00|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't see this guy heading back to Saudi anytime soon.
Not alive anyways...

Posted by tu3031 2005-05-20 14:05|| 2005-05-20 14:05|| Front Page Top

#5 Speaking of out-spoken Saudi's, does anyone know what ever happened to Alhamedi Alanezi, "The Religious Policeman" blogger from the Magic Kingdom? Alhamedi took a long vacation about a year ago then signed on August 10 to say he wouldn't be active for awhile. Nothing since then.

Posted by GK 2005-05-20 14:38|| 2005-05-20 14:38|| Front Page Top

#6 mhw - its political results that matter. If Iran democratizes, there wont be much forced marriage of nine year olds, and theyll probably be a more moderate policy toward Israel, whatever Montazeri rules on Sharia in the one case, or prays for in the other.

Thats one of the differences i have with some other people here. I hold muslims to account for their POLITICAL stands - i dont see it as my business to get into their religious minutae, IF they can manage to seperate their religion from the state, to an adequate degree.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2005-05-20 15:43|| 2005-05-20 15:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Islam must either reform and adapt, or join Mithraism, the Cult of Isis, and Aztec cannibal feasts on the ash-heap of history.

Posted by Atomic Conspiracy 2005-05-20 19:42|| 2005-05-20 19:42|| Front Page Top

#8 the inherent weakness of Islam is shown by the strenuous efforts at snuffing all alternatives

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-05-20 19:46|| 2005-05-20 19:46|| Front Page Top

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