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2006-04-02 Arabia

Learned Elders of Islam sagely nod heads with Soddy king

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Posted by Seafarious 2006-04-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [7 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 What a great deal. The Wahabis get to fund mosques and Islamic centers worldwide, while banning the preaching of other faiths in the desert kingdom. President Bush1 once had to vacate the kingdom, to celebrate Thanksgiving Day on a US aircraft carrier. Not much respect there.

Posted by Listen to Dogs 2006-04-02 00:59|| 2006-04-02 00:59|| Front Page Top

#2 yep - those evil Bushes....still don't get it, do ya? OCD boy? The point of Fred's post is that "Islamic Scholar" is an oxymoron, unless we're talking medieval achievements and that the Saudi ruling circle aids this.

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2006-04-02 01:08|| 2006-04-02 01:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Innovation ("bidah") is a major offense in Islam, and the Muslim reluctance to any change leads to social stasis. Still Muslim clerics claim that Islam is a blueprint for utopia, and Western education is blamed for their current stagnation.
http://www.king.igs.net/~kassim/nyaraka/Elimu2.html
Seafarious: re. the above invitation (don't need it) to another juvenile attack-response thread, these impulse driven exchanges both alienate unique visitors and subvert the WOT focus.

Posted by Listen to Dogs 2006-04-02 13:41|| 2006-04-02 13:41|| Front Page Top

#4 Take a deep breath and thicken your skin, LtD.

Posted by lotp 2006-04-02 13:48|| 2006-04-02 13:48|| Front Page Top

#5 Learned Elders of Islam sagely nod heads with Soddy king

recon any of the Elders had one of these rides?

Posted by Brougham Bro 2006-04-02 18:07|| 2006-04-02 18:07|| Front Page Top

#6 The Rice diplomacy trip led to this exchange initiated by US Islam's Dr Phil: http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/article_full_story.asp?service_ID=10772

Posted by Listen to Dogs 2006-04-02 22:32|| 2006-04-02 22:32|| Front Page Top

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