Let the West Make Peace With Islam First

Arab News ^ | 3-1-04 | Dr. Mariam Al-Oraifi

[Wombat101]

Thanks!

[dennisw]

Ha... I got to reading your excellent post because Brad's Granma liked it.

[dennisw]

We've lost plenty of American blood defending Muslim interests yet the gratitude is minuscule. . Muslims are more into blaming others than thanking others. Others being non-Muslims.

Hopefully Iraq will be different and I think it just might be

[Wombat101]

AT least Iraq has historical precedent in post-WarGermany and Japan. The idea is that once people are released from repression (political or religious) and given free-reign, human nature takes over and everyone starts acting in their own self-interests. It will be interesting to watch this "reverse-domino" effect.

[SevenDaysInMay]

The psychotic Mo'ham' liked sex with children and murdering Jews and other infedels. What a fool's paradise.

[Wombat101]

The more I delve into the Koran (strictly research, folks) the more Muhammed reminds me of that fat blowhard sitting on the corner stool of the neighborhood bar. His pontifications usually begin with, "Wouldn't it be great if...?"

The difference is that Muhammed actually got off his backside to do something about it.

Hey, you don't think Muhammed was really Norm from "Cheers" do you?

[dyed_in_the_wool]

Quite right.
Realize the 'germ theory' of sickness is not widely accepted and is mostly ridiculed in the Arab world.

What we probably need over there is Jesuits. ;-)

[BayouCoyote]

Dr. Mariam Al-OrIFICE fails to understand that it is his bassackwards wahabbi countrymen that should be begging the US not to annihilate them. THEY should be kissing our feet and thanking us for being so merciful on their barbaric tribesmen.

Oh Lord...if only I had my way.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, another one! It's strange to think that Nick has been dead longer than he was a live. But of course, that also goes for Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Brumel...

[SunkenCiv]

Well said.

[American in Israel]

They accuse us of not understanding them, I suggest we understand them far more than they realize. I also suggest we use the Arab meaning of the word peace when we make peace with them.

Heck we do not call the old Colts "Peace Makers" for nothing.

I suggest it is they that have failed to understand us. It may be a fatal error on their part.

[hardhead]

No more than can oil and water be completely blended - oil and water can only be emulsified. Islam, for the most part, does not appear to be compatible with western culture.

[dennisw]

Nick Drake was a genius. There is plenty on the internet about him and I must have spent 6 hours of my life leafing through it all. I first heard of him in 1983 during his first "revival" in popularity. I had a two vinyls that I'll bet are getting big bucks on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2597178797&category=58669

http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&category1=1071&region=0&ht=1&from=R14&query=nick+drake&catref=C1&maxrecordsperpage=100&completedonly=1

[SunkenCiv]

My favorite, uh, album of his is "Pink Moon", but my favorite tune is "Joey". Hey, feel free to give me lots of "yes, helpful" votes over there. ['Civ sends virtual kickbacks to dennisw]

[SunkenCiv]

yeah, I see what you mean. Islam divides the world into two parts. The non-Moslem part is "the Domain of War". Similarly, Islam divides time into two parts. The pre-Moslem time is "the Time of Ignorance". Meanwhile, they deny there was any pre-Moslem construction on the Rock in Jerusalem even as they excavate away and then dump as rubbish Roman and other stuff. In India, modern [sic] Moslems denied there was any pre-Moslem religious construction at Ayodhya, where an enraged Hindu group of rioters demolished a mosque, and archaeologists sent by the gov't uncovered the remains of the temple of Ram, an Indian deity. The site was known, and the desecration never forgotten by India's Hindu majority.