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Egyptian Progressive:'Why Can't We [Arabs] See Things as the Rest of the World Sees Them?'
The Middle East Media Research Institute ^
| November 19, 2004
| Dr. Amr Isma'il
Posted on 11/21/2004 8:26:03 AM PST by RepCath
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To: bullseye876
Oh yeah... I was there. They say if you can remember, you didn't do it right! LOL
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11/21/2004 9:25:48 AM PST
by
WarPaint
(Nuke mecca. Be done with it.)
To: RepCath
Thanks for posting this excellent article. I guess there still is some hope.
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11/21/2004 9:39:50 AM PST
by
GaryL
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To: RepCath
Yes.. an excellent article.
A soothing balm of words ... when I was beginning to despair that believing in Allah somehow short-circuited the rational part of the brain.
This is the only way we are going to win the war on terror. The moderates must side with the non-muslim world. But I look at pictures like these...
http://tinyurl.com/4j6sd
... and I think we have a very long way to go.
To: RepCath
How refreshing, a voice of reason from the Arab world! I only hope he is not silenced. This unrest stems from a cultural fanaticism and denial of the obvious. Peace is only attained when plow shares are dropped and reason replaces rant.
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11/21/2004 10:25:05 AM PST
by
7thOF7th
(Hurtling along, oblivious to it all.........................................How did we get here?)
To: RepCath
don't feel like reprising this one, here's a pointer within another FR topic:
Reactions Escalate in Islam Debate
The Copenhagen Post ^ | October 13, 2004 | Unattributed
Posted on 11/11/2004 9:24:22 AM PST by quidnunc
21 posted on 11/11/2004 10:49:30 AM PST by SunkenCiv
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1277485/posts?page=21#21
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11/21/2004 11:43:26 AM PST
by
SunkenCiv
("All I have seen teaches me trust the Creator for all I have not seen." -- Emerson)
To: RepCath
They see things different from the rest of the world because the rest of the world left the stone age a long time ago.
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11/21/2004 11:52:57 AM PST
by
American in Israel
(A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
To: narby
Christians are welcome to hold on to any literal interpretation of the Bible they prefer. When they start blowing up children in the Baskin and Robbins I'll take back my opening sentence.
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11/21/2004 6:05:55 PM PST
by
ashtanga
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