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The destruction of Mecca: Saudi hardliners are wiping out their own heritage
06 August 2005
| Daniel Howden
Posted on 08/05/2005 8:03:02 PM PDT by mdittmar
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Ha!,have a great weekend all!
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:03:03 PM PDT
by
mdittmar
To: mdittmar
That's like us knocking over the Shrine at Bethlehem...
To: mdittmar
We'd better hurry up, there won't be anything left to bomb.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:12:07 PM PDT
by
MediaMole
To: mdittmar
They are dangerous idiots!
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:12:33 PM PDT
by
RAY
( Heroes not, the U.S. Supreme Court!!)
To: ninenot; sittnick; steve50; Hegemony Cricket; Willie Green; Wolfie; ex-snook; FITZ; arete; ...
Most of the buildings have suffered the same fate as the house of Ali-Oraid, the grandson of the Prophet, which was identified and excavated by Dr Angawi. After its discovery, King Fahd ordered that it be bulldozed before it could become a pilgrimage site.
"The bulldozer is there and they take only two hours to destroy everything. It has no sensitivity to history. It digs down to the bedrock and then the concrete is poured in," he said. Amazing.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:13:47 PM PDT
by
A. Pole
(" There is no other god but Free Market, and Adam Smith is his prophet ! ")
To: mdittmar
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:15:17 PM PDT
by
Adrastus
(If you don't like my attitude, talk to some one else.)
To: MediaMole
They need the "magic mushroom" in order for there to be "turban renewal"!
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:16:02 PM PDT
by
sheik yerbouty
( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
To: mdittmar
"What we are witnessing are the last days of Mecca and Medina."One can only hope.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:17:55 PM PDT
by
WarPaint
(Crush Islam)
To: MediaMole
This is the ultimate in symbolism in how Islamic societies destroy themselves.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:18:00 PM PDT
by
ValenB4
("Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets." - Isaac Asimov)
To: mdittmar
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:18:35 PM PDT
by
kalee
To: mdittmar
Nuke Syria, Iran, and Saudi Arabia. Then Mecca will be empty.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:19:48 PM PDT
by
Ode To Ted Kennedys Liver
(Senate Republicans' Motto: Quit while you're ahead.|| Democrats' Motto: Going nowhere fast!)
Comment #12 Removed by Moderator
To: MediaMole
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:26:34 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: mdittmar
Naipaul made the same points about Islam in "Beyond Belief" - Islam recognizes no history. Its modern manifestation is incredibly bleak.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:29:52 PM PDT
by
buwaya
To: Pookyhead
Your post #12 could be the best post of the year on FR.
THIS IS A KEEPER.
Do you have a Ph.D. in sociology? Maybe you should.
To: buwaya
Its modern manifestation is incredibly bleak.As dry, bleak and harsh as the Arabian desert that spawned it
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:32:46 PM PDT
by
dennisw
( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
To: mdittmar
WE CAN HELP!!!!!!
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:33:19 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
(" I have a great team that is going to beat George W. Bush" John Kerry -2004)
To: Pookyhead
Muhammad is their idol and their Kabba rock in Mecca is a pagan idol that predates Islam.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:34:04 PM PDT
by
dennisw
( G_d - ---> Against Amelek for all generations)
To: mdittmar
The Grand Mosque (where the Ka'aba is) used to be a quaint place for religious pilgrimage with canvas awnings and dirt paths:
The Saudis have surrounded it with this huge marble and concrete structure:
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:37:35 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: mdittmar
They truly ARE mad, aren't they? Looks like they're choking their society to death on piety.
Personally, I'd like to see the Grand Mosque turned into a brothel / night club / hog farm.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:39:30 PM PDT
by
FierceDraka
(The Democratic Party - Aiding and Abetting The Enemies of America Since 1968)
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