[csvset]

Where's Mayor Moonbeam at? What's his take on this ?

[trubluolyguy]

And so it begins. Soon enough they will demand all women Muslim or not wear head covers or just out and out Burka's.

[sockmonkey]

Sharia Law-Coming soon to Oakland

[johniegrad]

They don't know how to handle life without austere rules and tyranical punishments. Given the freedoms of western society, they are totally confused and helpless.

[yldstrk]

Move back to Saudi or give it up. You are in America now.

[jazusamo]

``Our religion is crystal clear about alcohol,'' said Kamal Siddiqui, of Berkeley. ''It is forbidden.''


Siddiqui and all who think like him should move to one of the countries that don't allow the sale of alcohol. This is a free country and no one is forcing him to drink it. They should butt out.

[demkicker]

Guess this is where the Islamic rubber meets the road of 72 virgins. "Oh wait, I'm not sure I believe they really exist!"

"Why do I feel like I'm surrendering my every thought and move to radical lunatics?" (quote from a dumbass muslim)

[Hot Tabasco]

Muslims for a Healthy Community

For some reason, tofu, organic vegetables and a proliferation of healthclubs and treadmill stores comes to mind... LOL!

[sono]

Liquor sales cut into the crank profits.

[paul51]

``Our religion is crystal clear about alcohol,'' said Kamal Siddiqui, of Berkeley. ''It is forbidden.''

Our law is crystal clear. Alcohol sales are legal. If you don't like it, too bad.

[Itzlzha]

``Our religion is crystal clear about alcohol,'' said Kamal Siddiqui, of Berkeley. ''It is forbidden.''

Yup, but you see...this is AMERICA!

Alcohol is a LEGAL PRODUCT! So your "religion" is worth exactly what I use your damned evil book to wipe off my a$$...

Guess what is ALSO legal in these clowns "religion"...

And for the STRONG of stomach...maybe you can tolerate seeing these images which I will not post....VERY GRAPHIC!!!

http://www.hyscience.com/archives/JAK09D_RTRIDSP_3_INDONESIA_Reuters_Alertnet.jpeg.jpg

http://www.indiadaily.com/images/editorial/06-18a_4-04.jpg

http://www.jtf.org/mmm.muslim.terror.indonesia.east.timor.beheading.jpg

This is what Islam is...and the sooner we begin to FIGHT these Islamazi both here and abroad, the sooner we can remove them from the Planet, and end the threat to Humanity they are!

[svcw]

And so it begins.

[Izzy Dunne]

They need to stop, and start selling fresh produce instead,'' Siddiqui said.

Yeah, they need to capture some of that Saturday-night cucumber business.

[jec41]

The new Klan.

[mtbopfuyn]

90 percent of Oakland's 350 liquor stores are owned or operated by Muslims - it's amazing and upsetting

Probably not far off the numbers around the country either. Now, why is that?

[LoudRepublicangirl]

Our religion is crystal clear about alcohol,'' said Kamal Siddiqui, of Berkeley. ''It is forbidden.''


I wonder how they feel about adult bookstores instead?

[mtbopfuyn]

When I woke up today, this was still America the Free. Tomorrow, I'm not too sure about.

[Lurker]

``We are talking first and foremost to our fellow Muslims who are selling alcohol. They need to stop, and start selling fresh produce instead,'' Siddiqui said.

"Or we'll cut your head off..."

L

[Psycho_Bunny]

[SheLion]

This already happened in southern Maine:

Hospital 'johnny' redesigned because of Somalis' complaints
By David Sharp, Associated Press Writer | August 8, 2004

PORTLAND, Maine -- Everyone who has been hospitalized or has undergone an outpatient procedure knows -- and probably loathes -- the skimpy, ill-fitting, one-size-fits-none hospital gown.

Maine Medical Center finally decided to do something about it upon discovering that Muslim women accustomed to being fully covered were skipping appointments to avoid the immodest garments.

The redesigned hospital gown made available to all Maine Medical patients six weeks ago leaves them fully covered.

"This is a great example of a challenge raised by a specific community that can ultimately benefit all patients," said Dana Farris Gaya, manager of interpreter and cross-cultural services.

The "johnny," as it's known across New England, is the butt of jokes because of the discomfort it causes patients. Typically, it's a short gown tied in the back, often leaving one's backside exposed.

Of course, the johnny was not designed with patient comfort in mind. And the institutional garment has endured in large part, despite patient complaints and various efforts to improve upon the design.

At Maine Medical Center, administrators decided they had to act last November after the hospital identified a high no-show rate for Muslim women from African countries, particularly Somalia.

As many as three out of 10 women were skipping their appointments, said Osman Hersi, a medical interpreter at the hospital.

Tracked down at home, the women whose religion and culture requires them to be covered described to interpreters the horror of being asked to wear the revealing gowns during outpatient procedures.

Furthermore, they were publicly humiliated when they had to wait in a hallway in the radiology department.

"I have witnessed their misery and how bad they feel about it. They don't like it. They feel ashamed. It's very embarrassing," said Asha Abdulleh, a medical interpreter and native of Kenya.

The dress code for Muslim women is derived from the holy book, the Quran. Followers say teachings on modesty require women to cover themselves from head to toe. Only the hands and the face may be exposed. Many believe that their beauty should be reserved only for husbands.

On a recent morning, Shamso Abdi appeared for her first hospital visit since arriving in Portland.

She and her husband, Aden Ali, came to the United States from Mogadishu, Somalia. They lived in a small town in Kentucky, and then Columbus, Ohio, before coming to Portland.

Abdi, who was clothed in a dress, a sarong and a hijab, a scarf wrapped around her head, said she had canceled appointments in Columbus when she had to see male doctors and wear a johnny.

The "new" johnny created by the Maine Medical Center is long enough to provide more coverage of a patient's legs and has extra material to ensure that a patient's backside remains covered. Underneath, there's a wraparound sarong for even more coverage.

Abdi said she was grateful to see that Maine Medical had created a patient gown with her principles in mind.

"I'm so happy they made the change. I'm so happy that they considered us," she said, speaking through an interpreter.

Maine Medical, which has put the new johnnies on all garment carts for patients who request them, isn't the only hospital to try to create a patient gown that is more acceptable to patients.

Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey introduced vibrant colors and funky patterns five years ago.

Other hospitals and garment producers have tweaked the traditional designs with snaps, velcro and other changes.

But the traditional johnny will never go away entirely. In some situations, in emergency rooms for example, it's more important to put the interests of doctors and nurses ahead of the interests of patients.

But for many situations, it makes sense to keep patients happy.

And physicians, nurses and other health care providers from the international clinic were at a loss to explain at their weekly meeting why it took so long to produce a patient-friendly johnny.

"Why didn't we think of this so long ago?" said Dr. Nat James, an internal medicine physician at the international clinic.

 

[wildcatf4f3]

yet muslims are the main source of heroin production for the globe.