Posted on 02/12/2006 4:13:37 AM PST by Hannah Senesh
That's a very interesting story. Just remember, there are always people like your barber.
Hubby went to an Egyptian barber here in Bayonne, he said he was a little afraid the guy might chop his head off. The next time he went there, I went with him. There where Christian symbols all over the place. I said to hubby "how could you not realize he was a Christian, there are Saint's pictures and a picture of the Nativity all over?" Hubby said "I guess I missed those since I'm a presbyterian". He stills goes to that shop, loves that barber. I don't tag along anymore, because all stuff to read is in Arabic!
Well said.
Thanks for your comment 46. It showed good insights and gave me something to think about.
As always, thanks for your hard work, superb links, and for reminding us of what we should NEVER EVER forget. This reminded me to resurrect an old tag. . .
Thanks for looking... see my alternate tag...
I found the following comment from the article to be interesting:
"In school in Gaza, I learned hate, vengeance and retaliation. Peace was never an option, as it was considered a sign of defeat and weakness."
Why don't our leaders realize the muslims have no use for Peace? She says it's considered a sign of defeat and weakness. In other words, they see the so called roadmap to peace as a sign of defeat and weakness. I've always viewed it as suicide for Israel.
The fact is, Islamic societies don't function very well. The "glories of Islam" in the Middle Ages were sheer parasitism on the Jewish and Christian societies they'd conquered. Once the parasite killed the host, the parasite died too. You can't name an Islamic society of today that really functions well.
The only somewhat-Islamic society that functions half-way well is Turkey. That's largely because they've adopted Western ways, at least to a certain extent. I've taught in a Turkish university. What I taught (statistics and engineering) had no roots whatsoever in Islamic culture. They were entirely Western. Even today, Islam is a parasite on Western culture.
From the article:
I was told: "Muslims cannot love the enemies of God, and those who do will get no mercy in hell." As a young woman, I visited a Christian friend in Cairo during Friday prayers, and we both heard the verbal attacks on Christians and Jews from the loudspeakers outside the mosque. They said: "May God destroy the infidels and the Jews, the enemies of God. We are not to befriend them or make treaties with them." We heard worshippers respond "Amen".
There was no reaction when the cartoons were initially published in September 2005, until recently, when the cartoons were hijacked and disseminated in Iran and Syria... the purpose of this, is clearly stated here:
Indeed, with Denmark set to assume the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council, the flames of the cartoon controversy have been fanned by Iran and Syria. This is critical since the International Atomic Energy Agency is expected to refer Iran to the Security Council and demand sanctions. At the same time, Syria is under scrutiny for its actions in Lebanon. Both Iran and Syria cynically want to embarrass the Danes to achieve their dangerous goals.
Gee... ulterior and calculated motives to all this postulation by the Islam fanatics.
Gee... who would have thunk.
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