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To: Rokke

"Well that's great. Now show me your source for your claim that Al Qaeda is allowed to preach in all the SA Mosques."

Don't be silly. Imams that shill for Al Qaeda and preach its support is what I meant and have shown in numerous links. Non-clergy do not preach in Mosques. So don't expect Al Qaeda non-clergy to preach in mosques.

You can discount everything I posted but you are showing willful blindness in your defense of Saudi Arabia. Why? Are you in the oil business?

And you did not answer my question - do you follow Arabs in their own langauge? They speak very differently in Arabic and Farsi than the gloss they put out for the English language press.


1,120 posted on 03/16/2006 10:34:28 PM PST by dervish ("And what are we becoming? The civilization of melted butter?")
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To: dervish
"Imams that shill for Al Qaeda and preach its support is what I meant."

That is A LOT different than "Al Qaeda is allowed to preach in all the SA Mosques." In fact, the two statements say entirely different things. In one you very clearly claim terrorists are allowed to preach in SA mosques. In the other you say Imams are allowed to shill for Al Qaeda. If you really meant your second statement, than you again run into problems with your grievance as it is a Western problem as well as an Arab problem. Richard Reid learned his hatred from Imams preaching in British mosques. So did Zacharias Moussawi.

"and have shown in numerous links"

Sigh. Here we go again. You forget that I actually read your links. Of all your links, only the second to last concerns a Saudi religious cleric who justifies Jihad against Jews and non-Muslims. His statements were widely condemned by Saudi religious authorities, and just as widely repeated across the internet to "prove" the point you are trying to make. But he is one man. Using his comments to claim "Imams shill for Al Qaeda in all the SA Mosques" is similar to saying Jim Baker speaks for all Christians.

"you are showing willful blindness in your defense of Saudi Arabia."

No. I am insisting on basing a discussion on fact versus fantasy.

"Why? Are you in the oil business?"

Nope. Not even close. I've spent the last 21 years serving in the active duty military and National Guard, and now also fly for FedEx.

"And you did not answer my question - do you follow Arabs in their own langauge?"

Yes. I reference MEMRI often. But you do realize that MEMRI is selective in what it chooses to translate. Its president is a former Israeli army colonel. I like what they do, but I'm not unaware that they practice a degree of bias. Again, it is important to me to know as much as I can about a subject. Not just accept bits of info from a few sources.

1,122 posted on 03/16/2006 11:34:08 PM PST by Rokke
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