D-mn those those Saudi Islamofascists!
Posted on 01/16/2007 8:55:08 AM PST by DogByte6RER
Saudis May Ban Letter ‘X’
Monday, Jan. 15, 2007
A group of Islamic clergy in Saudi Arabia has condemned the letter "X” because of its similarity to a hated banned symbol – the cross.
The Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, which has the ultimate say in all legal, civil and governance matters in the kingdom, issued a fatwa, or religious edict, against the "X.” It came in response to a Ministry of Trade query about whether a Saudi businessman could be granted trademark protection for a new service with the English name "Explorer.”
The request from the businessman, Amru Mohammad Faisal, was turned down.
"Experts who examined the English word ‘explorer’ were struck by how suspicious that ‘X’ appeared,” Youssef Ibrahim writes in the New York Sun.
"In a kingdom where Friday preachers routinely refer to Christians as pigs and infidel crusaders, even a twisted cross ranks as an abomination.”
In response to the turndown, Faisal wrote an article that appeared on several Arabian Web sites, sarcastically suggesting that the authorities might consider banning the "plus” sign in mathematics because of its similarity to the cross.
Among the commission’s earlier edicts is the 1974 fatwa declaring that the Earth is flat.
Among the commission’s earlier edicts is the 1974 fatwa declaring that the Earth is flat."
Heh, heh, heh!
Silly Islamofascists!
Perhaps Western Civilization can now take some comfort in knowing that the war on terror will be waged against Islamic fanatics who abhor science and mathematics and who also believe that the world is flat. When it comes down to a final confrontation, it will be like shooting fish in a barrel. After all, a society that is anti-science and anti-technology will only be able to offer up spears and swords against Western Tomahawk missiles, F-15s, nuclear submarines and aircraft carriers.
Not to be overly optimistic, but...
ISLAM - PREPARE TO SUBMIT TO THE FORCES OF ENLIGHTENMENT.
Thoroughly mindless. Not at all unlike western Liberals.
Winston made another convulsive movement. This time he did not say anything. O'Brien continued as though answering a spoken objection:
'For certain purposes, of course, that is not true. When we navigate the ocean, or when we predict an eclipse, we often find it convenient to assume that the earth goes round the sun and that the stars are millions upon millions of kilometres away. But what of it? Do you suppose it is beyond us to produce a dual system of astronomy? The stars can be near or distant, according as we need them. Do you suppose our mathematicians are unequal to that? Have you forgotten doublethink?'
--George Orwell, 1984
I wonder just how badly these weirdos would freak out if we decided to ban the letter "C" because it looks too much like a crescent moon? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!
How on earth will Islam's western allies on the left spell "Xtian," without an "x?" Such a quandary.
I've never trusted it either... < /sarc>
D-mn those those Saudi Islamofascists!
I'm told there is no "C" in Portuguese...
More proof on how absolutely insane these satanic-rock-worshippers are.
That's racist!
That fatwa will come right after the video of Faisal's beheading shows up on YouTube.
The letter "X" comes from the early Phonecian alphabet where it was the letter "taw" -- the earliest use that I can find was made 1500 BCE, in other words 1500 years before anybody heard of Jesus.
Such intolorance! I wonder if the lamestream press will comdemn this outrage!!!
Or "explosion" for that matter...
Everyone - uncross your T's and cross your fingers!
The Greeks used the same basic symbol for the letter "chi."
I guess Jamie Kennedy will not be going to Saudi Arabia anytime soon.
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