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To: khnyny
"...students of different faiths will be gathering this week for a community meal with Muslims during Ramadan."

Uhhh - isn't ramadan when they fast? How insensitive!
2 posted on 10/09/2007 7:05:48 AM PDT by Hegemony Cricket (You can't seriously tell me you think we need more laws, or that we don't already have too many.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

LOL. One meal a day. I think pork chops should be on the menu.


3 posted on 10/09/2007 7:07:56 AM PDT by khnyny (It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it..Aristotle)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Yet if somebody posted fliers saying “Down with Christianity,” it would be alright, correct?


7 posted on 10/09/2007 7:18:16 AM PDT by wastedyears (George Orwell was a clairvoyant.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

There is no doubt in my mind this is a CAIR stunt.


11 posted on 10/09/2007 7:20:19 AM PDT by montag813 (1)
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To: Hegemony Cricket
isn't ramadan when they fast?

Yes, but only for a lunar month. This meal will probably be at the end of said fast.

Ramadan commenced at dusk on September 13, 2007, and continues for one lunar month:

15 posted on 10/09/2007 7:23:51 AM PDT by Just A Nobody (PISSANT for President '08 - NEVER AGAIN...Support our Troops! Beware the ENEMEDIA)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Funny how this does not cause an uproar:

Saudi Arabia - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bibles are illegal. Churches are illegal. Easter celebrations are illegal. It is punishable by death for a non-mulsim to enter the “holy” muslim cities of Medina and Mecca.

Yemen - Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims and forbids conversions. The Government does not allow the building of new non-Muslim places of worship.

Kuwait - Registration and licensing of religious groups. Members of religions not sanctioned in the Koran may not build places of worship. Prohibits organized religious education for religions other than Islam.

Egypt - Islam is the official state religion and primary source of legislation. Accordingly, religious practices that conflict with Islamic law are prohibited. Muslims may face legal problems if they convert to another faith (up to and including death). Requires non-Muslims to obtain what is now a presidential decree to build a place of worship.

Algeria - The law prohibits public assembly for purposes of practicing a faith other than Islam. Non-Islamic proselytizing is illegal, and the Government restricts the importation of non-Islamic literature for distribution. The country has passed the “Regulation of Religious Practice” law, which stipulates a punishment of two to five years’ imprisonment and heavy fines for anyone convicted of urging a Muslim to change his religion.

Syria - The constitution requires the president to be a Muslim and specifies that Islamic jurisprudence is a principal source of legislation. Sharing your Christian faith is discouraged as “posing a threat to the relations among religious groups” and carries a penalty of up to life in prison. A Christian is not allowed to proselytize – ever. Churches who want to hold an extra service must get a government permit. Sermons are routinely monitored, as is church fundraising.

Jordan - Has the death penalty for any Muslim selling land to a Jew.

Sudan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death.

Pakistan - Conversion by a Muslim to another religion is punishable by death. Bans proselytizing by non-Muslims. Christians regularly put in prison for charges of blasphemy. Islam is the state religion, and in a court of law the testimony of a Christian carries less weight than that of a Muslim. Section 295(c) of the Penal Code calls for a death sentence for anyone who defiles the name of the Prophet Muhammad and requires the testimony of four Muslims for a conviction. This fosters an environment in which Muslims can feel free to use intimidation and violence against religious minorities for personal gain. Also, if any criminal Muslim rape with any Christian female and then take plea that she has accepted Islam and marry with him. Such person is not culpable under Pakistani criminal law

Qatar - Islamic instruction is compulsory in public schools. The government regulates the publication, importation, and distribution of non-Islamic religious literature. The government continues to prohibit proselytizing of Muslims by non-Muslims.

Malaysia - Under Malaysian law, any convert to Christianity must apply to a shariah (Muslim law) court to legally renounce Islam. Many Christians prefer to remain silent converts rather than take their battle to the shariah courts, where apostasy or conversion out of Islam is punishable by whipping, fines, imprisonment and—in the most extreme application—death. In a country where Muslims account for more than half of the population, conversion from Islam is punished with a 5-year prison sentence and a $3,000 fine. A Malaysian Muslim who marries a non-Muslim and who converts the non-Muslim to Islam is rewarded with an apartment, a car, a one-time payment of $2,700, and a monthly stipend of $270.

The Maldives - In the island paradise visited by tens of thousands of tourists each year, Christianity is simply not tolerated. While local Christians – said to number around 300 out of a total population of 300,000 – do get together to worship, they do so at the risk of imprisonment or worse if discovered by the Muslim authorities. Bibles are banned, and tourists can be arrested for trying to bring them into the country.

England - Bradford, Yorkshire, UK. Pop. 300,000 - 20% Islamic. Local police required to tell community elders the location of girls who run away to escape arranged marriages. Bars and liquor stores in the Lumb Lane / Manningham Lane area of the city ‘requested’ to close on Fridays. Schools, colleges, and health clinics have to have separate areas for women, with a copy of the Koran available. Public critcism of Islam or it’s adherents, such as letters to the local paper, emails to friends, speeches etc, can and has led to criminal charges ‘Using words intentionally and wilfully to cause fear, hate, or distress. Christmas decorations not to be put up, as this may make the Moslems feel ‘culturally overshadowed’. Shops ‘requested’ not to display easter eggs for the same reason. The term ‘requested’ means not legally enforceable but local police warn that they cannot intervene if your premises get ‘damaged’ somehow. Local councillors and MPs have encouraged all this for the past 15 years. Bradford Northwest MP Ann Cryer regularly appears with long sleeves and her head covered. She once stated that women in Islam are properly liberated and that Islam is an example to us all.


16 posted on 10/09/2007 7:24:25 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

“Uhhh - isn’t ramadan when they fast? How insensitive!”

I think it’s: fast during daylight, chow down after dark.


34 posted on 10/09/2007 8:40:23 AM PDT by Will88
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Only during the day.


38 posted on 10/09/2007 8:55:40 AM PDT by Sword_Svalbardt (Sword Svalbardt)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

Bet dollars to donuts the flyers were put up by Muslim students.


45 posted on 10/09/2007 11:27:37 AM PDT by Kozak (Anti Shahada: There is no god named Allah, and Muhammed is a false prophet)
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To: Hegemony Cricket; khnyny
I just commented on this story on another thread. I think its so hypocritcal for these radicals to demonize conservatives when it is the radical Jihadists who are the real threat.TheirOwnWords.com does an excellent job of documenting this kind of hate speech. TheirOwnWords compiles English translations of clips from public television in countries such as Iran so that Americans can understand how violent radical jihadists are.
49 posted on 10/09/2007 1:00:09 PM PDT by TheirOwnWords
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To: Hegemony Cricket

According to a moslem woman my wife talked to they only fast during the day. Night time they feast. The woman was looking forward to it as a way to loose weight.

Not sure why you’d want to look skinnier under your burkah but hey................


58 posted on 10/09/2007 8:05:56 PM PDT by festus (No matter how guilty you are a jury will probably get you off.)
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To: Hegemony Cricket

CAIR probably did this themselves. It’s in their playbook..


63 posted on 10/10/2007 8:32:41 PM PDT by sheik yerbouty ( Make America and the world a jihad free zone!)
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