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To: Tazzo
""Christoph Luxenburg", who sought to prove that incomprehensible passages in the Koran were written in Syriac-Aramaic rather than Arabic. Luxenburg's thesis became notorious for explaining that the "virgins" provided to Islamic jihadis in paradise were only raisins."

Bummer.

21 posted on 01/15/2008 8:34:20 AM PST by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Elections have consequences.)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

“””Christoph Luxenburg”, who sought to prove that incomprehensible passages in the Koran were written in Syriac-Aramaic rather than Arabic. Luxenburg’s thesis became notorious for explaining that the “virgins” provided to Islamic jihadis in paradise were only raisins.””

imagine: u blow yourself up and the next thing u see is a sack of raisins roasting over flames.


28 posted on 01/15/2008 8:38:35 AM PST by Fox_Mulder77
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Obligitory pic follows;


32 posted on 01/15/2008 8:46:10 AM PST by BlueDragon (a handgun is best used for fighting one's way to a RIFLE)
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham
Luxenburg's thesis became notorious for explaining that the "virgins" provided to Islamic jihadis in paradise were only raisins.

So, those posting the Helen Thomas photo on the Islamic "virgin" threads were actually correct?

36 posted on 01/15/2008 8:48:41 AM PST by Armando Guerra
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To: Mad_Tom_Rackham

72 raisins? Mmmmmmm.... Raisins....


60 posted on 01/15/2008 9:44:40 AM PST by ReagansRaiders ("Fearsome" Fred Thompson '08)
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