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Pakistan shuns physicist linked to 'God particle'
Associated Press ^ | July 8, 2012 | SEBASTIAN ABBOT

Posted on 07/08/2012 12:13:03 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's only Nobel laureate helped develop the theoretical framework that led to the apparent discovery of the subatomic "God particle" last week, yet his legacy has been largely scorned in his homeland because of his religious affiliation.

It's a sign of the growing Islamic extremism in his country.

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1 posted on 07/08/2012 12:13:08 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I just dropped a half dozen mohammad particles then flushed them.


2 posted on 07/08/2012 12:16:51 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

I thought Islamic fanatics were Mohammed particles, i.e. “Morons”...


3 posted on 07/08/2012 12:20:32 PM PDT by mikrofon (Flush 'em all)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

But...but...I thought it was those crazy Christian fundamentalists who were backwards!


4 posted on 07/08/2012 12:21:44 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: cripplecreek

awesome :~)


5 posted on 07/08/2012 12:24:26 PM PDT by WorkerbeeCitizen (we are so screwed - ^_^)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Pakistan - sheet of glass - keeps popping into my mind.


6 posted on 07/08/2012 12:31:34 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Obama must Go.)
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To: BenLurkin
But...but...I thought it was those crazy Christian fundamentalists who were backwards!

Muslims know how to deal with those atheist physics types that subvert the word of God.

7 posted on 07/08/2012 12:37:19 PM PDT by Doe Eyes
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To: arrogantsob

sheet of glass... very messy.

I figure if htey wantto live in the 7th century, we should help them. A good dose of EMP should turn out the lights. (followed by a tech embargo)

They would be a lot less troublesome without electricity, telecomunications or computers.


8 posted on 07/08/2012 12:52:49 PM PDT by lack-of-trust
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To: Free ThinkerNY
"It's a sign of the growing Islamic extremism in his country."

The Paki gov't has been on the side of Jihad for decades.

9 posted on 07/08/2012 12:54:20 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: cripplecreek

Heh, heh,,gonna tell my Pops that one :)


10 posted on 07/08/2012 1:44:09 PM PDT by defal33 ("I Am Andrew Breitbart")
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To: Free ThinkerNY

And he’s a Muslim, although with a few unorthodox beliefs... imagine the opprobrium if he’d been a Christian.


11 posted on 07/08/2012 1:50:15 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew)
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To: Doe Eyes

Atheist, schmatheist. He’s an Allah-believing Mooselimb.

Maybe Pakistan is mad that he didn’t call the Higgs boson an Allah particle.


12 posted on 07/08/2012 1:52:08 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (let me ABOs run loose, lew)
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To: cripplecreek
I just dropped a half dozen mohammad particles then flushed them.

Heh. This is one time I agree with the Islamic ban on pictures.

13 posted on 07/08/2012 2:36:50 PM PDT by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: BfloGuy

Wow!

Talk about the mother of all death threat cartoons.


14 posted on 07/08/2012 2:42:08 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate Republicans Freed the Slaves Month.)
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