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Ayatollah Khomeini's Book Of Etiquette
Harpers Magazine ^ | 02/10/05 | Harpers Magazine

Posted on 02/10/2005 10:39:10 AM PST by freedom44

107. The whole body of an infidel, even the hair, the nails, and its wetness, is unclean.

112. Industrial alcohol used for painting doors, tables, chairs, etc., is clean if one does not know it was made of something inebriating.

120. The sweat of a camel that eats unclean substances is unclean.

125. When a clean object touches an unclean object and one or both are wet enough to convey that wetness to the other, then the clean object becomes unclean. But if the wetness is not enough to reach the other, the clean object does not become unclean.

145. If a host, while eating, realizes that the food is unclean, he must inform his guests. But if one of the guests realizes this, it is not necessary to inform the others, unless his relations with the others are such that as a result of remaining silent he himself becomes unclean.

462. Divorcing a menstruating woman is void.

464. If a woman begins menstruating while praying, her prayer is void.

2,054. These are the major abominable dealings. First, selling real estate. Second, butchery. Third, selling shrouds. Fourth, dealing with base people. Fifth, dealing between the morning azan and the onset of sunshine. Sixth, choosing to buy and sell wheat, barley, and the like as one's occupation. Seventh, entering into a deal involving the purchase of a commodity that another person is about to buy.

2,622. Eating locusts caught with the hand or by some other means is lawful after they are dead. It is not necessary that the person who caught them be a Moslem or that he mentioned the name of God when he caught them. But if a dead locust is held by an infidel and it is not known whether it was caught alive, it is not lawful to eat it, even if the person who caught it says that he caught it alive.

2,629. It is not unlawful to swallow the food that exits from between the teeth as a result of flossing if one's nature has no aversion to it.

2,631. It is loathsome to eat the meat of a horse, a mule, or a donkey if someone has had coitus with the animal.

2,637. Several things are loathsome (abominable) when eating. First, eating while satiated. Second, excessive eating (it has been said that the God of the World dislikes a full stomach more than anything else). Third, looking at other people's faces while they are eating. Fourth, eating hot food. Fifth, blowing at what one is eating or drinking. Sixth, waiting for something else after the bread has been put on the tablecloth. Seventh, cutting bread with a knife. Eighth, putting bread under a container of food. Ninth, cleaning the meat stuck to a bone so that nothing remains on it. Tenth, peeling fruit.

2,858. The prizes that banks give to encourage borrowers, and those that institutions give to encourage buyers and customers, are lawful. The thing that sellers put inside their merchandise to attract customers and increase buyers, such as gold coins in boxes of shortening, are lawful and of no concern.

2,874. It is not unlawful to introduce a man's semen into the uterus of his wife with devices such as suction cups.

2,882. When the preservation of a Moslem's life rests on grafting an organ from a dead Moslem, severing that organ and grafting it are acceptable

This is The Ayatollah's Book Of Etiquette, originally from June 1985, published Thursday, February 10, 2005. It is part of Lifestyle, which is part of Readings, which is part of Harpers.org.


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: islam; khomeini; religionofpeace; topten; trop
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To: freedom44

Free the Iranian people from the crazies ~ now!


41 posted on 02/10/2005 12:22:30 PM PST by blackie
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To: freedom44

"Tenth, peeling fruit."

Mmmmmm! Banana peel.


42 posted on 02/10/2005 12:33:07 PM PST by windchime (Hillary: "I've always been a preying person")
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To: freedom44
Ayatollah Khomeini's Book of Ettiquette:

"There is no such thing as rape because woman can run faster with dress up than man can with pants down."

43 posted on 02/10/2005 12:33:10 PM PST by VOYAGER
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To: siunevada

Only to the good looking ones, of course.


44 posted on 02/10/2005 12:59:04 PM PST by irishtenor (If stupidity were painful, the Democrats would NEED paid health care...)
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To: HighlyOpinionated
64. Evacuation is unlawful in four places. ... Fourth, over the graves of the faithful, if it would be considered disrespectful.

Love that qualifier.

45 posted on 02/10/2005 1:20:11 PM PST by Oztrich Boy (Never apologise, Never explain. It's a sign of weakness)
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To: Dark Skies
ahmmm - i didn't post what you're referring too :o)
46 posted on 02/10/2005 2:07:13 PM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
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To: Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army
I know we have another 16 years before our next round of LocustFest will be upon us, but here is some very important advice from the Ayatollah Khomeini to keep in mind:
2,622. Eating locusts caught with the hand or by some other means is lawful after they are dead. It is not necessary that the person who caught them be a Moslem or that he mentioned the name of God when he caught them. But if a dead locust is held by an infidel and it is not known whether it was caught alive, it is not lawful to eat it, even if the person who caught it says that he caught it alive.

47 posted on 02/10/2005 2:13:09 PM PST by HenryLeeII (Democrats have helped kill more Americans than the Soviets and Nazis combined!)
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To: Momaw Nadon
At first, I thought this was humor.

WHAT?!?!

This is real?!?!?!

48 posted on 02/10/2005 2:13:40 PM PST by houeto ("Mr. President , close our borders now!")
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To: roaddog727; siunevada; Owl_Eagle; Sam's Army
"2,631. It is loathsome to eat the meat of a horse, a mule, or a donkey if someone has had coitus with the animal."

Notice the lack of any prohibition on the coitus itself, though!

49 posted on 02/10/2005 2:15:20 PM PST by HenryLeeII (Democrats have helped kill more Americans than the Soviets and Nazis combined!)
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To: maine-iac7

Uh oh, must have been that unclean camel sweat I drank...got disoriented and posted to the wrong person. Sorry.


50 posted on 02/10/2005 2:15:54 PM PST by Dark Skies ("The sleeper must awaken!")
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To: HenryLeeII
Notice the lack of any prohibition on the coitus itself, though!

It's a big desert, my friend. And the nights are long.

51 posted on 02/10/2005 2:22:51 PM PST by siunevada
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To: siunevada
It must not be a secret but an open way of life. Like we might say to a potential buyer, oh the dog has been spayed or the cat has been declawed... They probably just acknowledge that whatever animal is used for sex.

What gets me is how obsessed the moos are with mensuration. 'Ask the imam' site is just overloaded with bizarre queries and answers about mensuration. Sorry to be blunt but it gives me the impression those women go around with their legs wide open all the time but of course that image is just the opposite of the extreme modesty of the women. That list of rules is just hysterical to me.
52 posted on 02/10/2005 2:30:32 PM PST by A knight without armor
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To: Dark Skies
understandable - given the mind-fuzzing content of the post story ;o)
53 posted on 02/10/2005 3:20:25 PM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
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To: F14 Pilot

ping


54 posted on 02/10/2005 3:28:26 PM PST by nuconvert (No More Axis of Evil by Christmas ! TLR)
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To: freedom44; All
FVKC YOU KHOMEINI. I HATE YOU VERY MUCH.

DOWN WITH YOU AND YOUR WHOLE INDIAN/ARABIC BACKGOURND.

YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ME AND MY COUNTRY.

I HATE YOU KHOMEINI. I HATE YOU VERY MUCH!

I HATE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU CAN NOT IMAGINE

YOU ARE A SHAME TO US.

HELL BE WITH YOU!

55 posted on 02/10/2005 3:35:59 PM PST by Khashayar (We are the champions, No time to lose us!)
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To: All
FVKC YOU KHOMEINI. I HATE YOU VERY MUCH.

DOWN WITH YOU AND YOUR WHOLE INDIAN/ARABIC BACKGOURND.

YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ME AND MY COUNTRY.

I HATE YOU KHOMEINI. I HATE YOU VERY MUCH!

I HATE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU CAN NOT IMAGINE

YOU ARE A SHAME TO US.

HELL BE WITH YOU!

56 posted on 02/10/2005 3:37:07 PM PST by Khashayar (We are the champions, No time to lose us!)
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To: HenryLeeII

BINGO!!!!!!!!


57 posted on 02/10/2005 3:51:08 PM PST by roaddog727 (The marginal propensity to save is 1 minus the marginal propensity to consume.)
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To: freedom44

2,631. It is loathsome to eat the meat of a horse, a mule, or a donkey if someone has had coitus with the animal.

So much for breakfast in bed, Mr. ED.


58 posted on 02/10/2005 4:04:42 PM PST by Titan Magroyne (Wet Burqa Contest Winner)
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To: VOYAGER

You owe me a new keyboard for that one! LOL!


59 posted on 02/10/2005 5:28:05 PM PST by Vigilanteman (crime would drop like a sprung trapdoor if we brought back good old-fashioned hangings)
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To: Titan Magroyne

ROFLMAO.

"But you said we were taking turns, and you went first, Willllll-Bur, you cheating bastarrrrrd!"


60 posted on 02/10/2005 8:37:14 PM PST by LibertarianInExile (NO BLOOD FOR CHOCOLATE! Get the UN-ignoring, unilateralist Frogs out of Ivory Coast!)
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