Posted on 02/19/2006 6:28:20 PM PST by milestogo
RIYADH: King Abdullah on Saturday called for mutual respect among all religions and beliefs and condemned what he called “the clash of civilisations.” Speaking during a cultural festival in Riyadh, he said, “I call for the next stage in relations between countries to be a stage of real dialogue where each side respects the other side,” he was quoted as saying. ap
Ha Ha Ha!
Hey, kingy: shut up, ya dumb bastard. Go back to your ivory tower. Respect for religions means allowing them in your country. Will there be churches in Saudi anytime soon? Didn't think so.
He must be near death.
The King sounds a little more liberal than his Dad.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1581023/posts
Tolerating Islamist intolerance
I'll think about respecting Islam, when there are churches and synagogues is Mecca, Medina, Islamabad, Damascus, Egypt, and similar places, and the Muslim inhabitants of those locales aren't trying regularly to kill the attendees.
Earn it. *spit*
Saudi Arabia respects other religions? Who knew! /sarcasm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_of_religious_freedom_in_Saudi_Arabia
Dear Abdullah,
You must specifically address your barbarian islamic subjects and explain to them that if they want islam to be allowed to exist in the future, THEY must respect Judaism & Christianity.
Abdullah is not the real problem. He is relatively enlightened, but much of the kingdom he rules over is not. Neither are some of the other powerful figures such as the Interior Minister Prince Nayef, a really bad guy.
Just what does that mean ?
Right now there seems to no stage at all to launch a next stage. Just kill infidels as quickly as possible.
How about the Saudi King tell that nut-job in Iran to quit talking trash about Israel for starters???
Probably just wants to raise the price of an barrel of oil and throw the state dept a bone to chew on to tell us he's really a nice dictator.
Sure King. Let me bring a Bible into your country. Let your journalists use the expression "Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" even as ours use the expression "the Prophet (sic) Mohammed."
How many Christian churches are there in Saudi Arabia?
'When there are churches in Medina' -- yes, and don't forget when it goes BOTH WAYS. IE, no chopping of heads if you don't like Christians. deal??
The West would be far ahead, if they offered $100k to every moslem family willing to return to the Middle-East.
This clash of the civilizations is going to get worse, not better.
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