The Arabs I know

Arab News ^ | 8-8-02 | Frank Fugate

[kapn kuek]

That statement would seem to mean that we were at war with something before it was even born(Islam).1200 years would be a more appropriate figure(no arguementintended).

Ok, Ok, how about 1400 years based on this:

The first stage consisted of individual murders of Jews (AD 624); the second entailed the expulsion of two tribes from Medina (625-626); the third was completed with the slaughter of one remaining tribe, Banu Qurayzah (627). Muhammad offered the men conversion to Islam as an alternative to death; upon their refusal up to 900 were decapitated at the ditch, in front of their women and children. Torches were lit so that the slaughter could be accomplished all in one day. "

[Publius6961]

Emerson made a documentary for PBS a few years back whose name escapes me.

Jihad in America, 1994.
Now also a book, American Jihad, The Free Press, 2002.

[Publius6961]

and the Quran was originally written in Arabic.

And all Muslims worldwide are encouraged to read it in the original Arabic.
They get more "allah" points that way.

[stuartcr]

There is only one God, we all worship Him, only some differently, and by different names.

[Publius6961]

Otherwise known as propaganda, something you seem to be intimately comfortable with.

Welcome to Free Republic.

I am sure you can give us many pointers about the effective nuances in propaganda.
Would be a pleasant change.

[RWG]

How many of these poll participants have seen an Arab, talked to an Arab, or worked with an Arab?...I lived among arabs for 4 years. Not particularly impressed with anything about them except how dangerous they are.

[Fletcher J]

The author makes a big deal about his luggage still sitting on the curb after two days. Actually, this is just another indication of how backward the Saudi's are.

The penalty for stealing in Saudi Arabia is to have your hand cut off. A co-worker of mine several years ago had worked in SA, and said that the Saudi's would never think of picking up something lost in order to turn it in, as they didn't want to take the chance of being caught in posession of it on the way to return it.

No one wants to risk losing a hand because they decided to do the right thing and turn in someone's wallet or purse. Only a policeman would dare touch it, which was what happened in this case.

[Publius6961]

There is only one God, we all worship Him, only some differently, and by different names.

Sorry.
The results of each different perception of the same god is what matters.

Obviously they are not all the same.

A distinction with an enormous difference.

[stuartcr]

What exactly is the result of a perception of God, and why does it matter?

[Travis McGee]

How do you tell the "good moderate arab muslims" from the covert Attas ticking like time bombs?

You can't. You just have to wait for the explosion.

[Travis McGee]

What exactly is the result of a perception of God, and why does it matter?

It matters because one "perception of God" leads millions to support the terror murder of women and children "infidels" in the pursit of spreading their "perception of God" across the globe.

Is that impossible for you to comprehend?

Radical Islam is an insane murder cult, "moderate" Islam is its Trojan Horse.

[stuartcr]

I find it hard to comprehend why anyone would do anything in the name of God.

[Publius6961]

What exactly is the result of a perception of God, and why does it matter?

If you need to ask the question, and if you perceive no difference between the behavior of Muslims vis a vis Christians, based on their respective perceptions of their respective "gods", no further dialog is possible.

Have a nice day.

[Travis McGee]

Why does that not surprise me?

What if one's "god" is Marxism Leninism and the creation of "the New Soviet Man"? Over 100 million died to feed that "god".

[stuartcr]

I didn't realise Marxism-Leninism was considered God.

[agrace]

Only about 12 percent of Muslims worldwide are Arabs.

But what percentage of Arabs are Muslim? Bet it's almost all, because demographically, Arab countries are predominantly Muslim. So it CAN be said that Islam is the religion of the Arabs. Especially since it originated in Arabia by Arabians. It's just become the religion of other ethnic groups as well.

[Joe Hadenuf]

You'll upset all the racist Arab/Muslim haters here!! Don't you know that ALL Muslims and Arabs are ALIKE!!!!! They're all bloodthirsty cult members!!!

Your need to speak out for Arabs and muslims is becoming very clear. Very interesting....

[TJFLSTRAT]

Would those good Arabs be like the ones here in
Tampa, Fl., who a day after the Palestinian attack on the university in Jeruselem, marched in Tampa to support Hamas, the group that took credit for the murder of Americans on that university in Jeruselem.ERRRR CASE CLOSED!