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	<title>Comments on: Women in Islam &#8211; veils of the mind</title>
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		<title>By: zishan khan</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-13023</link>
		<dc:creator>zishan khan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 20:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Should i shed some light in this matter were u ppl look gravely confused on. The concept of vile or hijab for women came around in approx  1350 years back. The reason hijab is very simple. According to islam a woman should cover every thing of her body that would get any indecent thought in opposite sex. 


To come to logic.

 I would say u can ask true Muslim the reason she wears hijab or vile is that to protect her self. Since u dressed in such a way were the other person will not have indecent thoughts abt u, Keeping her self safe from all the possible situation were she can be abused. That is one reason. And one more is if any female who doesn’t were hijab or proper dress that doesn’t cover the parts which incite indecent thought she is entitle for the mistake opposite sex do, Because in Islam what ever u do u r responsible as it is u should make sure what information u r passing though if u give wrong information then u will be punishable.


If a person can see the beauty of a woman walking alone on a road. The first thought that will run across his mind is to take advantage of her. if a women were a hijab then u cut the evil from the root it self. As it is said &quot;prevention is better then cure&quot;. Can any girl say she doesn’t wana be safe i don’t think so. why do u ppl give chance for other ppl to take advantage cut the evil from root.

And coming to u fareeha about the Saudi women they can were any thing under vile or hijab. they can be naked  in front of there husband that is allowed since it is husband property and husband is his wife property. But according to u. You want woman to be public property. And coming to islamic imam who told u woman will be entitled of more sins then man. He is right but he dint complete the full sentence.  Let me rephrase the sentence for u. Woman are entitle to more sins and good deeds then men because a woman can 6 ppl in there family to hell or heaven. 1) mother 2) father 3) brother 4) sister 5) husband 6) children either she can guide them to right path and gain more good deeds. why women in the sense, It is said in Quran a man is physically strong but emotionally week but woman is physically week but emotionally strong and patient. hope this answer u r question.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Should i shed some light in this matter were u ppl look gravely confused on. The concept of vile or hijab for women came around in approx  1350 years back. The reason hijab is very simple. According to islam a woman should cover every thing of her body that would get any indecent thought in opposite sex. </p>
<p>To come to logic.</p>
<p> I would say u can ask true Muslim the reason she wears hijab or vile is that to protect her self. Since u dressed in such a way were the other person will not have indecent thoughts abt u, Keeping her self safe from all the possible situation were she can be abused. That is one reason. And one more is if any female who doesn’t were hijab or proper dress that doesn’t cover the parts which incite indecent thought she is entitle for the mistake opposite sex do, Because in Islam what ever u do u r responsible as it is u should make sure what information u r passing though if u give wrong information then u will be punishable.</p>
<p>If a person can see the beauty of a woman walking alone on a road. The first thought that will run across his mind is to take advantage of her. if a women were a hijab then u cut the evil from the root it self. As it is said &#8220;prevention is better then cure&#8221;. Can any girl say she doesn’t wana be safe i don’t think so. why do u ppl give chance for other ppl to take advantage cut the evil from root.</p>
<p>And coming to u fareeha about the Saudi women they can were any thing under vile or hijab. they can be naked  in front of there husband that is allowed since it is husband property and husband is his wife property. But according to u. You want woman to be public property. And coming to islamic imam who told u woman will be entitled of more sins then man. He is right but he dint complete the full sentence.  Let me rephrase the sentence for u. Woman are entitle to more sins and good deeds then men because a woman can 6 ppl in there family to hell or heaven. 1) mother 2) father 3) brother 4) sister 5) husband 6) children either she can guide them to right path and gain more good deeds. why women in the sense, It is said in Quran a man is physically strong but emotionally week but woman is physically week but emotionally strong and patient. hope this answer u r question.</p>
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		<title>By: Bea</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-12861</link>
		<dc:creator>Bea</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2006 13:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really late entry on this discussion but couldn&#039;t stop myself. bananabrains mentions somewhere up above:

modesty comes from actions and speech, not looks.

 I agree, in my college generally ( of course not all) the girls who covered from head to toe, were up to something mischevious- dating boys undercover, skipping college.... who would tell their parents when they didn&#039;t even see their faces.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really late entry on this discussion but couldn&#8217;t stop myself. bananabrains mentions somewhere up above:</p>
<p>modesty comes from actions and speech, not looks.</p>
<p> I agree, in my college generally ( of course not all) the girls who covered from head to toe, were up to something mischevious- dating boys undercover, skipping college&#8230;. who would tell their parents when they didn&#8217;t even see their faces.</p>
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		<title>By: MuslimQueen</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-11842</link>
		<dc:creator>MuslimQueen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m covered head to toe... dare to say a think to me!

i&#039;m not oppressed.... i&#039;m not stupid.... i choice my life....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m covered head to toe&#8230; dare to say a think to me!</p>
<p>i&#8217;m not oppressed&#8230;. i&#8217;m not stupid&#8230;. i choice my life&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Sharp &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Never mind driving: how about the vote?</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-9841</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Sharp &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Never mind driving: how about the vote?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2006 04:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] A perpetual debate rages over the role of women in Islam. The extreme Wahhabism practiced in Saudi Arabia is held as an example of the faith&#8217;s essential sexism, as evidenced by the state&#8217;s insistence that women cover themselves in public. Moderate Muslims argue that proponents of Wahhabism and Sharia law should not be taken to speak for all Islam, which I agree with. They also argue that the veil is not necessarily oppressive, a point on which I am not so sure. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] A perpetual debate rages over the role of women in Islam. The extreme Wahhabism practiced in Saudi Arabia is held as an example of the faith&#8217;s essential sexism, as evidenced by the state&#8217;s insistence that women cover themselves in public. Moderate Muslims argue that proponents of Wahhabism and Sharia law should not be taken to speak for all Islam, which I agree with. They also argue that the veil is not necessarily oppressive, a point on which I am not so sure. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: C L O S E R [trackback]</title>
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		<dc:creator>C L O S E R [trackback]</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Saw the item on Gary Bunt&#8217;s Virtuallyislamic: Pickled Politics » Women in Islam - veils of the mind Women in Islam - veils of the mind While Imams tainted the message of Islam and used it for their own diverted interests, West carved it’s own picture of Muslim women. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Saw the item on Gary Bunt&#8217;s Virtuallyislamic: Pickled Politics » Women in Islam &#8211; veils of the mind Women in Islam &#8211; veils of the mind While Imams tainted the message of Islam and used it for their own diverted interests, West carved it’s own picture of Muslim women. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Sunny</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-7260</link>
		<dc:creator>Sunny</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2005 00:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for that perspective MedicF, I believe that is exactly what Fe&#039;reeha was also trying to say - it really depends on the intentions and what the woman herself is thinking or wants.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for that perspective MedicF, I believe that is exactly what Fe&#8217;reeha was also trying to say &#8211; it really depends on the intentions and what the woman herself is thinking or wants.</p>
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		<title>By: MedicF</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-7249</link>
		<dc:creator>MedicF</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 19:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s interesting to see men and women arguing about the question of hijab, which then extends to Israel-Palestine conflict and the like. Some people talk about things they do know and understand, while some just doesn&#039;t. The postings are self-explanatory. 
I&#039;m a Muslim from Malaysia. A country where I believe Muslim women are given equal chances in education, career, and societal contribution while still adhering to the laws of the faith. No problem there. 
What should be understood is that there are some conflicting views in Islam. Some scholars have opinions that differ from other scholars, hence some believe in the full covering while some don&#039;t. Either way it&#039;s ok, since it depends on which style one believes is the best. I believe in not covering the face and hands, but I respect those who believe in covering. Fe&#039;reeha&#039;s story on women who threw away the abayas do portray some kind of disrespect, however it is not right to call her associated with evil and corruption. 
I knew muhajabah (women who don hijab) who live actively - going in forest expeditions, camping, give public talks, work as specialist doctors, act, etc. - and I personally has been living a very free and active life despite abiding to the rules of hijab. Relationship with men is existant - in healthy and respectful manners. 
HIjab is not restricting, oppressing or whatsoever. Just as a knife is not murderous by nature. It&#039;s the way it is used that mar the positive traits. 
~Use hikmah in da&#039;wah.... da&#039;wah is about allowing people to gently see the way and accepting the way... not kicking them off when they find the way blurry~
 --not perfect--</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s interesting to see men and women arguing about the question of hijab, which then extends to Israel-Palestine conflict and the like. Some people talk about things they do know and understand, while some just doesn&#8217;t. The postings are self-explanatory.<br />
I&#8217;m a Muslim from Malaysia. A country where I believe Muslim women are given equal chances in education, career, and societal contribution while still adhering to the laws of the faith. No problem there.<br />
What should be understood is that there are some conflicting views in Islam. Some scholars have opinions that differ from other scholars, hence some believe in the full covering while some don&#8217;t. Either way it&#8217;s ok, since it depends on which style one believes is the best. I believe in not covering the face and hands, but I respect those who believe in covering. Fe&#8217;reeha&#8217;s story on women who threw away the abayas do portray some kind of disrespect, however it is not right to call her associated with evil and corruption.<br />
I knew muhajabah (women who don hijab) who live actively &#8211; going in forest expeditions, camping, give public talks, work as specialist doctors, act, etc. &#8211; and I personally has been living a very free and active life despite abiding to the rules of hijab. Relationship with men is existant &#8211; in healthy and respectful manners.<br />
HIjab is not restricting, oppressing or whatsoever. Just as a knife is not murderous by nature. It&#8217;s the way it is used that mar the positive traits.<br />
~Use hikmah in da&#8217;wah&#8230;. da&#8217;wah is about allowing people to gently see the way and accepting the way&#8230; not kicking them off when they find the way blurry~<br />
 &#8211;not perfect&#8211;</p>
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		<title>By: Tanvir</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-7170</link>
		<dc:creator>Tanvir</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 11:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually Saudi very recently have given women the vote...  but its not just Saudi who stopped women from voting... Kuwait also has been very undemocratic, although you dont see our governments making any noises against these people, since they have the oil taps running well and are pretty obedient.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually Saudi very recently have given women the vote&#8230;  but its not just Saudi who stopped women from voting&#8230; Kuwait also has been very undemocratic, although you dont see our governments making any noises against these people, since they have the oil taps running well and are pretty obedient.</p>
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		<title>By: Robert Sharp</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-7165</link>
		<dc:creator>Robert Sharp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2005 04:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Never mind driving: how about the vote?&lt;/strong&gt;

	Saudi women cannot vote.  This undermines Islam, demeans women, and offends everyone.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Never mind driving: how about the vote?</strong></p>
<p>	Saudi women cannot vote.  This undermines Islam, demeans women, and offends everyone.</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Kiran</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-7071</link>
		<dc:creator>Kiran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2005 12:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thats the one. . . Cheers mate</description>
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		<title>By: Rohin</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-6924</link>
		<dc:creator>Rohin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967673747/qid=1134596681/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-5001054-1600753?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Jean P. Sasson&lt;/a&gt;?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0967673747/qid=1134596681/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-5001054-1600753?s=books&amp;v=glance&amp;n=283155" rel="nofollow">Jean P. Sasson</a>?</p>
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		<title>By: Kiran</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-6923</link>
		<dc:creator>Kiran</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 21:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All I have to say is read this novel &quot;PRINCESS&quot; A true story about a Saudi Arabian princess - god the the muslim women have no say in anything. . .  I will post the author name later cant find the novel on my shelf. . .  But once I get it will surely post it up. . .</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All I have to say is read this novel &#8220;PRINCESS&#8221; A true story about a Saudi Arabian princess &#8211; god the the muslim women have no say in anything. . .  I will post the author name later cant find the novel on my shelf. . .  But once I get it will surely post it up. . .</p>
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		<title>By: Les pieds dans le plat &#187; Archive du blog &#187; Trucs de Noël</title>
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		<dc:creator>Les pieds dans le plat &#187; Archive du blog &#187; Trucs de Noël</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2005 11:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Hunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn&#8230;. ça va faire 2 semaines que j&#8217;attends une réponse à une candidature pour un boulot qui ressemble fort à un idéal du moment&#8230; Start-up consacrée à &#8220;l&#8217;information&#8221;, dont tous les membres travailleraient où bon leur semble, du moment qu&#8217;ils sont connectés, et qu&#8217;ils communiquent. Rouuuuuhhhhhhh&#8230; je veux ce boulot, je-le-veux-je-le-veux-je-le-veux-je-le-veux&#8230; Quand j&#8217;ai envoyé une lettre et un cv, j&#8217;ai eu une réponse au bout de deux heures, me donnant plus d&#8217;information sur le poste, et m&#8217;en demandant quelques unes. Puis plus rien. Je reviens délicatement à la charge une semaine plus tard, pour apprendre qu&#8217;il y a beaucoup de réponses, et que &#8220;le processus de recrutement est toujours en cours&#8221;&#8230; Mouhouhhh ! Et là encore une semaine, évanouie en un clin d&#8217;oeil, toujours rien. Enfin si, l&#8217;annonce a été actualisée, cette fois le poste est au pluriel. Dois-je me dupliquer pour mieux les harceler ? Leur écrire un roman ? Passer le niveau 8 ? Faire la tournée des lieux de culte ? Ranger l&#8217;appart une bonne fois pour toutes (&#8230;) ? Grrrmmblll&#8230;  Géopotinage - Pickled Politics - De quelle longueur doit être la jupe d&#8217;une joueuse de tennis musulmane ? [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Hunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn&#8230;. ça va faire 2 semaines que j&#8217;attends une réponse à une candidature pour un boulot qui ressemble fort à un idéal du moment&#8230; Start-up consacrée à &#8220;l&#8217;information&#8221;, dont tous les membres travailleraient où bon leur semble, du moment qu&#8217;ils sont connectés, et qu&#8217;ils communiquent. Rouuuuuhhhhhhh&#8230; je veux ce boulot, je-le-veux-je-le-veux-je-le-veux-je-le-veux&#8230; Quand j&#8217;ai envoyé une lettre et un cv, j&#8217;ai eu une réponse au bout de deux heures, me donnant plus d&#8217;information sur le poste, et m&#8217;en demandant quelques unes. Puis plus rien. Je reviens délicatement à la charge une semaine plus tard, pour apprendre qu&#8217;il y a beaucoup de réponses, et que &#8220;le processus de recrutement est toujours en cours&#8221;&#8230; Mouhouhhh ! Et là encore une semaine, évanouie en un clin d&#8217;oeil, toujours rien. Enfin si, l&#8217;annonce a été actualisée, cette fois le poste est au pluriel. Dois-je me dupliquer pour mieux les harceler ? Leur écrire un roman ? Passer le niveau 8 ? Faire la tournée des lieux de culte ? Ranger l&#8217;appart une bonne fois pour toutes (&#8230;) ? Grrrmmblll&#8230;  Géopotinage &#8211; Pickled Politics &#8211; De quelle longueur doit être la jupe d&#8217;une joueuse de tennis musulmane ? [...]</p>
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		<title>By: bananabrain</title>
		<link>http://www.pickledpolitics.com/archives/193/comment-page-3#comment-6712</link>
		<dc:creator>bananabrain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>fair enough rohin and thanks - it&#039;s just that some of the things he&#039;s said are often said seriously and they ought to be rebutted. i wouldn&#039;t want anybody to think i didn&#039;t care about standing up for either the palestinians or the israelis or both in this thorniest of debates. i mean, i am jewish and i love israel, even though i don&#039;t agree with some of the things that are done in its name, but i think it&#039;s important to have a nuanced, reasonable view.

b&#039;shalom

bananabrain</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>fair enough rohin and thanks &#8211; it&#8217;s just that some of the things he&#8217;s said are often said seriously and they ought to be rebutted. i wouldn&#8217;t want anybody to think i didn&#8217;t care about standing up for either the palestinians or the israelis or both in this thorniest of debates. i mean, i am jewish and i love israel, even though i don&#8217;t agree with some of the things that are done in its name, but i think it&#8217;s important to have a nuanced, reasonable view.</p>
<p>b&#8217;shalom</p>
<p>bananabrain</p>
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		<title>By: Rohin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rohin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bananabrain, really - don&#039;t waste your breath (fingers) on this guy. If he&#039;s for real or if he&#039;s fake, he&#039;s a joker either way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bananabrain, really &#8211; don&#8217;t waste your breath (fingers) on this guy. If he&#8217;s for real or if he&#8217;s fake, he&#8217;s a joker either way.</p>
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		<title>By: bananabrain</title>
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		<dc:creator>bananabrain</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 14:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>although i am assuming that MSZK above is supposed to be taking the piss, i would nonetheless like to address some of the things that get flung around as if they were established fact, rather than the standard old-chestnuts of the antizionist brigade.

&lt;i&gt;I always notice you guys fling the mud at people make fun of peoples spelling but NEVER! try to [...] deconstruct(like Derida, Foucault) their argumants.&lt;/i&gt;

perhaps this is because that wouldn&#039;t actually help us to understand them. those guys could make an emergency exit sign incomprehensible. and, OK, fair enough, we shouldn&#039;t be rude about spelling, but i personally would avoid bringing up derrida in this context and then spelling his name wrong while you&#039;re at it. unless this too is a &quot;joke&quot;, of course.

&lt;i&gt;Arab’s been killing so many are brave service menanwomen, now even peace activeists, did you ever axe your self why.&lt;/i&gt;
actually, it&#039;s fairly obvious. what isn&#039;t quite so obvious is why 90% of the people the charmingly named &quot;insurgents&quot; kill in iraq are, in fact, muslims. the &quot;wrong sort&quot;, i dare say, but not &quot;zionist crusaders&quot; at any rate.

&lt;i&gt;We give Palestine to the Isreal neo cons when there was all ready Palestinians living on the land (of the sovereign country of Palestine).&lt;/i&gt;
&quot;we&quot; being who? the UN? or are you perhaps referring to the first zionist conference in basel in 1870? *rolls eyes* as you ought to know, the 1948 resolution recognising israel (the only state whose existence was explicitly ratified by the international community) divided the territory into a jewish state and an arab state. except, of course, that the arab state was jordan, not palestine. in fact - and i do hate to bring it up - there has never been a sovereign country of palestine (i do think there &lt;b&gt;should&lt;/b&gt; be one, of course, so don&#039;t get me wrong) but the territory divided was the &quot;british mandate in palestine&quot; - an area under british sovereignty comprising modern day israel, jordan and the west bank (though not gaza or the golan heights). before 1915, palestine was a distinctly non-sovereign province of the ottoman empire. and before that, it was a part of various empires and kingdoms during the crusades and early islamic empires and, before that, part of the byzantine and roman empires and, before that, a sovereign jewish state. i&#039;m not saying there were no such people as palestinians or anything stupid like that; i&#039;m just saying that the name is older than the group of people who want to be a sovereign nation of palestine.

secondly, &quot;neo-cons&quot; are, unless i have completely misunderstood the term, of recent provenance. you seem to be implying that the rumsfelds, wolfovitzes and other bush cronies were a recognised group in 1948 - which, as they were mostly in short trousers then, or not even born, is probably not correct.

&lt;i&gt;And we give Isreal atomic bombs.&lt;/i&gt;
er... actually, the US gives conventional weapons as military aid. the israelis obviously pursue this policy of &quot;nuclear ambiguity&quot; (otherwise known as &quot;you want to find out if we&#039;re bluffing?&quot;) but i understand that before they had their own reactor (not that they do, according to them *rolls eyes*) they had to nick a bunch of uranium from someone - nobody was going to sell it to them in the early 70s. apparently the story of how they got their hands on it has passed into legend in the world of covert operations, although ken follett once wrote a terribly bad novel about it called &quot;triple&quot;. the actual weaponisation and so on the israelis did for themselves. either way, it&#039;s a deterrent, not something to threaten other countries with (which is, according to my sources, why the scuds that landed on tel aviv in 1990 didn&#039;t contain chemical or biological warheads, not because saddam didn&#039;t have any WMDs). or, perhaps you meant to say &quot;the french gave saddam a nuclear reactor and the russians are in the process of giving high-grade uranium to iran although they&#039;re sitting on vast reserves of oil and natural gas&quot;. 

&lt;i&gt;Of course they Palestians blow up the neo cons with suicide bomb matyrs, they don’t have no atomic bombs.&lt;/i&gt;
nobody&#039;s used atomic bombs on the palestinians! and, in the absence of neocons to avenge themselves on, of course, it therefore follows that these &#039;martyrs&#039; go into pizza restaurants and onto buses and blow up women and children. sounds pretty reasonable to me.

&lt;i&gt;Yes, Saddam did opress some of his own people, Kurds and Shites.&lt;/i&gt;
yes he did. but what&#039;s a meatgrinder here, a chemical attack there, or a rape-room elsewhere?

&lt;i&gt;He did bad things but does that make him a bad person. Remember they is good and bad in all of us.&lt;/i&gt;
i wonder - what *does* make someone a bad person other than their actions?

b&#039;shalom

bananabrain</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>although i am assuming that MSZK above is supposed to be taking the piss, i would nonetheless like to address some of the things that get flung around as if they were established fact, rather than the standard old-chestnuts of the antizionist brigade.</p>
<p><i>I always notice you guys fling the mud at people make fun of peoples spelling but NEVER! try to [...] deconstruct(like Derida, Foucault) their argumants.</i></p>
<p>perhaps this is because that wouldn&#8217;t actually help us to understand them. those guys could make an emergency exit sign incomprehensible. and, OK, fair enough, we shouldn&#8217;t be rude about spelling, but i personally would avoid bringing up derrida in this context and then spelling his name wrong while you&#8217;re at it. unless this too is a &#8220;joke&#8221;, of course.</p>
<p><i>Arab’s been killing so many are brave service menanwomen, now even peace activeists, did you ever axe your self why.</i><br />
actually, it&#8217;s fairly obvious. what isn&#8217;t quite so obvious is why 90% of the people the charmingly named &#8220;insurgents&#8221; kill in iraq are, in fact, muslims. the &#8220;wrong sort&#8221;, i dare say, but not &#8220;zionist crusaders&#8221; at any rate.</p>
<p><i>We give Palestine to the Isreal neo cons when there was all ready Palestinians living on the land (of the sovereign country of Palestine).</i><br />
&#8220;we&#8221; being who? the UN? or are you perhaps referring to the first zionist conference in basel in 1870? *rolls eyes* as you ought to know, the 1948 resolution recognising israel (the only state whose existence was explicitly ratified by the international community) divided the territory into a jewish state and an arab state. except, of course, that the arab state was jordan, not palestine. in fact &#8211; and i do hate to bring it up &#8211; there has never been a sovereign country of palestine (i do think there <b>should</b> be one, of course, so don&#8217;t get me wrong) but the territory divided was the &#8220;british mandate in palestine&#8221; &#8211; an area under british sovereignty comprising modern day israel, jordan and the west bank (though not gaza or the golan heights). before 1915, palestine was a distinctly non-sovereign province of the ottoman empire. and before that, it was a part of various empires and kingdoms during the crusades and early islamic empires and, before that, part of the byzantine and roman empires and, before that, a sovereign jewish state. i&#8217;m not saying there were no such people as palestinians or anything stupid like that; i&#8217;m just saying that the name is older than the group of people who want to be a sovereign nation of palestine.</p>
<p>secondly, &#8220;neo-cons&#8221; are, unless i have completely misunderstood the term, of recent provenance. you seem to be implying that the rumsfelds, wolfovitzes and other bush cronies were a recognised group in 1948 &#8211; which, as they were mostly in short trousers then, or not even born, is probably not correct.</p>
<p><i>And we give Isreal atomic bombs.</i><br />
er&#8230; actually, the US gives conventional weapons as military aid. the israelis obviously pursue this policy of &#8220;nuclear ambiguity&#8221; (otherwise known as &#8220;you want to find out if we&#8217;re bluffing?&#8221;) but i understand that before they had their own reactor (not that they do, according to them *rolls eyes*) they had to nick a bunch of uranium from someone &#8211; nobody was going to sell it to them in the early 70s. apparently the story of how they got their hands on it has passed into legend in the world of covert operations, although ken follett once wrote a terribly bad novel about it called &#8220;triple&#8221;. the actual weaponisation and so on the israelis did for themselves. either way, it&#8217;s a deterrent, not something to threaten other countries with (which is, according to my sources, why the scuds that landed on tel aviv in 1990 didn&#8217;t contain chemical or biological warheads, not because saddam didn&#8217;t have any WMDs). or, perhaps you meant to say &#8220;the french gave saddam a nuclear reactor and the russians are in the process of giving high-grade uranium to iran although they&#8217;re sitting on vast reserves of oil and natural gas&#8221;. </p>
<p><i>Of course they Palestians blow up the neo cons with suicide bomb matyrs, they don’t have no atomic bombs.</i><br />
nobody&#8217;s used atomic bombs on the palestinians! and, in the absence of neocons to avenge themselves on, of course, it therefore follows that these &#8216;martyrs&#8217; go into pizza restaurants and onto buses and blow up women and children. sounds pretty reasonable to me.</p>
<p><i>Yes, Saddam did opress some of his own people, Kurds and Shites.</i><br />
yes he did. but what&#8217;s a meatgrinder here, a chemical attack there, or a rape-room elsewhere?</p>
<p><i>He did bad things but does that make him a bad person. Remember they is good and bad in all of us.</i><br />
i wonder &#8211; what *does* make someone a bad person other than their actions?</p>
<p>b&#8217;shalom</p>
<p>bananabrain</p>
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		<title>By: Natasha Ali</title>
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		<dc:creator>Natasha Ali</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is an actual Imam who has labelled a fatwa against Blue&#039;s clues. Goodle it and you will get the details.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is an actual Imam who has labelled a fatwa against Blue&#8217;s clues. Goodle it and you will get the details.</p>
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		<title>By: El Cid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 10:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Is he a spoof, isn&#039;t he? 
Actually, there were elements of that last post which weren&#039;t unreasonable. But then he writes about Blue clues on another thread!!
This Mohamed Shaka Hislop guy is certainly funny.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is he a spoof, isn&#8217;t he?<br />
Actually, there were elements of that last post which weren&#8217;t unreasonable. But then he writes about Blue clues on another thread!!<br />
This Mohamed Shaka Hislop guy is certainly funny.</p>
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		<title>By: Natasha Ali</title>
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		<dc:creator>Natasha Ali</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 02:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ha!ha! ha! You are funny khalifah!
And now when will you propose Bikhair to be your fourth five?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ha!ha! ha! You are funny khalifah!<br />
And now when will you propose Bikhair to be your fourth five?</p>
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		<title>By: Muhamad Shaka Zulu Khalifa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Muhamad Shaka Zulu Khalifa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2005 01:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Asalam Aleikum

Whoa, hold up, Don, Siddharth, Natasha and other you sad regreatful Kafirs


You Question Me, I Answer You.  I always notice you guys fling the mud at people make fun of peoples spelling but NEVER! try to debate or deconstruct(like Derida, Foucault) their argumants.  For instance I got in a big(huge actually) fight with my brother last week over American foreign policy.  Generally the Israeli-Palestinian issue and particullary the Middle East.  I asked him  &quot;Why Do They Arabs Hate Us? It&#039;s Our Foreign Policy, Stupid.&quot; 
The greatest living president this one time he said &quot;Its the economy stupid.&quot; He was talking about how &quot;that&quot; was the importan thing (the economy). You see, William Jefferson Clinton was not making a insult, he was making it cristal clear. It become a famous &quot;catch frays&quot;. That is where my title come&#039;s from.

Arab&#039;s been killing so many are brave service menanwomen, now even peace activeists, did you ever axe your self why. You think its for no reason? Well I going to tell you. 

It&#039;s are foreign policy stupid.

We give Palestine to the Isreal neo cons when there was all ready Palestians living on the land (of the sovereign country of Palestine). And we give Isreal atomic bombs. Of course they Palestians blow up the neo cons with suicide bomb matyrs, they don&#039;t have no atomic bombs. There own children bomb belts its the only weapon they have, they love the land so much, they must use it, to get there land back. Of course. We made them do it with are own foreign policy.

What if it was you&#039;re land.

Think about it.

In regards to Iraq, Yes, Saddam did opress some of his own people, Kurds and Shites. But he held a great Iraquois Nation together. His inimitable strong man style. You got to respect that. Good/bad its not all black and white they is shades of gray.

Did you see how he tell the judge

·	goto hell
·	you&#039;re court don&#039;t have no legimacy
·	my under pants is dirty

He is brave you got to give him that. He dont take no crap from no body.

He did bad things but does that make him a bad person. Remeber they is good and bad in all of us.

Wasalaam</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Asalam Aleikum</p>
<p>Whoa, hold up, Don, Siddharth, Natasha and other you sad regreatful Kafirs</p>
<p>You Question Me, I Answer You.  I always notice you guys fling the mud at people make fun of peoples spelling but NEVER! try to debate or deconstruct(like Derida, Foucault) their argumants.  For instance I got in a big(huge actually) fight with my brother last week over American foreign policy.  Generally the Israeli-Palestinian issue and particullary the Middle East.  I asked him  &#8220;Why Do They Arabs Hate Us? It&#8217;s Our Foreign Policy, Stupid.&#8221;<br />
The greatest living president this one time he said &#8220;Its the economy stupid.&#8221; He was talking about how &#8220;that&#8221; was the importan thing (the economy). You see, William Jefferson Clinton was not making a insult, he was making it cristal clear. It become a famous &#8220;catch frays&#8221;. That is where my title come&#8217;s from.</p>
<p>Arab&#8217;s been killing so many are brave service menanwomen, now even peace activeists, did you ever axe your self why. You think its for no reason? Well I going to tell you. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s are foreign policy stupid.</p>
<p>We give Palestine to the Isreal neo cons when there was all ready Palestians living on the land (of the sovereign country of Palestine). And we give Isreal atomic bombs. Of course they Palestians blow up the neo cons with suicide bomb matyrs, they don&#8217;t have no atomic bombs. There own children bomb belts its the only weapon they have, they love the land so much, they must use it, to get there land back. Of course. We made them do it with are own foreign policy.</p>
<p>What if it was you&#8217;re land.</p>
<p>Think about it.</p>
<p>In regards to Iraq, Yes, Saddam did opress some of his own people, Kurds and Shites. But he held a great Iraquois Nation together. His inimitable strong man style. You got to respect that. Good/bad its not all black and white they is shades of gray.</p>
<p>Did you see how he tell the judge</p>
<p>·	goto hell<br />
·	you&#8217;re court don&#8217;t have no legimacy<br />
·	my under pants is dirty</p>
<p>He is brave you got to give him that. He dont take no crap from no body.</p>
<p>He did bad things but does that make him a bad person. Remeber they is good and bad in all of us.</p>
<p>Wasalaam</p>
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