Here’s one now, and he’s likely to find himself on the wrong end of a fatwa for daring to speak of the hypocrisy that so much of the Western world finds an impolite topic of conversation.
Islam gets concessions; infidels get conquered
What they capture, they keep. When they lose, they complain to the U.N.
Protests aimed at keeping the pope out of Hagia Sophia rocked Istanbul right up to the morning of his visit to the site. Contrast that intolerance with the tolerance granted Muslims in regard to the Al Aqsa mosque  this time, an Islamic site in Jerusalem annexed by Judaism. Unlike the permanent Muslim desecration of Hagia Sophia, after Israel’s victory in the 1967 war, the Jews did not deface or convert the mosque into a Jewish synagogue or temple, even though the Al Aqsa mosque is deliberately built atop the remains of the Temple Mount, the holiest site of Judaism and, by extension, an important site for Christians. Moreover, since reclaiming the Temple Mount, Israel has granted Muslims control over the Al Aqsa mosque (except during times of crises).
All this illustrates the privileged status that many Muslims expect in the international arena. When Muslims conquer non-Muslim territories  such as Constantinople, not to mention all of North Africa, Spain and southwest Asia  those whom they have conquered as well as their descendants are not to expect any apologies, let alone political or territorial concessions.
Mr. Ibrahim, my hat is off to you. May you live long and speak loudly.
Good one, I needed something to cosh people who think that history started in 632 or 998 or 1947.
Drudge Report, Dec 7 2006 –
Big pic of Pres. Bush and PM Blair with the link beneath “WE WILL PREVAIL”
Hey, at least Dubya steals from the best:
General “Buck” Turgidson: General Ripper called Strategic Air Command headquarters shortly after he issued the go code. I have a portion of the transcript of that conversation if you’d like me to to read it.
President Merkin Muffley: Read it!
General “Buck” Turgidson: Ahem… The Duty Officer asked General Ripper to confirm the fact that he *had* issued the go code, and he said, uh, “Yes gentlemen, they are on their way in, and no one can bring them back. For the sake of our country, and our way of life, I suggest you get the rest of SAC in after them. Otherwise, we will be totally destroyed by Red retaliation. Uh, my boys will give you the best kind of start, 1400 megatons worth, and you sure as hell won’t stop them now, uhuh. Uh, so let’s get going, there’s no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural… fluids. God bless you all” and he hung up.
[beat]
General “Buck” Turgidson: Uh, we’re, still trying to figure out the meaning of that last phrase, sir.
President Merkin Muffley: There’s nothing to figure out, General Turgidson. This man is obviously a psychotic.
General “Buck” Turgidson: We-he-ell, uh, I’d like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in.
Tear the Mosque down and return the site to a Jewish/Christian shrine.
It is a rather striking building. And as it was built to the greater glory of the one god, I don’t think there is any need to tear it down.
Maybe a nice exorcism would work.
Err… I sure don’t think the greater glory of YHWH was exactly what the builders had in mind.
The Arabs are lucky the Israelis don’t act like militant Hindus in Amritsar, or the Dome on The Rock would be long gone.
Sort of like the Soviet’s view of or respective spheres of influence during the Cold War: “Comrade, what is our is ours. What is yours is negotiable.”
Yahweh is Jehovah is God is Lah. Same deity.
We are all lucky that people generally don’t behave like militant Hindus in Amritsar. Or Taliban morons in Afghanistan. Or English morons defacing Roman Catholic churches during the Commonwealth.
I preorderd the paperback version of his upcoming book today at amazon.com. It was under 11 bucks. [hint]
So say the Muslims. I have begun to doubt.
Good point.
tw ‘wrong76’
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If your any religous then your extreme.Because no else else tries hard to follow that certain code of conduct. I just wish people would sepnd more time trying to find themselves and less time on finding jesus or alah or who ever the imaginary person in the room the are worshipping.
Yeah Alice, that darned oppressive “Love thy neighbor as thyself” crap has to go! And don’t get me started on all that #@$&ing “don’t lie, steal, no adultery, yada yada yada…”
buncha hooey that.
Oh, and then we can go get rid of those darn Buddhists – talk about an extremist, mean bunch of SOBs.
More good points.
But I suspect, Major, that you may be as slow to turn the other cheek as I am.
Still, we try to be good.
That’s wonderful alice, if that REALLY works for you. I will still pray for you, and other people without faith, though. But good luck in finding yourself. Did you try google yet?
As a Christian, I ask myself what would Jesus think in these situations? I really think he wouldn’t give a shit about a building made of brick and mortar. His concerns were of the soul. Anybody saying that Jesus would be offended by the destruction of a Christian place of worship, is in my opinion, a little misguided. Buildings are secular worries. Let’s not confuse that with Jesus. Now, to the crazy muslims (qualifier: not ALL muslims are crazy. that word is describing the actual crazy ones), it’s obviously a big fucking deal.
> Yahweh is Jehovah is God is [Allah]. Same deity.
Oh really? Then why do the Allah-folk tell us that the other gods are worshiped by pigs and apes? Why are bushes yelling about Jews hiding behind them?
Major John – you could understand Alice? I am not one to pick on typos, being familiar with the plague myself. But, I couldn’t make heads or tails of the comment. But, I refer to Oriana Fallaci (atheist) for a response to the dribble:
“Christianity is the greatest revolution humanity has every accomplished. By comparison, all the others seem limited” … without Christianity there would not have been the Renaissance, there would not have been the Enlightenment …Still less would there have been Liberalism. In my view, without the Christian Revolution of the Soul, there would not have been either the present waking-up of women.
Carin,
So Quezeqotl worship or whatever wouldn’t lead to an Enlightenment? Women would still be equal…Equally sacrificed to appease the equitorial sun that is.