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Ravenna44

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7. I loved that too

Sun Nov 16, 2014, 02:31 AM

Nov 2014

Actually I have never seen "mortmain" used anywhere outside "A Swiftly Tilting Planet" so I was delighted to come across it here. I am also amused that Maher is a common Muslim boys' name, and Jibreel is the Arabic rendering of Gabriel - who in Islam is the angel who recited Allah's words into Mohammed's ear.

Also: great article. Bill Maher is right, and it makes me sad to see the rise of the "Ben Affleck liberal": one who proves his moral superiority by defending theocrats, misogynists, and gay-bashers against those with the guts to call them out.

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Wake up and oppose theocracy: Bill Maher, Rula Jebreal and the urgent Islam debate [View all] applegrove Nov 2014 OP

�It�s okay to judge that rule of law isn�t just different than theocracy, it�s better. tritsofme Nov 2014 #1

Read the First book of Samuel. Try to read past the Iron Age rhetoric. raging moderate Nov 2014 #2

I'm sure that there are some liberal Muslims just as there are LuvNewcastle Nov 2014 #3

Most of the liberal muslims I have met go much further than Maher does Sen. Walter Sobchak Nov 2014 #9

LOL, Maher is a raging Islamophobic bigot. Odin2005 Nov 2014 #4

Semi-related: "mortmain" has always been Nevernose Nov 2014 #5

I loved that too Ravenna44 Nov 2014 #7

Maher is giving Dennis Miller a run for his money... blkmusclmachine Nov 2014 #6

oh shut up! noiretextatique Nov 2014 #8