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skepticscott

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10. The other little joker in there

Reply to onager (Reply #5)

Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:43 AM

Jun 2014

is that there really is not a monolithic "Arabic" language that is spoken over a wide area. Different versions of Arabic are spoken in different countries, and they may be only partially, or barely intelligible to one another.

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Why the Arabic World Turned Away from Science [View all] onager Jun 2014 OP

Interesting, but Brainstormy Jun 2014 #1

Here, let me give you the reaction you would get in the Other Group. trotsky Jun 2014 #2

GASP!! I found another nest of racists!1! onager Jun 2014 #5

Always interesting stuff! JNelson6563 Jun 2014 #9

The other little joker in there skepticscott Jun 2014 #10

That's very true. onager Jun 2014 #13

"Im not a racist. I'm a bigot. It's completely different" Jim Jeffries. A HERETIC I AM Jul 2014 #16

"Islam has no tradition of separating politics and religion." Jokerman Jun 2014 #3

Just read a great book about that. onager Jun 2014 #7

Change " the Arabic World" for " the Monied class and the Knuckle Dragging base" and the Vincardog Jun 2014 #4

Fascinating article theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #6

I get: Downwinder Jun 2014 #8

Actually, there wasn't really a dark ages Lordquinton Jun 2014 #12

Great post, thank you. n/t KatyMan Jun 2014 #15

Core paragraph: DetlefK Jun 2014 #11

denied that correlation and causation exist and replaced it with "God's ways are mysterious." AlbertCat Jul 2014 #17

Doesn't this paragraph ring a familiar chord? theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #14

An excellent and relevant movie. My favorite movie, in fact: Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2014 #18