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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:12 PM Original message |
Libyan leader seeks to calm West on Sharia fears |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Moderate polygamy: only three wives? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I thought they were allowing 4 wives |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
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psychopomp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
62. Suck on it |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Apparently, that was allowed under Gaddafi |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Do you think being stupid hurts? |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Explain. I am too stupid to understand what you are saying. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:55 AM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Any reason to accept their statements at face value, then state them as fact? |
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Fool Count (878 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
49. Yeah, "statements from Libyans", that world-renown source of truth. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
21. Projecting, much? n t |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. My tooth REALLY hurts a lot. nt. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #13 |
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pbrower2a (78 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:31 AM Response to Reply #1 |
18. Qaddafi was a heretic and a criminal |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
3. Clarified How Exactly? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Saudi Arabia imposes a very radical version of sharia law... |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Citing an article from the Moonie Times |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yep. FeaRmongeRing and ThieveRy is their moto. n t |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Bing! |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Tunisians, Libyans, and to a certain extent, Egyptians... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
25. Did Afghanistan have such a severe version of Sharia law before the Taliban? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:37 AM Original message |
Those in charge will interpret it moderately in both Tunisia and Libya. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:41 AM Response to Original message |
28. So what happened in Afghanistan? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. You do know 'where' Afghanistan is located on a map, I presume. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:04 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Yeah no Taliban in Afghanistan...whatever. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Where did I say "no Taliban in Afghanistan" up there? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
36. So they are to determine their own fate.. |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. You mean, the U.N. and NATO (and the EU) disapprove terrorism? |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 11:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
53. Sharia law is, by definition, theocracy; English Common Law is a rational and secular tradition |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:13 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. "All religions are not equivalent; some are much nastier than others." |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:54 AM Response to Reply #55 |
63. I had a zero tolerance purge using Ignore when 'Pastor' Jones was going to burn the Quran |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. You don't fear Saudi Arabia? |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. One question, if you don't mind, do you think launching tomahawk |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. I'm certain that it's terrifying. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:32 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. You think the Saudi government financed the 9/11 attacks?? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:00 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Cute. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You fear all Saudi Arabians?? |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:37 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Nope, just the country. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. You do reallize OBL hated Saudi Arabia for being too "western" and pro US.. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:07 AM Response to Reply #29 |
32. I don't fear imperialism because it's such a known quantity. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:29 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You seem determined to put the blame for terrorism on the Saudi nation.. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:43 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Can we really equate monarchy with "government"? |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
40. In that part of the world that seems to be norm.. |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:13 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. What can we do about it?! We caused it. We made it. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. thats a very simplistic view of the situation. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:46 AM Response to Reply #14 |
37. I fear them because they are part owners of Fox News.. |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:27 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. +1 |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 12:38 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Yep. I guess that maybe, and I emphasize.... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-24-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Says the fanatic with the prayer callous on his forehead... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 02:48 AM Response to Reply #10 |
38. Ouch.. That one is going to leave a mark.. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:42 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. That "little detail" has been almost universially posted on islamaphobic sites. |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 10:36 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. JCMach is a Muslim living in an Arab state if I recall correctly. |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:09 AM Response to Reply #52 |
54. That wouldn't preclude him from making unjustified judgements based on visual cues alone. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:34 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. So, if a Cardinal is wearing a Priest's robe, you don't assume he supports the Pope's positions? |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
61. JCMach's "personal experience" is a whole lot closer to these guys |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:30 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. Moderate muslims/secularists have been in a war with radicals over here |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
41. Devout doesn't always mean fanatical... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 01:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. Voila. n t |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:40 AM Response to Reply #41 |
58. This is very true, but there is not a separation of church and state in the Muslim world |
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Turborama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 04:59 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Apart from Indonesia, of course, the largest majority Muslim country in the world |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 01:54 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. I don't think your lists are accurate. I looked up the UAE for example |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 01:36 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Exactly, most have secular law in name only... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 02:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. Thanks. These lists have been put out there so many times, I decided to actually fact check them |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 01:35 AM Response to Reply #59 |
66. But, their laws are essentially transfered from Sharia... |
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riderinthestorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
46. Codifying ANY religious law into a country's founding documents is a mistake. |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #46 |
64. Exactly. Right now, I am so very grateful that the founders of this country |
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Jacobin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
47. Islam is going to need a Reformation |
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joshcryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-25-11 09:43 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. And denying the Arab Spring over "fears" of "islamism" would've simply made it take longer. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-26-11 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
60. Tunisia Liberals See a Vote for Change, Not Religion |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-27-11 01:40 AM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Completely misses the mark because it takes the Western viewpoint |
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