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| Beheading Nations: The Islamization of EuropeÂ’s Cities |
| 2006-11-26 |
| Posted by:Glaviper Ulaiper4030 |
| #6 a history which matters nought to truculent chauvinists of various sorts. Mega-zing! |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-26 23:29 |
| #5 & comes from the handwritten abbreviation for the Latin et or "and"; review of early Euro works on arithmetic show the progression from et to the cursive "&" to the very short "+", whose only connection with Christianity is its origin in what was then Christian Europe, a history which matters nought to truculent chauvinists of various sorts. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-26 23:06 |
| #4 I guess the Jews who later won Nobel prizes didn't make a big stink about using the "+" sign in their work or about using incomprehensible substitutes. On the other hand, they may not have answered the phone call from the Nobel Prize Committee if it came on a Jewish holy day. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-11-26 22:48 |
| #3 "Di ya recognize what I'm holdin' above ya, lad?" "Why, it's a cross, symbolizing the quartering of the universe into active and passive principals." "May God have mercy on yer heathen souls!" |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-26 20:44 |
| #2 Zenster, some Orthodox Jews refuse to use the plus sign too. In my days at Brooklyn College, back in the 1970s, my advisor mentioned that one of his other students had confused him by using a peculiar symbol instead. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2006-11-26 10:00 |
| #1 Some of the gems: (YJCMTSU) Orbin’s report cited Muslim students’ refusal to use the “plus” sign in mathematics because it looks like a crucifix; Grethe Olsen, accompanied by her guide dog Isak, experienced being rejected by no less than 21 taxis before finally getting a ride. Olsen thought the taxi drivers said no for religious reasons … Mullah Krekar, former leader of Kurdish guerilla group Ansar-al-Islam, lives in Oslo. He … has stated that “Osama bin Laden is a good person” … Rumor has it that Krekar is such a respected man among many fellow Muslims that he gets taxi rides for free. Which means that it is easier to get a taxi ride in Norway’s capital if you praise Osama bin Laden than if you are blind. The only full members of the Islamic community are Muslim men. All others have fewer rights, due to their religion, sex or slave status. The rates for blood money mirror this religious apartheid system, which is deeply ingrained in Islamic law. A Saudi Arabian court ruled that the value of one woman’s life was equal to that of one man’s leg. A secret high-level UK police report concluded that Muslim officers were more likely to become corrupt than white officers, with complaints of misconduct and corruption against Muslim officers running 10 times higher than against their colleagues. Direct link: http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/1183 |
| Posted by: Zenster 2006-11-26 05:06 |