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| Man raids mosque and calls for "conquering Rome" |
| 2010-11-11 |
| [Emirates 24/7] An expatriate Arab doctor in Soddy Arabia raided a packed mosque and interrupted its preacher during Friday prayers to call for conquering Rome before he was jugged by police, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday. The unnamed dermatology doctor at a private hospital in the western Red Sea port of Jeddah snatched the microphone from the preacher and started to shout a sermon in which he called for "conquering Rome," Okaz said. When he finished his "fiery" sermon, he headed for the women's section in the mosque and caused panic among them, the paper said. "Police later jugged the doctor and subjected him to medical tests, which showed he is suffering from schizophrenia," it said."The hospital agreed to a police request to sack the doctor, who will be deported." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 They simply misunderstood. He was calling for conquering "Roma" not Rome. And he went to the women's section to find her. |
| Posted by: Black Charlie Chinemble5313 2010-11-11 11:21 |
| #4 Sounds like a normal soddy to me. Crazy as a bedbug. I'm surprised he's not a psychiatrist. |
| Posted by: Goober Goobelopolous 2010-11-11 10:16 |
| #3 Jeddah is the part of Saudi Arabia where Sunni theological diversity is the greatest. There are 'liberals' who are trying to create a homosexual-friendly interpretation of the Koran and also ultra Wahhabi-types who want to remove nationalistic and ethnic elements associated with Islamic practice. |
| Posted by: Lord Garth 2010-11-11 10:04 |
| #2 Had he not been a dermatologist, I might have figured him for an urologist. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-11-11 09:35 |
| #1 Dermatologists are an odd breed. I don't think I have ever met one who was normal. They either have a complexion like Tutankhamen, or some pale, cave dweller never exposed to sunlight. Most of the time, they diagnose venereal disease skin eruptions, burn or freeze off warts, and forward a lot of their patients for melanoma surgery. As well as deal with psoriasis victims that look like something out of a horror movie. Not your typical physician. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-11-11 07:51 |