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2007-09-03 Home Front: Culture Wars
An American Muslim visits Cairo
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Posted by gromky 2007-09-03 02:19|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top

#1 But Ali brought his American tendency for criticism and skepticism to a part of the world that values obedience and cohesion above all. He challenged much of what he saw, and ultimately he found himself uncomfortable in the heart of the Muslim world.

Didn't grasp that key element did he? The word Islam means "submission", or the total surrender of oneself to God (Arabic: الله, Allāh). Or as its implemented, by anyone who claims the name of Allah as their copyright or trademark.
Posted by Procopius2k  2007-09-03 08:11||   2007-09-03 08:11|| Front Page Top

#2 "There's a reason why they're over there and not here," he said. "They're really the best and the brightest."

Ah the conceit of being at college, "I'm here, so I'm so much smarter than anyone else". I had that, once.

"You meet these ordinary people with these little lives, and they're like, 'Inshallah, life will be better,' "

'Little lives'? Who does this guy think he is!?

"You recite it for me," Ali demanded. "I want to see if you're a Muslim!"


Ah, the master race - 'nuff said. Jerk.
Posted by Tony (UK) 2007-09-03 14:43||   2007-09-03 14:43|| Front Page Top

#3 following the path forged by Malcolm X, whose thinking about race relations changed after he visited Egypt and other parts of the Mideast and Africa.

And discovered they wouldn't talk to him.Saying he "Wasn't black",
yep he came back changed, having your lies thrown in your own face will do that
Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-09-03 16:01||   2007-09-03 16:01|| Front Page Top

#4 Gosh, you mean that teh lions of Islam are LESS tolerant than the evil Christians that inhabit America. Who would have thunk it?
Posted by Cyber Sarge 2007-09-03 16:38||   2007-09-03 16:38|| Front Page Top

#5 For hundreds of years before Columbus landed on some Carrib islands, the muzzies were running a lucrative and sustained slave trade from sub-Sahara Africa through Cairo, Damascus, and Baghdad. Notice how that all disappears in the 'blame the white man' guilt trip?
Posted by Procopius2k 2007-09-03 18:18||   2007-09-03 18:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Worst of all is how—after undergoing so much trivial bullshit overseas—this pathetic little wanker will probably find himself wanting for not being Islamic enough.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2007-09-03 22:34||   2007-09-03 22:34|| Front Page Top

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