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Comment #225729 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 9:56 am

TWP,







I was being serious. In my mind, barnonculars are a class act, because humor is classy, especially that kind of humor.

Dumb ass.

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Comment #225718 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 9:36 am

TWP,




You are now officially a classy girl. I wasn't sure before, but you have earned some stripes with that purchase.


Barnbocular futures are up 5% on the open on news of increased security at sporting events, and a decline in the tequila market. I see the spread on barnoculars widening on the CME to 14.50-14.80.


That was a good buy.

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Comment #225684 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 7:51 am

Sciros,






PM for you. Krav Maga.

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Comment #225653 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 6:55 am

Bonzai,






I have much to learn about all this martial arts stuff. I am woefully ignorant of eastern martial arts.



TWP,



No I give up on the humor this morning. Maybe I will have a stroke of genius later, and revisit the issue.

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Comment #225645 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 6:43 am

Wu Tang Clan?







TWP,



That is usually the case, imagine how loud it is in my head when I say something truly funny.



Oh well. Would "Jew Gyps-you" been better?

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Comment #225641 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 6:34 am

Quetz,





You gave me the frowny face. Now I am confused.

Or as a friend of mine spells it "confussed". Ha.

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Comment #225624 by al-rawandi on August 7, 2008 at 6:11 am

Hey we are talking about martial arts then Jews....




Jew Jitsu.




hahahaha



"Okay class, the first move you are going to learn is how to hold on to your wallet with a vice grip."



Booya.

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Comment #225458 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 3:36 pm

TWP,






I am waiting to get some selling agreements executed. But yes, I need to leave soon.


Had a good day though, quite productive. Must be the absence of threads on Socialism. No spitting cobra's of Marxism to battle.




kkelly,



I thought you would be into the horizontal polka.

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Comment #225452 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 3:29 pm

Sciros,

Right now it's on hold as I concentrate more on martial arts

I am trying to get into fighting. Not sure if I want to do MMA, but I do want to get started.

I had a fighter I work out with tell me to get going with Chinese Kick Boxing, but I also hear other forms are better.


Any thoughts?

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Comment #225399 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 2:25 pm

Steve,




I like the name.




Quetz,



I am more accomplished with a baseball bat.




Goldy,



Aren't most Baluchis Pakistanis anyhow? Being that Baluchistan is a Pakistani province. And yes women have been driving, but it's the Arab men you want to steer clear of. Driving in an Arab country, in Saudi Arabia I referred to my road trips as tawakkul..."Reliance upon god". Danger Will Robinson, Danger.

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Comment #225361 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 1:42 pm

Nairb,

A bit tetchy on where problem 8 or 9 is going

Those were Fanusi's. I believe I had some reservations as well.

Of course this assumes the TFR is stable over the next 20 years ( it is in fact decreasing everywhere in the world)

The biggest flaw of demographic predictions is that they assume a number of things. While in Russia, Muslims currently have more children than slavic peoples, their (Muslim) TFR is decreasing as well, and there seems a strong chance that this may end up settling quite near that of slavic people. The govt. of Russia is sponsoring fertility camps to encourage people to have more children (slavic peoples of course).


No way to be certain how it will all work out.

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Comment #225289 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 11:55 am

TWP,




There are Raider games. A friend of mine has season tickets to the 49'ers. My firm as season tickets to the Giants.

I have a flask, I lost that too. When I drink....

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Comment #225278 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 11:46 am

TWP, Apathy,





Well my name describes something I did two weeks ago.


Then I lost my barnoculars. Bummer man.

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Comment #225261 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 11:28 am

Cartomancer,






PM for you.

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Comment #225240 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 11:08 am

Okay I am done feeding the troll.





Back to Islam.



Anyone care to be gay in Iran?


Any takers? At all?

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Comment #225231 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 10:59 am

kkelly,






Coming from the guy who was sleeping with a guy who pro lapsed his rectum with drano, I am going to say "thanks".


But I never had you pegged for a necrophiliac. Thanks for perpetuating the stereotype that homosexual males are all disgusting and permiscuous, Jimmy Swaggart thanks you for your efforts.

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Comment #225217 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 10:49 am

Train wreck? I don't get it I am afraid.


Are you referring to your face?

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Comment #225208 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 10:43 am

TWP




PM. I don't want kkelly knowing where I live.


:-)

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Comment #225192 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 10:29 am

TWP,





May I suggest the Bay Area of CA. The weather can't be beat, and there are plenty financial jobs for young go-getters like yourself.

Or LA could be another option, although there are less financial jobs there, and far more pretentious people.

And San Diego is nice, but not a lot of work and brush up on your Spanish.

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Comment #225184 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 10:20 am

What happened to not feeding the troll?




I finally agree to starve a troll, and look what happens.

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Comment #225151 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 9:35 am

TWP,

ahem you have me confused with KKelly sir

He said "dating" not "gay porn".

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Comment #225137 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 9:09 am

Bonzai,

Being a jackass is not going to add credibility to your argument, and stop trying to bully people like a big fat obnoxious American that you are. Oh, and that is a joke too.

Why are you getting so rattled? No one is mad here except you. Sheesh, take it easy turbo, don't be such a mental midgit.



TWP,



Chupacabra.... "the goat sucker". I suggest you keep your goats locked up.

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Comment #225123 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 8:48 am

TWP,





Those dogs are hideous.

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Comment #225120 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 8:45 am

Bonzai,

I was commenting on Epeeist's use of the phrase "economical imperialism", which is a general term referring to the situation I described in your quote.

You described it in MY quote? You are right, you better slow down I cannot keep up with this onslaught of information. Did I say economic imperialism?

I never said anything specific about Saudi Arabia, the ME, or the oil price (though I could have elaborated on that particular context, but I haven't)

Which is why I made a joke about oil prices.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humor

So you may disagree whether the arrangement with the Saudi Royal family, for example, qualifies as "economical imperialism" but that has nothing to do with my original point about etymology.

Imperialism involves a whole country, not just one fucked up family. So I didn't see you comment on Saudi so I cannot comment beyond my original joke.

I should also add that it is very naive to say that people are not "ripped off" simply because you pay a high price.

Agreed, see wiki page on "joke".

Since we all agree that there is no democracy in the oil producing regimes in the ME, it is a curious assumption that somehow the windfall of oil profit would be shared equitably.

They need socialism for that. (Please see joke)

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Comment #225111 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 8:31 am

Bonzai,

Huh? I am sure you don't mean it in the way it is usually understood, namely, to rip them off economically to ensure that they hate what the West stands for even more.

How did I ever get that wrong. Feel free to take the whole thing personally.





TWP,



Yes I saw that, but it touched the $140 mark a while ago, at the peak of us ripping them off. That's what I like about economic imperialism, they get rich and I spend more, I am sure glad I am ripping them off.



epeeist,



Wait what? What did I do now?

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Comment #225099 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 7:55 am

Vaal,




Well there is an interesting interplay in Muslim countries between women and money. For instance in Saudi women own 50% of small businesses. It was a shocking figure for me, and women in Saudi often told me not to tell people in the US that they were in any way mistreated (I was taken aback). And one Saudi man told me to go back to the US and inquire about his rights, complaining that he couldn't leave his house without checking with his wife first.

As for Dubai, it will do whatever it needs to do to gain massive wealth and create a sustainable post-oil economy. Dubai allows women to work in the country, but I am not sure under what circumstances. I am doing more research into economic opportunities in Dubai (mostly because I plan to go work in the ME in the coming year), I will take a closer look at women there.... ;-)



Bonzai,



$140 per barrel and we are ripping them off? You have a strong sense of irony I see.






Hawt4Dawk,



Fanusi and I differ on the solution but the problems are evident. I would say that deportation of people based on ethnicity or political views is dicey, especially if they are citizens it gets even more dicey. Citizenship must mean a uniform application of the law or it means nothing at all. Citizenship should entail several things:


1) Protection from attack from both foreign and domestic threats (this means your own govt.) anywhere in the world.

2) Equality in recourse to the courts

3) Entitlements to certain legislated benefits

4) Obligation to pay for certain legislated benefits.

5) The right to sanctity of person and property.


These are true for all citizens or no citizens. Infringing on the rights of even one citizen renders citizenship meaningless, because if they can do it to one person they can do it to all people.

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Comment #225088 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 7:23 am

eppeist,





Education, you are correct. And more specifically women.

Also I have been pushing the economic aspect for some time. I am sorry I left it out. BUt yes, providing economic opportunities to women is paramount. Also helping countries like Tunisia along with economic measures would be a positive activity.

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Comment #225061 by al-rawandi on August 6, 2008 at 6:32 am

I PM'ed Fanusi with the problems I saw with Islam and some solutions, to see where we agreed. It was hastily put together on my part, but I thought I would (with Fanusi's permission) repost these, and his additions.



My Comments (Problems):

1) Islam is a vile doctrine

2) If practiced according to the cannonical texts, Islam is dangerous beyond words

3) People differ widely in their practices

4) Islam is not a monolith nor should it be treated as such

5) Islam cannot be reformed, Muslims can.

6) Small populations of Muslims in the west can be a problem.

6) Intellectual defeat of Islam is as important as physical defeat.

7) Things may get worse before they get better.

Fanusi added:

8) The doctrine of taqqiya makes it difficult to take anything that prominent Muslims say at face value.

9) Muslim ghettoes can often be centres of the most barbaric activity.

For solutions I forwarded:

1) Intellectual Imperialism.

2) A close watch on any Islamist influence in western countries

3) Demand Muslims accept western liberal values to become citizens, or deny citizenship.

4) No destruction of our own societies to achieve these goals.

5) Certainty of extreme retaliation for physical and military assaults on western societies.

6) Delineation between Muslim sects and forms of thought, encouragement of the Irshad Manjis and promotion of the Ibn Warraqs. Encourage non-violent and non-bigoted forms of Islam for the long goal of ending the appreciable influence of 7th Century Islam.

Fanusi added:

7) Cut off Saudi Arabian funding to Mosques and maddrassahs and vet the kind of books that can be used in the latter (none of this 'all infidels go to hell' nonsense).

8) A moratorium on immigration from Islamic countries until we can at least get to grips with the mess we already have.

These seem to bring us into agreement despite any previous bouts of acrimony.

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Comment #224724 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Fanusi,




Check your PM. We are spiraling off topic.


I did say "perversions" of Islam. We must encourage those people.


All Orthodox Sunni schools are dangerous, unless otherwise stated.


However the Shi'a have left the gate of Ijtihad open, so hope for reform is greater there than in Sunni Islam.


I never said Islam was *EDIT* NOT a threat.

Now the whole thrust of al's recent arguments has been trying to show that Islam isn't really that bad or that dangerous, and this goes to the extent of rubbishing my sources,

Several points, I never said Islam wasn't that bad, I said you cannot tell the difference between the kinds that are and aren't and promote broad strokes that threaten the liberties we enjoy in western society. I have more than shown you aren't being specific enough.

I rubbished one or two of your sources....

I have never rubbished Ali Sina, Ibn Warraq, or many of the others you cite. Why? Because I agree with them, or at least find them insightful and useful.

You are using the broad brush on me now. People won't trust someone advocating the suspension of liberties, no such person has ever taken a society in a good direction.

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Comment #224712 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Fanusi,

Sciros I'll happily concede your other points, if you'll take this one on board: an area doesn't need to become fully Islamicized for it to become re-primitivized.

Speaking of long held suspicions, it is really about you getting others to agree to your fascist notions of population transfer.

First it was Muslims will be a majority, and this will kill everyone in Europe, and the only way to stop this was to suspend the rights of citizens and deport people at the discretion of a powerful central government. This was achieved by false dichotomies and false premises, followed by "I will be forced to save your neck along with mine." Now it is "Well there only has to be a few of them."

Part of me thinks you simply like the idea of a strong central police state, able to rail road people you don't like at the whim of this police state. Why else would your solutions all lead there? Please, I would be happy if you could convince me otherwise.

it doesn't mean that certain individual countries do not face the serious threat of Islamization

Another comment not anchored in anything concrete, which country is this? I don't deny it, but give me an example.

And I ask you, what would be the consequences in the rest of Europe?

Not sure. I am sure about the consequences of creating a powerful police state. Do you see the problem with your solutions... guaranteed destruction of society to stop the potential destruction of society.

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Comment #224705 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 12:21 pm

Fanusi,

Now, I will add that Nairb did provide me with the first optimistic news I have heard in a long, long time. And he did this by citing facts and data and using reason. al you could learn alot from him.

Nairb pointed this out long ago, I repeatedly mentioned it. If Nairb makes the point, why do I have to provide the exact same numbers. Remember I used to be on your side about this, but a long time ago Narib dispelled this notion, I realized my error. Nairb showed you this some time ago, you didn't see it or willfully ignored it. Why is it my responsibility to do anything other than direct you to what you already have been told.

To al this is not about finding the truth but about 'winning', about scoring cheap rhetorical points, the facts be hanged.

Wrong.... again. It is about several things for me:


1) Adding to my own base of knowledge

2) Helping to add other people's base of knowledge

3) Honing skills of all kinds of debate

4) Pointing out absolutely stupid ideas and comments and holding them up for ridicule.


When you said Putin was going to be a friend of Muslims, I found that this could be in category 2, but it was so glaring that it fell into category four. It was as if you hadn't heard of Chechneya. Russians supported the Serbs in their genocide of Bosnians and Albanian Kosovars. If genocide is friendship, I am missing the appropriate dictionary. It was patently ridiculous and an obvious case of "We will sell you weapons to get rich".

Yes, of course, alot can happen. Now one of the things that al said could happen was mass population transfer. You may, if you wish, see the reaction I got over on the Breeding thread, where I was told that my suggestion of a piecemeal expulsion of Shariah supporters, piecemeal to ensure that only those who really supported it (goons like Hizb ut-Tahrir) would lead to fully fledge fascism, and that I was a 'little snake', a 'nazi', a 'fascist' for suggesting that. But apparently, Russia seems exempt from this. Apparently Russia is immune, in some people's minds, from fascism, and would be able to expel huge numbers without sliding into the re-primitivization that I keep discussing.

Fanusi, the point which may escape you here, is that Russia is reviving all kinds of fascist policies. I don't support those, but as a said "An old Russian favorite" alluding to precisely the Marxist fascist policies of the past. The fundamental point is the fallacy you seem apt to stumble into when assuming all demographic trends will remain the same despite the fact that they are changing before your eyes. Muslim fertility rates are dropping as well. Especially in areas with lots of Muslims.... like Daghestan. Does this make more sense?

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Comment #224646 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 9:44 am

Joe,

In Side the Siraglio - John Freely

Have you read his brother's book?


"Camel Urine 101" - I.P. Freely?




All,




I forgot mention earlier, but Yahya also has an unhealthy obsession with Free Masons. This is a common dimentia in the Muslim world.

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Comment #224634 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 9:11 am

Joe,

The Intelligent Design Movement has been on the increase and now deserves to be taught alongside Darwinism in science.

How is ID science? How does it use the scientific method?


Please explain.

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Comment #224629 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 8:59 am

And didn't the Al-Azhar in Egypt re-issue that Shafi'i manual, the Umdat al-Salik as being correct and reliable in 1991? And isn't it stuffed with things that are a problem for Infidels - Jihad, the enslavement of captive women etc.

Yes they did, and a translation by Nuh Ha Mim Keller, and yes it is PACKED full of problems for infidels and apostates and adulterers, etc...


This was never in contention from me. For fuck's sake...

If you are going to criticize my comments on the schools of Jurisprudence, please provide concrete examples of how they've changed, and how they aren't a problem or a threat from the point of view of Infidels

I didn't say they weren't. You live in a simple dichotomous world, where things are either a threat to everything in existence, causing the destruction of the known world, or they aren't a threat. What I am saying is there needs to be some prioritizing, because no sane person will carry out the fascist policies you suggest.


The entire point of this debate from my end is that you are not advocating a rational solution to these problems. You keep trying to insinuate that I don't understand the problem, because those are the only terms you seem to comprehend.

It is inconceiveable to you that someone might share your general analysis but not want to deport entire populations en masse. But yet it is true. We (myself along with everyone else) finds your solutions dangerous and anti-liberty, percisely what you claim Islam is.

Is that Umar as in the Pact of Umar? You know, that document that lays down the conditions of dhimmitude?

You are changing subjects. I didn't say I would want Umar to be prime minister, what I said was the the Hudud can be suspended, and that this is historical precedent for it happening in the future.


Let me point out, once again the problem with your argument, and perhaps you SHOULD address this:

You said first "grant me my premise" then jumped to "I am going to have to save your neck along with mine".


I asked how that is rational, and asked how you will save our necks exactly.

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Comment #224613 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 8:19 am

Fanusi,

Given that and given Putin's assertion that Russia will always be a staunch friend of Islam, that's not particularly nice

You mean the Chechens, the Daghestanis, or the Ossetians?



Suuuwwwwiinnngggg and a miss.

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Comment #224609 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 8:09 am

Fanusi,

My response to your comments about my ignorance of the schools of Jurisprudence was to challenge you to name one of the orthodox schools that wasn't a problem from the point of view of Infidels. You haven't answered this

I did answer this.

It's worth pointing out that his former statements first showed up in the Washington Post, and these show up in the Gulf News. Am I jumping the gun here, or could this have been taqqiya in action?

Perhaps. But the article is VERY unclear about what happened and what he said. He said "punished" but his initial ruling ruled our death as a punishment, so I read anyhow. Also he isn't the only one, Ibn Taymiyya himself issued a similar fatwa, as have Hanafi scholars (which if you did not know, is a Traditional Sunni school). Shi'a scholars have issued similar rulings. Which goes to my point about your "Orthodox schools" you are treating even those as monoliths which they are not. You seem to think a worthy defense of my charges about your lack of nuance are dispelled by saying "Yes I know there are four Sunni schools", but considering both a Shafi'i and Hanafi scholar have said apostasy is not punishable by death, this should give you a clue.


So when you make some inane comment about the "Orthodox Schools" I can only shrug because you aren't even on the same playing field at this point. I feel like, to quote Sam Harris, "a tennis player, who mid serve looks across the court and sees his opponent is not holding a racquet". This is all without even touching Sufi interpretations of the Shariah.

Floating, because it is untethered to concretes. What, exactly, have I said that's wrong?

Please get yourself a racquet. What you say is correct often, about some Muslims. But as I said your analysis is so bereft of nuance that it is not the basis for forming a rational policy, that is why you forward fundamentally irrational policies as solutions to nuanced problems. You are trying to tinker with your eye glasses usuing a sledge hammer. Perhaps you could bludgeon yourself with your logic book and figure that this is my point. And FYI I have done a little reading myself, so not only is your snide comment annoying, it is incorrect.

I've said that all the orthodox, traditional schools of Islam are a massive problem from an Infidel point of view. Has this been answered?

See above. They can be, depending on who you talk to, and this is without even scratching the surface of more esoteric views of Islam.

On the subject of al's "many Muslim scholars" - which scholars? How many? 'Suspension of Hudud' - not its abolition? And when they say until there's no discord and so forth, are they saying that those punishments should be suspended until an Islamic state is established?

Buy a racquet.


Try the Caliph Umar, who suspended the entirety of Shariah Hudud for a period. Does that suffice as an example. As a present day matter, it is a way for Muslims to object to the barbarity of the Hudud and still remain Muslims. These Muslims actually regard the Hudud as a 7th century bit of barbarity but aren't about to give up on Islam. And this isn't limited to scholars, it is the average Muslim predominately.

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Comment #224585 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 7:27 am

Russia,





Your claim (now shifting from Europe after utter defeat) center on birthrates in Russia. Your claim was the same as usual, that Muslims are outbreeding the non-Muslims. This is only true to a degree. Birthrates everywhere in Russia are declining, including in Daghestan which had the highest birth rate in Russia (and also happens to be Muslim).

But I think your claim centers on the N. Caucuses and the Volga region? This is true, but see above, those rates are even in decline.

You also failed to note that much of the increase in Muslim population is due to immigration from the former Soviet States of Kazakhstan, Tajikstan, etc... This can be avoided by stopping immigration from these countries, and denying these immigrants work permits, or even the old Russian favorite.... population transfer.


But all of your demographic analyses assume an unchanged demographic trend. And since fertility rates among Muslims in Russia are dropping, I fail to see how that prediction will hold. And I am also sceptical as you were so damn certain about Europe's demographics, only to be proven wrong. So if the trend lines aren't even holding in Russia now, so I fail to see why you expect them to hold in the future.

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Comment #224573 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 6:48 am

Spoo,





There is the rub. Muslims have a wide array of interpretations there. My point in bringning it up wasn't to say apostates are not killed (they often are), but to poke a hole in Fanusi's untiring monolith of Islam. There is no conture or texture or nuance to his analysis, it is all "they are this way, get rid of them".


But yes, al-Qaeda types would probably take a wide view of apostasy and a harsh interpretation of punishment. And usually the apostate will flee to a western country, which would certainly qualify as "aiding the enemy" to a wide eyed radical.

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Comment #224561 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 6:01 am

Bonzai,





The guy does have a PhD, he isn't an idiot.




But remember, evidence must be molded to fit conclusions, so Ahmedinejad is a crazy man and we should immediately begin running around in fire drill fashion.

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Comment #224560 by al-rawandi on August 5, 2008 at 5:59 am

Fanusi,






Then you simply don't understand how Iran works. Ahmedinejad does not have final authority on ANY of these matters.


Of course it serves your hysterics to simply believe Ahmedinejad, that way you can wave you arms a little more vigorously and perhaps scare a few more people. You, shockingly, ignored my comments on the conflict with Khamanei (who has the real power as Supreme Leader). And Khamanei is more than pragmatic enough to realize what confrontation with Israel and the US will mean.

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Comment #224354 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 1:55 pm

Phil Rimmer,




You must mean al-Jahiz. He was a Mu'atazila rationalist (a deist to boot) who posited this theory of natural selection.

Unfortunately the brave and intellectual Mu'atazila tradition was stamped out by the literalists of the 'Asharis.

A damn shame.

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Comment #224301 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 12:49 pm

Joe,

I WILL CONTINUE TO DISH OUT PAIN AND ASSERT MY SUPERIORITY OF YOU BLIND FOOLS!

A humble gardner indeed.



Joe, you truly are a joke.

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Comment #224288 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 12:25 pm

Joe,





Harun Yahya is a liar, and you are swinging by your mouth from HIS balls.


How does it taste down there? A little sweaty?

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Comment #224266 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 11:50 am

Corylus,




How about this woman:



http://wrpics.chat.ru/Image1/LauraCreavalle.jpg



She would rip his balls clean off.

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Comment #224257 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 11:40 am

Diacanu,






You weren't here when I had Joe calling strippers and Nevada whore houses. It was a damn riot.

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Comment #224256 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 11:38 am

Joe,







Have you heard, they now offer Camel Urine Enemas, for $19.99. Are you interested, I hear it really clears you out.



Here is the link:


http://www.100monkeystyping.com/wlog/nutz.jpg

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Comment #224234 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 10:56 am

mordacious1,





Those come in both the Yathrib standard can, and the Khaybar wide mouth version. There is also a diet Camel Urine, 1/3 the Calories and same great piss taste.

348. Why Islam Is Unfunny for a Cartoonist

Comment #224229 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 10:51 am

Sciros,




I have also been attempting super hero status.


I prefer the batman option.

349. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #224225 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 10:40 am

mordcaious1,





*Commercial guy voice*


"Are you feeling down and unwanted? Tired all the time? Well we have the solution for you... Mighty Muhammad's Camel Urine. That's right, same classic taste, in a refreshing stay-cool bottle... for that desert heat. Next time you are traveling, or just need that pick me up at home... go for Mighty Muhammad's Camel Urine."


"And coming soon, Cherry Popper pedophilia condoms, check your local drugstore."

350. [UPDATED] Venomous Snakes, Slippery Eels and Harun Yahya

Comment #224202 by al-rawandi on August 4, 2008 at 9:49 am

Allah is the worst CEO ever.


He decides to build a company that sucks ass in the market, and staffs it with the biggest morons he can find. And his PR team???? Don't get me started.