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- Wed Mar 17, 2010 6:29 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: US and Israel
- Replies: 27
- Views: 12006
Well personally halplm I think the Obama administration is frustrated by the Israeli one and its actions. Let me start off by making sure I state that I am not a neutral party towards this issue by any means. The whole Palestine/Israel issue is a personal one for me (my grandfather was born and grew...
- Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:11 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Prayer Thread
- Replies: 1385
- Views: 526651
- Sun Jan 31, 2010 1:38 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Prayer Thread
- Replies: 1385
- Views: 526651
I haven't posted here before but I do send my send my prayers whenever I come accross this thread I promise :) Anyways, I've finished my applications to graduate schools and I'm awaiting results right now and I'm really nervous. I have already gotten rejected from one grad school and my 3 friends wh...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 1:11 pm
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Eboo Patel wins Religion Award
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10696
Ismailis only make up about 2% of the total Muslim population (~15-20 million in total). They have several different beliefs then Sunnis and mainstream Shi'is. When people say Shi'i they usually refer to a branch of Shi'ism-Twelver Shi'ism which is by far the largest and the one that's on the news. ...
- Mon Dec 14, 2009 2:07 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Eboo Patel wins Religion Award
- Replies: 17
- Views: 10696
Nice to see a thread about this! I've read his book and talked with Eboo a few times; he's a really a smart, eloquent, nice guy. We awarded him the Muslim American Contribution Award (http://msan.stanford.edu/maca/past_recipients.html) a few months ago and he was gracious enough to accept it. In cas...
- Sun Nov 15, 2009 2:38 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The religious imperative
- Replies: 161
- Views: 57756
Superwizard, I don't disagree at all, and I am *not* trying to lump all Muslims or all of Islam in with the radicals. But the quotation demonstrates that there exists a strain of religious belief (in this case a branch of Islam, but it could be a branch of Zoroastrianism or anything else) which ass...
- Sat Nov 14, 2009 8:28 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: The religious imperative
- Replies: 161
- Views: 57756
Re: The religious imperative
Anwar al-Aulaqi, Hasan’s one-time spiritual leader, after the mass murder: Nidal Hassan is a hero. He is a man of conscience who could not bear living the contradiction of being a Muslim and serving in an army that is fighting against his own people. This is a contradiction that many Muslims brush ...
- Thu Oct 22, 2009 3:43 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Anti-Semitism is alive and well and living in America
- Replies: 103
- Views: 35234
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:14 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: A day with President Musharraf
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8671
Were there any questions about ISI's involvement in terrorist cells? I believe someone asked him how much control he had over the ISI and the army and he stated that he had as much control over the ISI as India had over it's intelligence agency (forgot its name but I'm sure you know it). He also sa...
- Sat Jan 17, 2009 11:50 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: A day with President Musharraf
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8671
A day with President Musharraf
Hey everyone. Today I spent most of the day with former Pakistani President Musharraf and I just thought I'd share my experiences with my friends here. :) I was lucky because I was able to obtain a VIP pass (pulled a few strings) and so I was able to not only go to the main event but also to a small...
- Mon Jan 05, 2009 2:52 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Israel, Hamas and Gaza
- Replies: 124
- Views: 35641
Not to the people who live there though Lord M.Lord_Morningstar wrote:Israel is dropping bombs in civilian areas not to punish Hamas but to destroy its weapons. There's a difference.superwizard wrote:As it stands now both sides are doing this.Lord_Morningstar wrote: And as it stands now, the side doing this is Hamas.
- Mon Jan 05, 2009 10:10 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Israel, Hamas and Gaza
- Replies: 124
- Views: 35641
My point is this: dropping bombs, even smart bombs, in a civilian area to punish a government does not endear you to a population. And as it stands now, the side doing this is Hamas. As it stands now both sides are doing this. I completely agree with what V and River. I cannot speak about public op...
- Mon Jan 05, 2009 1:19 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Israel, Hamas and Gaza
- Replies: 124
- Views: 35641
who wants to defend Hamas? Not me sir you can look elsewhere. Who wants to stand up and say that the killing of over 100 women and children was wrong? I cannot but say I. I will not go into a lengthy argument about this issue and I must apologize for that really but I can't right now my plate is too...
- Fri Dec 05, 2008 9:13 am
- Forum: Tol Eressëa
- Topic: Call for Inspiration.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4545
- Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:17 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Terror strikes again in India
- Replies: 41
- Views: 16963
Yes that is quiet worrying :( I'm also concerned about tensions within India between Muslims and Hindus. When some of my Muslim friends went there over the summer (they took part in a three week seminar about Gandhi) they said that they did find some animosity between Hindus and Muslims there (one o...
- Thu Nov 27, 2008 9:15 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Terror strikes again in India
- Replies: 41
- Views: 16963
eek this is atrocious! I've been following the news all day and this is just horrible! What a devastating year in India (so many of my friends were in India over the summer and it was awful reading about the terror attacks that happened then as well). Quite honestly when I heard the news the first t...
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 12:30 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Bali Bombers Executed
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11470
( sorry superwizard, if you prefer a term you think is more accurate I will use it ) :) thanks for thinking of me but no I really don't mind the term (the one I don't think people should use is Jihadist simply because that is what they want to be known as as it translates roughly to holy fighter in...
- Sun Nov 09, 2008 12:21 pm
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: Bali Bombers Executed
- Replies: 19
- Views: 11470
- Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:10 am
- Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
- Topic: U.S. domestic terrorism
- Replies: 39
- Views: 14091
The Qur'an tells them to kill infidels. The Bible does no such thing. Ok first of all you really need to place such statements into context. There are many passages which deal with living harmoniously together in the world and the striving for peace. Also as I've mentioned a few times before the te...
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:10 am
- Forum: 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
- Topic: Voting concerns for the upcoming election
- Replies: 385
- Views: 176769
Holy cow! Five hours? And that's several weeks before the election? What is it going to be like on election day itself? That is really concerning (not from a partisan point of view, but simply from the point of view of wanting the election to go smoothly so that everyone who wants to vote can do so...