lowing
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To both of you


"In response to a recent court decision that said a Berlin high school must provide a Muslim student with a prayer room, a debate has flared up that pits religious freedom against a German law to keep public institutions religion-neutral."
Morpheus
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Morpheus1229 wrote:

So, actually, I think I'll critisize the school- letting somebody do something on their free time does not mean that you support it. Just providing a free room, which is what was asked for, does not mean supporting, appeasing, etc.
So then your point is....


People got upset that other people wanted something that wasn't really illegal?

Woo-hoo, deal with it.

If the room was only to be used by Muslims, then yea it'd be a confilct. But I din't get that sense.

Last edited by Morpheus1229 (2008-04-05 22:18:59)

EE (hats
Scorpion0x17
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lowing wrote:

To both of you


"In response to a recent court decision that said a Berlin high school must provide a Muslim student with a prayer room, a debate has flared up that pits religious freedom against a German law to keep public institutions religion-neutral."
Yeah. And?
lowing
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Morpheus1229 wrote:

Morpheus1229 wrote:

So, actually, I think I'll critisize the school- letting somebody do something on their free time does not mean that you support it. Just providing a free room, which is what was asked for, does not mean supporting, appeasing, etc.
So then your point is....


People got upset that other people wanted something that wasn't really illegal?

Woo-hoo, deal with it.

If the room was only to be used by Muslims, then yea it'd be a confilct. But I din't get that sense.
The room is for Muslims, no one else needs it.
Morpheus
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lowing wrote:

Morpheus1229 wrote:

Morpheus1229 wrote:

So, actually, I think I'll critisize the school- letting somebody do something on their free time does not mean that you support it. Just providing a free room, which is what was asked for, does not mean supporting, appeasing, etc.
So then your point is....


People got upset that other people wanted something that wasn't really illegal?

Woo-hoo, deal with it.

If the room was only to be used by Muslims, then yea it'd be a confilct. But I din't get that sense.
The room is for Muslims, no one else needs it.
Says who? The Christians? The Jews? The School?

They haven't asked for it, that's all. Doesn't mean they can't, or won't use it.
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lowing
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Morpheus1229 wrote:

lowing wrote:

Morpheus1229 wrote:


So then your point is....


People got upset that other people wanted something that wasn't really illegal?

Woo-hoo, deal with it.

If the room was only to be used by Muslims, then yea it'd be a confilct. But I din't get that sense.
The room is for Muslims, no one else needs it.
Says who? The Christians? The Jews? The School?

They haven't asked for it, that's all. Doesn't mean they can't, or won't use it.
Yeah ok, so back to the same argument with the gym hours at Harvard. Just because no one else asked for it, only Muslims, does not mean that no one else can use those special hours. It is a needy, attention whore, of a religion
CameronPoe
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lowing wrote:

Ya mean as much impact on your life as the Israeli Palestinian conflict?........ Also since it is 100% of Islamic nations in the UN pretty much stomps your notion that it is a small minority of them doesn't it.
The Israel/Palestine conflict is the number one driver of anti-western terrorism - it is an issue that transcends borders. Does this inconsequential (for all of us in the west) resolution state that all Islamic nations must be violent? I think you'll find it doesn't..... you seem to forget about what your arguing with whom in this thread....

If anything this resolution plays into western hands - we would benefit from all of their puppet regimes clamping down on dissent!

Oh and by the way I think you missed this rather critical line in the article:

"The council has no enforcement powers but is supposed to act as a moral conscience."

Typical UN.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-04-06 06:18:23)

Morpheus
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lowing wrote:

Morpheus1229 wrote:

lowing wrote:

The room is for Muslims, no one else needs it.
Says who? The Christians? The Jews? The School?

They haven't asked for it, that's all. Doesn't mean they can't, or won't use it.
Yeah ok, so back to the same argument with the gym hours at Harvard. Just because no one else asked for it, only Muslims, does not mean that no one else can use those special hours. It is a needy, attention whore, of a religion
To which I say the response is:

lowing wrote:

Just because no one else asked for it does not mean that no one else can use those special hours
So, now your point is:

lowing wrote:

It is a needy, attention whore, of a religion
Then ignore it, like any attention whore.
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lowing
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CameronPoe wrote:

lowing wrote:

Ya mean as much impact on your life as the Israeli Palestinian conflict?........ Also since it is 100% of Islamic nations in the UN pretty much stomps your notion that it is a small minority of them doesn't it.
The Israel/Palestine conflict is the number one driver of anti-western terrorism - it is an issue that transcends borders. Does this inconsequential (for all of us in the west) resolution state that all Islamic nations must be violent? I think you'll find it doesn't..... you seem to forget about what your arguing with whom in this thread....

If anything this resolution plays into western hands - we would benefit from all of their puppet regimes clamping down on dissent!

Oh and by the way I think you missed this rather critical line in the article:

"The council has no enforcement powers but is supposed to act as a moral conscience."

Typical UN.
Unfortunately the "dissent" you know the people that see Islam for what it is, would be trying to get rid of these violent and non-tolerant" govts.

I love it, Arab/ Islamic nations are gunna be the moral compass and human rights watch dog for the UN. THat outta go over pretty well.

Why do you suppose all of the EU nations obstained from a vote like this Cam? Any chance you will admit because they were afraid of a backlash by this peace loving religion if they did not vote their way? Nehhhhhhhh couldn't be
lowing
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Morpheus1229 wrote:

lowing wrote:

Morpheus1229 wrote:


Says who? The Christians? The Jews? The School?

They haven't asked for it, that's all. Doesn't mean they can't, or won't use it.
Yeah ok, so back to the same argument with the gym hours at Harvard. Just because no one else asked for it, only Muslims, does not mean that no one else can use those special hours. It is a needy, attention whore, of a religion
To which I say the response is:

lowing wrote:

Just because no one else asked for it does not mean that no one else can use those special hours
So, now your point is:

lowing wrote:

It is a needy, attention whore, of a religion
Then ignore it, like any attention whore.
Typical liberal, I refuse to stick my head in the sand.
Morpheus
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lowing wrote:

Typical liberal, I refuse to stick my head in the sand.
So then go whine about it some internet message board.
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lowing wrote:

Unfortunately the "dissent" you know the people that see Islam for what it is, would be trying to get rid of these violent and non-tolerant" govts.

I love it, Arab/ Islamic nations are gunna be the moral compass and human rights watch dog for the UN. THat outta go over pretty well.

Why do you suppose all of the EU nations obstained from a vote like this Cam? Any chance you will admit because they were afraid of a backlash by this peace loving religion if they did not vote their way? Nehhhhhhhh couldn't be
You know fine well that the 'dissent' in these nations is one of two varieties - those who want more democracy and those who want a hardline theocracy.

By the way - your article is a pack of shit. The EU voted against the resolution!

http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en … 543_en.htm

The very reason the US is not a part of this 'human rights council' is because it has basically been turned into a 'bash Israel council'. For someone who often decries the UN you seem to attach a lot of importance to pointless little talkshop sub-committees that mean nothing to no-one...
lowing
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Morpheus1229 wrote:

lowing wrote:

Typical liberal, I refuse to stick my head in the sand.
So then go whine about it some internet message board.
Actually I was on my out to round them all up in the US and intern them in work camps, until I got around to killing them all. 

If ya don't wanna discuss the topic then you are here for...................................?
lowing
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CameronPoe wrote:

lowing wrote:

Unfortunately the "dissent" you know the people that see Islam for what it is, would be trying to get rid of these violent and non-tolerant" govts.

I love it, Arab/ Islamic nations are gunna be the moral compass and human rights watch dog for the UN. THat outta go over pretty well.

Why do you suppose all of the EU nations obstained from a vote like this Cam? Any chance you will admit because they were afraid of a backlash by this peace loving religion if they did not vote their way? Nehhhhhhhh couldn't be
You know fine well that the 'dissent' in these nations is one of two varieties - those who want more democracy and those who want a hardline theocracy.

By the way - your article is a pack of shit. The EU voted against the resolution!

http://www.europa-eu-un.org/articles/en … 543_en.htm

The very reason the US is not a part of this 'human rights council' is because it has basically been turned into a 'bash Israel council'. For someone who often decries the UN you seem to attach a lot of importance to pointless little talkshop sub-committees that mean nothing to no-one...
My article does not mention L.35  I am wondering if it is the same resolution.

Anyway, I did not post the article to lend significance to the UN. but rather to show the mentality of 100% of the Arab/Islamic nations and their belief and attempt at censorship and intolerance for different opinions. This preety much flies in the face of your opinion that Islam as a MAJORITY is tolerant and not a probelm
CameronPoe
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lowing wrote:

My article does not mention L.35  I am wondering if it is the same resolution.

Anyway, I did not post the article to lend significance to the UN. but rather to show the mentality of 100% of the Arab/Islamic nations and their belief and attempt at censorship and intolerance for different opinions. This preety much flies in the face of your opinion that Islam as a MAJORITY is tolerant and not a probelm
LOWING WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START FUCKING READING WHAT I POST. I NEVER ARGUED THE FUCKING TOLERANCE POINT OK? YOU GOT THAT. UNDERSTAND? CAPISCHE? Fucking hell it's like posting against a brick fucking wall. Christ almighty.
lowing
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CameronPoe wrote:

lowing wrote:

My article does not mention L.35  I am wondering if it is the same resolution.

Anyway, I did not post the article to lend significance to the UN. but rather to show the mentality of 100% of the Arab/Islamic nations and their belief and attempt at censorship and intolerance for different opinions. This preety much flies in the face of your opinion that Islam as a MAJORITY is tolerant and not a probelm
LOWING WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO START FUCKING READING WHAT I POST. I NEVER ARGUED THE FUCKING TOLERANCE POINT OK? YOU GOT THAT. UNDERSTAND? CAPISCHE? Fucking hell it's like posting against a brick fucking wall. Christ almighty.
If you agree that Islam as a MAJORITY is intolerant then you must also believe that this belief does not mesh well with western society and does not belong.

In fact since you agree that Islam is intolarnt, then people who are tolerant are not PRACTICING Isalm.

Next question: How do you think Islamic intolerance manifests itself in these countries....any chance forms of violence would emerge toward the subject of this open intolerance?
CameronPoe
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lowing wrote:

If you agree that Islam as a MAJORITY is intolerant then you must also believe that this belief does not mesh well with western society and does not belong.

In fact since you agree that Islam is intolarnt, then people who are tolerant are not PRACTICING Isalm.

Next question: How do you think Islamic intolerance manifests itself in these countries....any chance forms of violence would emerge toward the subject of this open intolerance?
Like I said countless times: religions evolve and vary regionally. 99% of British Muslims have meshed into society just fine with an enlightened form of Islam developing apace. Any trouble they might have with respect to Islam only started in very recent times, primarily driven by POLITICAL issues such as Palestine and Western intervention in the middle east. I'm sure pretty much all of the inhabitants of Dearborn are competent and country-loving employees of various car manufacturers.

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-04-06 09:58:43)

lowing
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CameronPoe wrote:

lowing wrote:

If you agree that Islam as a MAJORITY is intolerant then you must also believe that this belief does not mesh well with western society and does not belong.

In fact since you agree that Islam is intolarnt, then people who are tolerant are not PRACTICING Isalm.

Next question: How do you think Islamic intolerance manifests itself in these countries....any chance forms of violence would emerge toward the subject of this open intolerance?
Like I said countless times: religions evolve and vary regionally. 99% of British Muslims have meshed into society just fine with an enlightened form of Islam developing apace. Any trouble they might have with respect to Islam only started in very recent times, primarily driven by POLITICAL issues such as Palestine and Western intervention in the middle east. I'm sure pretty much all of the inhabitants of Dearborn are competent and country-loving employees of various car manufacturers.
Perhaps, but then they are not PRACTICING ISLAM as it is taught then are they? Only the "extremists" are truely practicing Islam
CameronPoe
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lowing wrote:

Perhaps, but then they are not PRACTICING ISLAM as it is taught then are they? Only the "extremists" are truely practicing Islam
Well in fact they are practising it as they are taught. Islam is taught in different ways. They are taught the mainstream moderate version. I'd imagine they pray to Mecca five times a day, go to the mosque on the sabbath, observe halal food preparation requirements, give zakat, get circumcised and all that encompasses how Islam is normally taught.

You seem to think that only your single solitary highly negative interpretation of Islamic scripture is how the majority of Muslims are taught their religion. I never realised you were an Imam in your spare time... If Muslims were wholesale taught your interpretation then an 'us v them' last man standing war would have taken place between us in about 700AD. lol

And by the way, the clue is in the word: extremist - extreme. Look it up. I have met hundreds of muslims in my life and I have yet to encounter an extremist, why is that?

Last edited by CameronPoe (2008-04-06 16:01:29)

Braddock
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lowing wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

lowing wrote:

If you agree that Islam as a MAJORITY is intolerant then you must also believe that this belief does not mesh well with western society and does not belong.

In fact since you agree that Islam is intolarnt, then people who are tolerant are not PRACTICING Isalm.

Next question: How do you think Islamic intolerance manifests itself in these countries....any chance forms of violence would emerge toward the subject of this open intolerance?
Like I said countless times: religions evolve and vary regionally. 99% of British Muslims have meshed into society just fine with an enlightened form of Islam developing apace. Any trouble they might have with respect to Islam only started in very recent times, primarily driven by POLITICAL issues such as Palestine and Western intervention in the middle east. I'm sure pretty much all of the inhabitants of Dearborn are competent and country-loving employees of various car manufacturers.
Perhaps, but then they are not PRACTICING ISLAM as it is taught then are they? Only the "extremists" are truely practicing Islam
Jeez, I get the impression you wish they were so you could give them even more of a hard time. Cam is right, religion's evolve (as far as I know Christians no longer shun menstruating women), you should be glad that there is evidence that Islam is evolving.
lowing
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Its intolerance, bullshit extremism, neediness, attention whoring, hatred of the west and opression of women etc.......can "evolve" back in the ME where it came from.

Last edited by lowing (2008-04-06 21:43:50)

jonnykill
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Cameron, dude , convert to Islam and fight us already ffs. It's bee like 2 years now. Just get it over with UmmmK????
CameronPoe
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jonnykill wrote:

Cameron, dude , convert to Islam and fight us already ffs. It's bee like 2 years now. Just get it over with UmmmK????
Grow a brain.
PureFodder
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lowing wrote:

Its intolerance, bullshit extremism, neediness, attention whoring, hatred of the west and opression of women etc.......can "evolve" back in the ME where it came from.
Because none of these things have ever occured in western societies? (ok, maybe not the hatred of the west thing)

Intolerance is rife around every culture in the entire world. How do you think McCain's election campaign would go if tomorrow he announced he was actually homosexual?
B.Schuss
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lowing wrote:

CameronPoe wrote:

lowing wrote:

If you agree that Islam as a MAJORITY is intolerant then you must also believe that this belief does not mesh well with western society and does not belong.

In fact since you agree that Islam is intolarnt, then people who are tolerant are not PRACTICING Isalm.

Next question: How do you think Islamic intolerance manifests itself in these countries....any chance forms of violence would emerge toward the subject of this open intolerance?
Like I said countless times: religions evolve and vary regionally. 99% of British Muslims have meshed into society just fine with an enlightened form of Islam developing apace. Any trouble they might have with respect to Islam only started in very recent times, primarily driven by POLITICAL issues such as Palestine and Western intervention in the middle east. I'm sure pretty much all of the inhabitants of Dearborn are competent and country-loving employees of various car manufacturers.
Perhaps, but then they are not PRACTICING ISLAM as it is taught then are they? Only the "extremists" are truely practicing Islam
I'll go out on a limb here and say that the majority of christians do not follow the book word by word either. I know I don't. It may come as a surprise to you, but I did have premarital sex. Actually, I still do.

And yet, all of these people consider themselves christians. And seriously, who am I to tell them they're not ? Religion is a personal matter.

To me, the fact that millions of EU muslims live among us peacefully is enough proof to me that islam and western societies can co-exist.

Islam is still a young religion, by historical standards. Around 600 years younger than cristianity, for example. Room for improvement, I'd say.

But as I said already, if we want to help muslims to rid themselves of the more oppressive and radical elements of their religion, we need to approach them. Those 1.3-1.6 billion muslims aren't going to go away. Isolation cannot be the answer.

As long as we can successfully convince the majority of peaceful, liberal muslims that we do not wish to do them any harm, and that we are not out to destroy islam, we should be fine.

As far as the OP is concerned, to me, separation of church and state means that a public school cannot chose one religion over another, or hold religious ceremonies as part of the school activities, or teach specific religions and ignore others ( a classic example for this would be the much talked about school prayer, or crosses displayed in classrooms ).
What can and should be allowed, however,  is that students have the opportunity to practise the religion of their choice on school property, if they wish to do so, outside of the school schedule ( i.e. during lunch breaks or whatever is feasible ).

The fact that in Berlin, christian students ( or followers of other faiths ) have not asked for this doesn't mean that muslim students have no right to ask either.

The "heated debate" that lowing alluded to has pretty much died down, by the way. Also, the ruling only applies for the specific case. However, now that the cat is out of the sack ( german proverb ), it is quite likely that other schools will be facing similar inquiries by religious students.
This is why it is necessary that a higher court makes a general ruling. The balance between freedom of religion and separation of church and state is always a delicate one though. I am curious to see how this will play out.

One interesting side note with regard to the situation in Berlin: Berlin has the largest muslim population of all cities in germany, over 200,000.
Consequently, there are schools with a large number of muslim students. In some of the schools in areas of the city that are predominantly inhabited by immigrants, students without an immigrant background are even the minority.
It is understandable that under these circumstances, it could turn out to be difficult for some schools to provide prayer rooms for all students, should the courts rule that it is unconstitutional to deny them that right. Especially since a lot of public schools in Berlin are already under-funded.

It is also to be expected that some right-wingers will try to exploit this issue for political gain.

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