A Christian Jordanian woman named Vivian Salameh is suing her former employer, the Dubai Islamic Bank, for arbitrary dismissal after she was fired a week ago for refusing to comply with her company’s dress code, which required her to wear a headscarf that would cover all her hair except for her hairline.
Islam, ladies and gentlemen.
18-month-old daughter of Muslim family kicked off plane was on ‘no fly list.’
Often that push involves telling people their delusions about devils, angels and other ghosts are real.
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OH the things you find on tumblr.
“I like atheism… I just hate a lot of people I haven’t even met!”
You’re right, I’m not god. I’m better than god. I’m better in every way than any god that’s been dreamed up. I’m more moral, more helpful, and a better chef. I can play the guitar, something I’ve never heard a god do (unless you think Clapton is god) and I can remember the entire roster for the 1993 Philadelphia Phillies. I’m a published author and a loving brother. I’m not all powerful, like some gods, but unlike all gods, my powers are real.
What is there to get over? I’m positively delighted to be me. I’m not perfect, but I’m learning to be at peace with who I am. Here’s somethings I’ve never done:
-Been so mad at a problem that I created that i flooded the whole world.
-Encouraged anyone to throw rocks at another person until they died.
-Turned a woman into a spice for looking in the wrong direction
-Demanded a blood sacrifice of an animal, child or my own son.
-Promised sexual favors from virgins in exchange for violence.
-Encouraged racism, homophobia or sexism.
-Asked anyone to mutilate a baby’s genitals.
-Asked someone to believe an obviously fictional story with no proof under the threat of infinite physical violence.
You tell me I’m not god? I say: Thanks for the compliment!
Young members of the Worker-communist Party of Iran who live in Iran have joined the scream! Since they would be executed for this act, their faces are covered with slogans saying ‘Long Live Women’s Freedom’, ‘No to Hejab’, ‘No to Islamic Rule’, ‘No to Gender Discrimination’ and ‘No to Islamic Reaction’. They have printed the calendar and pasted it behind them. This photo has made my day.
Rising seas, killer storms, droughts, extinctions and money wasted on snowblowers are not the only things to worry about on a warming planet. There is also the shrinking issue.
It happened to Sifrhippus, the first horse, 56 million years ago. Sifrhippus shrank from about 12 pounds average weight to about eight and a half pounds as the climate warmed over thousands of years, a team of researchers reported in the journal Science on Thursday.
Washington (CNN) - Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani, an Iranian Christian charged with leaving Islam, has received a local trial courts final verdict, according to sources close to his legal team, and may now be executed for leaving Islam. (via White House, State Department condemn Iran on pastor’s execution orders – CNN Belief Blog - CNN.com Blogs)
When a country is run by Islam there is no freedom of speech, there is no freedom of thought, there is only obedience or death, that’s Islam in a nutshell. The very word “Islam” literally means “submission.” Punishing dissent with violence is the natural conclusion when people are so trained to obey. It’s fear. They’re afraid of a dissenter because they think it’ll bring the wrath of god upon them all, just like Jerry Falwell saying his god was punishing America for permitting homosexuality through various tragedies. God is a superstition, once you understand that you understand how dangerous it is.
One person was killed in protests in Kabul, one in the eastern city of Jalalabad and at least four in Parwan province. Another death was reported in the eastern province of Logar.
Protesters in Kabul shouted, “Death to America!” and threw stones at Camp Phoenix, the main US base in the city.
Riot police used water cannon to disperse protesters, some of whom were blocking the road leading to Jalalabad, one of the main trade routes into the capital.
Witnesses said security guards were firing into the air. There were also reports of people chanting pro-Taliban slogans.
Four deaths were confirmed in the Shinwari district of Parwan province, north of Kabul. There were also peaceful protests in the eastern province of Kunar.
In Jalalabad, protesters burned an effigy of US President Barack Obama, and BBC Afghan reporter Babrak Miakhel said oil tankers had been set on fire.
A doctor told the BBC one person had been killed and 10 injured.
One protester in Kabul, 18-year-old Ajmal, told Reuters news agency: “When the Americans insult us to this degree, we will join the insurgents.”
(via BBC News - Karzai urges calm in Afghanistan Koran burning row)
There’s no way to explain anyone who defends their holy book to this degree (or to any degree really) as anything other than foolish. Perhaps shitheads could stand in for a little emphasis, but either way what’s happening is clear. An entire society was made to so revere a book that actual human beings (however uneducated their religion may have rendered them) are putting their actual lives at risk just to insist that every printed copy of it be respected. There’s no information that this qu’ran was even burned by Americans or out of disrespect, but it doesn’t matter because this is what Islam does to people’s brains. It’s like a parasite draining all the humanity and better judgement with threats and terror.
Does anybody else see this parallel? When a parent abuses a child, it’s frequently the case that the parent was themselves abused as a child by their own parent. Similarly, with religion, terror is used both to oppress the followers of the religion and by those same followers.
I’m going to pretend I’m The Count from Sesame Street for this one.
- It is the last Divine Religion revealed to man.
This isn’t a reason for anything, it’s simply a declaration with no supporting evidence, you may as well have just said ‘because it’s true.’ That’s one! One, logically flawed argument, ah ah ah ah.
- Islam recognizes previous divine revelations. On the other hand, Jews do not recognize Jesus, and the Christians do not recognize Muhammad; whereas, Muslims recognize Moses and Jesus, may Allah exalt their mention
Also, no point, just explaining something about Islam is not a reason to convert. Also, Islam is hardly alone in this, Mormons recognize earlier religions. Also, many Jews do consider Jesus a profit or at least a great teacher, just not the messiah which is the same thing you do. I’m going to count that as three more flaws bringing us to four! Four logically flawed, idiotic attempts at reason, ah ah ah ah!
- In Islam humans relates with their Lord in all matters and conditions.
- Islam is the only Religion which has not been distorted or changed.
Harry G. Dorman said:
‘It (the Quran) is literal Revelation of God, dictated to Muhammad by Gabriel, perfect in every letter. It is an ever-present miracle witnessing to itself and to Muhammad, the Prophet of God. Its miraculous quality resides partly in its style, so perfect and lofty that neither man nor jinn could produce a single chapter to compare with its briefest chapter, and partly in its content of teachings, prophecies about the future, and amazingly accurate information such as the illiterate Muhammad could never have gathered of his own accord.’34
Well, if Harry Dorman said it it must be so…oh, wait…appeal to authority, appeal to consistency and straight up unexplained speculation about what a guy who lived in 600 could or could not have done? Seven! Seven logical fallacies and one non-sequitur, ah ah ah ah!
- Islam is the Religion which covers the material and spiritual aspects of life. It did not neglect even the slightest of things in a Muslim’s life. Abdurrahmaan b. Zaid said that it was said to Salman:
‘Your Prophet has taught you everything, even how to relieve yourselves? Salman said: ‘Of course, he forbade us to face the direction of the Qiblah while defecating or urinating, or to clean oneself with his right hand, or to use less than three stones, or to use bone or dung (to clean oneself).’ (Muslim)
W. Thomas Arnold said: ‘Sense of justice is one of the most wonderful ideals of Islam, because as I read in the Quran I find those dynamic principles of life, not mystic but practical ethics for the daily conduct of life suited to the whole world.’
Islam is true because it tells you how to wipe your ass? So common culture norms being dictated impact the truth value of a claim about a magical ghost from beyond the stars? Judges? EIGHT LOGICAL FALLACIES and one complete non-sequitur, ah ah ah ah!
- Islam satisfies the man’s bodily and spiritual needs in equilibrium. It refuses that one aspect be given precedence over the other.
Something no other religion does? Buddhists aren’t interested in balancing bodily and spiritual needs (whatever that means)? Hindus don’t maintain a balance of bodily and spiritual needs? Only Islam? ‘Fraid not dumbdumb.
Prince Charles said:
This guy? He looks like the winner of gayest Elton John outfit at a gay bar’s Halloween costume contest. Not that that has any bearing on what he says or that there’s anything wrong with homosexuality (for me anyway, since I have a secular viewpoint, but your asinine scripture sure has a problem with it).
‘Islam can teach us today a way of understanding and living in the world which Christianity itself is poorer for having lost. Islam refuses to separate man and nature, religion and science, mind and matter.’
I’ll let side this nonsensical appeal to authority to point out the obvious false dichotomy. There are more than two stupid religions in the world. I think that makes ten, TEN idiotic logical fallacies and not one single reason to become a Muslim, ah ah ah ah!
- Islam does not conflict with man’s intellect and natural disposition.
It conflicts with my intellectual disposition. Here’s my intellectual disposition: Show me you own a jaguar and I’ll believe you have one. Show me the study exposing one out of ten dentists actually don’t recommend using toothpaste and I’ll believe they exist. Bring me a bag of bigfoot’s droppings or else shut up. Show me Allah right in front of my face in a non-metaphorical way and I’ll believe the claim that he exists is real.
Also, naturally I wouldn’t drape myself in a cloak head-to-toe to protect myself from rapists in a desert, but that’s just my natural disposition.
TWELVE, ah ah ah ah, twelve completely garbage arguments!
Islam is the Religion for humankind at large, regardless of their education, time and place which, in contrast to previous religions were sent to a specific people during a specific time. For example, if a person wants to become a Jew, he has to be born a Jew. Jesus said about Christianity: ‘I was sent to the lost sheep of the Children of Israel.’
You’re right, education is not important, especially for girls, who deserve to be killed apparently for trying to obtain one. Also, I sure never heard of a person converting to Judaism…oh, wait, I have because EVERYBODY HAS! Also, way to avoid the question of every other religion once again. Also, how is the permission to convert to Islam a reason to do so? I’m allowed to start smoking too, but is that a reason to become a smoker?
Sorry, pal, but your arguments aren’t even arguments in favor of converting to Islam, let alone the fact that they’re completely….batty!
