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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">And dare dream the self-righteous will repent their arrogance? Hehehe!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">I don’t take issue with the points she raises. They’re valid. Nevertheless, in my humble opinion, she’s inerudite because, much like her contemporaries, she uses the term “Muslim” and “Islam” rather cheaply. The Nazis, or KKK, may claim they’re Christian, but it doesn’t mean we must believe them.</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 8.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">I've seen another part to this video that may better allude to my point.</SPAN></P>
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From: <I>"Amer M.A. Khayyat" <AKhayyat@slb.com></I><BR>To: <I>S H <shraybi@hotmail.com>, philippesaad@gmail.com, lebanon-articles@mit.edu</I><BR>Subject: <I>Re: [LCM Articles] "There Is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clashbetween the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21stCentury"</I><BR>Date: <I>Tue, 07 Mar 2006 18:37:24 +0000</I><BR><BR>I wouldn't go so far as to call this polemic interesting.. its actually quite depressing.. and hearing the other side as just requested seems irrelevant in this scenario, the good lady's world view does not tolerate another side.. to quote her puppet-puppet master "you're either with us or against us". <BR><BR>Although I guess its of some interest to see such a pure expression of fundamentalist "secularism" a secularism that internalizes and glorifies all the garbage that racist judeo-christian propagandists say
about Islam and use it as a hymn book to spout invective against those of us who disagree with their world view.<BR><BR>Its only when we get to the stage where our "secularized" elites stop buying this drivel and actually try to engage with the social and religious matrix from which they come (as much as they wish to deny it), then can we move away from this polarized, black and white picture and towards some sort of solution to our troubles.. <BR><BR>At 15:04 07/03/2006, S H wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="">Interesting speach. But I wished it was complete and be able to hear the <BR>other side.<BR><BR>Thanks<BR><BR>S H<BR><BR>----Original Message Follows----<BR>From: "Philippe Charles Saad" <philippesaad@gmail.com><BR>To: lebanon-articles@mit.edu<BR>Subject: [LCM Articles] "There Is No Clash of Civilizations but a <BR>Clashbetween the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21stCentury"<BR>Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 09:41:54 -0500<BR><BR>It is an unbelievable and shocking speech Please listen to it with a<BR>critical mind.<BR><BR><A href="http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null">http://switch3.castup.net/cunet/gm.asp?ai=214&ar=1050wmv&ak=null</A> <BR><BR><BR><BR>--<BR>Philippe Charles Saad<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Lebanon-Articles mailing list<BR>Lebanon-Articles@mit.edu<BR><A
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