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| Moved by Simplicity of Royal Funeral, Priest Embraces Islam | ||
| 2005-08-21 | ||
 The funeral of King Fahd, which was conducted in a simple manner in Riyadh earlier this month, has encouraged a well-known Christian priest in Italy to embrace Islam, press reports said. The priest, who watched the late kingâs funeral on satellite television, was impressed by the lack of pomp and pageantry in the royal funeral, Al-Riyadh Arabic daily reported without mentioning his name.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #16 I think, from comparing these two photos, we can conclude that even fanatical Muslims will hold the Koran in their left hand. Note the emblem on the child's shirt in the second photo for reference. http://www.jewishworldreview.com/images/suicide_bomber_mommy.jpg http://www.ananova.com/images/web/82244.jpg |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-08-21 15:27 |
| #15 no devout Muslim should or would touch a Koran with his left hand which is reserved for dirty chores like signing Welfare checks, ya lazy Mofos? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-21 15:12 |
| #14 "The stereotypic image of the Muslim holy warrior with a sword in one hand and the Koran in the other would only be plausible if he was left handed, since no devout Muslim should or would touch a Koran with his left hand which is reserved for dirty chores." http://www.secularislam.org/research/origins.htm |
| Posted by: Darrell 2005-08-21 14:56 |
| #13 an infinitely-sided pebble |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-08-21 11:42 |
| #12 You're assuming they wipe in the first place Of course they wipe! With a pebble, in the left hand, as Mohammed proscribed. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-21 11:39 |
| #11 Father No Name |
| Posted by: Mona Gorilla 2005-08-21 03:13 |
| #10 Nothin' on Snopes yet. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-08-21 02:16 |
| #9 Robert Byrd? |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-08-21 02:11 |
| #8 I told you never to call me here! Don't you know where I am? |
| Posted by: Buck 2005-08-21 02:08 |
| #7 Well, where the Arab society has us beaten, hands down, no contest, is in Urban Legend production. They have vast libraries of them. I think we have an Urban Legend Gap. Better page Gen.'Buck' Turgidson right away. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-08-21 01:29 |
| #6 Some commentators have been talking about how leftists are turning to Islam because it gives them yet another platform from which to assail the West. I can see some priests who are liberation theologians (i.e. Marxists) turning to Islam. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2005-08-21 01:06 |
| #5 Maybe the picture was mirror imaged somewhere on its journey to us. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-08-21 00:48 |
| #4 You're assuming they wipe in the first place (those dudes with the hoods) |
| Posted by: Rafael 2005-08-21 00:40 |
| #3 No worries, trailing wife - Koran itself is dirty enough... |
| Posted by: Matt K. 2005-08-21 00:38 |
| #2 I just noticed (I've been slower than usual, lately) that the guys in the hoods are holding their Holy Korans in their left, that is bottom-wiping, hands. Come to think of it, how do they turn the pages without dirtying it? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-08-21 00:35 |
| #1 Well, you know how worked up we Catholics get when someone chooses to leave the faith. We hunt 'em down, gut 'em like a deer, ululate & have random gunfire in the air. Really. It's a sacrament or something. We get 72 communion wafers in the afterlife if we get a heretic to the faith..... Well, the guys do. All I would qualify for is the chance to bake the wafers in the afterlife. But it's almost as good. Honest. |
| Posted by: Desert Blondie 2005-08-21 00:24 |