Arab Spring

[randolph]

Ila, as moderator, has asked me to retract my use of the term "camel jockey" in a post and I do so. My intention was not to offend anybody, I was referring to the past plight of Arabs. I regret the use of the term and apologise to forum members and anybody else who saw it. Camel driver is what I should have used.

[randolph]

The next few years are going to be quite exciting in the middle east. Israel's isolation and continuing intransigence regarding settlements is causing divergent Palestinian groups to consolidate and prepare to confront Israel. I am sure Iran will be glad to provide them with increasingly more sophisticated and accurate missiles. Israel seems to be on a suicidal path.

[randolph]

News --

ASSIUT, Egypt - A campaign of intimidation by Islamists left most Christians in this southern Egyptian province too afraid to participate in last week's referendum on an Islamist-drafted constitution they deeply oppose, residents say.

This does not bode well for the Arab Spring.

[randolph]

Will the Arab Spring result in secular states being established thruout the middle east? Let us hope so especially for the Christians living in predominately Muslim countries. The Islamists are determined to take over and impose sharia law. This could result in whats happening in Nigeria where Christian churches are being destroyed and Christians being massacred. These crazed Islamists are even destroying ancient Muslim mausoleums in Timbuktu, a world heritage site. All this in the name of their God, Mohammed.

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

...All this in the name of their God, Mohammed.

No, it's Allah.

[randolph]

Originally Posted by ila

No, it's Allah.

You are right but Mohammed "created" a god named Allah based on Jehovah.

[ila]

Originally Posted by randolph

You are right but Mohammed "created" a god named Allah based on Jehovah.

Let me refer you to the quote below.

Originally Posted by ila

You are only partly right. Muslims, Christians, and Jews all believe in the same deity, they just use different names...

Muhammed did not create a god. Muhammed was the prophet.

[smc]

Originally Posted by randolph

You are right but Mohammed "created" a god named Allah based on Jehovah.

Jehovah and Allah: same god, different names. More important, randolph, is whether acknowledge that the god of each and every religion is "created" -- or do you reserve that designation only for certain religions with which you (presumably) disagree or that are not part of your own personal cultural heritage and upbringing?