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ProgressiveMuslim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-04-08 08:27 AM
Response to Reply #45
48. I guess I missed all those 60th anniversary celebrations in the WB & Gaza.
While there are some who admire the parliament, economic growth, etc.... you don't think it's bit of a stretch to say there are there many who celebrate Israel?

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  -Hamas' Christian convert: I've left a society that sanctifies terror Behind the Aegis  Jul-31-08 02:04 AM   #0 
  - from someone who knows.....  pelsar   Jul-31-08 02:44 AM   #1 
  - Psst.. newsflash: he's from the WB.  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-01-08 08:27 PM   #3 
     - Mental issue because he was once Muslim and now Christian?  Sezu   Aug-01-08 08:30 PM   #4 
     - Would you say the same if was the reverse? n/t  azurnoir   Aug-01-08 09:59 PM   #7 
        - Of course. Conversions happen all the time. No biggie.  Sezu   Aug-02-08 12:55 AM   #11 
           - You're right.  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-02-08 06:56 AM   #15 
           - So having praise for Israel is a mental impairment?  Dick Dastardly   Aug-03-08 12:22 AM   #34 
              - Can you imagine a black South African celebrating the Apartheid Gov't?  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-03-08 03:38 PM   #44 
                 - Perhaps, then, those analogies are not accurate?  oberliner   Aug-03-08 05:48 PM   #45 
                    - I guess I missed all those 60th anniversary celebrations in the WB & Gaza.  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 08:27 AM   #48 
                       - Do you consider Israeli Arabs to be Palestinians?  oberliner   Aug-04-08 08:36 AM   #50 
                          - I generally say Israeli Arab. And my comments were specifically related to people living under  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 12:14 PM   #53 
                             - I think there are some who speak well of Israel  oberliner   Aug-04-08 04:31 PM   #54 
                                - Yes, the good old days, when Gazan workers were locked in their workplaces at night...  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 04:55 PM   #55 
                                   - I'm not suggesting anything and do not pretend to speak for any Palestinians  oberliner   Aug-04-08 05:43 PM   #58 
                                   - Do you take those statements, made in the heat of civil war, to be an endorsement for perpetual life  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 05:49 PM   #59 
                                      - I never claimed that anyone endorsed perpetual life under Israeli occupation  oberliner   Aug-04-08 06:14 PM   #62 
                                         - I would dispute with you that saying, "Geez... life was easier before the IDF left" is not  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 06:17 PM   #63 
                                            - "I respect Israel and admire it as a country"  oberliner   Aug-04-08 06:22 PM   #64 
                                            - I can imagine  Vegasaurus   Aug-04-08 06:55 PM   #65 
                                            - I doubt the sentiment is widespread.  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-05-08 04:35 PM   #70 
                                   - Do Gazans prefer the iron fist of Hamas  Vegasaurus   Aug-04-08 07:25 PM   #66 
           - She didn't say any conversion is some kind of mental impairment...  Violet_Crumble   Aug-02-08 08:32 AM   #16 
              - I think its bigoted to generalize all born agains are nut cases  Dick Dastardly   Aug-03-08 12:10 AM   #33 
                 - Yeah, but you also think any reference to *white people* is bigoted...  Violet_Crumble   Aug-03-08 06:22 AM   #37 
                    - Deleted message  Name removed   Aug-03-08 09:47 PM   #46 
     - Apostates are given a death sentence,that's why it's unusual.  Swede   Aug-01-08 08:42 PM   #6 
        - As the poster said  azurnoir   Aug-01-08 10:06 PM   #8 
        - So all these "honor" killings in Britain and the Westare not such thing,  Swede   Aug-02-08 02:13 PM   #22 
           - Were we talking about Britian or the West?  azurnoir   Aug-02-08 02:46 PM   #23 
              - One of the major concerns of people critical of Shariah law is that it is subject to interpretation  Swede   Aug-02-08 03:59 PM   #26 
              - We see how Sharia law is being played out throughout the ME  Vegasaurus   Aug-03-08 06:49 AM   #39 
        - I can't recall such a thing being carried out in Palestine, can you?  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-01-08 10:12 PM   #9 
           - I wondered if the rarity of conversion  azurnoir   Aug-01-08 10:20 PM   #10 
           - The thing is...  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-02-08 06:54 AM   #14 
           - so....its encompassing ...just like Judaism....  pelsar   Aug-02-08 01:31 AM   #12 
           - Yes, "Jews for Jesus" are so beloved in Israel, aren't they?  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-02-08 06:52 AM   #13 
              - jews for jesus are not persecuted in israel...try again.  pelsar   Aug-02-08 09:07 AM   #18 
                 - Remember this thread?  azurnoir   Aug-02-08 03:03 PM   #24 
                    - That's one incident  Phx_Dem   Aug-02-08 03:40 PM   #25 
                       - One incident were there was a serious injury  azurnoir   Aug-02-08 06:18 PM   #27 
                          - trying again?....israel the racist society  pelsar   Aug-02-08 10:49 PM   #29 
                             - For the luv...........  azurnoir   Aug-02-08 11:07 PM   #30 
                                - if your really curious...  pelsar   Aug-03-08 12:57 AM   #35 
                                   - Not so much Messianic Jews  azurnoir   Aug-03-08 02:32 AM   #36 
                                      - way out of my league there....  pelsar   Aug-03-08 07:21 AM   #40 
           - More like 6 mil a year convert to xtianity from Islam  Phx_Dem   Aug-02-08 11:06 AM   #21 
              - WOW.....that's a long way from 4 isn't it? n/t  Sezu   Aug-02-08 07:02 PM   #28 
              - I have my doubts  Lithos   Aug-03-08 10:33 PM   #47 
                 - My "4" reference isn't number of converts, but converted mouthpieces who are trotted out  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 08:31 AM   #49 
                 - I think the number is exaggerated  Phx_Dem   Aug-04-08 09:20 AM   #51 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jul-31-08 08:24 AM   #2 
  - One fundamentalism replaced by another. nt  bemildred   Aug-01-08 08:37 PM   #5 
  - For some people there's no middle ground...just swap one extreme for the other n/t  Violet_Crumble   Aug-02-08 08:33 AM   #17 
  - The commies and the fascists used to trade followers all the time.  bemildred   Aug-02-08 09:39 AM   #19 
  - Do you have proof he is an extremist or  Dick Dastardly   Aug-03-08 12:04 AM   #32 
     - No more than you'd have proof that he was an extremist type before...  Violet_Crumble   Aug-03-08 06:43 AM   #38 
  - So do you have evidence that he is a fundy or  Dick Dastardly   Aug-03-08 12:00 AM   #31 
     - He says and does certain things that are indicative to me.  bemildred   Aug-03-08 08:03 AM   #41 
        - i dont know about christians...  pelsar   Aug-03-08 09:31 AM   #42 
        - Yah, that sounds about right.  bemildred   Aug-03-08 09:43 AM   #43 
        - Palestinian Lutherans are liberation theology followers!!  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 04:58 PM   #56 
           - I apologize, I had no intention to smear Lutherans.  bemildred   Aug-04-08 05:06 PM   #57 
              - Yo, Bemildred, I know you're not really smearing Lutherans...  ProgressiveMuslim   Aug-04-08 05:51 PM   #60 
                 - Yeah that happens to me all the time.  bemildred   Aug-04-08 06:07 PM   #61 
  - Lebanese Christians mull conversion  bemildred   Aug-02-08 10:08 AM   #20 
  - He is no doubt right about the nastiness of Hamas, and I am glad he's moved away from that  LeftishBrit   Aug-04-08 11:05 AM   #52 
  - Here is the expanded interview  Dick Dastardly   Aug-05-08 12:19 AM   #67 
  - thanks for this.  shira   Aug-05-08 08:52 AM   #69 
  - society sanctifies terror? BZZZZZT !!!! PC alert!  shira   Aug-05-08 08:47 AM   #68 
 

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