Society & Culture - 4 November 2006

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=eb74b136-3729-42a1-821b-77366f7af920

This medical doctor, author and activist once was a member of Egypt's Al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Arabic for "the Islamic Group"), a banned terrorist organization.

"The first thing you have to understand is that it has nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with poverty or lack of education," he says.

"We're not talking about a fringe cult here," he tells me. "Salafist [fundamentalist] Islam is the dominant version of the religion and is taught in almost every Islamic university in the world. It is puritanical, extreme and does, yes, mean that women can be beaten, apostates killed and Jews called pigs and monkeys."

"Stop asking what you have done wrong. Stop it! They're slaughtering you like sheep and you still look within. You criticize your history, your institutions, your churches. Why can't you realize that it has nothing to do with what you have done but with what they want

2006-11-04 12:27:56 · 8 answers · asked by ali 6 in Religion & Spirituality

A girl that dates a multi-millionaire that she doesn't love and she's only attracted to his mega $$$, What's the difference between her and a prostitute?!! In my humble opinion they're both just the SAME, What do you think?

2006-11-04 12:27:27 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-04 12:26:40 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

and yet doing nothing to help them but instead would like the media to sugarcoat them.

2006-11-04 12:25:20 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

well my great grandfather was in the KKK but my dad was so not in that that he married a black woman...when he send that side of the family her pic they told people that she had a bad sunburn and that she's really white! can you beleive this crap! how some pepople can be so narrow minded...people still cant beleive that i have link to the organization!

2006-11-04 12:24:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

a minute, aren't you suppose to do what's best for YOURSELF, regardless of what someone else thinks...because USUALLY, they do not know the WHOLE STORY...NOR SHOULD THEY???I would just answer politely..."well, i'll decide"....what is your take on that?

2006-11-04 12:24:01 · 4 answers · asked by sweet 4 in Other - Society & Culture

It's like that, I have a work that must find out the details of other people in other countries celebrate Christmas. If you are living out of Singapore, please tell me how you celebrate Christmas. I would like to thank you for helping me.

2006-11-04 12:23:53 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Christmas

2006-11-04 12:23:04 · 17 answers · asked by ambree 1 in Other - Holidays

2006-11-04 12:22:41 · 23 answers · asked by . 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I just don't get it!

2006-11-04 12:22:30 · 9 answers · asked by Co-Zee 2 in Other - Society & Culture

btw dont tell me my question is stupid or anything. when you considor an eternity of horrible pain and torture i dont think that any question pertaining to God is stupid or overthinking it.

...so...your answer?

2006-11-04 12:21:42 · 19 answers · asked by sean_mchugh6 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Because thats my birthday and I haven't met any body with that birthday.

2006-11-04 12:21:32 · 3 answers · asked by ♥Love Child ♥ 2 in Other - Society & Culture

It would be me one other girl and 2 or 3 other guys. So there will be like 4 or 5 of us and i want it to be really cool. My 14th brithday is in january, and i don't want any of them to get bored...or me for that matter...lol...but plz help me because if i need to save up money, i'd rather start now...and im stuck on wat to do for a theme..plz help!!

2006-11-04 12:21:20 · 1 answers · asked by swimersk8er 1 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-04 12:20:39 · 5 answers · asked by venus 1 in Other - Society & Culture

2006-11-04 12:20:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

How do you picture our great country in 14 years?
What would our lifestyles be like
How bout our government
Wealth of an average citizen
What would Florida be like(I live in FL and will likely live here forever)

2006-11-04 12:18:57 · 7 answers · asked by Cuddly Lez 6 in Other - Society & Culture

Finding Out what is Wrong and Answer The Question (Translate the right questions)
1.) ¿Cómo estás?
----¿ Qué te duele?
----¿ Te duele algo?
----¿ Estás enfermo?
2.) ¿ Tienes la fiebre?

3.) ¿ Tienes un dolor de la cabeza?

4.) ¿ Tienes un resfriad; catarro?

5.) ¿ Necesitas un médico?

6.) ¿ prefieres una inyección o medicina?

7.) ¿ Tienes tos?

8.) ¿ Tienes escalofríos?

9.) ¿ Tienes alergía?

10.) ¿ Tienes un dolor de la garanta?

2006-11-04 12:18:51 · 7 answers · asked by Y! Jennifer! 3 in Languages

Eastman's bible dictionary says there are at least 2
measures for the term "cubit":

* Standard cubit : elbow to end of middle finger (20").
* Lower forearm cubit : elbow to base of the hand (12").

From Strong's Definitions:

cubits
Old Testament Hebrew Definition:
0520 'ammah {am-maw'}
prolonged from 0517; TWOT - 115c; n f
AV - cubit 242, measure 1, post 1, not translated 1; 245
1) cubit - a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly
18 in (.5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the
cubit of a man or common cubit (Dt 3.11), the legal cubit
or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40.5) plus others.

So looking at De 3:11:

De 3:11 For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of
giants; behold, his bedstead was a bedstead of iron;
is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine
cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the
breadth of it, after the cubit of a man.

2006-11-04 12:18:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

of popcorn and YA on a Saturday night ?

2006-11-04 12:16:59 · 8 answers · asked by Geedebb 6 in Other - Society & Culture

comments then i suggest u save yourself the time .. i kno of the pathetic ppl are going to comment rudely ... feel free to do so.. i kno u like making other ppl feel bad...


anyways how to translate this :

1. My mom wakes up at 4:30. Then, she wakes me up at 6:00 in the morning.
( can u use the verb despertarse when translating this.. thnx)

2. Then, I normally stretch before I get up. I hate my alarm clock and my mother doesn't want me to be late.

3. My older brother sometimes wakes me up on thursdays. He shaves and brushes his teeth frequently.
( can u plz use the verbs: afeitarse, y cepillo if you can thnx)

4. He frequently takes a shower. While he takesa shower, I go and wake up my younger brother Mesaab and i tell him " you need to wake up."
(verbs to use : ducharse, despertarse.)

5. While my brothers are preparing. I comb my hair. I never use the blow dryer. (verbs to use: prepararse, peinarse, la secadora de pelo)

2006-11-04 12:16:36 · 8 answers · asked by Sheyna 1 in Languages

Got two really cool horseshoes today from my grandmom's house. I'm told if I hang them upside down at the door way, it will mean good luck. If I don't, I guess I'll have bad luck? (Not holding too much stock in the shoes, but I can use all the help I can get... hahaha!)

Anyone know what the "tradition" is? Upside down or what?

2006-11-04 12:16:11 · 21 answers · asked by wendyc222 2 in Mythology & Folklore

I am married to a black man and we have a son, but people seem to say that one day we gona split up cuz we came from different backgrounds. We are happy and I dont listen to them but just wanna know if its a common opinion

2006-11-04 12:16:08 · 20 answers · asked by aga m 2 in Other - Cultures & Groups

...in a Kit Kat?

Four or two? Or the Chunky one? Or Kingsize?

Serious question - I'm a bit of a chocoholic, and I personally prefer the four or two finger, because the ratio of chocolate to wafer is better.
(Obviously this ISN'T a sexual reference, or my choice would be different!)

And does anyone else eat all the chocolate off it and then suck the wafer till it melts? Or just me?

2006-11-04 12:16:01 · 7 answers · asked by JBoy Wonder 4 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

2006-11-04 12:15:45 · 16 answers · asked by . 3 in Religion & Spirituality

Is it really surprising that it attracts so many con men?

2006-11-04 12:14:31 · 12 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-04 12:13:17 · 12 answers · asked by venus 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

2006-11-04 12:12:03 · 9 answers · asked by vimalan08 2 in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender

so today at school this white kid who openly admited he's in the KK found out that his great great grandfather was black! as he was crying i was laughing! what do u guys think of this!lol

2006-11-04 12:11:55 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

There is an ad on TV where this guy is lost without his blackberry- no sense of direction. Even thou it's just an ad do you think are becoming over dependent on technology. A friend who is a hunter explainedn to me how when he's out hunting his senses are enhanced from spending time in the wild- do you thnk we are begining to lose those things from too much time in cybespace

2006-11-04 12:10:10 · 11 answers · asked by roydono 2 in Religion & Spirituality

does it come from german or yiddish?

2006-11-04 12:09:52 · 6 answers · asked by wm_h2002 3 in Languages