Jew’s ear juice 2, March 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in China.Tags: Chinglish, Chinglish photo, Jew's ear juice, Jew's ear juice photo
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…yes, that’s what I meant to write. God bless Chinglish; it brightens everyone’s day.
Hat tip: Dizzy
Muslim scholar condemns terrorism 2, March 2010
Posted by thegulfblog.com in Terrorism.Tags: Denouncing terrorism, Fatwa, Fatwa against terrorism, Tahir Ul Qadri, Terrorism
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The BBC wesbite has a list of the articles from its website that have been shared the most i.e emailed from one person to the next. At 6:00AM GMT on the 3rd March 2010 the number one most sent article has the title ‘Muslim Scholar Condemns Terrorism’. Am I reading far too much into this or are people ‘so surprised’ that ‘a’ Muslim scholar is condemning terrorism, that they’ve just got to read it and send it onwards to a friend? That the phrase ‘Muslim Scholar condemning terrorism’ is so rare that the chance to read about one such proponent and share his ideas simply must be taken?
The article is referring to Dr Tahir ul-Qadri, a Pakistani scholar who has written a 600 page fatwa wholly condemning al Qaeda’s ideology. Whilst he is far from the first scholar to denounce terrorism, seemingly the length and rigor of his fatwa is unusually thorough. The BBC article is well worth a read.
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