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Van Norden
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| Who'll get here first - Abba or the locksmith? |
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Dr WHO
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Saudi risks |
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| ....In 2005, a Saudi chemistry teacher was sentenced to 3.5 years in jail and a public flogging of 750 lashes because he had encouraged his students to think `critically` (translation: open, free thinking) about questions pertaining to the Koran and the Prophet Muhammed. The teacher`s lawyer was banned from the trial, and the big judicial machine did its job. Human rights groups overseas were unsuccessful in getting any info. about the case from the Saudi government. ghost |
RIYADH, 13 March 2004 � A court in Riyadh sentenced a Saudi teacher accused of denouncing religion to three years in jail and 300 lashes. The man was banned from teaching and writing in newspapers.
The court dropped an apostasy charge but found him guilty on other charges of blasphemy. The court took statements from three witnesses under the age of 15 in addition to other teachers at the same school.
What a "system of justice"! Three years and 300 lashes for the victimless offence of "blasphemy". We can't have teachers asking pupils to question things, can we? On the other hand, the teachers who encouraged their pupils to cheer 9/11 didn't even get a reprimand. Beat up and rape your Filipino housemaid instead, and you'll probably get off without even being arrested. |
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Queen of Sheba
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: |
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This is what I call sense of 'academic responsibility and awareness'.
QoS you must be a woman with a gentle heart. |
Should I be thanking you for the back handed compliment, or asking you to explain why you basically restated what I said but with a cynical, accusatory tone with irrelevant bits just to see yourself type? Aha, welcome back Dr. Abba, or I mean Dr. Who!? Who?  |
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Dr WHO
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| Posted: Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="Queen of Sheba"]
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....? Aha, welcome back Dr. Abba, or I mean Dr. Who!? Who? |
Who is Dr Abba?
Oh, yes you mean ABBA, the most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s, the origins of the Swedish superstars ABBA. I enjoyed the song, titled Mamma Mia, the musical based on the songs of ABBA. 
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johnyarrington
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Location: Saudi Arabia
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| Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 3:48 am Post subject: Give it up, and be specific |
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Oi vay! Another thread ready to close! Just when it was getting interesting.
Before this subject inevitably gets out of hand, does anyone know the NAME OF THE COMPOUND where Sampson lived?
Do you have the name of the book he wrote?
Thank you, and have a nice day. |
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furiousmilksheikali
Joined: 31 Jul 2006
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Location: In a coffee shop, splitting a 30,000 yen tab with Sekiguchi.
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