Comments on: Muslims stop reading the papers

By: said hammoud

said hammoud — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:27:57 +0000

rakaze vaililk valime rayan bilasee

By: Another Muslim departs from the script « Likelihood of Success

Another Muslim departs from the script « Likelihood of Success — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:14:54 +0000

[...] meltdownThrow the bums outWe are only amusedEver againAl can’t get past RudyMonkeyfishing in Iraq?Muslims stop reading the papersAddiction, disease and choicePacking it inIt’s a New York [...]

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:51:24 +0000

Thank you, Ssman. I have actually heard this about “Arabic numerals” before. But adding that would not have done much to help an already very lumpy posting, now would it?

By: ssman

ssman — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:04:32 +0000

Ron, permit me a small correction to your statement “They invented numbers, after all.”

Actually, the “Arabic” numeral system as we know it, was developed in ancient India by Hindus.

From Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu-Arabic_numeral_system

“The numeral system was developed in ancient India, and was well established by the time of the Bakhshali manuscript (ca. 3d c. CE). Despite its Indian origins it was initially known in the West as Arabic numerals because of its introduction to Europe through Arabic texts such as….”

You provide much food for thought.

Cheers
ssman

By: jaymaster

jaymaster — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:06:18 +0000

Dammit, I knew I should have done a screen grab!

Actually, I was a little worried it might be so offensive to some as to be fatwa-worthy….

By: Ron Coleman

Ron Coleman — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:47:46 +0000

That must have been it!

By: Wince and Nod

Wince and Nod — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:35:26 +0000

Spelling “after” as “ater”?

Yours,
Wince

By: jaymaster

jaymaster — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:14:14 +0000

Um, paragraph 2, sentence 2, towards the end has a slip I’m not even going to repeat here.

(Though I’m sorely tempted, because it is kinda funny in a Beavis and Butthead kind of way…).

Whatever do you mean? — RDC

By: Dean's World

Dean's World — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:56:59 +0000

Muslims aren’t stupid

This is, after all, what Ali and Aziz and Dean have been saying all along. Now they’re catching on: Suicide bombings are not a good way to get…

By: Dean's World

Dean's World — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 22:56:59 +0000

Muslims aren’t stupid

This is, after all, what Ali and Aziz and Dean have been saying all along. Now they’re catching on: Suicide bombings are not a good way to get…