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  Egypt Outlaws all Female Circumcision

  by Rabbit in

  1. social
  2. current

  egypt has somewhat joined civilization.

  with all the misogynistic practises in the middle east already, taking away a woman's right to actually enjoy sexual relations, is barbaric and pitiful.

  their 'lot' in life in one (1) more country just got a little better.

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  While Egypt's secular government has outlawed the practice, as have many other nations, where there is an Islamic community, there will be FGM. Until the ayatollahs, mullahs and imams of all schools of Islam declare a fatwa against it, it will be practiced underground.

  Shari'ah (Islamic law) divides actions into five categories; mandatory, commendable, permissible, detestable and strictly forbidden. Female circumcision falls within the category of the permissible.

  I can understand why some want to believe that FGM is not an Islamic practice, but facts bear out that while not heavily practiced in the Arabian Peninsula, it is still part of the Islamic experience for millions of Muslim women, perpetrated by women with the tacit approval of men. http://www.taoofdefiance.com/2007/06/08/female-genital-mutilation-an-islamic-practice/

  Here is an article from the Daily Observer in Gambia, in which the president of the Supreme Islamic Council calls FGM 'just an ordinary thing' and is permissible, not a sin. He asserts that '"It is just today that the practice is harmful."'
  http://www.observer.gm/enews/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=390&Itemid=33

  Here is an article about FGM in Egypt, where it is an ordinary thing. http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1467

  Here is an article about FGM in Iraq where it is an ordinary thing. FGM practiced among the Kurdish Shafii school of Islam:
  http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/2005/08/007620print.html

  Here is an article about FGM in the KSA, only widespread in the southern part of the country, and not illegal, but than again, it is not culturally acceptable for Saudis to speak of such things to journalists. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=9§ion=0&article=60703&d=20&m=3&y=2005&pix=community.jpg&category=Features
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  what to do? Grandson being beaten by JW father

  by slvrtrixter in

  1. watchtower
  2. child-abuse

  i am an inactive jw who has 3 sons left in the religon.

  my oldest son has been baptized for4 years and has recently married again.

  he gets his son every other weekend.

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  http://www.bacausa.com/

  Bikers against child abuse. Maybe they could be of assistance. Chapters in US and Aus.
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  Does anybody know anything about Fred Phelps?

  by junctions-wife in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  does anybody know anything about fred phelps?

  he was picketing the kansas state capitol today.

  some of his signs were very disturbing.

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  Fred is the reason the Patriot Guard Riders were formed. Here is a link to their history from their website:

  http://www.patriotguard.org/AboutUs/OurHistory/tabid/145/Default.aspx
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  What do you think of this?

  by mrsjones5 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my son, joshua - the 3 year old, loves the us flag (he has a couple mini ones), any map of the united states (even the little weather map in the newspaper), the statue of liberty (likes to pose as such and is fixated on looking a picture of said statue) and is now starting to take an interest in the federal buildings in d.c.. we really don't know that to think about this other than keeping him supplied with maps, flags, and pictures of the statue of liberty.. what do you all think?.

  josie.

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  You have lots of good sugestions for fostering his interest in geography, when he gets a little older, he could parlay that interest into a scholarship!
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  Interesting Estate Planning JW Literature

  by roflcopter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was looking at ebay for old jw literature and ran across this.

  i have never seen this in my life, and i don't think this is a standard release package.

  is there a copy of it on the web somewhere where i can look at it without having to spend $100+?.

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  That is too funny. I notice from the bid history there are four bids, and the first three are from the same person! This just adds proof to my personal theory-in dubland, it's either shill or be shilled.

  And the E-Bay user names, carpetsweeper, and awake! LOL
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  Can we talk? . . .

  by exwitless in

  1. social
  2. humour

  hey, this is under jokes and humor, so don't get too offended.

  i just wanted to vent about how people say things incorrectly, such as pronouncing things wrong or saying phrases wrong.

  i'll start, and if you have any to add, please feel free.

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  I love questions, except when people try to 'axe' me one. I would love to correct them, but besides that being rude, they might feel as if they were being sworn at; as in "please feel free to ass-k me anything".
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  What's up with Islam?

  by Tyrone van leyen in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a religion i am not too familiar with.

  so forgive me where i err.

  it seems that this religion accepts jesus, but only as a minor prophet.

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  Merry Magdalene, It is interesting that the Qur’an used by the gentleman from Minnesota belonged to Thomas Jefferson. I can understand why any pol would want to capitalize on Jefferson's fame. But does Mr. Ellison have any idea of what Jefferson's thoughts on Islam were?

  Scholar Hugh Fitzgerald writes of the particular translation Jefferson possessed:

  And that version of the Qur’an that Jefferson possessed, and that Ellison presumes to appropriate for his own religio-political purposes? Its author, George Sales, translated the Qur'an in 1734 so that his Protestant readership, in learning more about its contents, could "attack the Koran with success" and Sales maintained that it would be Protestants to whom, within Christianity, would fall the task of checking Islam: "for them [the Protestants]...Providence has reserved the glory of its overthrow."

  Oh, and among the books in Jefferson’s library was another -- Humphrey Prideaux's 1697 work on Muhammad, "The True Nature of the Imposture Displayed."

  
  Jefferson had a stake in understanding Islam; while US Ambassador to Britain it was his job to negotiate release of a captured ship and crew held hostage by Morocco. The Moslem countries on the North Coast of Africa were sponsors of rampant piracy in the Mediterranean, and were seizing ships and demanding tribute of the US for safe passage. Through his study of Islam, Jefferson realized that negotiation was useless, and during his presidency was unwilling to pay the demanded tribute. This lead to the Barbary Wars of 1801-1805 (and gives the Marine Corps. Hymn the reference 'to the shores of Tripoli').

  For more on the Barbary War: http://illustratedpig.blogspot.com/2007/01/america-where-are-you-now.html

  Besides being a devout cultist wanting to advertise, I doubt Ellison could have any use for Jefferson's personal copy of the Qur'an other than to confer what he feels is an air of legitimacy upon the doctrine of Islamic hegemony contained therein.
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  booklet on child custody question?????

  by cr1234 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  my daughter is getting a divorce.

  her husband has decided to become a witness again after 6 years.

  we believe he is doing this to get full custody because he is going to be the perfect witness now.

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  http://www.freeminds.org/legal/custody.htm

  Another goodie from Randy Watters
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  This is so huge.

  by La Capra in

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  when i was four, i believed that my life could be painfully and tortuously taken from me, in a ball of flame, crashing down from the heavens, just while i sitting down to a bowl of oatmeal in the morning.. when i was nine, i believed that my life, as i then knew it, would be drastically altered, that i would be tortured for being a jw, and after suffering for who knows how long, i would die (because i still hadn't lived up to jehovah's expectations).. when i was 13, i wanted to be a nuclear physicist-because it sounded cool, but in the meantime i believed that i would die in armageddon because i wanted to go to college, get really educated, and have a great, "worldly" life.. when i was 15, i felt guilty that i hoped armageddon would never come, because i so desperately wanted to go to college.. when i was 17, i was offered an honors early admissions in a prestigious program in a highly regarded engineering program.

  my mother flat out said, "no!".

  when i was 18, i scuttled semi-secretly to the local university, part-time, trying to hide my daily activities without actually lying to anyone.. when i was 19 i quit pretending and disassociated.

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  Congratulations!!!!!
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  Borderline Personality Disorder

  by darkuncle29 in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  my bf emailed this to me, thought it was an interesting bit of information, so i'm passing it on:.

  http://www.healthieryou.com/j81.html.

  what is borderline personality disorder?.

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  stealyourface

  I was raised by a BPD mom, only I didn't realize it at the time. It took me 43 years of hard living and a year of research to figure it out. She did admit last year that she was diagnosed with it, after I had suspicioned that was the issue. There are many here who write about their mothers, and I wonder if they don't have a cult induced case of it.

  An excellent book on the subject is Understanding The Borderline Mother by Christine Lawson. She details the experience of living with a borderline, and the four modes this illness takes; Hermit, Witch, Waif and Queen.