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Dhimmitude is just the beginning. [178 words]	Lynn	May 29, 2009 08:09
Why all the talk about religion? [58 words]	James	Jun 29, 2008 12:55
↔ Where religion ends and cuture starts is a little unclear [71 words]	Sudeep	Feb 15, 2009 15:17
↔ Some sense [123 words]	Mohammed	May 11, 2009 13:10
↔ Aplauses for you dear James. [38 words]	halil salih	May 27, 2009 17:33
Facts taken out of context [107 words]	Mr. Expatriate	Jun 22, 2008 12:41
funny... you know what? [222 words]	Nana	May 20, 2008 23:12
↔ wahabis are not muslims, but demi-gods, dont blame the religion blame the people [1095 words]	tarig	Feb 18, 2009 08:48
Saudi as the trade zone for the slaves??? [210 words]	Firozali A.Mulla MBA PhD	Oct 23, 2007 05:53
Christianity and Nazism [141 words]	Fernando	Sep 11, 2007 18:01
↔ christianity and nazism [108 words]	btilly	Aug 1, 2008 21:27
Please Publish Internationally [32 words]	Tahir Javed	Sep 5, 2007 14:58
islam is all about abuse and control [157 words]	Phil Greend	Aug 26, 2007 15:13
↔ To be fair... [46 words]	Fernando	Sep 10, 2007 22:14
Why I am not surprised [804 words]	CCW	Jul 17, 2007 21:03
↔ It happens everyday and all over the world [216 words]	Candide	Jul 11, 2008 03:50
(Slavery in Islam) I do not agree with your opinion, mind can translate anything to anything [227 words]	Azam Khan	Jul 17, 2007 02:55
↔ Azam Khan you are right. [97 words]	Rommel	Aug 9, 2007 09:12
↔ just so [124 words]	Terry	Sep 23, 2007 17:05
↔ It's a fact....but not necessarily the truth. [108 words]	Rommel	Sep 24, 2007 21:02
So where is the promotion of freedom? [170 words]	Raul	Feb 28, 2007 14:14
Two Interesting Points. [379 words]	Ynna	Feb 18, 2007 17:02
Different point of view [157 words]	um sasha	Jan 6, 2007 21:33
↔ SLAVERY DOES INDEED OCCUR IN SAUDI ARABIA!!!! [272 words]	Michael M	Feb 20, 2007 10:21
↔ Slavery, lack of basic rights in many muslim countries. [200 words]	Farooq Khan	Mar 9, 2007 18:32
↔ I agree [77 words]	paul	Mar 20, 2007 14:17
↔ Maid for Abuse [1 words]	Sanjay Manjrekar	Mar 21, 2007 20:13
↔ Me too [62 words]	Terry	Mar 25, 2007 17:15
↔ take it to oprah [27 words]	jacqueline russo	Apr 27, 2007 15:41
↔ SAUDI ARABIA AND SLAVERY [924 words]	T	May 6, 2007 13:55
↔ Kidnapping [27 words]	Kat	Jun 11, 2007 22:39
↔ Not just Filllipinos [34 words]	true believer	Jul 13, 2007 05:16
↔ wish you well [32 words]	Joyce	Jul 17, 2007 23:27
↔ ARAB SLAVE TRADE, Mohammad was not black, and Persians were conquered by Arabs. [657 words]	Satantiago	Aug 9, 2007 17:19
↔ ⇒ It's not only third world domestics.... [16 words]	PG	Sep 26, 2007 17:56
↔ respond to slavery according to quran [1211 words]	anita	Sep 29, 2007 00:34
↔ Unless ! [37 words]	dfwhite19438	Apr 1, 2008 21:31
↔ Slavery in Saudi arabia [162 words]	Kenneth T. Tellis	May 23, 2008 12:38
↔ slavery in Saudi Arabia [112 words]	btilly	Jun 20, 2008 22:37
↔ Islam does not teach violence? [14 words]	Concerned	Sep 18, 2008 07:11
↔ I LIVE IN SAUDI ARABIA [301 words]	noor alsawadi	Oct 1, 2008 13:43
↔ Comment on Saudis Import Slaves to America [37 words]	ak	Dec 28, 2008 01:24
↔ about: anita [10 words]	rac	Jun 18, 2009 11:16
Islamic slavery [344 words]	rick	Apr 24, 2006 13:05
↔ The Quran Allows Slavery, But Also Diminishes It... [167 words]	Waqas	Jun 14, 2006 18:09
↔ Slavery was abolished in the US in 1865 [1123 words]	Denis Schulz	Jul 5, 2006 18:06
↔ seems like a biased argument [291 words]	alan davies	Jul 20, 2009 05:18
This is common in the middle east [87 words]	Javed Siddiqui	Apr 15, 2006 17:32
↔ This is not the whole picture!! [170 words]	Khalid	Apr 2, 2007 22:22
↔ nonsense [116 words]	Terry	Apr 3, 2007 18:22
So what is new?? [85 words]	Mark	Mar 11, 2006 23:53
Saudi UAE ARE SLAVERY: ALL ARAB COUNTRIES PRACTICE SLAVERY [573 words]	Actual MUSLIM	Feb 16, 2006 20:59
↔ Pakistani Indian Muslima chic?? [6 words]	Anubhav Singh	Apr 21, 2006 02:20
↔ You have mentioned about slavery in Saudi it maybe true, but dont compare U.A.E with saudis [144 words]	s.aziz	Mar 3, 2007 19:25
↔ Unh? [51 words]	Terry	Apr 2, 2007 17:50
↔ stay away from the thing called keyboard actual muslim .. seriously [448 words]	middle-east-ern :D	Feb 11, 2008 12:07
You'r kiddin, right!!! [29 words]	Hamzah Kattan	Dec 11, 2005 03:11
↔ Who are you kidding Hamzah Kattan [13 words]	David	Feb 12, 2007 08:06
modern slavery in saudi arabia [130 words]	farooq	Nov 19, 2005 14:58
↔ No sorry [306 words]	Terry	Apr 2, 2007 18:20
What is the Draw of the Black Muslem movement? [1036 words]	James Fleming	Oct 7, 2005 22:21
↔ Response to James Fleming [796 words]	Survivor of Jihad	Oct 8, 2005 08:00
↔ Arabian Knights around the campfire (Black Muslims) [187 words]	Ray Sarlin	Oct 12, 2005 00:56
↔ Arabian Knights around the campfire (Black Muslims)....Ray [669 words]	Survivor of Jihad	Oct 14, 2005 07:12
↔ Know what you are talking about [226 words]	Salandin black muslim	Aug 15, 2006 20:41
↔ NOI AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS [149 words]	CMG	Dec 20, 2006 17:33
↔ It will never happen [110 words]	Terry	Apr 2, 2007 18:34
↔ I completely agree [126 words]	Terry	Apr 3, 2007 18:35
It will not change [68 words]	John Berkowicz	Sep 18, 2005 18:51
reply to the un-educated people out there [144 words]	A.A.A	Aug 24, 2005 11:49
↔ Good grief [161 words]	Terry	Apr 7, 2007 18:19
That's only part of the story [118 words]	waleed	Jul 13, 2005 10:02
↔ To waleed [29 words]	Mavis	Nov 22, 2005 14:31
↔ Take a deep breath and clear your head [134 words]	R. Raymond	Apr 15, 2006 15:33
↔ Hogwash [48 words]	terry	Apr 11, 2007 16:09
A Saudi [158 words]	A. A. Noah	Jul 4, 2005 08:19
Slavery [109 words]	Yoven	Jun 28, 2005 16:49
Fairness [w/response] [161 words]	Bader	Jun 24, 2005 11:09
Our Man in the Trenches [143 words]	Dave M. O'Neill	Jun 23, 2005 02:05
Petroleum uber alles [103 words]	Jack Lass	Jun 22, 2005 19:47
The truth [34 words]	S.C.Panda	Jun 22, 2005 04:37
Excessive "kindness" of Islam... [122 words]	Bob Hyland	Jun 21, 2005 21:02
↔ Response to Bob Hyland [59 words]	Dvora	Oct 7, 2005 15:15
Similar case in Minnesota [32 words]	David Greenberg	Jun 21, 2005 15:34
only in america... land of opportunity [178 words]	Donald O	Jun 20, 2005 21:06
↔ Don't Blame the USA [287 words]	Peter J. Herz	Jun 21, 2005 10:28
↔ Response to Peter J. Herz [128 words]	Dvora	Oct 7, 2005 15:48
↔ Rosh Meshech and tubal [93 words]	Shannon	Nov 21, 2008 11:49
SADO ARABIANS [601 words]	yonason	Jun 20, 2005 16:30
↔ Response to Yonason [81 words]	Dvora	Oct 7, 2005 11:37
↔ America proposes, saudi disposes [95 words]	samuel	Mar 4, 2007 23:45
Slavery in 2005 [282 words]	Janice Gotchet	Jun 19, 2005 18:16
What do you expect? [22 words]	Hari Iyer	Jun 18, 2005 03:00
Saudi Slaves [68 words]	Arlinda DeAngelis	Jun 17, 2005 21:38
Quran allows Slavery and Sex with slave girls [91 words]	Nancy K.	Jun 17, 2005 19:15
↔ You are so correct ! [309 words]	Adnan	Jan 12, 2006 14:24
↔ Deal With the Issue, Adnan [64 words]	Non Slave Holder	Jan 5, 2007 10:52
↔ Tie us down by the words of Said Nursi instead of Wahhabis whom İ dont accept as authority [878 words]	halil salih	May 24, 2009 05:09
Why are we not surprised? [163 words]	Arvind Madhavan	Jun 17, 2005 14:51
Not So New......... [126 words]	S	Jun 17, 2005 14:08
Saudis Import Slaves to America [14 words]	kogan	Jun 17, 2005 11:09
Not a surprise at all. [145 words]	Kevin M.	Jun 17, 2005 08:51
What is the situation in Britain? [w/response] [184 words]	Octavio Johanson	Jun 17, 2005 05:55
SAME CASES FREQUENTLY IN FRANCE [34 words]	constantin	Jun 17, 2005 05:43
Saudi Royals' Sexscapades [268 words]	Roger Quarton	Jun 17, 2005 01:58
↔ Real colour of the saudis [147 words]	Raj	Feb 26, 2009 06:16
Why should this be shocking?! [78 words]	Tova Mattero	Jun 17, 2005 01:24
Kulturkampf [56 words]	Peter J. Herz	Jun 16, 2005 22:43
Muhammad had slaves; also sold them [137 words]	Mike Ramirez	Jun 16, 2005 21:25
Dirty Politics [137 words]	George Keselman	Jun 16, 2005 19:16
United States complicity? [51 words]	Melvin A. Fechter	Jun 16, 2005 16:10
Throw these bums out of the USA [103 words]	P. McGowan	Jun 16, 2005 14:45
Not shocking at all [120 words]	Dan	Jun 16, 2005 12:47
Slavery in Islam is not allowed, rather it's an "abomination". [24 words]	Malik	Jun 16, 2005 12:25
↔ Quran sanctions rape of captured women and slave girls [238 words]	A. Siddiqui	Jun 21, 2005 12:49
↔ More research needed. [452 words]	Shahzad	Jan 17, 2006 13:36
↔ Qur'an sanctions rape? What a convenient mistranslation [255 words]	mark bonadio	Jul 29, 2006 21:06
↔ The Religious Life of Saudis [210 words]	Jainashti	Jun 15, 2007 01:30
↔ The Saudis [148 words]	Jain	Jun 15, 2007 01:43
↔ I hope you will check a good translation next time [124 words]	hashi	Aug 16, 2007 03:17
↔ Please learn how to read correctly [20 words]	Lawrence of Arabia	Oct 8, 2007 10:12
↔ "... Allah is most merciful (to them)." 24: 33 [184 words]	Ahsan	Sep 16, 2009 12:00
DoJ or State Department to put a limit on abuses of "diplomatic status" [195 words]	David Harari	Jun 16, 2005 12:18
Sanction of the victim [92 words]	Ralph C. Whaley MD	Jun 16, 2005 11:44
Similar incident in Orlando [80 words]	Kevin Graham	Jun 16, 2005 11:17
Are these Saudis, members of the Wahabi sect? [160 words]	Lee Ellis	Jun 16, 2005 10:38
↔ Saudis Sponsor Terrorism in Riyadh and REMAX sells out new developments as they import radicals into Orlando. [362 words]	Emily	Aug 24, 2006 12:04
Don't waste our resources [37 words]	RINA SCOTT	Jun 16, 2005 10:34
It is time to get serious! [333 words]	Octavio Johanson	Jun 16, 2005 09:32
Maid abuse part of Saudi way of life [104 words]	Adam Greaves	Jun 16, 2005 08:22
↔ Slavery in islam , just like mohmammed did it. [56 words]	Phil Greend	Jun 1, 2007 15:43
↔ Funny how white people can say about islam when they treated blacks as slaves.... [529 words]	Aliyah	Jul 13, 2007 10:45
↔ Funny indeed, Aliyah [879 words]	Jeff	Aug 10, 2007 21:53
↔ Islam tried to suppress slavery [1046 words]	Aliyah	Sep 2, 2007 16:42
↔ OK, OK, I'm convinced [404 words]	Jeff	Sep 6, 2007 19:21
↔ Re: Slaves in Saudi. [49 words]	Christina Honigberg	Jan 11, 2008 11:31
↔ Anti everything but !!! [96 words]	dfwhite1943	Apr 1, 2008 21:50
↔ Being there doesn't mean you know the place [58 words]	experience	May 6, 2008 06:16
↔ most maids are murders and witches!!!!!!! [103 words]	Saudi girl	May 27, 2008 09:19
↔ Expose of typical extremist Muslim lies against Americans [503 words]	Erwin	Jul 6, 2008 04:38
↔ NO hatred towards towards any religion/people! [340 words]	Aliyah	Jul 7, 2008 17:47
↔ What a difference a day makes [989 words]	The riff	Jul 9, 2008 10:01
↔ Correction: Islam Watch & Fox published article re. Muslim Imam & Muslim attorney in London [76 words]	The riff	Jul 9, 2008 19:57
↔ Islam does not teach violence of any kind... [702 words]	Aliyah	Jul 10, 2008 05:32
↔ What is true and isn't true about Imam Abdul Makin and Attorney Choudary [257 words]	The riff	Jul 10, 2008 18:39
↔ Quotes that Islam teaches peace! [1009 words]	Aliyah	Jul 12, 2008 06:07
↔ What a Difference a Day Makes (Revised) [961 words]	The riff	Jul 18, 2008 16:53
↔ saudis import slaves to america [205 words]	btilly	Aug 1, 2008 21:43
↔ saudis import slaves to america [55 words]	btilly	Aug 1, 2008 21:48
↔ LIES [245 words]	Aliyah	Aug 2, 2008 17:43
↔ aliyah [116 words]	btilly	Oct 1, 2008 19:27
↔ aliyah [64 words]	btilly	Oct 2, 2008 19:24
↔ the corsairs [107 words]	esben	Nov 5, 2008 16:35
↔ Now I get it..... [92 words]	Sid	Jul 30, 2009 11:52

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