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Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Apr 15, 2013 at 06:44

Yuval wrote

What he did not understand is why Maronites, given the chance of throwing off the Dhimmi yoke, preferred to remain Dhimmis, even though israel, a bunch of refugee Jews had proved it is doable. Lebanese Nation? What nation is that? its a hodge-podge of sects at each other's throats 90 percent of the time!!

You proved my point that indeed the Middle East is a "hodge podge of sects" that have to live together and indeed to quote the Druze leader Walid Jumblat: "There is a place for everyone in the Middle East but not for all ambitions." And this is indeed the problem of leaders like Begin. I believe that Begin never understood the area of the world where he lived and died and this is indeed tragic

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Title Commenter Date Thread
Legacy of Thatcher. [10 words]Amin RiazApr 19, 2013 00:02205287
Inaccuracy [260 words]Aymenn Jawad Al-TamimiApr 11, 2013 21:18205102
Turkish Hamas alliance against Assad [116 words]Lujack SkylarkApr 17, 2013 00:36205102
First the sabbath people now the Sunday people [37 words]yuvalApr 11, 2013 04:56205079
6The Copts and the maronites and the Chaldeans and the Syrian Christians and Israel [726 words]dhimmi no moreApr 13, 2013 07:53205079
Excellent responses [219 words]YuvalApr 14, 2013 16:08205079
1Dhimmis and other matters [131 words]dhimmi no moreApr 15, 2013 06:44205079
1Dhimmitude [55 words]dhimmi no moreApr 15, 2013 17:27205079
What kind of tricks are those [132 words]yuvalApr 17, 2013 07:13205079
1Israel and the Maronites and the Copts [529 words]dhimmi no moreApr 18, 2013 07:05205079
1Failing to count properly [83 words]Amin RiazApr 19, 2013 00:08205079
1We can only blame Allah [243 words]dhimmi no moreApr 20, 2013 08:06205079
1The 72 virgins and Tamerlan the terrorist and murderer! [61 words]dhimmi no moreApr 20, 2013 09:12205079
1Is there any more. [27 words]Amin RiazApr 20, 2013 19:29205079
1. . . Or the 99 devas [46 words]Amin RiazApr 20, 2013 19:34205079
More questions [103 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 06:28205079
Tamerlan in his Allah's heaven! [130 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 06:45205079
2Poor Muslim logic at its best [192 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 06:52205079
2Our dear Amin did not answer my questions because he does not have answers [446 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 07:52205079
2Islam and the lies of its enablers! [175 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 13:22205079
3Tablighees and their delusions [231 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 13:33205079
1I smell the Islamic love between the Sunnis and the Shi3a in Egypt [273 words]dhimmi no moreApr 21, 2013 17:08205079
The Merry-Go-Round [109 words]Amin RiazApr 21, 2013 20:38205079
The question of "Best Interest" [263 words]Amin RiazApr 21, 2013 21:02205079
3Q5:33 takes away every inch that Q5:32 gives [178 words]PrashantApr 21, 2013 22:26205079
1The enablers of islamists and Q5:32 [812 words]dhimmi no moreApr 22, 2013 06:33205079
3Exposing the lies of tablighees and Q5:32 [186 words]dhimmi no moreApr 22, 2013 06:57205079
1Muslims and their enablers and Q5:32 [107 words]dhimmi no moreApr 22, 2013 07:09205079
RE: The enablers of islamists and Q5:32 [107 words]Amin RiazApr 23, 2013 00:50205079
RE: Muslims and their enablers and Q5:32 [188 words]Amin RiazApr 23, 2013 01:00205079
An attempt to divert [81 words]Amin RiazApr 23, 2013 01:26205079
1I smell the Islamic love between the Sunnis and the Shi3a in Egypt part two [152 words]dhimmi no moreApr 25, 2013 07:28205079
1Our dear Amin agrees with me that Muslims are not the subject in Q5:32 which means that enablers of Islamists are a bunch of liars [96 words]dhimmi no moreApr 25, 2013 07:45205079
Exposing tablighee twists and turns! [232 words]dhimmi no moreApr 25, 2013 08:02205079
2Now we move on to Q5:33 annd warning do not read this verse before you go to bed! [424 words]dhimmi no moreApr 25, 2013 14:07205079
Useless diversions [46 words]Amin RiazApr 25, 2013 20:56205079
An Easy Exposition [168 words]Amin RiazApr 25, 2013 21:00205079
Sorry to burst your bubble old son . . . I don't agree with you. Lame attempt! [166 words]Amin RiazApr 25, 2013 21:28205079
We aint moving anywhere - you can jump where you like. . . . [194 words]Amin RiazApr 25, 2013 21:35205079
Is al-Ahmadiyya Kufr? Oh I smell the Muslim love [36 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 07:23205079
1Tablighee twists and turns again and this time al-Tabari [1752 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 07:38205079
1And this time Ibn kathir and if the subjects of Q5:32 were indeed Muslims the world would not have any islamic terrorism right our dear Amin al-Tablighee? [1016 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 08:17205079
Baby steps and tablighees [88 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 08:24205079
1al-kalam al-mukarar and our dear Amin the lost tablighee [447 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 08:56205079
8Exposing fabrications and the Quranic disaster 5:32 and enablers of Islamists [559 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 09:25205079
2I smell the Islamic love between the Sunnis and the Shi3a in Egypt part three [408 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 18:22205079
1I smell the Islamic love between the Sunnis and the Shi3a in Egypt part four [114 words]dhimmi no moreApr 26, 2013 18:34205079
More pretences exposed [447 words]Amin RiazApr 26, 2013 20:37205079
In how NOT to answer [36 words]Amin RiazApr 26, 2013 20:40205079
Amuse yourself [21 words]Amin RiazApr 26, 2013 21:34205079
A 9-point answer! [847 words]Amin RiazApr 26, 2013 21:52205079
3Q5:32 and ayat al-sayf or the infamous Q9:5 and who says that Islam was not spread by the sword! [485 words]dhimmi no moreApr 28, 2013 13:15205079
3Sorry to burst your little bubble and the bubble of the enablers of Islamists and wannabe Arabs and our clueless leaders [506 words]dhimmi no moreApr 28, 2013 14:07205079
Repeat - when all else fails! [347 words]Amin RiazApr 29, 2013 20:53205079
Failure of Copy & Paste [184 words]Amin RiazApr 29, 2013 20:58205079
I like it! [71 words]Amin RiazMay 3, 2013 20:15205079
2Egyptian sheikh rapes a 12 year old boy in an Egyptian Mosque [208 words]dhimmi no moreMay 8, 2013 11:49205079
Sexual crimes by Muslims are irrelevant to this forum [100 words]PrashantMay 8, 2013 22:51205079
Here is an example of why the Copts and the Maronites have no link with Israel [125 words]dhimmi no moreMay 14, 2013 08:27205079
Lets see if I get this... [49 words]Lori J.Mar 26, 2014 09:45205079
That is stating it strongly [31 words]yuval Brandstetter MDMar 28, 2014 10:28205079
this piece started with the marvelous margaret thatcher [19 words]jacob sassoonApr 10, 2013 19:11205071
Moving forward or regressing [24 words]David W. LincolnApr 10, 2013 11:57205066

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