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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #180 - June 02, 2010, 03:12 PM

    I'm no expert on Saudi politics either, but if it IS true that the Saudi royal family helped the clerics make the country so crazy about religion for decades, it is rather ironic that now they are trying to get out of the mess they helped create.

    This springs to mind:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #181 - June 02, 2010, 03:18 PM

    DARKEYED!!.. yslamli 3youn el sood ana!!..
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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #182 - June 02, 2010, 03:30 PM

    no they didn't *help* them! They were simply buying their support (or avoiding their wrath)... they always hated them... always.

    - King Abdulaziz, the founder of Saudi Arabia, killed a bunch of them with the help of the British.
    - King Saud (a mad playboy... I'm not sure how he treated them).
    - King Faisal was always challenging them and set the stage for Westernizing the country.
    - King Khaled (I don't know anything about him).
    - King Fahad hated their guts, but still bought their support.
    - King Abdullah is the current king. He's far more daring in confronting them...  he even opened a new university where both sexes mingle freely. Now, since King Abdullah is hated by his powerful half brothers, they are now kissing up to the Mullahs (who are being aliented by Abdullah).

    It's all a game... but the bottomline is: the Royals hate the Mullahs.. they really really hate them.

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #183 - June 02, 2010, 03:41 PM

    Thanks for the insight Debunker. Much appreciated. Afro

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #184 - June 02, 2010, 03:52 PM

    It's all a game... but the bottomline is: the Royals hate the Mullahs.. they really really hate them.

    Do the Royals participate in press conferences? Is that how these disagreements are played out?  Must be fun watching this all  dance

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #185 - June 02, 2010, 07:38 PM

    Here's a video on what it's like in Saudi palace

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qzx_cHNx4o
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #186 - June 02, 2010, 08:00 PM

    Interesting video.  Cheers dude. Afro
    The palace is dripping with opulence.

    (Oh, and some of those chicks are hot Kiss)

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #187 - June 02, 2010, 08:33 PM

    Thanks for the video! "2nd assistant of housekeeping" ... wow!

    My hat goes off to the current King & Prince for their efforts. I think it is a possibility of any further sieges or uprising can be avoided if the minds of the sizable young population can be won over.
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #188 - June 02, 2010, 09:36 PM

    Thanks for the vid - love how the female pilot is allowed to fly a plane, but not a car!  This prince sounds progressive, is he next in charge? :fingers crossed:

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #189 - June 02, 2010, 10:28 PM

    Haha, good point!
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #190 - June 03, 2010, 04:41 PM

    Sorry. Been a little busy in the last couple of days..


    @ Iraqi

    I actually did answer your question...  the answer again is NO. Why? because Saudis don't view those with non-Saudi fathers as Saudis.. it's both official and cultural. Is she American? Yes. Why? Because Americans view those who are born in the US as 100% American. It's both official and cultural.

    No you didn't. I asked what you personally believe. Now let me ask you this question, what about a person born in Saudi to a Saudi mother and Egyptian father and lived all their lives in Saudi. Do you personally consider such person a Saudi? if you were capable of changing the law would grant this person citizenship?


    So what? ALL Saudis hate living there, yet they stay there, because all of us are a bunch of whiny brats!

    That's red-herring. You said women in Saudi have drivers and are not oppressed so I gave you an example of a Saudi girl who felt oppressed because of the laws of Saudi.


    That's a major reason why I did my PhD. Yet, I'm going back... because life is easy there... dull and boring... but easy.

    For my ex it wasn't easy and will never be easy until laws are changed.


    But, the vast majority of them have their own personal drivers who take them every fucking where, they want.

    You see that's the kind of mentality I fucking hate. Some people think women are like crystal vases or jewelries that should taken care of and protected. They don't see them as equals who should have every right a man have.


    They can but their Mahram must agree.

    And you don't see that as oppression? you see what I mean?


    And women now are on schoalrships to study abroad! So what? As for fucking prostitutes, what does that have to do with anything.

    It's about double standards Debunker. These attitudes are not unique to Saudi, they exist in Iraq as well. But they're worse in Saudi.


    Actually, no... I wanted to say she was flat out lying when she said Saudi women are punished for being raped... but I thought that wouldn't be too nice to say... so I used "mis-informed".

    Wait. So there has never any cases where the rape victim was killed by her family because of the "dishonour" and the authorities turned their back? never?


    Have you seen Qatari women? Qatari women are allowed to drive and not wear Hijab if they want, yet many of them don't drive and wear Abayas in Qatar, because that's what they want.

    Is this what passes for an argument Debunker? why talk for them and decide for them? why not allow it and let them decide?

  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #191 - June 04, 2010, 08:29 AM

    In normal cases, however, the rapist is tortured until he confesses.

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #192 - June 04, 2010, 11:08 AM

     Cheesy I think that was a backhanded attempt at defending his state

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #193 - June 15, 2010, 09:35 AM

    Sorry. Been a little busy in the last couple of days..

    No you didn't. I asked what you personally believe. Now let me ask you this question, what about a person born in Saudi to a Saudi mother and Egyptian father and lived all their lives in Saudi. Do you personally consider such person a Saudi? if you were capable of changing the law would grant this person citizenship?

    yes, of course. Saudi blood runs in their veins, so they are Saudi, but that's just me... officially, they are not, though.

    off topic:
    would you be so liberal as to accept that your children carry your wife's last name? (assuming the system allows it).

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    That's red-herring. You said women in Saudi have drivers and are not oppressed so I gave you an example of a Saudi girl who felt oppressed because of the laws of Saudi.

     

    Correction: I did NOT say they were not *opressed*. Show me where I said that. I specifically said there are no *atrocities* against them... the injustice (not atrocity) is that the state entrust's a woman's freedom to her family.

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    For my ex it wasn't easy and will never be easy until laws are changed.


    yeah? I bet if your ex had a choice between living in Saudi or living in Egypt, actually earning her living, chances are high she would choose Saudi.
      
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    You see that's the kind of mentality I fucking hate. Some people think women are like crystal vases or jewelries that should taken care of and protected. They don't see them as equals who should have every right a man have.


    IA, you don't understand... those "suffering" women, in a typical middle class *Riyadh* family (I'm not sure about other cities), throw tantrums if their families refuse to pay for their dresses, which they insist on changing for most of the frigging parties they go to.. they go like this: "ooooh, no, my friend Sara, already saw me in this dress, the other day, and she's attending the same party I'm going to next week! I have to buy a new dress!"... atrocities? huh?  

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    And you don't see that as oppression? you see what I mean?

     
    I already explained this point above.

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    It's about double standards Debunker. These attitudes are not unique to Saudi, they exist in Iraq as well. But they're worse in Saudi.


    Again, see above... the scholarship decisions are controlled by the family in the case of women (and *undergrad* boys as well).

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    Wait. So there has never any cases where the rape victim was killed by her family because of the "dishonour" and the authorities turned their back? never?

     

    I never heard of it... now that you mention it, I remember only one case... A Royal chopped off the head of his daughter and her husband because they fled the country and married without his consent... he convinced them both that all was forgiven and they returned back to Saudi only to be executed but that was many years ago. But the Royal, here, of course, was shitting on the Law... he was practically as powerful as a king.

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    Is this what passes for an argument Debunker? why talk for them and decide for them? why not allow it and let them decide?

     

    what argument did you think I was making? how about you re-read my response which you took out of context?

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #194 - June 15, 2010, 09:44 AM

    Anyone looking for a quote for their signature? whistling2


    of course that's injustice too.. their mentality is like this: what would make a girl ruin her reputation by accusing a man of raping her? (yes, a raped girl in Saudi is stagmitized for life).

    Anyway, the point is I was refutin the LIE that a girl, in Saudi, has to get 4 witnesses to rape or she'd be flogged... I only heard of two cases like this and I explained the circumstances (they fall within atrocities against minorities and foreign workers, has nothing to do with them being women).

    A googolplex is *precisely* as far from infinity as is the number 1.--Carl Sagan
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #195 - June 15, 2010, 09:50 AM

    Cheesy I think that was a backhanded attempt at defending his state


    I'm not defending my state or my people... actually I have made quite a few posts disparaging them...
    I just hate lies, regardless of whether these lies are for or against my state/people. Rape victims don't get flogged in Saudi! That's a fucking lie!

    A googolplex is *precisely* as far from infinity as is the number 1.--Carl Sagan
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #196 - June 15, 2010, 11:21 AM

    DARKEYED!!.. yslamli 3youn el sood ana!!..
    same girl from youtube?..
    hiiiiiii and welcome..
     far away hug


    Nesrin 7ayati ana <33  shokran jazilan w yes it's the same girl from youtube hehe.
    Take care <3

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #197 - June 15, 2010, 12:16 PM

    Correction: I did NOT say they were not *opressed*. Show me where I said that. I specifically said there are no *atrocities* against them... the injustice (not atrocity) is that the state entrust's a woman's freedom to her family.

    Atrocity is a subjective word.  Some women *would* really like to be independent, and allowed to drive and travel freely.  To them, it is atrocious that they are not allowed to.
    I don't think you can make an issue out of this word.

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #198 - June 15, 2010, 12:21 PM

    I'm not defending my state or my people

    On a completely random point, based on something you said in the past, I was just wondering.. Would you still call yourself a muslim if you began to think the Quran was more likely to be man-made?

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #199 - June 15, 2010, 12:26 PM

    Atrocity is a subjective word.  Some women *would* really like to be independent, and allowed to drive and travel freely.  To them, it is atrocious that they are not allowed to.
    I don't think you can make an issue out of this word.


    i would refer you to how it all started, but I'd rather not...(there's been enough highjacking of this *welcome* thread).

    A googolplex is *precisely* as far from infinity as is the number 1.--Carl Sagan
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #200 - June 15, 2010, 12:28 PM

    On a completely random point, based on something you said in the past, I was just wondering.. Would you still call yourself a muslim if you began to think the Quran was more likely to be man-made?


    *began to*? As in having doubts? yeah, I think I'd still call myself a Muslim until I decided my doubts are proven.

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #201 - June 15, 2010, 12:56 PM

    *began to*? As in having doubts? yeah, I think I'd still call myself a Muslim until I decided my doubts are proven.

    No, as in started to believe it was more likely to be man-made than divinely inspired.  Would you still call yourself a muslim on a forum such as this one, or to your family?

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #202 - June 15, 2010, 01:08 PM

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    No, as in started to believe it was more likely to be man-made than divinely inspired.

     

    This sounds like *having doubts*. Would you rephrase your question?

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #203 - June 15, 2010, 01:10 PM

    You believe it is made-made more that you believe it is divinely inspired..

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #204 - June 15, 2010, 01:18 PM

    No.

    But if you're saying that I believe some parts of it could be man-made (corrupted) and some parts are from God (preserved), in this case, yes, I still would call myself a Muslim.

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #205 - June 15, 2010, 01:28 PM

    I see

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #206 - June 15, 2010, 07:55 PM

    I like your new signature Debunker. grin12

    I mean this:
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    AbuYunus: I think the punishments in the Quran are metaphorical

    Hassan: Metaphor doesn't mean I say "I'm going to skewer your eyes out with red hot pokers" - when I really mean "Sit in the corner for an hour and think about what you've done!
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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #207 - June 15, 2010, 09:15 PM

    off topic:
    would you be so liberal as to accept that your children carry your wife's last name? (assuming the system allows it).

    Absolutely.


    Correction: I did NOT say they were not *opressed*. Show me where I said that. I specifically said there are no *atrocities* against them... the injustice (not atrocity) is that the state entrust's a woman's freedom to her family.

    OK.


    yeah? I bet if your ex had a choice between living in Saudi or living in Egypt, actually earning her living, chances are high she would choose Saudi.

     Roll Eyes that's avoiding the question. Why are you mixing economics and gender politics?
    What about living and working in England or even Dubai as opposed to Saudi? which do you think she would choose?


    IA, you don't understand... those "suffering" women, in a typical middle class *Riyadh* family (I'm not sure about other cities), throw tantrums if their families refuse to pay for their dresses, which they insist on changing for most of the frigging parties they go to.. they go like this: "ooooh, no, my friend Sara, already saw me in this dress, the other day, and she's attending the same party I'm going to next week! I have to buy a new dress!"... atrocities? huh?

    This is the most laughable thing you've said so far. I don't care if they live in luxury or if most of them are satisfied. If they are not able to drive, they oppressed. If they can't exit the country without getting a permission from a Mahram, they're oppressed. If they can't walk around with no head cover, they are oppressed. End of story.


    Again, see above... the scholarship decisions are controlled by the family in the case of women (and *undergrad* boys as well).

    That's beside the point. I don't care. Women can't exit the country with the consent of a male relative. Which means males have custody over "their women". Women belong to men. Fuck that.


    what argument did you think I was making? how about you re-read my response which you took out of context?

    This is what you said:

    "Have you seen Qatari women? Qatari women are allowed to drive and not wear Hijab if they want, yet many of them don't drive and wear Abayas in Qatar, because that's what they want."

    What can it possible mean other than "most of them want therefore it's OK" ? please enlighten us.



    of course that's injustice too.. their mentality is like this: what would make a girl ruin her reputation by accusing a man of raping her? (yes, a raped girl in Saudi is stagmitized for life).

    Yeah this is not unique to Saudi. I know a guy (let's call him X) who knows a guy (let's call him Y)  who broke his engagement because his fiance was raped even though he knows very well she was forced. Utterly disgusting.

    Anyway X ended up marrying her despite his family's objections. I really respect him for that. And he didn't do it out of pity. He was in love with her before she was with Y.
  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #208 - June 16, 2010, 08:22 AM

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    Absolutely.

     

    Too bad, because then your children would be carrying her father's name rather than her mother's, which is also her grandfather's name rather than her grandmother's, and so on and so on.

    Another off-topic question: Would you say that a wife carrying her husband's last name is misogyny?

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    that's avoiding the question. Why are you mixing economics and gender politics?
    What about living and working in England or even Dubai as opposed to Saudi? which do you think she would choose?

     

    Why don't you ask yourself? She could go to England or Dubai and live there, why doesn't she do it? And yes, Economics are a big factor in this. Saudi men are also opressed by their government, but we don't see an exodus out of Saudi Arabia (from either sexes) precisely because the opression isn't bad enough as to prefer actually working hard to earn your money.  

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    This is the most laughable thing you've said so far. I don't care if they live in luxury or if most of them are satisfied. If they are not able to drive, they oppressed. If they can't exit the country without getting a permission from a Mahram, they're oppressed. If they can't walk around with no head cover, they are oppressed. End of story.

     

    You're talking as if I had denied any opression! I repeat: yes, entrusting a woman's freedom to her family is an opression. Do you want me to say that again?

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    That's beside the point. I don't care. Women can't exit the country with the consent of a male relative. Which means males have custody over "their women". Women belong to men. Fuck that.


    Where did I deny that? and where did I say it was not an opression?

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    This is what you said:

    "Have you seen Qatari women? Qatari women are allowed to drive and not wear Hijab if they want, yet many of them don't drive and wear Abayas in Qatar, because that's what they want."

    What can it possible mean other than "most of them want therefore it's OK" ? please enlighten us.


    That was a *specific* response to abdalwali when he commented about Saudi tourists in Malaysia. I was telling him that those Saudis *in Malaysia* are highly likely the kind whose women like to cover up head to toe and I gave examples of Saudi girls in Switzerland barely covering up their bodies.

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  • Re: I am a FRESH ex Muslim ;)
     Reply #209 - June 16, 2010, 09:54 AM


    You're talking as if I had denied any opression! I repeat: yes, entrusting a woman's freedom to her family is an opression. Do you want me to say that again?

    Then why does it happen?  And do you think they should continue doing it?

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