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  1. sthitpradnya

    pre-islamic religions in the middle east

    thanks for the replies people
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    pre-islamic religions in the middle east

    hello, can anyone throw light on this? what were the religions prevalent in the arab peninsula before islam? is there a religion older than judaism? what were the religions in morocco,algeria and egypt before conversion to islam? also was the kaba the religious centre for all arabs e.g...
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    pre-christianity religions in europe and russia

    sincere thanks to all you people.
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    pre-christianity religions in europe and russia

    hello people, can anyone enlighten me as to what were the predominant religions in ancient europe and russia before the advent of christianity. i recently read a book by michael crichton called "the eaters of the dead". the book has nothing to do with cannibalism. it is a...
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    When Catholicism was fun: The investiture of Antipope Victor IV

    monotheism as professed by islam leaves no space for tolerating other religions that are polytheistic.they call it "shirkat" meaning sharing which is among the top three blasphemous things according to islam.
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    When Catholicism was fun: The investiture of Antipope Victor IV

    thanks for the explicit reply levite. another query of mine i would like to address to you as you . muhammad and the first three caliphs almost wholly converted the arab peninsula and part of palestine to islam when christ happened to have walked the same land barely five centuries ago. why did...
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    Water tank adjacent to masjids mandatory?

    i am not quite an expert on islamic matters. so excuse this fundamental query of mine. i have heard that there is a water tank usually built at ground level in front of a masjid for vazu.i have heard that all the great masjids built by the mogul kings in india have this feature.for example the...
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    When Catholicism was fun: The investiture of Antipope Victor IV

    smoke can you throw some light on these points? never was clear on the evolutuion of the christian faith. 1) after having cruicified jesus as a heretic why and how did the romans adopt christianity as their religion? when and how did the vatican become the supreme authority of christianity...
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    The unholy mess that is india

    folks, i have seen that the media and western and our own indian leaders alike have been projecting india as an erging nation and a superpower to be and what not. this couldn't be farther fro the truth though. i am trying to give an insider's view of india's "evolution" and would like opinions...
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    China swallows tibet are nepal and bhutan next in line?

    what is of concern to me is china's unsatiable hunger for MORE TERRITORY IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER THERE IS GOLD OR OIL OR HORSE**** IN THAT TERRITORY. i seriously believed that kind of blatant imperialism stopped after the 2nd world war hailed as THE WAR TO END ALL WARS.
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    Homeopathy is bunk!

    i got my sinusitis and kedney stones cured by a homeopath. can't deny the curative value of homeopathy.
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    China swallows tibet are nepal and bhutan next in line?

    the ugly truth is that china has been blatantly overt in its territorial pursuits be it tibet or taiwan. i forget the exact status of Mongolia these days. is it independent? acceded to china? what? anyone throw light on mongolia?
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    China swallows tibet are nepal and bhutan next in line?

    should india consider a pre-emptive strike aginst china? as it is china "officially" expressed displeasure over indian prime minister manmohan singh's visit to the indian state of arunachal pradesh to which china stakes a ridiculous claim. satellite vigilance has also revealed that china has...
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    China swallows tibet are nepal and bhutan next in line?

    hi folks, as you might be aware The People's Republic of China has annexed Tibet by use of its military might against a nation which has virtually no defence forces to speak of. the only resistance met my the chinese army were unarmed tibetan protestors who were ruthlessly supressed...
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    I am trying to come to terms with my looks, wanna help?

    hi man, can i ask something first? is your eyelid permanently closed from birth? have you got an x-ray or MRI scan done to see if there is a normal eyeball behind the closed eyelid? if there is an eyeball with any possibility of functioning a skilled surgeon should be able to "open" that eye i...
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    Has india lost kashmir already?

    abibi, when i read your line about Jinnah wanting peace between hindus and muslims i was rolling on the floor laughing.the world knows how jinnah held the hindu community to ransom by commanding the muslims to observe "direct action day" as for jinnah's personal view and the muslim...
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    Has india lost kashmir already?

    another example of this "geopolitical" pattern of islam.have you heard of a group of islands called the Maldives in the indian ocean? these islands were once entirely populated by hindus.in fact the other name for it is "laksha-dweep" which means "a hundred thousand islands" in sanskrit. today...
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    Has india lost kashmir already?

    the truth of the matter is - 1) when muslims are in a minority in a country they keep bleating about "minority rights" . 2) as soon as they become the majority other communities, HOWEVER FARTHER BACK THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE INHABITED THAT AREA THAN MUSLIMS get driven out by muslims BY WHATEVER MEANS...
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    Has india lost kashmir already?

    now the muslims have issued a fatwa warning the sikhs to convert to islam or to leave the valley.same as they did to the hindus earlier on.that's "tolerance" of other faiths in your eyes?
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    Has india lost kashmir already?

    hi people, i am not aware of the media coverage given to the kashmir issue in the west so first i would like to put a few things straight. 1) some 20 years ago the hindu-muslim ratio in the kashmir valley was 25:75. 2)about 1989 pakistan started its training camps in...
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