Yes, after a couple of firebombings and the local courts had to be overruled. It's really disgraceful bigoted behavior in a country whose founders believed so strongly in freedom of religion.
What about the Sikh's who were victim of a terrorist attack in Wisconsin? Is that something to be proud of.
You do realize that almost all Muslim countries have Christian churches, right?
For example Iran has 73 Christian churches and even a Christian cable channel.
Good luck finding a Muslim cable channel in the US.
It's not the new versions of existing packages that are the downside of this. It's the deal where they might roll out a whole new UI or privacy sucking 'feature'.
Right now I am sitting on 12.04 with a Gnome UI. I don't plan on going anywhere for a couple of years. When I do it's going to be a distro that makes sense, and that is likely to mean NOT Ubuntu.
Don't think for one instant that these acts of terrorism are solely the result of religious beliefs. The US killed hundreds of thousands in Iraq, supported horribly repressive governments in Iran, and so on.
The Middle East has suffered greatly from western colonialism and imperialism for centuries.
Turkey was pretty active in the sciences during the Ottoman empire.
By the way that's one ruler out of a long line who supported the House of Wisdom.
So sorry, but you are cherry picking.
As far as the current situation it varies depending where you look.
Turkey, for example is modern country with full rights for women. Iran was that way prior to the revolution. When I was in graduate school in the early 70's I had as friends a Iranian couple - the wife was educated as a dentist.
The problem today in Muslim countries is simply radicalism. One can say this was caused by the west.
The fact of the matter is that most Muslim nations from 1200 AD up until WWII were colonies. That seriously impacted their ability to develop.
Now that this period has ended we are seeing some of the liberal Muslim nations make some progress.
Radical Muslims are anti-science, just as are radical Christians.
Islam inherently promotes scientific inquiry.
From an Islamic standpoint, science, the study of nature, is considered to be linked to the concept of Tawhid (the Oneness of God).
This link implies a sacred aspect to the pursuit of scientific knowledge by Muslims, as nature itself is viewed in the Qur'an as a compilation of signs pointing to the Divine.
During the Middle Age the House of Wisdom in Baghdad was a far more advanced center of science than anything in Europe. It's where al-Kwarizmi wrote the al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa'l-muqabala. Hint: the word algebra is taken from al-jabr. And al-Kwarizmi became the word algorithm.
The first empiricists and theoretical physicists are regarded to be Muslims.
That's ridiculous. No right is absolute. Congress shall make no law.... except of course slander etc are illegal. The guarantee of free exercise of religion does not permit you to harvest whores off the street and stone them according to the requirements of various religions.
I am sure the founding fathers would recognize that public safety does in fact place restraints on gun ownership as well.
The alternative view is Russ Caswell is running a public nuisance with included hosting a meth lab and crack addicts.
It isn't too surprising that the community that hosts it is trying to get rid of it.
Selectmen David Gay and Scott Wilson were willing to issue statements regarding the case.
âoeFor the twenty-one years that I have lived in Tewksbury, the Motel Caswell has had a negative reputation due to serious crime issues on its property,â said Gay. âoeI am not at all surprised by the federal governmentâ(TM)s actions.â
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Yes, after a couple of firebombings and the local courts had to be overruled. It's really disgraceful bigoted behavior in a country whose founders believed so strongly in freedom of religion.
What about the Sikh's who were victim of a terrorist attack in Wisconsin? Is that something to be proud of.
You do realize that almost all Muslim countries have Christian churches, right?
For example Iran has 73 Christian churches and even a Christian cable channel.
Good luck finding a Muslim cable channel in the US.
It's not the new versions of existing packages that are the downside of this. It's the deal where they might roll out a whole new UI or privacy sucking 'feature'.
Right now I am sitting on 12.04 with a Gnome UI. I don't plan on going anywhere for a couple of years. When I do it's going to be a distro that makes sense, and that is likely to mean NOT Ubuntu.
Don't think for one instant that these acts of terrorism are solely the result of religious beliefs. The US killed hundreds of thousands in Iraq, supported horribly repressive governments in Iran, and so on.
The Middle East has suffered greatly from western colonialism and imperialism for centuries.
You mean Scientology, right?
European colonialism of the Middle East is a really big part of this.
Simply this is not a symmetrical relationship in any way shape or form.
The Qur'an does not come out and state that apostates should be killed.
Some Islamic nations have that in their legal systems, but it is not an intrinsic part of their religion.
Right. Look what happens when people try to build a mosque in the US. A veritable outpouring of religious tolerance.
NOT.
Thanks to 800 years of colonization by the west.
And how many fucking centuries did the Pope claim Galileo was wrong? It was only in 1992 that the Catholic church admitted he was right.
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/10/31/world/after-350-years-vatican-says-galileo-was-right-it-moves.html
Turkey was pretty active in the sciences during the Ottoman empire.
By the way that's one ruler out of a long line who supported the House of Wisdom.
So sorry, but you are cherry picking.
As far as the current situation it varies depending where you look.
Turkey, for example is modern country with full rights for women. Iran was that way prior to the revolution. When I was in graduate school in the early 70's I had as friends a Iranian couple - the wife was educated as a dentist.
The problem today in Muslim countries is simply radicalism. One can say this was caused by the west.
The fact of the matter is that most Muslim nations from 1200 AD up until WWII were colonies. That seriously impacted their ability to develop.
Now that this period has ended we are seeing some of the liberal Muslim nations make some progress.
Well, we can start with the destruction of the last piece of the Library of Alexandria following with the assassination of Hypatia.
A little later of course there was the Crusades.
And today of course it's happening in Africa.
http://www.thebereancall.org/content/christian-doctrine-speeds-destruction-artifacts
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/sep/06/african-evangelists-destroy-artifacts/?page=all
You are being misled by people with an agenda.
The Qur'an and the history of Islam generally expresses great tolerance towards other religions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People_of_the_Book
It's happened before. We already have had terroristic attacks by radical Christians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-abortion_violence
Radical Muslims are anti-science, just as are radical Christians.
Islam inherently promotes scientific inquiry.
From an Islamic standpoint, science, the study of nature, is considered to be linked to the concept of Tawhid (the Oneness of God).
This link implies a sacred aspect to the pursuit of scientific knowledge by Muslims, as nature itself is viewed in the Qur'an as a compilation of signs pointing to the Divine.
During the Middle Age the House of Wisdom in Baghdad was a far more advanced center of science than anything in Europe. It's where al-Kwarizmi wrote the al-Kitab al-mukhtasar fi hisab al-jabr wa'l-muqabala. Hint: the word algebra is taken from al-jabr. And al-Kwarizmi became the word algorithm.
The first empiricists and theoretical physicists are regarded to be Muslims.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Al-Haytham
It was only when the sons of Genghis Khan rode into Baghdad that this golden age came to an end.
Hmmm I thought that the Supreme Court ruled that you couldn't take property for redevelopment using eminent domain.
Ah yes ....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelo_v._City_of_New_London
A lot of states have changed their redevelopment laws because of this.
Seems to me your cynicism is a tad overdone.
The silliest thing about this is that JSTOR is working towards exactly the same goal.
Guns are still far more dangerous per use than either alcohol or automobiles.
Citation still needed.
Medical errors are a cause of death. But they aren't a 'dangerous product'.
About twice as many people die from gunshots each year than from alcohol related auto accidents.
Citation still needed.
> many legal products are far more dangerous
Citation needed.
The pathogens are also adapted to humans.
Perhaps it won't be that much of an issue.
That's ridiculous. No right is absolute. Congress shall make no law.... except of course slander etc are illegal. The guarantee of free exercise of religion does not permit you to harvest whores off the street and stone them according to the requirements of various religions.
I am sure the founding fathers would recognize that public safety does in fact place restraints on gun ownership as well.
The alternative view is Russ Caswell is running a public nuisance with included hosting a meth lab and crack addicts.
It isn't too surprising that the community that hosts it is trying to get rid of it.
Selectmen David Gay and Scott Wilson were willing to issue statements regarding the case.
âoeFor the twenty-one years that I have lived in Tewksbury, the Motel Caswell has had a negative reputation due to serious crime issues on its property,â said Gay. âoeI am not at all surprised by the federal governmentâ(TM)s actions.â
You mean like they ignore people who engage in Ponzi schemes?
NOT.
I really doubt downloading all of JSTOR is a legitimate use case.