There is no Central Authority in Islam. No Pope. There is, therefore no central and universally accepted authority on what constitutes Islam or its teachings. Which is precisely why the religion is so abused in so many places. Anyone can appoint themselves an Imam, and begin preaching virtually anything they want. There is really no one to hold them in check.
right. then there should be a monopoly on islamic thought.
are you kidding me? there was an anti-islam frenzy in the media for the past month. and it's really sad that you view the suppression of hate as political correctness. criticism and hate can be separate.
If nothing changes, your going to have to start becoming accustom to the fact that next years PC is going to cost you MORE not less and thats really going to suck.
- dubai doesn't have oil, it relies on foreign investments for its projects. (hence, int'l markets went bezerk when it recently defaulted) - dubai has better educational institutions compared to the region - dubai as it is today, wouldn't have happened w/o foreign participation, at least within this timescale - UAE citizen's education are subsidized. in fact, UAE human development index is #35 in the world; just a tad below developed countries - dubai is too small for it to make regular major headlines in science (unless it imports scientists en masse. is that ok with you?). as dubai is part of the larger arab and islamic world, a better question would be: why are arabs and muslims behind? (ans. should be a sophisticated analysis please)
to give dubai's leader (yes, a dicator) credit, he had to spend spend spend to create infrastructure that would ALLOW and create an environment for further development.
please make more informed comments in the future. you can take a side, as being for dubai or against it, but make more informed arguments. ideally, you wouldn't need to take a side, but comment on dubai point by point.
the fall of islamic science is is not as simple as that. it can be argued that islam as a religion had an easier time 'reconciling' faith with science than the christian experience. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_science#Decline
the other factor for decline is political.
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google wave is a standard that can be used independently of google.
There is no Central Authority in Islam. No Pope. There is, therefore no central and universally accepted authority on what constitutes Islam or its teachings. Which is precisely why the religion is so abused in so many places. Anyone can appoint themselves an Imam, and begin preaching virtually anything they want. There is really no one to hold them in check.
right. then there should be a monopoly on islamic thought.
fp yes
Cyberia came out in 1994.
http://www.xkcd.com/451/
not to mention US oil imports from the middle east has never exceeded 20%
http://www.allthebestbits.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/us-oil-imports3.gif
are you kidding me? there was an anti-islam frenzy in the media for the past month. and it's really sad that you view the suppression of hate as political correctness. criticism and hate can be separate.
typical out of context quotation
If nothing changes, your going to have to start becoming accustom to the fact that next years PC is going to cost you MORE not less and thats really going to suck.
grammar errors:
- youre -> you're
- accustom -> accustomed
- years -> year's
- thats -> that's
how is this functionally different from following a web journal (blog)?!
no.
simple response: ..since each affects the other. no one is completely independent.
BOTH ends have responsibilities...
bombs to those who disagree.
influence to those who agree: the dictators of the middle east.
then you complain that we get upset when you make fun of Muhammad. we're not in the mood.
and you'd be less inclined to make fun if Muslim people actually had control of their political affairs.
the muslim world does not have oil in general. only a handful of persian gulf countries do.
cowards? it's minimizing risk. in that case, i guess the guy controlling the drone is more of a coward since he isn't face to face with his enemy.
where did you get this number? economic data on the KSA are not reliable or available.
who told you arab leaders are representative of arabs?
because
- they keep to themselves
- don't install/support dictators
- don't support israel
- dubai doesn't have oil, it relies on foreign investments for its projects. (hence, int'l markets went bezerk when it recently defaulted)
- dubai has better educational institutions compared to the region
- dubai as it is today, wouldn't have happened w/o foreign participation, at least within this timescale
- UAE citizen's education are subsidized. in fact, UAE human development index is #35 in the world; just a tad below developed countries
- dubai is too small for it to make regular major headlines in science (unless it imports scientists en masse. is that ok with you?). as dubai is part of the larger arab and islamic world, a better question would be: why are arabs and muslims behind? (ans. should be a sophisticated analysis please)
to give dubai's leader (yes, a dicator) credit, he had to spend spend spend to create infrastructure that would ALLOW and create an environment for further development.
please make more informed comments in the future. you can take a side, as being for dubai or against it, but make more informed arguments. ideally, you wouldn't need to take a side, but comment on dubai point by point.
already happened http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pGp1LX8yZY
- dubai doesn't have oil
- dubai is very western-oriented
- dubai is not a country
- dubai has been largely isolated from regional tensions
got that?
the fall of islamic science is is not as simple as that. it can be argued that islam as a religion had an easier time 'reconciling' faith with science than the christian experience. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_science#Decline the other factor for decline is political.
but now how do you see in the dark?
but you can't build a custom windows pc with cablecard card support.
THAT SUCKS!!!
literally?