tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post7052438031669618372..comments2024-03-24T21:06:57.039-07:00Comments on FOUSESQUAWK: The True Taste of PakistanGary Fousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-3595750789555306182015-09-26T19:31:30.224-07:002015-09-26T19:31:30.224-07:00Honored dhimmis who felt themselves subjugated as ...Honored dhimmis who felt themselves subjugated as per the Koran.Gary Fousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17014739065121483409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-556711201725419822015-09-26T17:20:07.110-07:002015-09-26T17:20:07.110-07:00Was it not the Kyber Pass that Mohammad's warr...<i>Was it not the Kyber Pass that Mohammad's warriors rode through to get to the Jewish tribes that refused to convert to Islam?</i><br /><br />No, Squid, not even close. In Mohammed's lifetime there was one set of Jewish tribes who were killed. Gary Fouse, Moshe Dayan, and the modern jihadis, have all been crying "Khaybar," but it is not on the other side of the Kyber Pass in Afghanistan, it is on the Arabian peninsula. Further, conversion to Islam wasn't even an issue. Islam had not even been fully defined as yet. Mohammed accepted a position as political leader in Yathrib as an alternative to being hunted down and killed by his polytheistic Arab neighbors in Mecca, and he identified the Jewish tribes in the immediate vicinity as military liabilities and political enemies because they were anxious to resume their lucrative trade with the Meccans.<br /><br />By the time Islam reached the Kyber Pass, Jews had been the good friends of Islamic expansion for centuries, and honored scholars and administrators, particularly of the Abbasid and Umayyad caliphates -- which was only natural since they eagerly assisted the conquest of Jerusalem, and were rewarded with access to the Wailing Wall for the first time in centuries. (Does the term "Aelia Capitolina" mean anything to you?<br /><br />elwood... Pakistan, and India. No doubt you are a regular donor to those international charities trying to improve the quality of toilet facilities in south Asia.<br /><br />But it certainly does raise concerns about food quality. Hasn't been a problem at any of the great middle eastern restaurants in Milwaukee. But then, Pakistan and Jordan have little in common except for Islam, and even at that, plenty of differences in practice.Siarlys Jenkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15083839117838391267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59324506101124457.post-50912275503911630532015-09-25T14:51:17.375-07:002015-09-25T14:51:17.375-07:00As I have previously, in some armpit places they s...As I have previously, in some armpit places they still defecate in the ditches. Guess the Paks are included.elwood p sugginsnoreply@blogger.com