tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post113103846727335797..comments2024-03-16T02:07:45.896+02:00Comments on Gr33n Data: Arresting Abdul Kareem: Defending Islam or Offending It?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04040899001187322598noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post-1131349632503055052005-11-07T09:47:00.000+02:002005-11-07T09:47:00.000+02:00well no matter how bad he was talking about Islam ...well no matter how bad he was talking about Islam none deserve to be put in prison for something he/she said...funny when u said that Egypt n' Syria r somehow alike...well even in these matters...we Syrian bloggers always joke about ending up at "OUR ANTE'S SPECIAL HOUSE" :D....Sharkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182629141016892850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post-1131328662063009072005-11-07T03:57:00.000+02:002005-11-07T03:57:00.000+02:00If I was a muslim who wanted to become a catholic ...If I was a muslim who wanted to become a catholic - should I be arrested - or executed - if I lived in an islamic country?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post-1131312250081963062005-11-06T23:24:00.000+02:002005-11-06T23:24:00.000+02:00I think it's going to happen. I think the voices w...I think it's going to happen. I think the voices will be freed. I think it's just a matter of time. But I also think that it NEEDS to take time, because when change happens too quickly for the paradigm to keep up you end up with excrement happening like the French Revolution, and that kind of destruction can destroy what's valuable in a culture even as it enlightens it in another respect. <BR/><BR/>Life, politics, community, and humanity are all balancing acts.sadiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461904452723439290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post-1131189009364078812005-11-05T13:10:00.000+02:002005-11-05T13:10:00.000+02:00I join in here to say, "free the voice."I join in here to say, "free the voice."S A J Shirazihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273513824756243968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post-1131115673953279452005-11-04T16:47:00.000+02:002005-11-04T16:47:00.000+02:00I think that the impetus to censor is more politic...I think that the impetus to censor is more political than religious. Egypt has long enjoyed a state monopoly on the media and has been able to promote the dominant social paradigm through its media avenues. Radio, television, and (to a lesser extent) printed media are one way avenues for information dissemination, rather than two way conduits for social conversation. The internet in general, and blogs in particular, are a new social forum that fulfills the function of a sook, but one that is not just local. Governments are threatened by that, and the forum allows for the minority to have a much greater voice. Using Islam as an excuse to censor non-party ideas gives the government a moral justification for heavy handed techniques in controlling the social dialogue.<BR/><BR/>I just want to say that I am not "coming down on" either Egypt or Mubarrak's government. As an American, with our tradition of free press, I witness DAILY the attempts of many politically motivated special interest groups (not to mention the two dominant parties) to control the media. Here they don't censor as much as they make ad-hominem attacks in order to discredit, but censorship still goes on. <BR/><BR/>We live in interesting times. I personally suspect that we're witnessing an inexorable shift in paradigms from heavy handed censorship to subtle political manipulations. But as long as there are people in power, they will have a vested interest in promoting their vision of reality in which they get to stay in power.sadiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461904452723439290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10943611.post-1131053190771223662005-11-03T23:26:00.000+02:002005-11-03T23:26:00.000+02:00You are right . Nobody should ever be arrested for...You are right . Nobody should ever be arrested for saying what they think outloud . Simply because arresting them wont make them change their mind . And forcing them to keep their opinions to themselves is not going to change it . <BR/>If you think somebody offended you, just file a complain against him . Thare's something called court and this is why it was made .<BR/>If you think arresting Abdul Kareem is offending Islam , try hearing grown educated students say they are happy with "Muharram bek" events.change destinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06206818485528368442noreply@blogger.com