US Commander Embraces Islam!!!

[InToTheRain]

Mash'Allah Hope man pulls out of the army as there is a fine line between fighting those to protect their land and fighting extremists.

Again, I consider CNN, Al jezeera, BBC, AP or something like that. This one (PressTV) is suspect.

Nah, I don't think this is newsworthy material for them. If he apostatized and wrote a book however ....

 

[Whatsthepoint]

Hundreds of silamic sites have articles about human body having 360 joints... Quantity does not equal quality. I think all sites that have posted the news so far are islamic...:smile:
Of course, that doesn't mean the commander did not embrace Islam, however we cannot be certain.

 

[wilberhum]

http://www.mfa.gov.af/detail.asp?Lang=e&Cat=5&ContID=450
ISAF commander in Ghazni embraces Islam
Posted On: Nov 03, 2007

ISAF commander in Ghazni embraces Islam


Cap. Cormier Michel (45) commands 300 ISAF troops in the Taliban-infested district. The Ghazni governor, district chief, provincial council members, local officials, elders, ISAF soldiers and students attended a ceremony marking the commanders conversion to Islam.

The ceremony that lasted well over three hours conclude with slogans Allah-o-Akbar (Allah is Great). Cap. Michel, who changed his name to Abdul Wahed, started his brief speech with Bismillah (In the name of Allah, the most Beneficent and the most Merciful.

During the last five years, Abdul Wahed pointed out, he had been studying Islamic books and he concluded that Islam is the first religion. Stationed in Ghazni for last the last 10 months, he was impressed with the behaviour of his translator.

In a chat with Pajhwok Afghan News, the captain remarked: "Islam is a religion of peace and brotherhood, but terrorists and extremists are bringing a bad name to it." After the ceremony, Abdul Wahed said he had informed his wife in the US about his acceptance of Islam.

It is amazing what 1 minute of research will find.

I consider CNN, Al jezeera, BBC, AP or something like that. This one (PressTV) is suspect.

Do you exclude all sources of knowledge? :?

al-muslimah
See he is fighting the Taliban, not the Mujahideen.

 

[جوري]

co

Do you exclude all sources of knowledge? :?

Knowledge isn't merely imbuing all that new sources throw out at you, as if you were an empty vessel willing to soak it all up.
You first have to start with proper schooling. Have a general idea of the socio-economic and geo-political condition of the world around you-- And balance what you read against what you have learned. It becomes an act of reconciliation.
very few people don't fall into the herd and being mass manipulated and that actually goes for both sides of the fence. This isn't just merely inherent aptitude.. if it were as easy as all that. everyone would be a scholar courtesy of google and in every field-- there would be no need for proper schooling or any form of critical analysis.


cheers!

 

[wilberhum]

co

Knowledge isn't merely imbuing all that new sources throw out at you, as if you were an empty vessel willing to soak it all up.
You first have to start with proper schooling. Have a general idea of the socio-economic and geo-political condition of the world around you-- And balance what you read against what you have learned. It becomes an act of reconciliation.
very few people don't fall into the herd and being mass manipulated and that actually goes for both sides of the fence. This isn't just merely inherent aptitude.. if it were as easy as all that. everyone would be a scholar courtesy of google and in every field-- there would be no need for proper schooling or any form of critical analysis.


cheers!

So you need to be educated to read the news?

Maybe you need to read the news to be educated.

 

[جوري]

So you need to be educated to read the news?

Maybe you need to read the news to be educated.

It depends on your perspective I suppose? kay:
Do you need to be learned in English to read the news, or do you read the news to learn English? :shade:

cheerio

 

[wilberhum]

It depends on your perspective I suppose? kay:
Do you need to be learned in English to read the news, or do you read the news to learn English? :shade:

cheerio

There surly are lots of non-English news sources out there.

I assume there are many.

But then I don't know. :skeleton: Since I don't read them.

 

[al-muslimah]

al-muslimah
See he is fighting the Taliban, not the Mujahideen.

THE TALIBAN ARE THE MUJAHIDEEN I AM TALKING ABOUT.DUH.

 

[al-muslimah]

who did you think i was talking about NATO.No i meant the taliban the so-called extremists and terroroists.they are the true mujahideen you are non-nuslim you wouldn't understand.sorry.

 

[wilberhum]

al-muslimah
See he is fighting the Taliban, not the Mujahideen.

THE TALIBAN ARE THE MUJAHIDEEN I AM TALKING ABOUT.DUH.

I was right, you don't know the difference between terrorists and the Mujahideen. :uuh:

 

[al-muslimah]

Like I said I wouldn't expect u to understand.

 

[wilberhum]

Like I said I wouldn't expect u to understand.

I guess I don't understand.

When I think of the Mujahideen, I don't think of beating up women, blowing yourself up in markets or being drug lords.

 

[Isambard]

I guess I don't understand.

When I think of the Mujahideen, I don't think of beating up women, blowing yourself up in markets or being drug lords.

I would argue that the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is entirely subjective. So I guess you can both be right...which isnt a good thingmg:

 

[wilberhum]

I would argue that the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is entirely subjective. So I guess you can both be right...which isnt a good thingmg:

Na, a freedom fighter fights for freedom not the ability to beat women and run drugs. :?

 

[Isambard]

Na, a freedom fighter fights for freedom not the ability to beat women and run drugs. :?

They fight for that freedom. Would you consider the first Klu Klux Klan freedom fighters or terrorists? How about El Che and his revolutionaries?

 

[wilberhum]

They fight for that freedom. Would you consider the first Klu Klux Klan freedom fighters or terrorists? How about El Che and his revolutionaries?

Da. Want to ask a real question?

 

[Isambard]

Da. Want to ask a real question?

That was a real question. by what criteria do you differentiate a terrorist from a freedom fighter?.

If its one strives for freedom, freedom from what and for whom are important questions.

 

[Gator]

Three or four of five news sources with the same info. will ALWAYS be suspect, so long as you don't like the content.

I have no problem with the content.

So every bogus report reiterated by a few blogs is true. Ok.

Thanks.

 

[Gator]

It is amazing what 1 minute of research will find.

this news line here is just a repost of other sources. They didn't substantiate.

Do you exclude all sources of knowledge? :?

Well, you see the internet and news in general is tricky and not all people tell the truth. A possilby bogus report pops up and all of a sudden it reiterated on a few blogs and people start believing it. The story sounds fishy to me. Again I have no problem with the content.

There's tons of horrible bias if not outright lies. So you have discount sources of news like World Net Daily or National Enquirer (though I love it).

That's why news organizations take their reputation seriously. So I'm discerning about sources of news.

I also did not regulate it to only those mentioned as well.

 

[جوري]

I have no problem with the content.

So every bogus report reiterated by a few blogs is true. Ok.

Thanks.

I don't... you are the best judge of what you read... again it doesn't concern me what you deem true or not.. You are no political analyst, and my suspicion is you are no epidemiologist either running around counting accuracy of reports to some committee... Thus again and with any hope for the last time I say what you deem 'bogus' or not is of little or no consequence to me...


cheers!