tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post6037186953549502601..comments2023-11-02T23:12:22.758+11:00Comments on Planet Irf: On Hilaly, Trad, Attard & VindicationIrfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12032825228704836828noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-29535363644082386022007-03-20T10:54:00.000+11:002007-03-20T10:54:00.000+11:00Nice one, Irf. On the antagonistic comments - I ca...Nice one, Irf. On the antagonistic comments - I can see why the paranoid fringe of Muslims hates Irf, but I really can't see why anti-Muslims go after him. He's a pretty sane guy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-80730051773092303842007-03-19T10:44:00.000+11:002007-03-19T10:44:00.000+11:00What's a "Semitic faith"?Please tell me you aren't...<I>What's a "Semitic faith"?<BR/>Please tell me you aren't referring to Judaism, in which case your terminology is woefully inappropriate.</I><BR/><BR/><BR/>Education lesson no. 7452 for Anon @ 4:02 --<BR/><BR/>You are woefully uneducated. The words "semite" and "antisemite" have quite distinct histories. A "semite" is a person belonging to one of the semitic "races" - e.g. an Arab, Ethiopian or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-40339270527346260732007-03-18T23:21:00.000+11:002007-03-18T23:21:00.000+11:00"If there's some other Semitic faith I've missed, ..."If there's some other Semitic faith I've missed, feel free to enlighten."<BR/><BR/>The notion of "semitic religion" is the standard term used in scholarship when referring to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The term is used because all three faiths were originally professed by Semitic peoples, and both Jesus and Muhammad were Semites by all definitions of the term.<BR/><BR/>I hope that helps Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-80197820464140329732007-03-18T12:17:00.000+11:002007-03-18T12:17:00.000+11:00Anon @ 4:02 sounds terribly like Dan Lewis ...Anon @ 4:02 sounds terribly like Dan Lewis ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-31555410129189252562007-03-16T17:12:00.000+11:002007-03-16T17:12:00.000+11:00Don't stop Irfan, you're a refreshing change.Don't stop Irfan, you're a refreshing change.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-40802615650253744382007-03-16T16:02:00.000+11:002007-03-16T16:02:00.000+11:00The Mufti of Australia gets an unpaid unaccredited...<I>The Mufti of Australia gets an unpaid unaccredited translator. Is it any wonder Sheik Elhilaly gets such bad press? </I><BR/><BR/>You don't suppose it might be because of <B>what he actually says</B> and stands for, rather than simply bad translation? <BR/><BR/><I> one of the most educated and upwardly-mobile faith communities in the country.</I><BR/><BR/>I can't imagine you are referring to aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-73173737474996958142007-03-13T14:25:00.000+11:002007-03-13T14:25:00.000+11:00Anon @ 136, you might want to click the hyperlink ...Anon @ 136, you might want to click the hyperlink and read the transcript on the Sunday Profiles page.Irfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12032825228704836828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-32025473967119521842007-03-13T03:00:00.000+11:002007-03-13T03:00:00.000+11:00"Don't we have a right to know?"No, yo don't have ..."<I>Don't we have a right to know?</I>"<BR/><BR/>No, yo don't have a RIGHT to know. Your 'rits' (read: personal demands) don't extend into the mouths of other individuals. You are not legally nor morally ENTITLED to extract, by verbal or physical abuse, or rhetorical cajoling, what others have said beyond your ear-shot.<BR/><BR/>That said, you DO have the right to ask what was said.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-32472038405269169782007-03-13T01:36:00.000+11:002007-03-13T01:36:00.000+11:00So what did the Sheik say about the Bilal Skaf cas...So what did the Sheik say about the Bilal Skaf case?<BR/><BR/>Keysar wasn't willing to translate.<BR/><BR/>Don't we have a right to know? Are you going to tell us?<BR/><BR/>ThanksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3650193.post-84260494017132472782007-03-13T00:53:00.000+11:002007-03-13T00:53:00.000+11:00You are so full of yourself Irfan, and that is why...You are so full of yourself Irfan, and that is why you are unsuitable to write for anyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com