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#1408475
Ebon
"You can’t speak conversational Arabic without invoking the name Allah in every other sentence."
Are you out of your fucking mind? First off, Arabic is a language, not a religion. Secondly, "Allah" is just the Arabic word for "god". Christians who speak Arabic use the word as well.
5/30/2012 1:38:42 PM
#1408477
Quantum Mechanic
Moonbattery ... figures.
5/30/2012 1:42:29 PM
#1408494
SpukiKitty
@ Big Jilm:
That made me laugh! Good job!
5/30/2012 2:41:07 PM
#1408505
BrianX
Because there's no secular literature of significance in one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, amirite?
5/30/2012 3:16:06 PM
#1408523
Blue the Thief
5/30/2012 4:33:59 PM
#1408532
Karana
Language does not equal religion.
5/30/2012 5:37:29 PM
#1408572
aaa
Reading comprehension is not one of your strong suits, i presume.
5/31/2012 1:40:43 AM
#1408579
davidbrider
No, Alan...Arabic is a *language*, Islam is a *religion*. The two are not the same.
Stop me if this is getting too complicated for you...
5/31/2012 3:32:45 AM
#1408605
Horsefeathers
"Is the ACLU paying attention? To study Arabic is to study Islam."
Are you insane?
"I don’t particularly care if one studies Arabic, but this level of religious association would be enough to get a Christian study thrown out."
Never mind. Ignore that previous question. You are insane.
"You can’t speak conversational Arabic without invoking the name Allah in every other sentence.
From Wikipedia:
'Some Muslims present a monogenesis of languages and claim that the Arabic language was the language revealed by God for the benefit of mankind and the original language as a prototype symbolic system of communication, based upon its system of triconsonantal roots, spoken by man from which all other languages were derived, having first been corrupted.'"
And that Wikipedia cite is supposed to what, support your absurd claim?
5/31/2012 6:58:12 AM
#1408626
Noneofyourbusiness
Then you must must never, ever use the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 0 again, Alan.
5/31/2012 8:27:52 AM
#1408642
freako104
Learning a foreign language is a good thing. Your prejudices hinder you. Allah merely means god in Arabic.
5/31/2012 9:48:51 AM
#1408691
probablynotactuallyapedophile
I'm a pedophile, and I believe English is the ideal language for child enticement.
Therefore, all English speakers are pedophiles.
5/31/2012 2:55:25 PM
#1408702
whoanelly
Yeah. No. It's not.
First of all, using Wikipedia as a source=laughable.
Second of all, I'm pretty sure that the first time Arabic was written down was in order to write the Koran, but it existed as a spoken language before that. Then again, I could be wrong. This isn't my area of expertise.
Third of all, GTFO with your islamophobia. I really hope you file a complaint with the ACLU (or however it works) and they laugh in your fucking face. Damn, this is like listening to my cunty uncle last weekend go on about this bullshit and be like "Is BOMB the first word those kids are going to learn?" and then laugh like that was the funniest fucking joke ever.
This is like saying that to learn Latin is to be indoctrinated by Roman Catholicism. Congrats, you're a complete and total xenophobic idiot.
5/31/2012 4:16:06 PM
#1408756
Javascap
Bah, FSTDT doesn't support Arabic figures.
5/31/2012 9:23:23 PM
#1408757
Filin De Blanc
What exactly does that Wikipedia quote have to do with...well, anything?
5/31/2012 9:32:11 PM
#1408825
Wow! I didn't know that Christianity was...you know....an actual LANGUAGE as Arabic is. Then again, "Christians" invoke the name of God in every other sentence...so maybe it is to "Christians". Please note: I say "Christians" rather than Christians since true Christians have no need to disparage or demonize other faiths.
6/1/2012 6:00:13 AM
#1408925
Agahnim
@Renon No, learning Sanskrit makes you a Buddhist. Learning Chinese converts you to Confucianism. Learning Japanese has varied results; you could end up a Zen Buddhist, a Shintoist, or a combination of both; likewise learning Hindi makes you a Hindu, learning Hebrew or Yiddish makes you Jewish, etc.
6/1/2012 5:04:02 PM
#1409418
TheLastCenturion
Really? I thought latin classes were quite common.
6/3/2012 8:29:11 AM
#1448659
TheLastCenturion
so i assume you are also against learning hebrew, or hindi?
9/18/2012 7:15:16 AM
#1448665
Dr.Shrinker
Y'know, I'm going to go out on a limb here and hypothesize that you've never actually spoken to a person of Middle-Eastern descent in your life.
Right?
9/18/2012 7:26:19 AM
#1508250
Blarghonius
Everyone knows that the point of the ACLU is to be a boogeyman for right-wing fucktards like yourself.
Also, what the hell is wrong with learning about other cultures? Oh, wait, they're not AMURKIN!
2/21/2013 6:53:48 PM
#1511497
nyctornado
Blue The Theif posted a cute artwork even though the cute drawing said the F word. That artwork is one of my favorite drawing styles in the whole world.
3/3/2013 9:06:30 AM
#1511505
anti-nonsense
you did see the part where it's optional right?
also, there are people who are not Muslims that speak Arabic.
3/3/2013 9:26:24 AM
#1511713
Sasha
The ACLU is not paying attention because they're busy with real problems.
And even if what you say is true, so what? You invoke Allah every time you say "God."
3/3/2013 9:13:23 PM
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