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		<title>By: Nafeedah</title>
		<link>http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/09/dr-williams-dishonest-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-3629</link>
		<dc:creator>Nafeedah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 15:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a muslim girl who came across the 450 weddings celebrated by the hamas from a forwarded mail.  I knew it could not be true but I was desperate: the odds seemed against my conviction..the videos were there.  Then, i started reading on google all the material i found and eventually i came upon this blog... Thank you very much for definitely setting my mind to rest... There is a lot of hate-news on Islam on the Internet, I never realised this till today...Reading this  blog has reminded me that what Islam says and what Islam has been made to say are two vastly different things.  
Thank you for sharing your knowledge..thank you for helping others to think...
May God Bless You....
Nafeedah.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a muslim girl who came across the 450 weddings celebrated by the hamas from a forwarded mail.  I knew it could not be true but I was desperate: the odds seemed against my conviction..the videos were there.  Then, i started reading on google all the material i found and eventually i came upon this blog&#8230; Thank you very much for definitely setting my mind to rest&#8230; There is a lot of hate-news on Islam on the Internet, I never realised this till today&#8230;Reading this  blog has reminded me that what Islam says and what Islam has been made to say are two vastly different things.<br />
Thank you for sharing your knowledge..thank you for helping others to think&#8230;<br />
May God Bless You&#8230;.<br />
Nafeedah.</p>
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		<title>By: Nom Ye</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nom Ye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, 

I just received that Phd Whatever&#039;s article by e-mail. My first reaction was rage and shock, I couldn&#039;t believe what I was reading. I was very upset. But then, that &quot;article&quot; appeared to me a little suspicious, not because I was pro islam, but because I thought it was very strange that I haven&#039;t heard that so shocking story from another media.. 

Browsing around the internet I found your site, and the reporter&#039;s reply too. Now it makes sense, why bbc nor other massive media had featured the story, because well, it is a lie.

I thank you for your information and the time you took to put all this together. So I won&#039;t be fwding a lot of lies. I agree with you, forwarding without a minimum of research is irresponsible and only promotes hate.

Cheers</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, </p>
<p>I just received that Phd Whatever&#8217;s article by e-mail. My first reaction was rage and shock, I couldn&#8217;t believe what I was reading. I was very upset. But then, that &#8220;article&#8221; appeared to me a little suspicious, not because I was pro islam, but because I thought it was very strange that I haven&#8217;t heard that so shocking story from another media.. </p>
<p>Browsing around the internet I found your site, and the reporter&#8217;s reply too. Now it makes sense, why bbc nor other massive media had featured the story, because well, it is a lie.</p>
<p>I thank you for your information and the time you took to put all this together. So I won&#8217;t be fwding a lot of lies. I agree with you, forwarding without a minimum of research is irresponsible and only promotes hate.</p>
<p>Cheers</p>
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		<title>By: Eileen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eileen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I’m no scholar, I’m just a normal Christian living in a Muslim country. Reading what Dr Williams claimed surely did shock me and I certainly had my doubts, you can’t just sit and read another’s assumptions on a religion that you’ll don’t know much about, religion is not only about our history, I can name a number of flaws that our prophets made, and are proudly mentioned in the bible. Religion is also about people, and how one has evolved now, haven’t we changed?
A very wise man once said “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone”
So Thank you Mr. RJ, the bottom line is not that whose side you’re on, the point is that what is wrong must be corrected, and u indeed have made a difference.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m no scholar, I’m just a normal Christian living in a Muslim country. Reading what Dr Williams claimed surely did shock me and I certainly had my doubts, you can’t just sit and read another’s assumptions on a religion that you’ll don’t know much about, religion is not only about our history, I can name a number of flaws that our prophets made, and are proudly mentioned in the bible. Religion is also about people, and how one has evolved now, haven’t we changed?<br />
A very wise man once said “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone”<br />
So Thank you Mr. RJ, the bottom line is not that whose side you’re on, the point is that what is wrong must be corrected, and u indeed have made a difference.</p>
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		<title>By: rj</title>
		<link>http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/09/dr-williams-dishonest-scholarship/comment-page-1/#comment-1859</link>
		<dc:creator>rj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:35:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I admit my error as pointed out by Salahuddin, and apologize. Thank you for the correction. When I said, &quot;she&#039;s left to fend for herself on the streets,&quot; I was making generalizations and assumptions that that were incorrect, something I try to fight against. 

I do plan to write more on Islam when I become less ignorant on the topic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I admit my error as pointed out by Salahuddin, and apologize. Thank you for the correction. When I said, &#8220;she&#8217;s left to fend for herself on the streets,&#8221; I was making generalizations and assumptions that that were incorrect, something I try to fight against. </p>
<p>I do plan to write more on Islam when I become less ignorant on the topic.</p>
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		<title>By: Rabbani</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rabbani</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had been email Paul William&#039;s article by a very dear catholic friend wondering how much of this was true. I knew from my limited knowledge as well the faith i hold that it wasn&#039;t true but however to unveil the truth i started searching and came across this blog.

I am nothing but humbled and grateful for your sincere effort and the time taken out for it. I am glad i could respond to my friend with facts rather than a weak &#039;this must be a confusion .. &#039; type response :)

Thank you very much</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had been email Paul William&#8217;s article by a very dear catholic friend wondering how much of this was true. I knew from my limited knowledge as well the faith i hold that it wasn&#8217;t true but however to unveil the truth i started searching and came across this blog.</p>
<p>I am nothing but humbled and grateful for your sincere effort and the time taken out for it. I am glad i could respond to my friend with facts rather than a weak &#8216;this must be a confusion .. &#8216; type response <img src='http://blog.grigaitis.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Thank you very much</p>
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		<title>By: Salahuddin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Salahuddin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:17:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thank&#039;s for the cool and correct approach. I&#039;m Muslim and I apreciate your stance for truth. Truth is in fact what all believers hope will save us at the end. One point: divorced ladies are not left in the street, never. Some middle-east countries have ugly honor-codes, kill for honor, etc. but that&#039;s from their culture, not from Islam. The proof: it&#039;s absolute unknown in North-Africa. Divorced or adulterous women just go back home where they came from. Allah Almighty forgives all sins, if you are sincere. Divorce and remarrying after divorce is something completely common in the Muslim world, for men and women. Hadn&#039;t the great Khadija been married twice before marrying the Prophet, peace be upon him? Look to the sufis: Islam stands for beauty and love. Jihad is in first place against your own egotism and sensuality. Muslims or Christians, let us embrace Truth and live for the essence of all religions: respect the Creator and have mercy on creatures.
Pax vobiscum,
Salahuddin</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank&#8217;s for the cool and correct approach. I&#8217;m Muslim and I apreciate your stance for truth. Truth is in fact what all believers hope will save us at the end. One point: divorced ladies are not left in the street, never. Some middle-east countries have ugly honor-codes, kill for honor, etc. but that&#8217;s from their culture, not from Islam. The proof: it&#8217;s absolute unknown in North-Africa. Divorced or adulterous women just go back home where they came from. Allah Almighty forgives all sins, if you are sincere. Divorce and remarrying after divorce is something completely common in the Muslim world, for men and women. Hadn&#8217;t the great Khadija been married twice before marrying the Prophet, peace be upon him? Look to the sufis: Islam stands for beauty and love. Jihad is in first place against your own egotism and sensuality. Muslims or Christians, let us embrace Truth and live for the essence of all religions: respect the Creator and have mercy on creatures.<br />
Pax vobiscum,<br />
Salahuddin</p>
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		<title>By: rj</title>
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		<dc:creator>rj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It looks like you haven&#039;t read the post previous to this one (&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/09/hamas-plays-host-to-pedophilia/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/09/hamas-plays-host-to-pedophilia/&lt;/a&gt;). In this previous post I deal with the photographs and videos.

You actually defeat your own argument by the facts that you point out:
&lt;ul&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;A groom would never sit beside his bride at a traditional Muslim wedding.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;Brides in a Hamas state would never be allowed to dress as these little girls are. Brides, like all women, are totally covered except for their hands and faces, and usually in black.&lt;/li&gt;
		&lt;li&gt;There is no shot of any women because the women, including the brides, are kept separate from the men. Western journalist would not be permitted to go where the women are kept.&lt;/li&gt;
	&lt;li&gt;The bride and groom do not stand together at an altar at a traditional Muslim wedding. They&#039;re kept separate until after the wedding.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;

If you interpret the YouTube video you refer to, which is available in my previous post, through the limited lenses of Western (i.e. Christian) culture, you have to conclude that the reason these men are marrying girls under the age of ten is because there are no women over the age of ten in Palestine. Watch the video again. You won&#039;t see a single woman. They must have all been killed or kidnapped. No sisters, no mothers, and no grandmothers. You&#039;ll also see that not all the grooms have &quot;brides.&quot; This must be why you see men dancing with men. There&#039;s not enough ten year old girls to go around, so they are forced into same-sex &quot;marriages.&quot;

Do you really think all foreign cultures have the same customs as your culture?

I want to make something very clear: &lt;strong&gt;I do NOT support Hamas!!!&lt;/strong&gt; Nonetheless, slandering Hamas and the other Muslims in Palestine (Hamas invited other Palestinian couples to this wedding) will only convince more Muslims to despise the West and support extreme groups like Hamas. Not only do YOU have to get your facts straight, you better do it soon because your ignorance is a big part of the reason why there&#039;s a problem between the West and the Middle East.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It looks like you haven&#8217;t read the post previous to this one (<a href="http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/09/hamas-plays-host-to-pedophilia/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.grigaitis.net/2009/09/hamas-plays-host-to-pedophilia/</a>). In this previous post I deal with the photographs and videos.</p>
<p>You actually defeat your own argument by the facts that you point out:</p>
<ul>
<li>A groom would never sit beside his bride at a traditional Muslim wedding.</li>
<li>Brides in a Hamas state would never be allowed to dress as these little girls are. Brides, like all women, are totally covered except for their hands and faces, and usually in black.</li>
<li>There is no shot of any women because the women, including the brides, are kept separate from the men. Western journalist would not be permitted to go where the women are kept.</li>
<li>The bride and groom do not stand together at an altar at a traditional Muslim wedding. They&#8217;re kept separate until after the wedding.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you interpret the YouTube video you refer to, which is available in my previous post, through the limited lenses of Western (i.e. Christian) culture, you have to conclude that the reason these men are marrying girls under the age of ten is because there are no women over the age of ten in Palestine. Watch the video again. You won&#8217;t see a single woman. They must have all been killed or kidnapped. No sisters, no mothers, and no grandmothers. You&#8217;ll also see that not all the grooms have &#8220;brides.&#8221; This must be why you see men dancing with men. There&#8217;s not enough ten year old girls to go around, so they are forced into same-sex &#8220;marriages.&#8221;</p>
<p>Do you really think all foreign cultures have the same customs as your culture?</p>
<p>I want to make something very clear: <strong>I do NOT support Hamas!!!</strong> Nonetheless, slandering Hamas and the other Muslims in Palestine (Hamas invited other Palestinian couples to this wedding) will only convince more Muslims to despise the West and support extreme groups like Hamas. Not only do YOU have to get your facts straight, you better do it soon because your ignorance is a big part of the reason why there&#8217;s a problem between the West and the Middle East.</p>
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		<title>By: Jade</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jade</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:13:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think you have it a bit mixed up. The original story is fact.  Look at this pro-Hamas video and rethink your criticisms, my friend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYmtaXQHEtw&amp;NR=1&amp;feature=fvwp

A groom is sitting beside his child bride, and in NO shot is an adult woman dressed as these children present.  These little girls are even at the altar with the grooms.  It is YOU who needs to get your facts straight before you continue supporting child rapists.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think you have it a bit mixed up. The original story is fact.  Look at this pro-Hamas video and rethink your criticisms, my friend:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYmtaXQHEtw&amp;NR=1&amp;feature=fvwp" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYmtaXQHEtw&amp;NR=1&amp;feature=fvwp</a></p>
<p>A groom is sitting beside his child bride, and in NO shot is an adult woman dressed as these children present.  These little girls are even at the altar with the grooms.  It is YOU who needs to get your facts straight before you continue supporting child rapists.</p>
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		<title>By: Adele D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adele D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That&#039;s islam-watch.com... written by ex-Muslims look up pedophilia.  You might want to get some of Fr. Mitch Pacwa&#039;s tapes on Islam too.

God bless,
Adele</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s islam-watch.com&#8230; written by ex-Muslims look up pedophilia.  You might want to get some of Fr. Mitch Pacwa&#8217;s tapes on Islam too.</p>
<p>God bless,<br />
Adele</p>
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		<title>By: Adele D</title>
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		<dc:creator>Adele D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 03:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Russell,  I just can&#039;t read it all, but why are you defending Islam?    Have you seen the Stoning of Soraya M?  It happens.  Women are chattle in many of the extremist Muslim societies.   Look up islamwatch.org.   What about their horrible practice of female circumcision?  They need Christ.  No ifs, ands or buts about it.  

God bless,</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russell,  I just can&#8217;t read it all, but why are you defending Islam?    Have you seen the Stoning of Soraya M?  It happens.  Women are chattle in many of the extremist Muslim societies.   Look up islamwatch.org.   What about their horrible practice of female circumcision?  They need Christ.  No ifs, ands or buts about it.  </p>
<p>God bless,</p>
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