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onager

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Sat May 23, 2015, 08:45 AM May 2015

Egyptian Cleric OK With Atheists - Just Not In Egypt [View all]

Filed under "Religion Of Peace Strikes Again." Found this at My Secret Atheist Blog, which looks pretty interesting. First time I've seen that blog.

Here's some revealed wisdom from Khaled al-Gindhi. An Egyptian Muslim cleric who's perfectly OK with Egyptian atheists having human rights...as long as they don't try to live in Egypt.

How can we argue with this sort of inclusive, theologically sophisticated logic?

It was unfortunate that (atheists) were allowed to appear in the media. They say: "God does not exist. The Prophet is like ISIS" and other baseless, nauseating things, that we, unfortunately, heard.

What we need are not polite sheiks, but someone to knock some sense into them...

We are a people of believers, whether Christian or Muslim. We have an age-old belief in God. We are the most ancient believing people in history. It's in our DNA.

If you (atheists) don't like the fact we are believers, go find yourself another nation. Stay away from us. Such blatant atheism constitutes an attack on the fundamentals of society...

We must not allow any affront to religion.

I bet he'd be very popular in some DU groups.

http://www.mysecretatheistblog.com/2015/05/egyptian-cleric-is-okay-with-atheists.html
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"that we, unfortunately, heard." SusanCalvin May 2015 #1
Welcome to the group, Susan. Tobin S. May 2015 #4
Thanks - see below. nt SusanCalvin May 2015 #8
Khaled al-Gindhi doesn't understand DNA, or even his own country. cdogzilla May 2015 #2
Welcome to DU! Tobin S. May 2015 #5
Thanks for the welcome! SusanCalvin May 2015 #7
This takes NIMBY to a whole new level. nt Curmudgeoness May 2015 #3
I guess Khaled isn't too thrilled with Donia Massoud RussBLib May 2015 #6
Al-Banna? onager May 2015 #9
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