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Absolute power, corrupt absolutely.
Reader comment on item: Caught on Tape: The Middle East's Culture of Cruelty
Submitted by Abdulkarim Al-Habsi (Oman), Jun 11, 2009 at 16:21
The UAE is an absolute monarchy (dictatorship), the people of the UAE do not have the right to chose their government, and they don't want that right for the time being. With this concentration of power, you will get abuses at different level of government, Sheikh Issas case is not unique, and will not be the last one. Having said that, it is far fetched to blame Islam for this deranged sheikhs behavior. It is the equivalent of blaming the entire western civilization for Hitler's crimes.
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| 1 | Judging Islamic world using neutral standards [147 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Prashant | Jun 16, 2017 09:41 | 239607 | |
| 1 | Islam is not a religon of terrorism [171 words] | john | Jun 8, 2010 08:30 | 174037 | |
 true [154 words] | Crystal Hassan | Feb 8, 2011 19:05 | 174037 | ||
| 2 | People are so naive [195 words] | Ted | Feb 9, 2011 08:39 | 174037 | |
| 1 | we are not much different [152 words] | Taj | Jul 28, 2009 08:00 | 159369 | |
| 1 | middle east cruelty [33 words] | Fred Schwartz | Jul 11, 2009 23:32 | 158768 | |
| 2 | Religion = evil [119 words] | Carlos Tevez | Jun 13, 2009 16:41 | 157301 | |
| 1 | Yes But... [32 words] | orange yonason | Jun 12, 2009 17:51 | 157248 | |
| 1 | Culture of Death, of Mindless Murder [182 words] | Patrio | Jun 12, 2009 13:35 | 157232 | |
| subject of point of view [148 words] | BwB | Jun 16, 2009 10:06 | 157232 | ||
| death culture [102 words] | adam grandy | Apr 10, 2010 17:14 | 157232 | ||
| death culture part 2 [40 words] | adam grandy | Apr 10, 2010 18:14 | 157232 | ||
 Absolute power, corrupt absolutely. [86 words] | Abdulkarim Al-Habsi | Jun 11, 2009 16:21 | 157194 | ||
| NOT SURPRISING [70 words] | Jung | Jun 11, 2009 02:04 | 157165 | ||
| Nabulsi says he was subject to many assaults during his incarceration. [36 words] | Abu Nudnik | Jun 5, 2009 00:19 | 156788 | ||
| Middle eastern culture and Examples from Prophet's Sunna [43 words] | Sunny | Jun 4, 2009 14:24 | 156744 | ||
| I think they think the same of the US [66 words] | DT | Jun 2, 2009 14:04 | 156578 | ||
| Great, now where's the MSM nationawide outrage ? [210 words] | SiliconDoc | May 30, 2009 16:02 | 156401 | ||
| UAE :abu bakr nation [97 words] | Abdeslam Ninno | May 30, 2009 08:16 | 156391 | ||
| Torturing an AFGHAN...now that is GOOD IO materiel if leveraged in A'stan/P'stan against the Arab "guests" [148 words] | Wana88 | May 27, 2009 12:59 | 156255 | ||
| talk about torture [46 words] | dfwhite19438 | May 26, 2009 15:56 | 156199 | ||
| For whose benefit do Governments work? [50 words] | B.N.Gururaj | May 26, 2009 10:39 | 156172 | ||
| Viva Israel [21 words] | From Tanjier Morocco | May 22, 2009 09:38 | 155986 | ||
| UAE just a place for barbaric mongrels who hold $$$ from oil [62 words] | Angel | Jun 12, 2009 18:02 | 155986 | ||
| Is this culture [351 words] | Kamran | May 21, 2009 14:37 | 155926 | ||
| 1 | See the Sunnah of the Prophet! [254 words] | B.N.Gururaj | May 22, 2009 10:31 | 155926 | |
| To Kamran [966 words] | Jim | May 25, 2009 13:46 | 155926 | ||
| 1 | Kamran, Please study Prophet's Biography [65 words] | Mohammed | Jun 4, 2009 14:46 | 155926 | |
| 1 | The Prophet Muhamnad the only violent prophet in earth [117 words] | Angel | Jun 12, 2009 17:51 | 155926 | |
| Sheikh Issa according to Islamic law [351 words] | Kamran | May 21, 2009 00:42 | 155882 | ||
| 2 | Kamran: It is NO thanks to Allah that people can distinguish between culture and a single person's wicked crimes [1501 words] | Plato | May 27, 2009 00:28 | 155882 | |
| Kamran [53 words] | Angel | Jun 12, 2009 17:58 | 155882 | ||
| 2 | prophet mohammed would be proud ! [50 words] | Phil Greend | May 19, 2009 23:08 | 155820 | |
| And it will continue to get worse..... [49 words] | pdm | May 18, 2009 09:39 | 155698 | ||
| How is Shah Poor now [44 words] | Kamel | May 17, 2009 19:15 | 155646 | ||
| 2 | Amazing cruelty of Muslims!!! [115 words] | Jaladhi | May 17, 2009 17:53 | 155642 | |
| 2 | Cruelty is inherent in Islam!!! [71 words] | Jaladhi | May 17, 2009 14:17 | 155618 | |
| Politics [56 words] | Kamel | May 17, 2009 20:02 | 155618 | ||
| My cousin was murdered in Abu Dhabi [52 words] | Yuval Brandstetter MD | May 17, 2009 12:30 | 155605 | ||
| Are the powerful in the Middle East Inclined toward Immaturity [121 words] | GWK | May 17, 2009 05:57 | 155586 | ||
| Culture of cruelty [91 words] | Paul Winter | May 17, 2009 03:25 | 155579 | ||
| Is it Middle East or Islam? [253 words] | B.N.Gururaj | May 16, 2009 23:38 | 155565 | ||
| An Isolated Fact [78 words] | Kamel | May 17, 2009 20:33 | 155565 | ||
| Violence has a way of attaching itself to Islam [122 words] | B.N.Gururaj | May 21, 2009 10:37 | 155565 | ||
| Nero fiddles while Rome burns [213 words] | Rebecca Moulds | May 16, 2009 16:35 | 155553 | ||
| Poor Shah Poor [40 words] | Vinod Gulati | May 16, 2009 14:00 | 155548 | ||
| Middle East's Culture of Cruelty [42 words] | Victoria | May 17, 2009 17:05 | 155548 | ||
| UAE Torture videos [141 words] | Tess from Australia | May 16, 2009 13:12 | 155545 | ||
| Someone ought to make Obama watch the tape over and over and over again. [130 words] | Dr RJP | May 16, 2009 12:58 | 155542 | ||
| Cruelty is Okay in Islam [104 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | May 16, 2009 05:04 | 155529 | ||
| Civism [78 words] | Kamel | May 17, 2009 19:33 | 155529 | ||
| Lawful Cruelty [53 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | May 17, 2009 23:56 | 155529 | ||
| islamic boasts [164 words] | G.Vishvas | May 19, 2009 08:33 | 155529 | ||
| It's not true to say "cruelty is okay in Islam". [89 words] | Anne-Marie Delcambre | May 20, 2009 17:20 | 155529 | ||
| It IS the Truth, Madame Delcambre, in spite of your romantic dreams [177 words] | Alain Jean-Mairet | May 21, 2009 00:57 | 155529 | ||
| Sorry, Monsieur Mairet, that isn't true ! [45 words] | Anne-Marie Delcambre | May 27, 2009 12:35 | 155529 | ||
| soft with beasts, hard with kuffar and women [92 words] | elisseievna | May 30, 2009 02:58 | 155529 | ||
| Memo to Obama and Holder [83 words] | Susan | May 16, 2009 00:41 | 155511 | ||
| Hypocrisy of denial!!! [19 words] | Jaladhi | May 17, 2009 14:21 | 155511 | ||
| tour of hell [112 words] | pcljn | May 15, 2009 23:54 | 155510 | ||
| And our moronic Dems in charge think Waterboarding is torture? [48 words] | Wilks | May 15, 2009 21:38 | 155503 | ||
| Dems definition of torture is ...!!! [22 words] | Jaladhi | May 17, 2009 14:29 | 155503 | ||
| We Can't Have It Both Ways. [124 words] | Charles Griffith | May 15, 2009 15:40 | 155490 | ||
| Master and Slaves [74 words] | Peter, Scotland | May 15, 2009 14:59 | 155487 | ||
| Middle east culture if cruelty [193 words] | dev | May 15, 2009 14:25 | 155485 | ||
| missing the point [457 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | May 16, 2009 01:02 | 155485 | ||
| 1 | Cruelty within [120 words] | Bronson | May 16, 2009 23:25 | 155485 | |
| 1 | Reply to Grand infidel in Australia [302 words] | dev | May 22, 2009 15:37 | 155485 | |
| How can the US remain blind and deaf to this reality? [55 words] | Mark alan | May 15, 2009 14:01 | 155484 | ||
| Thank the partisan liars, the democrats ! [171 words] | SiliconDoc | May 30, 2009 16:09 | 155484 | ||
| Torture?? [412 words] | kman | Jun 3, 2009 21:28 | 155484 | ||
| REWARD AND PUNISHMENT [69 words] | Manny | May 15, 2009 13:50 | 155482 | ||
| Blessed Be You, Bassam Nabulsi [256 words] | Svet | May 15, 2009 13:15 | 155479 | ||
| Sheikh Essa torture tape [108 words] | Zeeshan Ahmad | Oct 19, 2010 11:40 | 155479 | ||
| Middle East cruelty [100 words] | Janusz Kowalik | May 15, 2009 12:38 | 155478 | ||
| taxpayers paying for Hamas to live in the US [109 words] | Patriot | May 28, 2009 14:19 | 155478 | ||
| The Middle East's Culture of Cruelty- Things remain the same. [90 words] | Rollin | May 15, 2009 11:53 | 155475 | ||
| Stay away from this place. [17 words] | Mark G | May 15, 2009 11:37 | 155473 |
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