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sorry Dhimmi, better luck next time
Reader comment on item: Fashion at Turkish Airlines
in response to reader comment: But Allah says that drinking alcohol is good for mankind!
Submitted by Ali Baba (United States), Mar 21, 2013 at 19:09
The author of the Quran is a little bit smarter than you are. After all, he is a man who transformed a rag tag bunch of desert heathens into the largest empire the world had yet seen.
The Quran doesn't say that alcohol is totally good or totally bad. The quran merely states that alcohol has some benefits, but is mostly harmful...something that modern medicine backs up rather emphatically.
The Quran is very careful in generally avoiding absolute statements. In this it differs from most religious texts and offers a testament to its uniqueness.
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| These days, feminism is a greater threat to flight attendants' costumes. [50 words] | Anon. | Dec 6, 2018 08:25 | 246408 | ||
| SUBJ1 [21 words] | Turkish Airlines already does not serve alcohol on some international routes | Sep 25, 2017 18:28 | 240917 | ||
| a new country discovered by Turkey [45 words] | zohra | May 12, 2013 01:27 | 205937 | ||
| 2 | seni ne ilgilendiriyor? [29 words] | essek | Feb 20, 2013 12:54 | 203705 | |
| 3 |  re: seni ne ilgilendiriyor [30 words] | Ali Karp | Feb 22, 2013 15:01 | 203705 | |
| abdnin hangi koyunde yasiyosun? [4 words] | essek | Mar 12, 2013 11:58 | 203705 | ||
| In English please-both of you [1 words] | Shishir | May 7, 2013 03:10 | 203705 | ||
| 1 | thy [256 words] | havas | Feb 17, 2013 01:45 | 203575 | |
| hospitality uniforms [18 words] | jonesmark | Feb 15, 2013 00:03 | 203521 | ||
| Democracy [14 words] | Taner Mersin | Feb 14, 2013 01:10 | 203483 | ||
| It is not only thy that does not serve alcohol [103 words] | Berat Pottinger | Feb 13, 2013 17:07 | 203467 | ||
| Response to Berat Pottinger [37 words] | Chaim | Feb 16, 2013 01:38 | 203467 | ||
| 2 | No Burqas in Istanbul [98 words] | Peter. Scotland | Feb 13, 2013 14:27 | 203453 | |
| 1 | It's not about fashion [81 words] | Moses | Feb 13, 2013 02:55 | 203439 | |
| Plain Business Sense [253 words] | Zac | Feb 12, 2013 23:37 | 203435 | ||
| 2 | Turkey turning more towards islam is of great concern. [62 words] | Phil Greend | Feb 14, 2013 19:21 | 203435 | |
| 1 | Minor details [89 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Ali Baba | Feb 12, 2013 18:49 | 203428 | |
| It's not a question of not serving alcohol, but... [25 words] | humanape | Feb 13, 2013 00:01 | 203428 | ||
| 4 | al-Tib al-Nabawi or Islamic medicine [437 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 13, 2013 06:34 | 203428 | |
| 6 | But Allah says that drinking alcohol is good for mankind! [191 words] | dhimmi no more | Feb 13, 2013 07:30 | 203428 | |
| 1 | " Alcohol has been universally linked to numerous health problems" [48 words] | Ali Karp | Feb 13, 2013 15:03 | 203428 | |
| Stylish or not [30 words] | Berat Pottinger | Feb 13, 2013 17:51 | 203428 | ||
| Correlation does not imply causation [74 words] | Ali Baba | Feb 28, 2013 01:48 | 203428 | ||
| Dhimmi has a problem with reality, lol [107 words] | Ali Baba | Feb 28, 2013 01:56 | 203428 | ||
| 2 | Drinking camels urine can cure all diseases! Is that true our dear Ali Baba? [763 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 1, 2013 07:14 | 203428 | |
| 2 | Islamic logic! Read and laugh [285 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 1, 2013 07:56 | 203428 | |
| 1 | Our dear Ali Baba is saying that red wine is good for all of mankind! I smell riots! [145 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 1, 2013 08:01 | 203428 | |
| 1 | Islamic reality? and what a disaster halal slaughter of meat does not prevent e.coli infections [196 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 2, 2013 19:12 | 203428 | |
| Ali Baba does not know that he does not know [71 words] | Ali Karp | Mar 9, 2013 15:35 | 203428 | ||
| Ali Karp is mistaken [92 words] | Ali Baba | Mar 21, 2013 19:04 | 203428 | ||
 sorry Dhimmi, better luck next time [94 words] | Ali Baba | Mar 21, 2013 19:09 | 203428 | ||
| Irrelevant, Dr Pipes [116 words] | Ali Baba | Mar 22, 2013 13:42 | 203428 | ||
| 2 | Alcohol and the Qur'an and the disaster of al-nasikh wa al-mansukh! [1182 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 23, 2013 07:30 | 203428 | |
| 2 | And speaking of the of the irrelevant! [253 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 23, 2013 07:42 | 203428 | |
| 2 | It seems that Muhammad loved to drink wine! This is what your islamic sources say! [440 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 23, 2013 10:47 | 203428 | |
| The islamic sources tell us that Muhammad loved to drink wine! What a disaster [139 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 23, 2013 15:23 | 203428 | ||
| Dhimmi must have gotten an F in his/her Arabic class [419 words] | Ali Baba | Mar 24, 2013 12:29 | 203428 | ||
| 3 | What a disaster Allah says that it is good for you to drink alcohol [1114 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 25, 2013 07:48 | 203428 | |
| 1 | Tablighee twists and turns [204 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 25, 2013 09:52 | 203428 | |
| 2 | Our dear Ali Baba does not do his research before posting and I wonder why! [352 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 25, 2013 19:37 | 203428 | |
| Sorry Dhimmi [305 words] | Ali Baba | Mar 28, 2013 16:24 | 203428 | ||
| 1 | Our dear Ali Baba is saying that Allah astaghfirullah is the moon God! Where are the riots? [1321 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 30, 2013 08:55 | 203428 | |
| 1 | Tablighees and Thiamine or Vitamin B1 [423 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 30, 2013 09:18 | 203428 | |
| 1 | Sheikh Beera Stella! Another Islamic disaster! [300 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 30, 2013 11:34 | 203428 | |
| 1 | Allah and Marie Antoinette and vitamin B12 [507 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 31, 2013 08:10 | 203428 | |
| Dhimmi should get his vitamins straight [135 words] | Ali Baba | Apr 11, 2013 00:38 | 203428 | ||
| 1 | The worst enemy of Muslims? It must be themselves! [488 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 15, 2013 13:38 | 203428 | |
| Our dear Ali Baba and al-ahmadiyya [28 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 15, 2013 13:43 | 203428 | ||
| 1 | Muslims and mad cows disease [89 words] | dhimmi no more | Apr 15, 2013 13:51 | 203428 | |
| It always starts with "minor details" for Islamists [177 words] | Shishir | May 7, 2013 03:19 | 203428 | ||
| Islamic Law [49 words] | Peter Kikareas | Feb 12, 2013 18:24 | 203427 | ||
| The "Market" pilots the craft [38 words] | David Barry O'Connor | Feb 12, 2013 14:43 | 203424 | ||
| 2 | Turkey has not changed [112 words] | David | Feb 12, 2013 14:36 | 203423 | |
| 1 | David closes his eyes to the other side of the coin [77 words] | Ali Karp | Feb 13, 2013 15:12 | 203423 | |
| Do you really know Turkey [27 words] | Berat Pottinger | Feb 13, 2013 17:40 | 203423 | ||
| 4 | Turkey has not changed nor have its Western cronies [1147 words] | Ianus | Feb 14, 2013 08:30 | 203423 | |
| Shame on those that justify and deny genocides [200 words] | dhimmi no more | Mar 31, 2013 10:53 | 203423 | ||
| 1 | TURKISH FASHION [100 words] | JACQUES HADIDA | Feb 12, 2013 14:04 | 203422 | |
| 1 | Discrimination against moslems [132 words] | Ali Karp | Feb 13, 2013 15:28 | 203422 | |
| Comments from USA [36 words] | Berat Pottinger | Feb 13, 2013 17:43 | 203422 | ||
| 4 | Fashion at Turkish Airlines [189 words] | Judith | Feb 12, 2013 13:06 | 203421 | |
| 1 | The new outfit is bad for emergencies [53 words] | Ali Karp | Feb 13, 2013 15:35 | 203421 | |
| 1 | Cultural ethnicity feels pleasant [130 words] | Jerome Krasnow | Feb 12, 2013 10:22 | 203419 | |
| 1 | This is not "cultural heritage" .. [17 words] | Ali Karp | Feb 13, 2013 15:49 | 203419 | |
| 2 | Sexless costumes [85 words] | Edward Cline | Feb 12, 2013 05:46 | 203417 | |
| Turkish [6 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Nikki | Feb 11, 2013 23:00 | 203411 |
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