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Reader comment on item: A Christian Caught in Mecca; What Fate Awaits Him?
in response to reader comment: Forced to convert most likely...
Submitted by AlbertE. (United States), Jan 20, 2015 at 13:31
During the seizure and occupation of the Grand Mosque in Mecca by Shiite fanatics [1979] , two French GIGN anti-terror experts were brought in to survey the situation and offers suggestions for storming the facility. They WERE MADE TEMPORARY MUSLIMS FOR THE MISSION!!
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| Right of Muslims [60 words] | Chris | Nov 27, 2011 15:03 | 191226 | ||
| 2 |  Christians bar Muslims, where? [52 words] | sara | Nov 28, 2011 15:25 | 191226 | |
| Mecca the muslim equivalent of the jewish holy of holies [21 words] | Ali Lawal | Sep 5, 2011 18:31 | 189123 | ||
| 2 | The Jews would agree [98 words] | Peter Hall | Sep 6, 2011 13:13 | 189123 | |
| dear brothers [103 words] | ahmed musthafa | Nov 17, 2012 08:06 | 189123 | ||
| 1 | I am not your brother [64 words] | Melissa | Jan 11, 2016 12:20 | 189123 | |
| 1 | Mecca Visit by non-Muslims [208 words] | Ramesh | Mar 19, 2011 18:43 | 183493 | |
| 2 | MATTER OF PRIVACY let muslims decide [138 words] | salman | Sep 19, 2010 13:15 | 178427 | |
| 1 | Do we know anything now ? [41 words] | M. | Nov 9, 2009 15:57 | 164283 | |
| 1 | Forced to convert most likely... [12 words] | Tziona | May 24, 2009 10:20 | 156095 | |
| 1 | Matter of reciprocity [92 words] w/response from Daniel Pipes | Debanjan Banerjee | May 25, 2009 12:27 | 156095 | |
| Re: Forced to convert most likely... [54 words] | Aymenn Jawad | May 26, 2009 10:26 | 156095 | ||
 GIGN [43 words] | AlbertE. | Jan 20, 2015 13:31 | 156095 | ||
| 1 | Re: Fate of Nirosh Kamanda [116 words] | Aymenn Jawad | May 20, 2009 07:37 | 155842 |
| 1 | The Universal declaration of Human Rights, and some ways that it applies to Islamic countries. [749 words] | Canadian Chris | Nov 7, 2009 11:50 | 155842 | |
| 7 | Visa to enter Makkah and Madinah [198 words] | m.mohsen | May 13, 2009 18:33 | 155380 | |
| 1 | ROTFL and teaching the Arabic language to one tablighee at a time [143 words] | dhimmi no more | May 17, 2009 17:30 | 155380 | |
| islam is a global religion [244 words] | m.mohsen | May 19, 2009 10:54 | 155380 | ||
| 2 | Islam approves owning, and selling slaves [52 words] | sam | May 20, 2009 14:31 | 155380 | |
| 3 | is there any discrimination in Islam? [389 words] | the Grand Infidel of Kaffiristan | May 22, 2009 20:15 | 155380 | |
| 2 | Islam is really the religion of the Arabs only and you ain't no Arab [578 words] | dhimmi no more | May 23, 2009 07:33 | 155380 | |
| Blaming the dog [269 words] | dhimmi no more | May 24, 2009 10:43 | 155380 | ||
| there is adifference , what distinction [494 words] | m mohsen | May 25, 2009 20:48 | 155380 | ||
| 1 | I am not following what you are saying [127 words] | Peter Hall | Sep 6, 2011 13:07 | 155380 | |
| Foreigners should abide the law of Kingdom [28 words] | Waheed Ahmed | Oct 26, 2008 06:48 | 141031 | ||
| 1 | 12th Century Delusions [41 words] | A. Blinken | Dec 7, 2008 10:20 | 141031 | |
| No doubt... [28 words] | Pinstripe | Dec 22, 2008 03:44 | 141031 | ||
| 2 | Who wants to go there anyway? [89 words] | Timothy | Mar 5, 2009 20:30 | 141031 | |
| Delusion [24 words] | The last prophet | May 17, 2009 01:59 | 141031 | ||
| 1 | we wont go there if you PROMISE not to come here... [115 words] | TM | May 18, 2009 11:15 | 141031 | |
| These two laws do not reconcile. [85 words] | Abhi | May 22, 2009 00:14 | 141031 | ||
| WHO WANTS TO GO THERE ANYWAY ? [108 words] | Mohamed Adham | Aug 8, 2009 07:14 | 141031 | ||
| Reader comment: Who wants to go there anyway? [166 words] | Aminah | Mar 5, 2010 01:03 | 141031 | ||
| 2 | Not allowed in Makkah [104 words] | Ali | Aug 21, 2008 17:36 | 137115 | |
| Ali, may I then suggest.. [42 words] | Pinstripe | Dec 22, 2008 03:39 | 137115 | ||
| hypocrisy [93 words] | Ali | Dec 22, 2008 19:29 | 137115 | ||
| Muslims should keep away from democratic countries. [51 words] | Pinstripe | Dec 26, 2008 09:11 | 137115 | ||
| Re: Not allowed in Makkah [154 words] | William East | Feb 16, 2009 22:06 | 137115 | ||
| it is logic at first time to disagree, but let's taken an example [179 words] | m.mohsen | May 13, 2009 18:29 | 137115 | ||
| In reply [252 words] | William East | May 16, 2009 11:42 | 137115 | ||
| Hypocrisy indeed [47 words] | The last prophet | May 17, 2009 02:10 | 137115 | ||
| M MOSHEN [53 words] | btilly | May 17, 2009 17:37 | 137115 | ||
| Why cannot Jewish people visit their ancestral places ? [59 words] | Harry | May 19, 2009 18:47 | 137115 | ||
| 5 | NOT ALLOWED IN MAKKAH [38 words] | Mohamed Adham | Aug 9, 2009 08:40 | 137115 | |
| 2 | You would still be in rags, if it hadn't been for the americans and the western world.. [280 words] | Pinstripe | Aug 9, 2009 19:23 | 137115 | |
| 3 | Didnt Muslims fly a plane into the Pentagon? [62 words] | Peter Hall | Sep 6, 2011 13:33 | 137115 | |
| caught in a web [200 words] | Rebecca Moulds | Dec 18, 2007 10:13 | 116452 | ||
| 2 | Interesting facts about Non-Muslims visiting Mecca [95 words] | Debanjan Banerjee | May 17, 2009 03:54 | 116452 | |
| You are bad until I need you and will become bad again after my need is over [19 words] | abhi | May 22, 2009 20:24 | 116452 | ||
| NO WORRIES ! [66 words] | Bill Corr | Dec 18, 2007 04:52 | 116430 | ||
| It has to begin somewhere & somehow [35 words] | David W. Lincoln | Dec 17, 2007 23:20 | 116414 | ||
| IT HAS TO BEGIN SOMEWHERE [26 words] | Mohamed Adham | Aug 9, 2009 08:43 | 116414 | ||
| A Christian Caught in Mecca; What Fate Awaits Him? [109 words] | David W. Lincoln | Aug 9, 2009 21:04 | 116414 | ||
| A CHRISTIAN CAUGHT IN MAKKAH [55 words] | Mohamed Adham | Aug 10, 2009 02:01 | 116414 | ||
| Mecca? [28 words] | Seth Ginsburg | Dec 17, 2007 14:38 | 116360 |
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