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Rolling Stone

2007-03-15T18:46:07Z

Bodenseemann:

''Rolling Stone'' is a bi-weekly [[liberal]] magazine that publishes stories about the music industry and also attempts to report on more serious topics. Founded in San Francisco in 1967 with a name remarkably similar to the famous British rock group, the magazine has undergone several changes in focus and image ever since.

Its reporting on politics is extraordinarily one-sided. In its list of the ten worst congressmen, nine out of ten are Republican and the only Democrat selected had already been humiliated for being caught by an FBI raid with having tens of thousands of dollars in his freezer.<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/print</ref>

Additional examples of ''Rolling Stone'' work includes a cover mocking President [[George W. Bush]] with a dunce cap in the corner and the inside article by a professor claiming that he has a "combination of impotence, laziness and ineptitude for the job"<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/the_worst_president_in_history</ref>; an article by a Kennedy insisting that Bush stole the election of 2004,<ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/10586714/was_the_2004_election_stolen</ref>which the former President Bill Clinton then described as "compelling"; and a pre-election article in 2004 urging voters to cast their ballots for [[John Kerry]].

[[Al Gore]] and [[Bill Clinton]] continues to be featured frequently in ''Rolling Stone''.

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User talk:Leibniz

2007-03-15T18:34:56Z

Bodenseemann: /* Your entry on my talk page */

:Thanks for contributing, however please don't put opinion in articles without sourcing it. [[User:Geo.plrd|Geo.]] 19:53, 13 March 2007 (EDT)

== Your entry on my talk page ==

Your entry on my talk page is a unacceptable insult.
"This user is a known radical Islamic sympathizer.

Edits by this user on religious articles should be taken with little credibility."

* First: I am not radical
* Second: I am not sypathising with Islam
* Third: "This user is known" implies that there is a proof for this lies

An isult like this is not aceptable at all. This insult is able to discredit my name and my person.
It is against the rules of conservapedia and it is against the law.
If you do not stop insults like this, I may consider taking legal actions. --[[User:Bodenseemann|Bodenseemann]] 14:26, 15 March 2007 (EDT)
:: I guess that your lying isult is based on my revert to your edit in Islam. I deleted the word "false" from "Islam is a false monotheistic religion... " as it is a believe and no one can judge if any believe is wrong or false. Doing so is radical and fanatic, what is not acceptable in any case. Radicalism and fanatism has to be fought. And it does not matter if it is islamic, comunistic, liberal, conservative or christian. Radicalism and fanatism was and is the base of terrorism and of hatered. Hatered as can be seen in the insulting lie you were telling about me. --[[User:Bodenseemann|Bodenseemann]] 14:34, 15 March 2007 (EDT)

User talk:Leibniz

2007-03-15T18:28:56Z

Bodenseemann: /* Your entry on my talk page */

User talk:Bodenseemann

2007-03-15T18:27:13Z

Bodenseemann: insult removed

User talk:Leibniz

2007-03-15T18:26:40Z

Bodenseemann: Your entry on my talk page

Al Qaeda

2007-03-13T20:08:49Z

Bodenseemann: now with requested proof

[[Image:al_qaeda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Osama bin Laden with Al-Qaeda members]]
International Islamist [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded in the late 1980s, and led by [[Osama Bin Laden]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/default.stm BBC Profile of Al-Qaeda]</ref> Al Qaeda is predominantly composed of fanatical [[Sunni]] [[Islam|Muslim]]s. Al Qaeda is responsible for the September 11, 2001 attack on the [[World Trade Center]] and [[Pentagon]], the bombings of American embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, the October 2000 bombing of the [[U.S.S. Cole]], and numerous smaller attacks. The group's wing in Iraq is believed to be responsible for many of the attacks and bombings there. "Al Qaeda" is roughly equivalent to "the base" ( القاعدة) in [[Arabic]].
In the 1980s Al Qaeda was supported by the CIA and the US-Government.[http://www.greenleft.org.au/2001/465/25199]

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Al Qaeda

2007-03-13T20:00:52Z

Bodenseemann:

Al Qaeda

2007-03-13T19:55:23Z

Bodenseemann:

[[Image:al_qaeda.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Osama bin Laden with Al-Qaeda members]]
International Islamist [[terrorism|terrorist]] organization founded in the late 1980s, and led by [[Osama Bin Laden]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/world/2001/war_on_terror/default.stm BBC Profile of Al-Qaeda]</ref> Al Qaeda is predominantly composed of fanatical [[Sunni]] [[Islam|Muslim]]s. Al Qaeda is accused to be responsible for the September 11, 2001 attack on the [[World Trade Center]] and [[Pentagon]], the bombings of American embassies in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]] in 1998, the October 2000 bombing of the [[U.S.S. Cole]], and numerous smaller attacks. The group's wing in Iraq is believed to be responsible for many of the attacks and bombings there. "Al Qaeda" is roughly equivalent to "the base" ( القاعدة) in [[Arabic]].

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Islam

2007-03-13T19:52:34Z

Bodenseemann: removed bias

'''Islam''' is [[monotheism|monotheistic]] religion of Abraham based on the teachings of [[Muhammad]]. Islam has grown to be the second largest religion in the world, with over 1.4 billion followers. The word "Islam" means submission to God. The followers of Islam are called [[Muslim|Muslims]]. Muslims practice complete monotheism, worshiping a god called [[Allah]] and believing Muhammad to be his last and greatest prophet. Muslims live by the Koran, which they consider to be the pure and holy word of Allah. Muslims wash their hands before reading the book, which is considered complete and perfect only in the original Arabic, and burn old copies instead of throwing them away. Muslims follow the five pillars of Islam.

[[Image:Mecca.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Mecca, the holy city of the Muslim's]]

===Five Pillars of Islam===

*'''Shahadah (Profession of Faith)''' -The Shahadah is the Muslim profession of faith. The English translation is "''There is none worthy of worship except God, and [[Muhammad]] is the messenger of God''"

*'''Salat (Ritual Prayer)''' -All Muslims are required to Pray to Allah five times each day while facing [[Mecca]].

*'''Zakat (Charity)''' Able Muslims must donate to the poor based on the wealth one has accumulated. In current usage it is interpreted as 2.5% of the value of most valuables and savings held for a full [[lunar year]].

*'''Sawm (Fasting)''' All Muslims must fast during daylight hours during the entire month of [[Ramadan]]. According to Muslims, this purifies the body and soul.

*'''Hajj (Pilgrimage)''' All able-bodied Muslims must make a pilgrimage to Mecca at least once in their lives.

[[Image:Quran.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Pages from the Koran, the holy book of the Islamic religion.]]

==Islam and Christianity==

While Muslims do not believe Jesus to be the Son of God or that he was crucified, they consider him to be one of God's most important prophets. However, the Qu'ran warns against worshipping Jesus, for fear of [[idolatry]].<ref>[http://www.ccg.org/_domain/ccg.org/Islam/Islam.htm Christian Churches of God Articles on Islam], March 10, 2007</ref>

The Qur'an states that Christians will burn in Hell: “Unbelievers are those that say: ‘God is the Messiah, the son of Mary.’ He that worships
other deities besides God, God will deny paradise, and the Fire shall be his home. None shallhelp the evil-doers.
Unbelievers are those that say: ‘God is one of three.’ There is but one God. If they do not
desist from saying so, they shall be sternly punished.” (5:71-73)

Christians, on the other hand, believe that Muslim practices violate the first commandment:

"Thou shalt have none other gods before me." (Deuteronomy 5:7)

==Islam and Paganism==

Although most Muslims profess belief in a single, almighty [[Allah|God]], a substantial minority of accredited Western scholars believe that some Muslim beliefs, like those of the early [[Roman Catholic Church]], system can be traced back to distinctly polytheistic antecedents. Some, for example, have attempted to link Allah to a moon deity, though Allah is cited in the Koran as the God of Abraham and Isaac (Judaism and Christianity). <ref>Abramahov, "Islamic Theology". Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, 1988. [http://www.amazon.com/Islamic-Theology-Binyamin-Abrahamov/dp/0748611029/sr=8-4/qid=1172042917/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/105-1837174-2630046?ie=UTF8&s=books]</ref> Others have pointed to the pagan roots of various Muslim prohibitions, such as the ban on pork (also practiced in Orthodox Judaism) originating in the 3rd-century AD Damascene [[cult]] of the [[pig-god]] [[Jamal]]. <ref>Ibid.</ref> There is some evidence that traditional Muslim scholars have been suppressing this information as well as various recently-recovered scrolls that hint at early Muslim human sacrifice, which was also a part of early Judaism which ended after the Genisis story of Abraham and Isaac (e.g., at Uhud). <ref>Esposito, "The Oxford History of Islam", p. 523. Oxford University Press: Oxford, 1999. [http://www.amazon.com/Oxford-History-Islam-John-Esposito/dp/0195107993/sr=8-1/qid=1172042853/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-1837174-2630046?ie=UTF8&s=books]</ref> Like all major religions, Christianity included, Islam has ill-understood and fascinating roots that modern scholarship has yet to fully plumb.

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User:Bodenseemann

2007-03-13T19:47:24Z

Bodenseemann:

Hi!

Terrorism

2007-03-13T19:46:01Z

Bodenseemann:

'''Terrorism''' is a term used to refer to violence (usually against civilians) instigated to further a certain political or ideological goal.

== Well-Known Terrorist Groups ==

* [[Al-Qaeda]]
* The [[IRA|Irish Republican Army]]
* The [[Tamil Tigers]]
* The [[Ku Klux Klan]]
* The [[Bushists]]

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Liberal

2007-03-08T01:44:20Z

Bodenseemann:

'''Liberal''' is a term used to describe a person who generally is left-wing in their attitudes towards the government, establishment, and many other laws. The term was first used in reference to a political opinion c. 1801 A.D., in the aftermath of the French Revolution, when it meant "tending in favor of freedom and democracy"—at that time the liberal party was the party of individual political freedoms. <ref>Etymology [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=liberal]</ref>

"Liberal" today means the disfavoring of individual responsibility in favor of collectivism or egalitarianism. Liberals tend to prefer equality in result rather than surpression of minorities.

The term "liberal" is used often in the United States, Canada and Great Britain. Some examples of liberal beliefs include:

* gun control
* taxpayer funding of abortion
* prohibiting prayer in school
* distributing wealth from the rich to the poor
* government programs to rehabilitate criminals
* same-sex marriage
* amnesty for illegal aliens
* teaching of evolution
* increased taxpayer funding of public school
* protection of endangered species
* foreign treaties, especially for disarmament
* taxpayer-funded rather than private medical care
* increased power for labor unions
* a more talkative approach to dangerous nations/militant groups, rather than violence
* teaching school kids scientific rather than traditional [[Christian]] principles (such as [[evolution]])
* less strict laws concerning censorship in the media

Liberals typically align themselves with the Democratic Party in the United States, and the Labour Party in Great Britain.<ref>http://www.labour.org.uk/home</ref>

An alternative definition of liberal is anything that is not conservative or ignorant. For example, the American Heritage Dictionary includes this definition of "liberal":<ref>Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/liberal</ref>

:Not limited to or by established, traditional, orthodox, or authoritarian attitudes, views, or dogmas ...

As the mindset of a liberal is not limited as much as the mindset of the conservatives, liberals are usually considered to be more open-minded. The knowledge and way of thinking of a liberal person usually does not end at the border of his own contry. The international thinking and acting effects the world wide wealth-fare positively.

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