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Is your fiance a practicing Muslim?
My close friend from Iran was not although he of course was a Shiite.
Does your fiance now live in the U.S. and if so, is he a U.S. citizen?
And do you have any plans to go to Lebanon?
When I was staying at Kibbutz Sasa in the mid-70s, the kibbutz was
attacked by Fadayem who came over the border from Lebanon - and the
apartment where my wife and I were staying came under intense fire for
several hours until the army got there. In the morning there were tanks in
the street and the terrorists were all caught and killed. The attackers
were Palestinians who were using Lebanon as a base of operations and one
of the main reasons the IDF had to go into Lebanon - (a war that turned
out bad but I am certain it would have had different results if the newly
elected Christian leader of Lebanon was not assassinated.).
Hank
On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Hank Roth wrote:
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The Sunni are considered the more conservative as compared to Shia. Sunni
> allow choices of leadership to be political mixed with religious, but they
> are
> stricter in many areas regarding social standards, dress for women, marriage
> laws, and more. Shia choose leaders strictly on the basis of religion.
> Reggie does not understand that I am engaged to a Lebanese Shia Muslim. I
> have
> no choice but to be informed. I never said that Saddam's regime was based on
> the Quran. I said that he was opposed by Bin Laden, but what I did not
> include was that it was becuase of his secularism. The reason Shia are
> opposed
> by Bin Laden is because they are less fundamentalist. Many Sunni and Shia
> see it as repulsive to marry one another. I am very well informed, thank you
> very much.
>
>
> In a message dated 2/8/2006 12:09:33 PM Central Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> TOTALLY INCORRECT, Hank. The Suni are the more secular.of the two
> factions. Saddam is a Sunni... not a Shia. This shows the
> misinformation and lack of historical knowledge so many people have of
> the region.
>
> However, until the invasion.. both sects got along, intermarried...and
> were not extreme for the most part. This war brought out the most
> fundamentalist leaders.....who are allied with Iran's Shia rulers. One
> reason Osama hated Saddam was because of his secular rule and the
> freedom the Iraqi government gave women. That's FACT.
>
> The Shia...now in power under the new government are restoring Sharia
> law. The Constitution under Saddam was NOT based on the Koran...and was
> the MOST secular in the region. Please do your research...and
> understand that you are absolutely misinformed.
>
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