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If you can't speak Arabic or hear, then Allah says you're shit-out-of-luck......
The Islamic Research Academy, headed by Al-Azhar Sheikh Dr. Muhammad Sayyed Tantawi, has stated that the Koran must not be translated, even into sign language, because doing so harms its sanctity.
Academy members permitted translation of the content to other languages, but not word-for-word translation.
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I got your Arabic sign language.
Posted by: Bob | September 15, 2008 at 04:40 PM
No, translating the Quran from classical Arabic into anything else might lead to someone finding out the evil that it's really about...
Posted by: Deez | September 15, 2008 at 05:27 PM
it becomes clearer why Muslims love to keep their people uneducated and stupid, for the most part...smart people ask too many questions..
Posted by: pulsar182 | September 15, 2008 at 06:06 PM
R.O.P. says your S.O.L. ?
And osmosis is forbidden
Posted by: Airedale | September 15, 2008 at 06:42 PM
it's allah not Allah.
allah mammy fucking snackbar!!!
Posted by: Dark Helmet | September 15, 2008 at 07:23 PM
Dark helmet said: "it's allah not Allah."
Heh, To purposely use lower case letters as a sign of Disrespect?
I like It...
Posted by: sheepdog | September 15, 2008 at 08:13 PM
Those Jihadis are dumb as a brick of...
Posted by: Last Angry Man | September 15, 2008 at 08:14 PM
Quick fact:
All those kids rocking back and forth in Pakistani madrassas learning the koran are learning it in Arabic, a language they don't understand.
Posted by: JDAM | September 15, 2008 at 08:28 PM
Sheepdog,
Little trick I learned at the mosk.....
DH
Posted by: Dark Helmet | September 15, 2008 at 11:10 PM
* Koran must not be translated
(alhamdilpikul)
So much for "inclusion" and "diversity".
As long as they have Ezekiel 38 / 39 in their language of choice,
they will understand their fate. God doesn't believe in keeping
people in ignorance, but He lets them choose it.
Posted by: Mullah Lodabullah | September 16, 2008 at 01:49 AM
Dark helmet said: "it's allah not Allah."
Heh, To purposely use lower case letters as a sign of Disrespect?
I like It...
Posted by: sheepdog | September 15, 2008 at 08:13 PM
Upper case letters may also indicate disrespect, as in SHITslam.
Posted by: Atom&Yves | September 16, 2008 at 11:19 AM