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Started by duhita@lamar.Col
Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00
Re: Rauf
Author: duhita@lamar.Col
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 00:00
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In article sphinx1@ix.netcom.com(Hector Dominguez) writes: >alt.sports.basketball.nba.mn-wolves,alt.sports.basketball.nba.nj-nets,alt.sports.basketball.nba.orlando-magic,alt.sports.basketball.nba.phila-76ers,alt.sports.basketball.nba.phx-suns,alt.sports.basketball.nba.sa-spurs,alt.sports.basketball.nba.sac-kings,alt.sports.basketball.nba.seattle-sonics,alt.sports.basketball.nba.utah-jazz,alt.sports.basketball.nba.wash-bullets,alt.sports.basketball.pro.ny-knicks >Subject: Re: Rauf >Date: 14 Mar 1996 13:12:54 GMT >Organization: Netcom >Lines: 25 >Message-ID: <4i960m$5la@dfw-ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> >References: <obh1-1303960417130001@128.253.215.116> <4i6hha$iq9@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com> <4i7dpu$lvu@dfw-ixnews3.ix.netcom.com> >NNTP-Posting-Host: aus-tx4-18.ix.netcom.com >X-NETCOM-Date: Thu Mar 14 7:12:54 AM CST 1996 >Xref: yuma alt.sports.basketball.nba.chicago-bulls:13875 alt.sports.basketball.nba.denver-nuggets:2636 alt.sports.basketball.nba.mn-wolves:2305 > >> jamma34@ix.netcom.com(Omar Usman) writes: > > >>First of all, his nam is NOT Chris. It is Mahmouhd Abdul-Rauf. I >>myself am a muslim. > >His momma named him Chris. :) Mahmoud is a member of Nation Of Islam >(NOI)... The group that Malcom X once belonged to. After Malcom's visit >to Mecca he became more of a tradional or fundamental Muslim and turned >away from the NOI. For his trouble he got murdered. It is mentioned in the Denver Post today that Mahmoud DOES NOT belong to NOI, instead he is a traditional SUNNI Muslim (Moslem). Just want to clear a little thing up. >What I'm wondering Omar, is how come Hakeem (a muslim) has no problem >with standing in honor of what a great country America is while Mahmaud >(also a muslim) feels a need to protest what he sees as a symbol of >oppression. > >Is it just because Mahmoud is not a superstar like Hakeem, that no one >mentioned Mahmoud fasting during Ramadan? Or did Mahmoud not >participate in the fast? > >Maybe it's as simple as the Sunnis and Shiites do but the NOI doesn't. >You know like Catholic's have confession and Baptist do not. Do we have >a double strandard among Muslims? > >-Sphinx
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