Of course there are stipulations as there always are when dealing with the Saudi's:
Riyadh, 20 March (AKI) - No churches should be permitted in Saudi Arabia, unless Pope Benedict XVI recognised the prophet Mohammed, according to a Middle East expert.Alright, I'll play. Perhaps the US, Europe and Australia ought to say to the Saudi's the following:
While Saudi mediators are working with the Vatican on negotiations to allow places of religious worship, some experts believe it will not occur without this recognition.
Anwar Ashiqi, president of the Saudi centre for Middle East strategic studies, endorsed this view in an interview on the site of Arab satellite TV network, al-Arabiya on Thursday.
"I haven taken part in several meetings related to Islamic-Christian dialogue and there have been negotiations on this issue," he said."It would be possible to launch official negotiations to construct a church in Saudi Arabia only after the Pope and all the Christian churches recognise the prophet Mohammed."
"If they don't recognise him as a prophet, how can we have a church in the Saudi kingdom?"
"You can build a mosque but you have to recognize Jesus as the Son of God."That should go over quite well, don't you think? I'm sure the Saudi's will be more than happy to comply with that little plan.
"If you don't recognize him as the Son of God, how can we have a mosque in the United States?"
By the way, it should be easy to recognize the Prophet Mohammed, there's been plenty of pictures of him floating around lately including a whole bunch right here in several poses. Here's a slideshow to make it even easier to recognize him.
Oh yeah, I've seen him and I recognize him, now build some churches in the Kingdom.
Update: More Mohamadness at Tim's joint.
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Alright, I'll play. Perhaps the US, Europe and Australia ought to say to the Saudi's the following:
"You can build a mosque but you have to recognize Jesus as the Son of God."
"If you don't recognize him as the Son of God, how can we have a mosque in the United States?"That should go over quite well, don't you think? I'm sure the Saudi's will be more than happy to comply with that little plan.
Wouldn't work. The First Amendment disallows Congress from establishing any religion, so by saying that mosques built are conditional upon a religious belief, you are in fact establishing one religion over another.
Nice try though.
Uh, John? I was being facetious, dude.
I know that there is no American religion. I was actually trying to underscore the inanity of the Saudi proposal.
john, if there were an award for missing the point, I'd nominate you. Even without a kickback.
What do they mean by recognizing Mohammed? He's a historical figure. We can recognize that he existed. I suspect what they mean is that the Catholic church can build churches in Saudi Arabia if the Pope becomes a Muslim.
John A. must get REALLY angry every time he watches the Simpsons.
"Dear Mr. Groening,
Wouldn't work. The dictionary clearly states that 'tramampoline' is not a word...."
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