Norwegian girls convert to Islam for Justin Bieber tickets

Started by Syt, April 19, 2013, 02:27:20 PM

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garbon

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April 19, 2013, 04:12:40 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 19, 2013, 04:01:51 PM
When you do that, you have to take a Muslim name.  His was (and still is to the older in-laws) Omar.  We do give him more than a little shit over it.

I mean my aunt took an African name for no reason so taking a muslim name when converting seems alright.
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Caliga

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April 19, 2013, 04:13:55 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 19, 2013, 04:08:29 PM
"No God but God and Muhammad is his prophet." Allah just means God.
Dude, whatever... I have better things to do than memorize that crazy-ass moon worshipper shit. :sleep:
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garbon

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April 19, 2013, 04:15:18 PM
Quote from: Viking on April 19, 2013, 04:06:12 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 19, 2013, 03:56:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 19, 2013, 03:43:16 PM
What does it take to become a convert to Islam?
All you have to do is recite that prayer which is like "There is only one God and that God is Allah" three times.  I think it's called the shahadah.   When I was in college a friend and I did that as a joke at a Model UN Conference since we were representing some crappy Muslim country. :)

I think you have to mean it when you say it as well.

Do you? I'm sure there have been lots of converts in history who didn't mean it.
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Malthus

#18
April 19, 2013, 04:16:17 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 19, 2013, 04:13:55 PM
Quote from: Queequeg on April 19, 2013, 04:08:29 PM
"No God but God and Muhammad is his prophet." Allah just means God.
Dude, whatever... I have better things to do than memorize that crazy-ass moon worshipper shit. :sleep:

Hey, you *are* one of those "crazy-ass moon worshippers".

So, get memorizing.  :D
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Viking

#19
April 19, 2013, 04:17:29 PM
BTW, it is a comedy stunt by an "late show" style program.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

derspiess

#20
April 19, 2013, 04:17:47 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 19, 2013, 04:12:40 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 19, 2013, 04:01:51 PM
When you do that, you have to take a Muslim name.  His was (and still is to the older in-laws) Omar.  We do give him more than a little shit over it.

I mean my aunt took an African name for no reason so taking a muslim name when converting seems alright.

The pretending to convert in order to fit in thing was what we gave him shit about.  The "Omar" thing was just the icing on the cake. 
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Caliga

#21
April 19, 2013, 04:21:32 PM
I have a friend who converted to Judaism and changed his last name to Barak. :smoke:
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Strix

#22
April 19, 2013, 04:25:14 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 19, 2013, 04:15:18 PM
Quote from: Viking on April 19, 2013, 04:06:12 PM
Quote from: Caliga on April 19, 2013, 03:56:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on April 19, 2013, 03:43:16 PM
What does it take to become a convert to Islam?
All you have to do is recite that prayer which is like "There is only one God and that God is Allah" three times.  I think it's called the shahadah.   When I was in college a friend and I did that as a joke at a Model UN Conference since we were representing some crappy Muslim country. :)

I think you have to mean it when you say it as well.

Do you? I'm sure there have been lots of converts in history who didn't mean it.

Yes, a whole lot of Spaniards from 711 until 1614 or so.
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Valmy

#23
April 19, 2013, 05:05:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 19, 2013, 04:01:51 PM
When you do that, you have to take a Muslim name.

Holy crap.  So much for it being easy.  Changing your name sounds like a pain in the ass.
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Strix

#24
April 19, 2013, 05:20:07 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 19, 2013, 05:05:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 19, 2013, 04:01:51 PM
When you do that, you have to take a Muslim name.

Holy crap.  So much for it being easy.  Changing your name sounds like a pain in the ass.

I wonder how "practically French" would translate.  :D
"I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left." - Margaret Thatcher

Maximus

#25
April 19, 2013, 05:22:53 PM
What makes a name muslim anyway?

Viking

#26
April 19, 2013, 05:35:45 PM
Quote from: Maximus on April 19, 2013, 05:22:53 PM
What makes a name muslim anyway?

Arabic name. God doesn't like other languages.
First Maxim - "There are only two amounts, too few and enough."
First Corollary - "You cannot have too many soldiers, only too few supplies."
Second Maxim - "Be willing to exchange a bad idea for a good one."
Second Corollary - "You can only be wrong or agree with me."

A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
The fact remains that the only person or group to applaud the Norway massacre are random Islamists.

Camerus

#27
April 19, 2013, 06:21:09 PM
I took a Chinese name over here, since I often need one.  It's mostly just for communication purposes since most people understand no English and can't do English names.  And no, the name's not Xiacob.   :P

derspiess

#28
April 19, 2013, 10:22:13 PM
Quote from: Valmy on April 19, 2013, 05:05:08 PM
Quote from: derspiess on April 19, 2013, 04:01:51 PM
When you do that, you have to take a Muslim name.

Holy crap.  So much for it being easy.  Changing your name sounds like a pain in the ass.

You don't have to legally change your name AFAIK.  In my buddy's case, only his wife's dad & grandfather call him Omar.
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Capetan Mihali

#29
April 19, 2013, 10:33:28 PM
My best buddy in college, Mark (a Scandi-Am. raised Catholic in Kalona, IA, Amish-quilting capital west of the Mississip, I gather), became Jibril upon getting with and marrying a Bengali Muslim gal.

But he gradually ended up taking the shit super seriously (tried to make our gay redneck Floridian pals stop playing Patsy Cline in the apartment cause he couldn't listen to woman singers  :wacko:), and we fell out of touch over the years.  :sleep:
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