Re the post here yesterday, David Holford clarifies (thanks to LGF):
"OCR will always put 'peace be upon him' after Muhammad in the form of an Arabic colophon as a mark of respect. However we do not expect candidates to do this.A reference to this can be found on page 13 of the OCR GCSE Religious Studies Notes for Guidance."
"OCR will always put 'peace be upon him' after Muhammad in the form of an Arabic colophon as a mark of respect.
Respect? For what? being a psychopath rapist child molester thief killer?
It smells very fishy to me. I bet the guy's been told to shut up or lose his job.
A thom pointed out on LGF: :)
Heh. Didn't do it that time, ya dumbasses!
Bet he was ordered to amend "Pooh Bear" or loose a cushy job! Think Mo should have 'Paedophile Beast Ugly Headhacker' after his name...
freestar, I saw that at LGF too. Laughed my head off.
That's the best way to lose your head.
What about us non-Islamics who will be offended by that? Are they going to start putting "he died on the cross" after "Jesus"? Or "the truly enlightened" after "Buddha"? Or .. well, you can figure it out.
On other thought, if they did, people would be screaming bloody murder about the separation of church and state..
Dhimmis. We're dhimmis. Shame on us.
That "PBUH" is what I see as an Islamic verbal/cultural tic. It's ingrained, and if it's missing from something someone says, it sounds wrong to them.
It isn't just Mohammed, either. They generally add it when speaking of anyone they consider a 'prophet'. Including, btw, Jesus (PBUH).
Think of it as like the 'eh' some Canadians end half their sentences with. They use it so often it really doesn't mean anything anymore.
ahhhhh jeez and i had come up with a jingle pbuh
*^% #%*& up his. a really big one.
if i hit the UNDO controls will it bring back my letter to them?
Of course, even the optional 'peace be upon him' is absurd and negligent teaching. In scholarly work such phrases indicate irrational bias and shallow scholarship, even if that work is written within a certain tradition. Imagine a Catholic scholar writing an article on, say, the immaculate conception, who will not refer to Mary with attaching the phrase "Mother of God". Even Cardinal Ratzinger would get a chuckle out of it.
There is such a thing as argument, reasoning, evidence, and scholarly standards and conventions in religious studies and theology as well. OCR seems to have forgotten all about that. And why are they so afraid of offending Muslims?
"And why are they so afraid of offending Muslims?"
Who are routinely decapitating critics? (Hint: It's not the Amish!)
As I pointed out last time (http://www.jihadwatch.org/dhimmiwatch/archives/005054.php#comments, comment no.24), the Examining Board in question is a deeply corrupt organization. To ask it whether it should respect elementary standards of scholarly discourse is like asking a minor Mafia boss to abide by market laws and regulations. Moral clarity is not what is expected from them.
Watch your preachers!
Very little critque from the established organized religions ! Our preachers are silent in admiration: Not only silent! They suck up to the Imams, hang around the mosques and admire them (if not ENVY!) them for how a proper hate preacher gets respect from their "ummah'- while the Catholics and protestants see themselves often alone with aging congregations and otherwise empty churches!
Muzzies make a fair bit of fuzz over converts, but a preacher is a coveted price..!. We shall see more of that in the near future, it is all too tempting...
But I would have thought that in the states there is a bit more resistance and activism if not open hostility towards these slimebombers, but no, it appears even the 'televangelists' from the 'Bible-belt' have already been silenced. Or are they also afraid to have their heads cut off?
Think of it as like the 'eh' some Canadians end half their sentences with. They use it so often it really doesn't mean anything anymore.
Posted by: Kathy K at February 15, 2005 08:30 PM
I agree that invoking "PBUH" after Mohammed's name may lack any coinage as the faithful are coached to do, as it is akin to underpayed employees of discount stores saying "Have a nice day" to customers, but it's hardly parallel to the slang interogative "eh" that some Canadians pepper their speech with.