The BBC is pure tabloid trash. Taking cheap shots at Africa is always a safe bet but England along with the near-bankrupt bully, the US, know that China is about to leave them in the dust. Sticks and stones, hateful little buggers.

^ LOL @ Cara, ebola huh? Heard something like 200X the number of germs in a person's desk area than a toilet. Some immune systems we got. KoolKat, you're welcome Just be glad I didn't mention what they found on cinema seats.

^ I remember a TV show once checked restaurant glasses randomly and one sample showed 7 or 8 different saliva traces on a single cup. Barf. I suppose if you're not too young, too old, or too sick, your body can handle most nastiness out there. Cara, I think one's keyboard is a hotbed for germs too. With all the food crumbs hiding in mine, I've probably grown a few interesting species

^ Cara, always pegged you hobbit-sized! Yeah, she's definitely on a path to cardiac issues but if her numbers are good and she's active (though unlikely), it ain't broke.

^ Why gag? LOL Is it the rotund-yet-happy thing or the dating/confidence thing? She sounds a little on the chubbster side, but hey, if it ain't broke......

Samir iyo iiman, Bob.

Go Val Go Val Yaaaay, Val!

Valenteenah, just a few frustrated nomads who've been holding their breaths for far too long.

^ You are projecting, Ghanima. If you reread the exchanges and still see these hallucinations about a blow-up doll, take a brisk walk and get some of that unresolved energy out.

Thierry, my champions, my beliefs? You got a lot of nerve with your presumptions. You know nothing about me and if you don't have the courage to cop up to your false accusations, that is your problem. I will say and do whatever I please so long as site's rules are watched. Che, I agree with you that discussions about religion tend to become personalized but they often don't have to be.

Thierry, you keep fighting for your lord of facial hair, poor fashion sense, and liberal accusations of people you don't know of blasphemy and I will pray to mine. If creating phantom enemies of Islam on this board and calling them blasphemous is what makes the blood run through your veins, knock yourself out. If it's any indication of what is important to many defenders of this faith on the site, you will see them tripping over each other on the Politics forum, some cheering for death and destruction while praying to their Gods of qabiil. You will hardly see them in the Islam section. You're barking up the wrong tree, mate.

Khalaf, thank you. My goal from the last question is to explore the meaning of muslim that is 'everyday', if you will. While not versed in Eastern religions and philosophies, it would be interesting to explore Buddhism.

^ Adeer Nadine Budda was an idol worshipping, he was never been a prophet regarding Quraan and sunnah, and never mentioned so please save such littel nonsense. Are you serious? You can't state your opinions without aggression?

Northerner, get off your high horse, man, and move on with the profiling commentary. Nobody cares who you think is congregating around what ideals. If you have any thoughts/jokes/or even loools of your own, post them.

Theirry, if you can uncork your head from your a*ss, you will see that people can comment on anything they want so long that they keep within the parameters of the site's rules. Muslims are not the only ones who can grow facial hair and they can be mocked like everyone. If your faith is so hollow and fragile that you need to create a phantom enemy out of an avatar, you are sad. Get a life! Northener, how are your Arabic lessons going?

Libax while you are away saxiib the blasphemous crew have come out to play Who are you calling blasphemous and what gives you the right? The self-righteousness is astounding!

^ Uh-oh, mentioning Ayan Hersi can bring out the beast in the best of us! Tell you what, Ottawa is a curmudgeon place, I suggest a trip to Stockholm for a little R&R and maybe some sight-seeing.

ThePoint, what happened to your manners? If you have an answer for the questions to the young brother, then give it but surely you can put in your $0.02 without an outburst.

^ No stalker types for me, unless clean-shaven and investment banker after his name . Paranoia is so last century, ThePoint.

^ ThePoint, dude, is you stalkin' me? And what's with putting Ayan Hirsi in here, now you put an image in my head of that Dried Dutch in a swimsuit. I find it curious that she appears out of the blue in some threads (or live discussions) despite all the overt and covert non-believers, haters, agitators, or the just plain nasty. It's like Somalis have symptoms of PTSD and images of that lone woman appear out of nowhere. Ferri Ferri tellin'!

^ Perhaps.

Khalaf, Those whom were alive during the period between the Prophet Isa (Jesus pbuh) and Prophet Muhammad pbuh. What about the period between Prophet Musa and Prophet Jesus? Or the period before Prophet Musa? Of the prophets pointed to in the Quran and not named, do you think Buddha might be one? Just another question, since Nabi Ibrahim is referred to as one of the first muslims, do you think that the designation of muslim to today's followers of Mohamed (csw) is accurate?

I ain't ne'er seen anything scarier. Her arm and hand look odd, too stiff to be anything but a blow up doll. Maybe he could use her to float if his beard gets tangled in the pool drain.

^ Zafir, I've called the credit card company and will probably entertain joining a class-action lawsuit against them in Floria now. They're bandits and no one is doing anything about it. I got suckered and I'm 2 grand in the hole. One of those very painful life lessons.

^ They won't let me close the account and won't give the money back. It's my own damn fault for not doing more research and checking out all the lawsuits against them.