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Saudi police detain soccer player for showing tattoo of Christ
cna ^ | October 11, 2011

Posted on 10/11/2011 2:09:48 PM PDT by NYer

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1 posted on 10/11/2011 2:09:56 PM PDT by NYer
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Juan Pablo Pino

He recalled that while he was in Lima, he made the sign of the cross before every game and wore a rosary around his neck. Now in Saudi Arabia, he said, “I can’t do it. I do it before heading out to the field, in the locker room. If I sign myself, they’ll kill me or stone me,” Costas said.

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2 posted on 10/11/2011 2:11:35 PM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: americanophile

Ping!


3 posted on 10/11/2011 2:12:28 PM PDT by NYer ("Be kind to every person you meet. For every person is fighting a great battle." St. Ephraim)
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To: NYer
The gesture earned him the ire of many Muslims in Saudi Arabia, where Islam is the dominant religion.

Dominant religion? Understatement of the year.

4 posted on 10/11/2011 2:14:35 PM PDT by Anitius Severinus Boethius
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I think I’d rather scrub toilets for minimum wage in the U.S. than to work for large money in Saudi Arabia.

Freedom isn’t free.


5 posted on 10/11/2011 2:15:14 PM PDT by Westbrook
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To: NYer

A country so insecure of it’s own faith; that even something as simple as acknowledging God in another faith - scares them.

If I were Allah, I’d smack them for being degenerate idiots. But, once you started - could you force yourself to stop?


6 posted on 10/11/2011 2:20:07 PM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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To: Hodar

They are insecure, because the one they call Allah is insecure.


7 posted on 10/11/2011 2:23:07 PM PDT by Jonty30
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To: Anitius Severinus Boethius

Dominant? How about ONLY?


8 posted on 10/11/2011 2:23:48 PM PDT by Ax
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To: Hodar

Juan shoots, Jesus saves!


9 posted on 10/11/2011 2:25:52 PM PDT by WOBBLY BOB (See ya later, debt inflator ! Gone in 4 (2012))
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To: Westbrook

Our government (both parties) insist Saudis are our allies; as someone who watched the WTC burn from NJ, I don’t believe them.


10 posted on 10/11/2011 2:29:37 PM PDT by kearnyirish2
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To: Westbrook

If you would prefer to scrub toilets, you would have to stay here, the heathens crap in holes in the floor. That was the second worst thing about my stay there.


11 posted on 10/11/2011 2:30:12 PM PDT by dangerdoc (see post #6)
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To: NYer

If they were virtue police they would have to assassinate all the Imans and mullahs and those complaining about Christ image..let sa and iramn have at it...


12 posted on 10/11/2011 2:30:17 PM PDT by aces
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To: kearnyirish2

> Our government (both parties) insist Saudis are our allies;
> as someone who watched the WTC burn from NJ, I don’t
> believe them.

Neither do I.

With “friends” like that, who needs enemies?


13 posted on 10/11/2011 2:31:43 PM PDT by Westbrook
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To: Jonty30

true enough, and allah is insecure because he is not God and is worried about the return of Christ...be afraid, be very afraid...ya hear?


14 posted on 10/11/2011 2:32:58 PM PDT by aces
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To: dangerdoc

> If you would prefer to scrub toilets, you would have to
> stay here, the heathens crap in holes in the floor. That
> was the second worst thing about my stay there.

LOL!!

But now you have my curiosity up.

What was the FIRST worst thing about your stay there?


15 posted on 10/11/2011 2:33:59 PM PDT by Westbrook
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Don’t buy the story that muslims honor Issa. They do not. He is a prophet to them, but not the Son of God. You can see here how He is treated by muslims. Would any other prophet picture get this response? I think not.


16 posted on 10/11/2011 2:38:33 PM PDT by healy61
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"Locals who saw the tattoo began insulting him,"

Sounds like most liberals when they see or hear a Christian.

17 posted on 10/11/2011 2:41:06 PM PDT by red-dawg
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Maybe he should tattoo Mohammed on the other arm...


19 posted on 10/11/2011 2:56:06 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: dangerdoc

There were some toilets like that in some of the markets in Moscow, apparently muslims like to squat like that.


20 posted on 10/11/2011 2:57:08 PM PDT by Roger_Wildcat
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