Ban on "x"

[OddChild]

The letter "X" soon may be banned in Saudi Arabia because it resembles the mother of all banned religious symbols in the oil kingdom: the cross.

The new development came with the issuing of another mind-bending fatwa, or religious edict, by the infamous Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice — the group of senior Islamic clergy that reigns supreme on all legal, civil, and governance matters in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

www.nysun.com/article/46707
www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2007/1/15/101803.shtml
hotair.com/archives/2007/01/15/saudis-to-ban-letter-x-because-it-resembles-a-cross/


I guess they must have to switch the nation to Mac?

[Guilect]

Interesting.

I say 'its their religion, there country, they can do what they want'.
As long as it does no harm to people and I can't image that it does.

[hartnell]

Um, this looks like a hack and slash piece against Saudi. It spends only half it's time talking about the banning of "X" and the other half it spends just ripping on Saudi.

The second article is obvious just a parrot who didn't check his facts and just repeated the first article. If you notice, those claiming to be from Saudi think this is just a bad joke.

I'm of the opinion that this is probably overblown, and if you notice, it has to do with "banning the cross". Who gets angry when someone bans crosses? Think about that and you'll get an idea of who this was probably written for and by.

-hartnell

[OddChild]

NYSun is a pretty good source usually...

Here is an idea... Raise 200 bucks, and i'll go there myself with a big X on my shirt. Or better yet an X man suit, if someone can find me one. lol

[u9]

I must agree with hartnell... this seems (quite) a bit like propaganda and nothing more.