Comments on: The propaganda bin of Balkans http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/the-propaganda-bin-of-balkans/ Food for the pleasure center of the brain Sun, 23 Nov 2008 15:21:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: George http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/the-propaganda-bin-of-balkans/#comment-19656 George Mon, 04 Aug 2008 14:44:34 +0000 http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/?p=4932#comment-19656 Er Ladens. I think it’s great there are some Muslims who superficially look like us. But someone looking at the world logically without blinders on trying to discover the ‘true Islam’ would look at Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, and Pakistan before Kosovo. The most amazing thing about Islam is its ability to get non-Muslims to perform da’wa for the Ummah.Totten has a square theory and he’s going to pound every square bit of information into it he possibly can while ignoring everything else going on in the circular world. Er Ladens.

I think it’s great there are some Muslims who superficially look like us. But someone looking at the world logically without blinders on trying to discover the ‘true Islam’ would look at Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran, Indonesia, and Pakistan before Kosovo.

The most amazing thing about Islam is its ability to get non-Muslims to perform da’wa for the Ummah.Totten has a square theory and he’s going to pound every square bit of information into it he possibly can while ignoring everything else going on in the circular world.

]]> By: limbic http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/the-propaganda-bin-of-balkans/#comment-19649 limbic Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:12:19 +0000 http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/?p=4932#comment-19649 Hi Sarah, You are absolutely right. Just today I emailed some friends and contacts about a trip to Kosovo. Do you plan a trip soon? It would be great to meet you there. JD Hi Sarah,

You are absolutely right. Just today I emailed some friends and contacts about a trip to Kosovo.

Do you plan a trip soon? It would be great to meet you there.

JD

]]> By: Sarah Franco http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/the-propaganda-bin-of-balkans/#comment-19648 Sarah Franco Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:07:48 +0000 http://www.limbicnutrition.com/blog/?p=4932#comment-19648 """To me this reads that Nationalism has the same fervour and power as religion, that Albanians - regardless of which national territory they are in - see themselves as first and foremost Albanian, with national and religious loyalties following. This makes Serbian radical nationalism look comparatively mild.""" I haven't read the original text, nor do I have time to now, but regarding this phrase, I can just say that it is missleading. about 30% of the serbian voters vote for the radicals, aand to these we must add DSS voters. After the war, when Kosovo had free, international monitored elections for the first time, people overwelming voted for Rugova and not for the KLA followers. If Thaqi is now Prime-Minister it is because he is on a coalition with LDK. When I was in Kosovo, many albanians had no problem at all in spaeking to me in serbian, because I don't speak albanian and serbian was sometimes the only language that me and people who adressed me shared. You should really spend some time in Kosovo, but as a tourist. Go to places, but avoid politics, so that nobody can sell you their "fresh fish". It is a pity that you missed the opportunity to go there when the independence was declared, because you would feel a very genuin environment where people were happy but above all they were relieved. Their celebration had no nationalistic tone, it had a tone of celebration of long awaited but not still assured national liberation. People know that the only way to garantee international support is by not allowing extremists to make any provocations, and not to respond to provocations either. If you go to Kosovo as a tourist, and just hang around without third persons conditioning you, you will see that albanians and serbs are not that different. There are some very interesting projects to overcome mutual resentments. Althoug their scope is still narrow, we really must start somewhere! http://www.kndialogue.org/ Maybe you can visit them when you go. “”"To me this reads that Nationalism has the same fervour and power as religion, that Albanians - regardless of which national territory they are in - see themselves as first and foremost Albanian, with national and religious loyalties following. This makes Serbian radical nationalism look comparatively mild.”"”

I haven’t read the original text, nor do I have time to now, but regarding this phrase, I can just say that it is missleading.

about 30% of the serbian voters vote for the radicals, aand to these we must add DSS voters.

After the war, when Kosovo had free, international monitored elections for the first time, people overwelming voted for Rugova and not for the KLA followers. If Thaqi is now Prime-Minister it is because he is on a coalition with LDK.

When I was in Kosovo, many albanians had no problem at all in spaeking to me in serbian, because I don’t speak albanian and serbian was sometimes the only language that me and people who adressed me shared.

You should really spend some time in Kosovo, but as a tourist. Go to places, but avoid politics, so that nobody can sell you their “fresh fish”.

It is a pity that you missed the opportunity to go there when the independence was declared, because you would feel a very genuin environment where people were happy but above all they were relieved. Their celebration had no nationalistic tone, it had a tone of celebration of long awaited but not still assured national liberation. People know that the only way to garantee international support is by not allowing extremists to make any provocations, and not to respond to provocations either.

If you go to Kosovo as a tourist, and just hang around without third persons conditioning you, you will see that albanians and serbs are not that different. There are some very interesting projects to overcome mutual resentments. Althoug their scope is still narrow, we really must start somewhere!

http://www.kndialogue.org/

Maybe you can visit them when you go.

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