I know some of the dudes in the politics thread don't like this dude. But fuck he ripped the comfortably numb solo. Personally thats basically all you have to do to win my approval.

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I don't mind him, anyone Muslim who stands up to radical Islam is ok in my book. The problem is he is everyone's favourite pet Muslim at the moment. The way the left media fawn over him and his wife and make them out to be Australia's pet glamour couple is just so nauseating. Personally I find it racist and demeaning how certain people in the media are treated like cute fluffy animals because of their religion, race etc.

2016 Australian of the Year :)

Token of the year

:)

Naww so cute.

Waleed is my boy.

The best part is that within 200 years, conservatives will actually have died out. It's hilarious.
When there's like 50 of them left, I plan on buying their worthless lives and putting them all on Tasmania and just filming the remainder of their worthless lives.

You plan to live for 200 more years? :lol:

Don't you sacks of wine even watch Futurama?

When I'm 500 I'm going to build a rocket ship and fly to Pluto.

You'll be on Tasmania sucking the mummified dick of Allan Jones.

Isn't the place for homophobic comments.

inb4 500 is too old for Allan Jones

boooooooooooom

Like the British royals.

don't know if I can handle 5 more years of allan jones let alone 500.

Thats a thought crime mate.

KA, ban this lad spreading rumours

The problem is that he has become a token and symbol for whatever political view people hold. Right-wingers deride him, lefties love him.

If you look at the things he says and writes, he makes a lot of rational points, in my opinion. I don't agree with everything he says, but I appreciate the fact that he uses clear arguments, and makes rational points. Which makes me a bit confounded as to how he can maintain religious beliefs when he is clearly an intelligent guy!

I like him too. I suspect he is not deeply religious and is more culturally Muslim.

I mean, the guy just played comfortably numb on guitar and friggin' slayed it! :lol:

Waleed talks nothing but sense on his radio show. Excellent value. His firm belief in the man riding a flying horse up to heaven baffles me. As for the solo, he does it well, but it's interesting that his performance doesn't hold the room.

There's a video somewhere on youtube of Waleed Aly talking to Richard Dawkins, in which Aly states that he believes 100% that the prophet rode to heaven on a flying horse. I think it's safe to say that is a genuine believer rather than cultural.

My suspicion is that deep down he doesn't despite saying so. Like how I believe a lot of US politicians don't really believe in god but say they do.

We'll never know for sure.

US politicians have something to gain from saying they believe - they are chasing votes.

Aly is well respected for talking sense and speaking his mind - statements in support of something he doesn't believe are contrary to all we respect about him (other than the guitar playing).

Or maybe he just doesn't want to get stoned or beheaded for apostasy

My point is that in Islam you can't get away with saying "I believe in the good of Mohamed but not the magic and fantasy".

But in Christian cultures you can get away with saying things like "I believe in the good of Jesus and try to follow his life but Don't believe in god or the miracles.

As a muslim he wouldn't be able to say that. Maybe he does believe, but I don't think so.

it's not like it's a hard lead break

Healthy people from 35 years down i could see living 150-185 years with the bounds medical science will inevitably take in a few years but 300 years lol?

Christians believe in the miracle birth, more magic tricks than Penn and Teller, and a guy coming back from the dead because HE IS DEVINE.

Muslims believe that Mohammed was a mortal who had no miraclious powers he could turn on and off and has no claims to divinity.

I think it's probably easier for Muslims to put magic on hold than Christians .

How the Dawkins can he get a horse up to heaven if it can't bloody fly?