Wednesday, October 01, 2008

This is an editorial in the mouthpiece of Abu Dhabi's ruling family, edited by Hassan Fattah: "Brothers and sisters – there are 1.5 billion Muslims in this world today. Imagine if only half of them were to embrace the primary shama’il character traits of our beloved Mohammed (PBUH): patience and forbearance; generosity and forgiveness; courage and fairness; modesty and humility; truthfulness and reliability; dignity and simplicity; and, of course, mercy and compassion." Brothers and sisters please spare me the fake piety and religious posturing of the polygamous rulers of the Gulf.