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To: steve harris who wrote (247035)	10/31/2007 5:38:20 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 281500

Cleric: Women's Sexy Clothing Distracting Muslim Men From Sleep, Prayers AP ^ \| 10/31/07 foxnews.com KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia's Muslim men are suffering sleepless nights and cannot pray properly because their thoughts are distracted by a growing number of women who wear sexy clothes in public, a prominent cleric said. Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, the spiritual leader of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, said he wanted to speak about the "emotional abuse" that men face because it is seldom discussed, the party reported on its Web site Wednesday. (Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ....

To: steve harris who wrote (247035)	10/31/2007 5:40:51 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

3 guilty of mass murder in Madrid attack [soft verdicts and sentences!] AP via Yahoo News ^ \| 10/31/07 \| PAUL HAVEN news.yahoo.com MADRID, Spain - Spain's National Court convicted the three main suspects in the Madrid commuter train bombings of mass murder Wednesday and sentenced them to tens of thousands of years in prison for Europe's worst Islamic terror attack. But the verdict was a mixed bag for prosecutors, who saw four other key defendants convicted of lesser offenses and an accused ringleader acquitted altogether. With much of the case resting on circumstantial evidence, the three judges may have been wary after a number of high-profile Spanish terror cases were overturned on appeal. Spain's prime minister said the verdict still upheld justice. But victims of the attack, which killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 when bombs exploded on four trains on March 11, 2004, expressed shock and sadness over the court's decision. "The verdict seems soft to us," said Pilar Manjon, who lost her 20-year-old son in the attack and has become a leader of a victims association. "I don't like it that murderers are going free." Three lead suspects — Jamal Zougam and Othman Gnaoui of Morocco and Emilio Suarez Trashorras of Spain — were convicted of murder and attempted murder and received prison sentences ranging from 34,000 to 43,000 years. Under Spanish law, the most they will spend in jail is 40 years. Spain has no death penalty or life imprisonment. (Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ....