tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post8945793809677745084..comments2024-03-04T16:15:23.048-08:00Comments on Stop Islamic Conquest: Sex Slave Ring in KazakhstanYankee Doodlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post-7500493720243914702007-11-12T11:20:00.000-08:002007-11-12T11:20:00.000-08:00Y.D., pretty much everything I have to say on the ...Y.D., pretty much everything I have to say on the matter is either in the book or on Amazon's site. That is why I wrote the book. . .so I wouldn't have to keep having a lot of one-off conversations and meetings with everyone who's curious about this.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646695343010829642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post-44818431322319645832007-11-12T04:02:00.000-08:002007-11-12T04:02:00.000-08:00How's about sending me an email with a little bit ...How's about sending me an email with a little bit of information about your experiences -- perhaps a little bit that is not in your book, plus a "teaser" about what <I>is</I> in your book.<BR/><BR/>With the comments you have left, I have almost enough for a post.<BR/><BR/>If you're not sure what to write, send me an email, and I'll send you a few questions.<BR/><BR/>When we get that together, I'll write a short post about you and your book.<BR/><BR/>Who knows? This might be the break you've been waiting for. -- ;) I wouldn't get my hopes up <I>too</I> high, but I would like to do a post about you and your book.Yankee Doodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post-46620559555975503752007-11-11T12:38:00.000-08:002007-11-11T12:38:00.000-08:00Yankee Doodle, thank you. I am low tech, self fun...Yankee Doodle, thank you. I am low tech, self funding all the work I've been doing on "honor" killings. So no Web site for now, just the book.<BR/><BR/>I am a marketer by education and training so, when I was working in the former Soviet republics, it was in the 1990s, not long after the collapse, and the NIS were trying to jump start market economies. It was a strange but fascinating time to be there working on that, for I was working among some very well trained, uber intelligent people, but they just couldn't quite grasp how marketing occurs on some of the most basic, basic levels. I kept thinking, egads, my seven-year-old neighbor kid understands marketing better than these people, but it was only because she'd been immersed in the culture of it from birth, whereas the others simply had no frame of reference.<BR/><BR/>My interpreter in Kazakhstan was a Muslim woman in her early 20s. We spent so much time together, and she told me to think of the Kazakhs as "Muslim lights," for they had no ability to practice their faith under Soviet rule, so they drank alcohol, didn't cover, etc. One day she took me to a beautiful Russian Orthodox church in a park in Almaty. We happened to arrive mid service, and she had no problem staying with me through the remainder of it. Maybe something similar could happen in Jordan, but I think it's unlikely.<BR/><BR/>Same in Azerbaijan. The people there are, as you stated, Turkic. What I saw and experienced there was, as my Kazakh friend would say, "Muslim light."<BR/><BR/>I would just hate to see these countries become radicalized. They are sitting on vast energy reserves. Could be a very, very dangerous combination.Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646695343010829642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post-37997673730847424332007-11-10T17:02:00.000-08:002007-11-10T17:02:00.000-08:00I hope not, as well.For nearly thirty years, as we...I hope not, as well.<BR/><BR/>For nearly thirty years, as we have thought about Islamic fundamentalism, we have had our eye on Iran.<BR/><BR/>Iran is a Persian country, with Shi'ite Islam. The Central Asian republics are mostly Turkic, with Sunni Islam (Tajikistan is the exception). If the threat is Iran, there is cause for hope.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, however, the well-funded threat is Saudi Arabia. The founders of the Saudi dynasty had a deal with Wahhab to spread what we now call Wahhabi Islam. It is a form of Sunni Islam. And, the Saudis have tremendous influence in Pakistan and Afghanistan.<BR/><BR/>With those thoughts in mind, concern for the Central Asian republics is well-founded.<BR/><BR/>Couple that with the threat posed by narcotics traffickers in the region, as heroin production is up in Afghanistan, and they are increasingly using the Silk Road to move it to Europe, and the problem grows.<BR/><BR/>Factor in the petroleum and gas resources of the Caspian Basin, and the region is a powder keg.<BR/><BR/>Wherever you see that combination of heroin, oil and Arab-Afghan Mujahideen, corruption in the West and elsewhere is not far away, and there are problems.<BR/><BR/>If you have a website, please leave a link for us. If you have other information, please email me with that. I would be very interested in looking it over, and possibly doing a post. It sounds like you have some good information on important topics here.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping in.Yankee Doodlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359740268842861707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7486692856642304444.post-21040320143135700932007-11-10T10:50:00.000-08:002007-11-10T10:50:00.000-08:00I have worked in some of the former Soviet republi...I have worked in some of the former Soviet republics, including Kazakhstan, and I truly hope they don't adopt radical Islam.<BR/><BR/>I have also worked in Jordan, on a number of occasions, on the "honor" killings situation. This is not the direction the former republics should go.<BR/><BR/>Ellen R. Sheeley, Author<BR/>"Reclaiming Honor in Jordan"Ellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01646695343010829642noreply@blogger.com