Those Jordanian girls (probably the guys too, I suppose) had some gorgeous eyes

Jan 19, 2022
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light shades of brown & silvery-blue.

But they were pretty much undate-able. I got friendly with two of them (late 90s), & struck out a few times with both.

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Really interesting (to me at least) tweet from Kamaal Ahmad. His claim is that BYU is the best place for Muslim

HarlemCoug Free to change my mind

1/19/22 10:55am

It seems like there was a whole group of wealthy Muslim students there when I

Socrates Johnson

1/19/22 10:58am

There seemed to be a lot of Palestinian students at BYU when I was there.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 11:09am

Yup. My freshman roommate was Palestinian.

Genghis Spreads

1/20/22 7:16am

There were a bunch of Jordanians in the 90's. Their families wanted the kids to go to a US university, but,not one

CoogsWin

1/19/22 2:40pm

Those Jordanian girls (probably the guys too, I suppose) had some gorgeous eyes

SinkingQuffa

1/19/22 3:16pm

They made great study partners and good friends

teancum

1/19/22 5:39pm

Wonder if any of them are still payoffs for winter Olympic bribes?

Blue streak

1/20/22 1:49pm

Haha, Utah Twitter fans are the worst. Such dumb comments.

Pierre Delecto

1/19/22 11:10am

Todd Soccer Dad outs himself as a racist.

Ojiisan

1/19/22 11:13am

That dude is weird.

YSMACK

1/20/22 3:51am

It was nice to see Hema Heimuli Jr pushing back on one of the guys. I'm so happy he transferred in.

HarlemCoug

1/19/22 11:14am

Oh Todd

Magathis

1/19/22 11:15am

Are all Todds also marathon runners? Is there something when you run26 miles

StarMan

1/19/22 2:19pm

hey leave me out of this 😉

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 2:30pm

Huge eye roll on the second one. Does he have any evidence at all

BYU '80

1/19/22 11:23am

I think what he's getting at is the the ecclesiastical endorsement for an LDS student requires him/her to keep in good

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 11:28am

Why? That would also then mean a member of Islam couldn’t get an endorsement

BYU '80

1/19/22 11:35am

He was an exception and it rarely happens. Almost always, the student is gone.

byubyu

1/19/22 11:58am

I believe he is correct that, under the endorsement rules (at least as they were

Tricky

1/19/22 12:00pm

Given that it happened, evidence suggests you're wrong.

EQD2

1/19/22 12:36pm

Here's a Deseret News article that addresses the disaffiliation policy

Tricky

1/19/22 5:07pm

I'm not saying that is (was?) a good idea. I'm just explaining that my understanding was that is (or was?) the policy.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 2:17pm

you get an endorsement from a leader in your faith

fattycoug

1/19/22 2:24pm

IIRC, Ashworth claims to have left the church during his mission.

StarMan

1/19/22 2:25pm

I heard that situation was smoothed over as a favor to Bronco.

HiLife

1/19/22 6:12pm

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Cougar Jazz Fan

1/19/22 1:47pm

Ute twitter is trash. Ute fans here refuse to acknowledge it

shammy

1/19/22 11:26am

Another Utah fan named Todd makes a Yewt of himself on Twitter. Water is wet.

BYUlv

1/19/22 1:36pm

Religious bigotry, ethnocentricism and ignorance all rolled into one. Wow!

Forzaitalia

1/19/22 6:23pm

If you end your tweet with "do better" or "be better", I know you're an idiot

Manti

1/19/22 8:46pm

This could be a good recruiting strategy for BYU

runnincoug

1/19/22 11:16am

Are there alot of high quality D1 Muslim football players?

byubyu

1/19/22 11:17am

Yes.

vagabonder

1/19/22 11:19am

Don't know about football, but I would love to have the guy across town that is

Chefcurry

1/19/22 11:20am

yes i was thinking more basketball

runnincoug

1/19/22 11:46am

Several African countries are primarily Muslim so yeah, I'd say that's a fairly

Schultz is back

1/19/22 11:20am

So, no. But maybe.

byubyu

1/19/22 11:43am

There was a Muslim guy in research lab I worked in at BYU. I asked him what his motivation was for being there, since

Bob Vance

1/19/22 11:18am

I worked in the Wilk as a student & would help set up & clean the prayer room

Kolipoki

1/19/22 11:29am

What were his thoughts on Zion Williamson?

ochobeeguy

1/19/22 12:45pm

That he eats Muslim babies, and requires ID to enter Jerusalem

Bob Vance

1/19/22 1:26pm

A Muslim colleague said he would love to live in Utah County but the lack of a Halal butcher would make it impossible.

NihonCougar

1/19/22 11:45am

We’ve hosted some visitors to BYU and had to go to SLC to get good Halal food.

Soupie

1/19/22 12:41pm

The Muslim world is too strict for me, but I have lived there and go back often.

Emmett Fitz-Hume

1/19/22 1:10pm

When I was a BYU freshman, there was a Muslim from India who lived a few doors

fbguru

1/19/22 12:03pm

I met multiple middle eastern students at BYU who were there cuz of the

Mostlyaccurate

1/19/22 12:52pm

It’s my understanding that for the Church to acquire the Jerusalem Center

rainbowcosmo

1/19/22 1:48pm

That is great negotiating.

Ssebo

1/19/22 1:58pm

Well there you go. That explains why I knew a bunch of Palestinian students at BYU.

SingleStrapBackpack

1/19/22 2:19pm

My recollection is that Jamal Willis was muslim

Hang10

1/19/22 1:50pm

That's what I remember as well.

dilbert

1/19/22 3:51pm

Never heard that. He was a LV kid, right? I do recall

SinkingQuffa

1/20/22 1:28pm

Have had classmates at BYU and a student at BYUI who said the exact same thing.

RexburgCougar

1/19/22 2:36pm

I know a restaurant owner locally who caters food for the basketball team.

Big Daddy D

1/19/22 2:45pm

Makes perfect sense based on my experience. FWIW I worked for a company that

Forzaitalia

1/19/22 5:04pm

I agree and generally speaking, Latter Day Saints are quite tolerant toward

D.T. Survivor

1/19/22 5:52pm

In like 2015 (maybe 2014) Brad Wilcox set up a Symposium (I think he does every

SoBlueitHurts

1/20/22 12:09pm

Anyone know more about who this guy is? Wonder how much weight he carries

ColonelMustard

1/19/22 8:59pm

I had a Muslim roommate at BYU, was an absolutely great guy. He was from Pakistan.

jdub

1/19/22 10:53pm

Another great-fit group I wish we had more of as well — are Sikhs.

SinkingQuffa

1/20/22 7:56am

I worked with a lady from Pakistan

mncstr

1/20/22 8:14am

Yeah, there can be some big time animus between Pakistanis and Indians. More to the point, between Hindus and Muslims

SingleStrapBackpack

1/20/22 9:44pm

If it is a good fit for all involved, Welcome!

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