Britain is the world's ONLY global power

Blackleaf

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The Harry Potter series is based off of the US movie Escape to Witch Mountain.

No, it isn't. We've had this conversion before.

Cor blimey. She's not bad. Can't beat a blonde.

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BBC News, the Telegraph, the Daily Mail, etc. all claim the UK is the global culture king?

No. The think tank European Geostrategy did - yet again.

It really is all there in the article.
 

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I remember that one. Disney movie wasn't it?


Yes it was. It was the motivation behind Harry Potter.







No, it isn't. We've had this conversion before.


Yes it is and yes we did. You were quite salty when you learned the truth.
 

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Harry Potter is a global phenomenon.

This Escape from Witch Mountain lark, which is nothing like Harry Potter, is a load of rubbish which nobody watches. It's too boringly American and not excitingly British enough.
 

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Britain is the world's only global power - yet it is not the army or economy, but the cultural influence of singers like Adele and literary giants like Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes which puts us head and shoulders above our neighbours.


Abu abdAllah said: The English are the impostor: or the antichrist: We call him the Dajjal or the Messieh or the Christ that is cunning.
About this Dajjal: there is a large number of traditions describing him, who will appear in the Last Days contemporary to the Mahdi:
So I thought the Dajjal that is a Messeih or the cunning or impostor.

Abu abdAllah said: the traditions are applicable to the English.
They are cunning, used the trickery and ruled by their devilish intelligence, and they used their known policy: Divide and rule.
The English created the state of Israel, and their Balfour declaration is well known.
http://www.quran-ayat.com/conflicts/english3.htm#Balfour_Declaration_November_2_1917_

http://www.quran-ayat.com/conflicts/english3.htm#England_Aimed_From_This_Declaration_to_Two_Goals_

And they divided India, and made a partition between Eastern Pakistan (now Bangladesh) and Western Pakistan (the present Pakistan) so that they may not be united and in the future they might separate, and they made many evil plans and cunning.

The Dajjal has a moving object: Dabba, it shakes the earth and is very long and has one eye in its head which lights like the full moon.
Abu abdAllah: said this is the description of the train. It is very long, it shakes the ground when it moves and it has one eye in its head: this is the projector light in its front. And it is the English who made the train and made use of it much in Iraq and elsewhere.

I thought also: it is not the 'Messieh that is impostor', but he is the Christian (not the Chirst) that is an impostor. So it is (the Cunning Christian). The word in Arabic may be described as such. المسيحِ الدجال
أو المسيحي الدجال

Later on, there was a tyrant: Saddam, and I consulted God about him, is he the Dajjal: it came an aya in the Quran which describes such tyrani; Abu abdAllah said: This is obviously applicable, so he is a Dajjal or impostor; I said: But it isn't the Dajjal the English; he said: "The impostors are so many."
 
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You simply denied facts.

Sorry, but no I didn't. I did point out to you that JK Rowling came up with the idea of Harry Potter whilst on a train from London to Manchester.

Rowling has never openly credited any single author with inspiration, saying, "I haven't got the faintest idea where my ideas come from, or how my imagination works. I'm just grateful that it does, because it gives me more entertainment than it gives anyone else."

I still don't know where you got the idea from that Escape from Witch Mountain was some sort of inspiration for Harry Potter.

You have no culture and copy the US
The US has less culture than a sterilised yoghurt pot. And what culture you do have, most of it originated in, or was influenced by, Britain.
 

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You're just mad that she used a Disney film as her inspiration for Harry Potter as she has said.


And doubly mad that the briddish have no culture.
 

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You're just md that she used a Disney film as her inspiration for Harry Potter as she has said.


Nope. Not mad. As I've already shown, Rowling has never credited anyone with inspiring her for Harry Potter and came up with the idea of creating it whilst on a train.
 

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There are many traditions about some characters that will appear in the future:
1- The Dajjal or the impostor, or I think may be (The cunning Christian): The Imperialism
2- The Sufiani which is contemporary to the Dajjal: it is almost the Zioni or (The Zionist).
3- The Awaited Mahdi.

The prophecies foretell about these three persons or entities.
 
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Like I said, it is only entertainment.

And I would bet that Rowling got the idea for Harry Potter from CS Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe et al. She did say she was influenced by Lewis's work.
 

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These three characters are contemporary or near in time to each other:
The Christian that is impostor.
The Sufiani or the Zionist
The Mahdi.

About the Sufiani or Zioni: this word was not known in the past; so they thought it is the Sufiani (related to Abu Sufian) because they thought the Mahdi is (related to the family of the Prophet), then the word was transformed into Sufiani; because they did not realize that it the Zioni who will be contemporary to the Mahdi.

Therefore, when we see the prevalence of the imperialist and the Zionist, we will know for certain that the Mahdi is coming soon.
 

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Like I said, it is only entertainment.

And I would bet that Rowling got the idea for Harry Potter from CS Lewis's The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe et al. She did say she was influenced by Lewis's work.
Was Lewis British? Can't remember.

These three characters are contemporary or near in time to each other:
The Christian that is impostor.
The Sufiani or the Zionist
The Mahdi.

About the Sufiani or Zioni: this word was not known in the past; so they thought it is the Sufiani (related to Abu Sufian) because they thought the Mahdi is (related to the family of the Prophet), then the word was transformed into Sufiani; because they did not realize that it the Zioni who will be contemporary to the Mahdi.

Therefore, when we see the prevalence of the imperialist and the Zionist, we will know for certain that the Mahdi is coming soon.
Selfslime your words might be falling on deaf ears,,or should I say eyes .
 

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Yes I read a couple of his books several years ago. Apologetic in nature . Toward the end of his life he was interviewed by Time Magazine. I read that article while in a hospital waiting room in Missouri. He expressed regret that he was so reclusive and wished he would have been more interactive with people. Interesting fellow.
 

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Britain is the world's only global power - yet it is not the army or economy, but the cultural influence of singers like Adele and literary giants like Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes which puts us head and shoulders above our neighbours.

The UK won the title thanks to the combination of economic strength, military reach and diplomatic influence, according to a report by think tank European Geostrategy.

However, it was 'Brand Britain', or its cultural pull, which kept the UK out in front.

Only the U.S. - a 'super power' - wields more influence than the UK.

The UK also ranks second to the U.S. in military reach.

Britain is the world's ONLY global power - and we have the Royal Family, James Bond, Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes to thank


European Geostrategy claims UK is second only to 'super power' U.S.

Analysed military, economic, diplomatic and cultural strength of countries

'Regional powers' China and Russia came fourth and fifth, after France

UK's cultural pull - or 'soft power' - key to it place in the league table

By Flora Drury For Mailonline
8 November 2015
Daily Mail

Britain is the world's only global power - yet it is not the army or economy, but the cultural influence of singers like Adele and literary giants like Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes which puts us head and shoulders above our neighbours.

The UK won the title thanks to the combination of economic strength, military reach and diplomatic influence, according to a report by think tank European Geostrategy.

However, it was 'Brand Britain', or its cultural pull, which kept the UK out in front.

Only the U.S. - a 'super power' - wields more influence than the UK, the study claims, with France, China and Russia trailing behind - described only as 'regional powers'.


Cultural influence: The UK's combination of military, economic, diplomatic and cultural strength meant it was considered world's only 'global power'. Icons like Harry Potter and Sherlock helped it beat Russia and China


And it appears this is thanks to Britain's globally recognised brands - from Adele and Harry Potter, to the Royal Family and James Bond, not to mention companies like Land Rover, Burberry and Topshop.

Report co-author James Rogers told the Sunday Express: 'Brand UK has never been stronger.

'Britain has recently beaten the U.S. as a soft power and this is based primarily on cultural pull.'

That league table, released by Portland PR in July, found the UK was a the top of the table when it came to soft power - described as pull, while hard power is 'push', or military and economic strength.

Portland noted it was not just the UK's position in the G7, U.N. Security Council or as head of the Commonwealth, but products like the Beatles, Shakespeare, David Beckham or the English Premier League which gave real sway.

Germany came second, and the U.S. came third - while China sat at the bottom, despite its large population and military strength.


Brand Britain: An analysis of 'soft power' earlier this year put UK at the top, with 'brands' like the Royal family ensuring the number one position, with Germany in second and the U.S. in third



At the top: European Geostrategy report co-author James Rogers claimed the cultural pull of Britain has never been stronger, with singers like Adele impressing overseas

But European GeoStragey also suggested the strength of Russia and China's armies were trailing behind countries like Britain, France and the U.S..

The benchmark, the report explained, was 'the ability to dispatch and sustain approximately 40,000 troops in any global theatre against any conceivable opponent for a prolonged period of time'.

The UK's bases overseas, which enables the country to conduct warfare in different parts of the world, means its military reach comes second to the U.S., while France comes third and Russia fourth.

China, which came second in economic strength, came fifth in military might.

GLOBAL POWER INDEX TOP FIVE

Super power

United States


Global power

United Kingdom


Regional power

France
China
Russia


ROFLMFAO. Without a doubt the funniest pile of BS you have come up with yet. You must share with us where you get your drugs from.

There are many traditions about some characters that will appear in the future:
1- The Dajjal or the impostor, or I think may be (The cunning Christian): The Imperialism
2- The Sufiani which is contemporary to the Dajjal: it is almost the Zioni or (The Zionist).
3- The Awaited Mahdi.

The prophecies foretell about these three persons or entities.

Speaking of people on drugs...