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thabet
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johnpi
Bulls***, calculated to inflame: Hijabis are attacking free-spirited blond girls in Berlin schools, according to this article appearing in some European media outlets.
Speculation, mind reading and fantasy about the motives of the alleged attackers made it into print:
The victims are blond Polish girls since they’re Catholic and yet very liberal, and therefore embody everything that the headscarf-girls reject. Steffens says the reason for the conflict is often envy. The girls are banned from many things in their own strict religious upbringing at home, but in school they see other girls who are allowed more. They get jealous and want to beat up the children from more liberal families.
Or as George Bush said, “They hate us for our freedoms.”
I don’t doubt that there may be tension and occasional violent incidents arising from any number of reasons, and that needs to be condemned and put to a stop. But the rest of this sounds like somebody overlaid a script to get some political mileage out of it.
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johnpi
Turkish fearmongering against religion: Play the religions off against each other.
The secular establishment in Turkey has deceived everyone by playing on well-known fears. When non-Muslims demand their rights, the establishment says that if they give some rights to them, these rights might be used and abused by “fundamentalist Islamists.” When Sunni Muslims demanded some rights, they were denied with similar arguments — that the rights they demanded might be used by Alevis and non-Muslims.
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johnpi
Pakistani is the new Arab. From the newswires:
Long-feared by US intelligence, Muslim radicalization is gaining momentum in the United States, hit by a spate of recent cases featuring youths recruited and trained overseas for jihad, analysts say.
….“We’ve known for several years that Al-Qaeda and its allies like Lashkar-e-Taiba have put a high priority on recruiting assets in the Pakistani communities in the United States, and the United Kingdom, the rest of the world,” said Bruce Riedel, a former CIA official.
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buzz
Orange Alerts are back!
Former NFL quarterback and terrorism expert John Elway is hosting a new video from “The Cell” which is advocating awareness in an ominous 8 minute video which runs down a list of terrorist warning signs: fertilizer, disposable mobile phones, strange equipment, rehearsals, picture taking, making money….basically everything, everything is a sign you are a terrorist. That fact that you are or look Muslim is just icing on the cake.
Heavy music, obligatory 9-11 footage. Brilliant advice on tracking down the terrorists. I think this is just a colorado thing. I hope. Click on pic to see the goods. 8 reasons to be in a continual state of fear.
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shahed
Over at BeliefNet’s “Progressive Revival” blog is my take on using Islam to whip up the Republicans this week in St. Paul.
