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In America, most people consume pork. Many times after dance parties, they have swapping of wives; This view of the US is quite popular amongst Muslims. ... These would be the same fictional 'Muslims' that you imagine can't make peace with non-Muslims would they, or are they different: http://www.d...

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They are all kids! Shocking that. Imagine teaching kids that it is ok to kill a person just because they are of a different race and shouldn't be allowed to marry or live amongst Jews! :shock: To be proud enough of this stance to go out and demonstrate is indeed shocking. However, we should bear in...

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I agree - education and parents actually practicing the tolerance that religion/human decency teaches is the answer. It is as distasteful when Muslims preach hatred of the 'other' as it is when Jews or Christians or atheists do it of other religious groups, races or nationalities.

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Shafique

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Assange knows how to generate media attention! But it will be interesting to see if we learn anything new about 2006 war in Lebanon and the assassination in Dubai: 'WikiLeaks to publish Israel cables on Second Lebanon War, Dubai assassination' Julian Assange, founder of whistle-blowing website, says...

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whoosh. That'll be the sarcasm whooshing over your head. :) Anyway - as kanelli is trying to get this thread back on track again, let's agree to disagree that a disabled guy with CP can justifiably be dragged from his wheelchair for being 'un-co-operative'. My point was that this episode was a PR di...

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^Well, I hope for plods sake that the 12 are all charged and eventually convicted. We'll see. It will also be interesting to eventually read how many of the 12 are Bangladeshi too. ;) (But of course plod's PR is going to big-up the arrests and the threat... but the proof of the pudding is in the eat...

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As we saw in the official Euro Pol stats, the vast majority of terrorist attacks in the EU (99.6% of them) are carried out by terrorists who aren't 'Islamists'. To emphasise that point, there have been two terrorist bombings in Rome. And the perpetrators were not 'Islamists' but anarchists: The mess...

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LOL - you've got to hand it to eh - he's nothing if not predictable! :alien: A brown-skinned guy farts in a lift - Jihadwatch fanbois claim a chemical attack by Jihadists who want to take over the world! :roll: :lol: Italians explode two bombs - blah, blah blah excuse, excuse excuse; lame attempt to...

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I came across this report about Christmas celebrations in Iran - Mel can perhaps comment whether this description and photos are accurate. Good to see the Christmas spirit alive and well - with about half of those buying Christmas trees not being Christmas according to the report - and there's an in...

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Don't mess with Iranian women! ;) Apparently Iranian sportswomen did well in the recent Asian games - winning gold in Wushu and Bronze in Tae Kwon Do. I came across this photo site today (see Christmas in Iran thread) and these set of photos of Iranian sportswomen was also featured. Interesting imag...

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Thanks Mel - I would have guessed that Nowruz and the Shia Muslim festivals would have been more popular than Christmas. I would have also guessed that there may have been some restrictions - but the OP talks of the authorities putting up banners of Santa etc... which is a nice story at this time of...

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Merry Christmas to one and all! I'm enjoying the summer sun here in Mauritius and the Christmas tradition here is to go out in the evening to buy pressies for the kids (my wife has already done this though) - all the shops are open and there are loads of street stalls. Tomorrow we won't be having tu...

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^Phew, what a relief for Sikhs! :) Well, I have no new info - so we'll just have to see about the nationalities/backgrounds and guilt etc. I hope we don't end up paying them for their stay in the clink (I'm still fuming that as a taxpayer we paid out the Guantanamo detainees millions in total - whil...

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^Actually I was thinking more of 22:40 - but 2.256 is also relevant.

Cheers,
Shafique

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Cheer up FD, it is Christmas. Give up the hate and cynicism for a day at least. These are just some photos of Muslim women who don't quite fit the Islamophobic fantasy stereotype. Whilst I understand this may offend your sensibilities - your complaining is getting a bit old. Just some feedback (in m...

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As posted by zubber in the Movies section - worth cross-posting here. I've already watched this (dl off a UK centric site) and also recommend this. There's some new info in it - and it is meticulously researched and devastatingly on-target: Description of the propaganda war used for justification of...

shafique

'Out of the mouths of babes', if you will:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ror0qPc ... r_embedded

Cheers,
Shafique

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^FD, have you heard of the saying: 'the exception that proves the rule'? I'm sure there must be an equivalent in Dutch. IF this story pans out to be true (and not IDF spin), then its horrible that a family would send a mentally ill member to be killed by the military occupiers of their country. Howe...

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^Thanks eh - whilst I don't agree with Kramer's thesis and conclusion, I do commend him for being honest enough to present his theory as a theory and to not join you guys in denial of blatant, undeniable facts. He doesn't deny that in Lebanon and Palestine, for example, that Professor Pape's conclus...

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:shock: Give kids guns. Kids play with guns. Kids get hurt. Kids group gets disbanded and 'measures' put in place to stop future playing. :roll: But seriously, kudos to the Israeli press and military for letting this story get out: IDF platoon dismantled after soldier hurt playing with weapon Invest...

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDy78Gb8HIw&feature=watch_response http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=17371 So, a Jewish mayor bans Christmas trees in Nazareth because it would offend Jews.. and yet the fanbois are silent? :shock: :roll: Christmas trees 'provocative:' Nazareth subu...

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Hey, I'm glad that you think Kramer's blog entry negates Pape's academic paper - I'm not surprised at that. What I've merely pointed out is that Kramer concedes that the Israeli Military Occupation neatly fits in with the conclusions of Pape's academic study. I'm not going to get into another debate...

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Mossad, it appears, will be apologising to the UK for using forged passports in the Dubai murder of al Mabouh. They are not apologising for a cold blooded assassination - presumably they have a view of law that says it is ok to kill Arabs at will and even if they get caught out, they can bluff their...

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^look guys, get a room. DDS a warning to you for starting the mudslinging in this thread. BM - indeed it is strange that Mossad would consider apologising (they still haven't done so yet). They in the past thought like you - the law doesn't apply to them when it comes to killing Arabs, they just hav...

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How appropriate that the definition of a 'what-about ery' argument is that it is a playground defence! http://www.dubaiforums.com/dubai-politics-talk/what-about-ery-t42765.html This is what is called "what about-ery." What about this other country, or that one. I think it's the least attra...

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Israel commits murder in Dubai, fanbois find reasons to believe it was not illegal. Strange that Israel itself doesn't make these arguments - probably because they know they don't have a legal leg to stand on. But that said, given that so many ex-Russians are now in Israel, I guess they've just impo...

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Terrorism in EU - Rome Bombings

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Re: Christmas Thoughts From The UK

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Re: Tolerance Update: Christmas Banned, World Braces For Rio

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The War you don't see

Afghans for Peace

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Kids playing with guns get hurt

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