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Anti-Islamization Leader Steps Down Amid Uproar Over Hitler Selfie

Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann styled as Adolf Hitler

Pegida leader Lutz Bachmann styled as Adolf Hitler

From earlier in the week…this one was a doozy and somehow so unsurprising.

Anti-Islamization leader steps down amid uproar over Hitler selfie

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    • Sam Seed

      Thankyou Sir David.

    • The greenmantle

      Condolences indeed Sir David

    • Sam Seed

      Thankyou Master Khan, the sweet memories bring tears but time is a healer. She is now with Allah the Most Merciful, Kind. We all have a clock and one day that clock will stop, but only Allah knows when.

    • cmyfe .

      At least they show some honesty in the above case.

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ Sorry for your loss, Senor Sam

    • Sam Seed

      Thankyou AJ.

    • Sam Seed

      Thankyou JSB.

    • Sam Seed

      Thankyou Mehdi.

    • Sam Seed

      Thankyou Garibaldi.

    • Just_Stopping_By

      Indeed a sad time, but that sadness is a reflection of how much of a blessing she was to you and how much of a blessing your memories of her will be in the future.

    • Mehdi

      My deepest condolences… Wishing you the best and your family.

    • GaribaldiOfLoonwatch

      Sorry to hear that Sam. May she rest in peace! Much love to you and your family.

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      It’s been so long!

    • HSkol

      So sorry. One very bad event to have to go through. Take care.

    • Are we covering Israel’s efforts to block ICC’s inquiry into finding Israel guilty of war crimes?

    • My kids miss the snow, the most, about the US.

    • May Allah give her place in Jannah and give your family sabr, Insha’Allah!

    • Sam Seed

      Master Khan!

    • Sam Seed

      Hi, it’s been a sad time for me lately with my dear mother who passed away suddenly.

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      Senor Sam!

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      I admit defeat.

Fox guest: Stop appeasing Muslims and ‘exterminate this scum that is plaguing the planet’

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Sounds like some of the trolls that pop in the comment sections here.

Fox guest: Stop appeasing Muslims and ‘exterminate this scum that is plaguing the planet’

Fox News on Saturday hosted a Marine veteran who argued that countries like the United States and France were too concerned with the civil liberties of Muslims, and that governments should “exterminate” the terrorists that were “plaguing the entire planet.”

Nick Powers, who became a conservative celebrity after he threatened ISIS in a letter last year, told the hosts of Fox & Friends that French law enforcement agencies had been right to act quickly to kill the terrorists who attacked Charlie Hebdo.

“It just makes the thinks of the past 14 years that we’ve spend fighting terrorist groups, and how the rules and regulations and political correctness especially has caused us to be tied up,” he opined. “You know, our hands are tied behind our backs, and we’re fighting an organization that has no regards to human life.”

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade pointed out that many believe that the United States was “better than that.”

“They go an assassinate people on the street, we can’t harshly question people,” Kilmeade declared. “What do you say to people who question us?”

“War is never going to be pretty,” Powers replied. “And anybody who tries to make it pretty is a complete moron. You have to get dirty, you have to exterminate this scum that is plaguing the entire planet.”

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    • He’s even got googly eyes and a folded hat! I served with guys who folded the brim of their ball-cap like that. They were none of them sane. And googly eyes, well, everypony has seen that.

    • “The page isn’t redirecting properly

      Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete.”

    • Hate_the_haterz

      Speaking of “bad karma,” How much bad karma are you hindutva fecal fascists getting as a result of your past rioting mob violence, and killing innocent Muslims and other minorities in India?

    • Capt. JB Hennessy

      “Nick Powers, who became a conservative celebrity after he threatened ISIS in a letter last year. . .”

      Hopefully someone can tell me he sent that letter postage due otherwise I won’t stop laughing at him.

    • rookie

      If I had some kind of authority, I would urge all muslims in the US to vote for Robert Spencer.

  • Trimmercastle42

    You can never go wrong with George Takai

Rupert Murdoch Says – All Muslims Must Be Held Responsible for Atrocities Like Paris

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A “proverbial left uppercut”?

Rupert Murdoch Says – All Muslims Must Be Held Responsible for Atrocities Like Paris

Just as people were nodding off and occassionally checking their Twitter feed, media Mogul Rupert Murdoch threw a proverbial left uppercut that woke up many a Twitter user. This is the comment that he posted at 2 am this morning.

In fact, just yesterday evening Guardian journalist Jonathan Freedland posted this excellent article in which he stated that,

“It follows that our responsibility is to thwart that effort. For Muslims, that has meant spelling out that these killers speak only for themselves. Note the speed with which a delegation of 20 imams visited the Charlie Hebdo offices, branding the gunmen “criminals, barbarians, satans” and, crucially, “not Muslims”.

Of course they should not have to do it. The finger-wagging demand that Muslims condemn acts of terror committed by jihadist cultists is odious: it tacitly assumes that Muslims support such horror unless they explicitly say otherwise. The very demand serves to drive a wedge between Muslims and their fellow citizens. (As it happens, Jews have some experience of this feeling: we too are sometimes told we have to condemn this or that action taken by others – and over which we have no control – if our place in polite society is to be secure.)”

Twitter responses to the media mogul’s comments were if anything, gems of their own.

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    • JAZ Z

      Further, if real ‘Jihad’, ‘struggle or strive’ as recommended in Qur’an and Hadeeth is observed by all human beings (irrespective of Muslim faith), the world will become a Paradise on earth. The ‘Violent only’ version to Jihad is purposefully given by the west and media to refrain non Muslims from getting closer to Islam, the Islamophobia.

    • JAZ Z

      Very correctly said, I appreciate your comprehension.

    • JAZ Z

      Moreover, the west knows ISIS Chief Abu baker Al Baghdadi better than any Muslim. Nobody knew him a year before, until America throned him out of more than a decade dominance of Iraq. How did America feed/nourish such a poisonous personality during their absoluteness?

    • JAZ Z

      Anyway, “Stupid” remains “Stupid” whether he says either “muslim” or “moslim”.

    • JAZ Z

      No Muslim is responsible for any other Muslim’s act. Don’t forget we are in 21st century, not living in 500 BC. For any crime that Government should be held responsible. If not, then what’s the duty of a Government? The perpetrators should be gunned down on the spot, to avoid “False Flag Conspiracy” or “Internal Job”.

    • Reynardine

      Well, some of the Muslim inhabitants of that city have said they’re changing the name of that city to Birming, because ham isn’t allowed.

      (Note: Turkey ham is quite tasty, and can be prepared both kosher and halal, so the name can stay the same)

    • Yausari

      You can find in any website. But it has never been accepted officially because the word conflicts with ‘jihad’. Just buy the book and see its not there.

      Still, let me ask you this. What does it mean? well according to ‘oxford’- “A person involved in a jihad; an Islamic militant.

      “Let me feed your “competent” mind why is the word so misleading then, huh?”

      http://islamicsupremecouncil.org/understanding-islam/legal-rulings/5-jihad-a-misunderstood-concept-from-islam.html?start=9 According to Islam; the word ” jihad” means struggling or striving..

      Jihad is not a violent concept. Jihad is not a declaration of war against other religions. It is worth noting that the Koran specifically refers to Jews and Christians as “people of the book” who should be protected and respected.

      So don’t think you can steal our voices. FYI, you’re evidently more incompetent than I am in this subject.

    • Friend of Bosnia

      And I talk to evil bastards as they deserve.

    • Friend of Bosnia

      Histrory shows that more people have converted to islam than have apostasized from it. And those who have did mostly under coercion, outright force, were prisoners who had no hopes to be freed. An egregious exception is Emir Kusturica but in my eyes that he is an apostate is far less important than his being a traitor to his people and his natikon in times of war, and that is punishable by death even in many Western nations. A great film director he may be but that takes nothing away from being a traitor. And for that he merits my contempt and disdain.

    • Friend of Bosnia

      Don’t you step on my toes you evil idiot. You come here only to infuriate and offend, so get the hell out of here and don’t come back.

    • Friend of Bosnia

      Look who talks.

    • Trimmercastle42

      He’s a “Keyboard” warrior trying to act like a tough guy on the internet to compensate for his lacking baggage in his pants. He’s not here to have a meaningful discussion, he’s like a house fly, he wants to pester and annoy, best to ignore him.

    • cmyfe .

      Seems more like a mole….no?

Stop Asking Muslims to Condemn Terrorism. It’s bigoted and Islamophobic.

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Stop asking Muslims to condemn terrorism. It’s bigoted and Islamophobic.

There’s a certain ritual that each and every one of the world’s billion-plus Muslims, especially those living in Western countries, is expected to go through immediately following any incident of violence involving a Muslim perpetrator. It’s a ritual that is continuing now with the Sydney hostage crisis, in which a deranged self-styled sheikh named Man Haron Monis took several people hostage in a downtown café.

Here is what Muslims and Muslim organizations are expected to say: “As a Muslim, I condemn this attack and terrorism in any form.”

This expectation we place on Muslims, to be absolutely clear, is Islamophobic and bigoted. The denunciation is a form of apology: an apology for Islam and for Muslims. The implication is that every Muslim is under suspicion of being sympathetic to terrorism unless he or she explicitly says otherwise. The implication is also that any crime committed by a Muslim is the responsibility of all Muslims simply by virtue of their shared religion. This sort of thinking — blaming an entire group for the actions of a few individuals, assuming the worst about a person just because of their identity — is the very definition of bigotry.

It is time for that ritual to end: non-Muslims in all countries, and today especially those in Australia, should finally take on the correct assumption that Muslims hate terrorism just as much as they do, and cease expecting Muslims to prove their innocence just because of their faith.

Bigoted assumptions are the only plausible reason for this ritual to exist, which means that maintaining the ritual is maintaining bigotry. Otherwise, we wouldn’t expect Muslims to condemn Haron Monis — who is clearly a crazy person who has no affiliations with formal religious groups — any more than we would expect Christians to condemn Timothy McVeigh. Similarly, if someone blames all Jews for the act of, say, extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank, we immediately and correctly reject that position as prejudiced. We understand that such an accusation is hateful and wrong — but not when it is applied to Muslims.

This is, quite literally, a different set of standards that we apply only to Muslims. Hend Amry, who is Libyan-American, brilliantly satirized this expectation with this tweet, highlighting the arbitrary expectations about what Muslims are and are not expected to condemn:

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    • JD

      Right…

    • JD

      define taqqiya or bring a quranic verse or authentic hadith to support definition.

    • JD

      following your logic I guess Slavery is ok too right. it took Black people out of a poor nation todays Africa ( where they would be if they were not brought here) and took them to America a super power so everything is ok Years of rape Killing forced Labor of million of people should be ignored Heck why did we even took the nazi to court for mass murder of million people and took on a war We should have let Hitler go gave him a hand shake pat on the butt and say Its ok every things ok bro…

    • Awesome

      Perhaps Im wrong about this but, I feel that a major why some would want Muslims to speak out this way about terrorist actions is, we as non-Muslims feel there is a much greater chance that these types of extremist may be more prone to listening to you as Muslims, rather than us as infidels. If all of the 1 billion plus Muslims spoke out against people in these organizations very forcefully, at the very least perhaps they would ponder if they are doing God’s will or not. Please try and accept this as, “They certainly do not want to listen to us (because they want to drink our blood) so will you please speak for us and maybe they might consider” type of thing.

      That may be the reason why some non-Muslims would want Muslims to speak out, and there are plenty of Muslims who do in fact speak out against such actions and the extremists who engage in them. However, needless to say, it accomplishes nothing besides demonstrating to people who don’t already know (and who can’t be bothered to find out some other way or use enough common sense to know better) what Muslims have to say about such extremists and their criminal activity.

      Protesting and speaking out against these criminals and the crimes that they commit is kinda useless and a little pretentious. If those extremist groups really cared about what other Muslims thought of them, then they would not be so casually massacring them in the streets over petty things. As far as they are concerned, it’s them vs. everyone else, of which the vast majority of Muslims are included. The only thing that would stop them is defeat or if they lost their financial and military support that they not-so-covertly receive from the US, Israel, and certain regional governments who are allied with both.

      Lets be honest folks. Being accused of being “like a terrorist” in any way, and or being slandered for others actions is just wrong. Likewise being constantly threatened and told that your blood and your families blood will be on your streets is also very frustrating and to some even scary right? Let us try and make room for both.

      However, one does not justify the other, and neither slander nor threats should be acceptable. As an example, if someone in a blue shirt threatens or slanders someone in a red shirt, that does not make everyone wearing blue shirts responsible or give justification to people wearing red shirts to reciprocate against people wearing blue shirts. In this regard, it is best to avoid collectivism, stereotypes and prejudices when dealing with individuals. Also, the term “terrorism” is a political buzzword that is used as a PR (Public-Relations) weapon against a political opponent, or the actions of a political opponent, by playing on the term’s commonly-held negative connotations without necessarily referring to any of them.

      “Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.” – Peter Ustinov

    • The greenmantle

      We as a nation ? Are you David Cameron or something? As a Brit I will do my own speaking thank you .

      Sir David

    • red

      We dragged the Brigadier through the Military Courts and Discharged him for his actions.Our Royal Family and Goverment apologised for this action on the Seikh people who forgave us and became part of our Military with outstanding loyalty, indeed they live alongside us. We never murdered people because of their religion. So, if we can say sorry for actions done on our behalf, can i ask you to do the same. Betcha cannot.

    • red

      That sounds exceptionally nasty, especially for a moderator, shame on you.

    • red

      They were left with democracy, laws and freedom of the individual. Also like nearly all the ex colonies they stayed in the Commonwealth (53 countries).

    • Awesome

      Are you seriously threatening me online where the CIA and the FBI and Homeland is monitoring? You need some serious help.

      Actually, it was a hypothetical question. Do you seriously not know the difference? Or are your reading comprehension skills so poor that you are unable to perceive the difference? Or do you simply not want to answer the question to avoid exposing your own hypocrisy?

      The CIA, FBI, Homeland and all the other alphabet agencies can monitor hypothetical questions online all they want. I’m sure they have probably asked themselves the same sort of hypothetical questions and are probably just as curious to the answer as anyone is.

    • HSkol

      Are terms such as “silly billy” even permitted here? If so, yippee, I’m gonna cut loose!

    • HSkol

      Uh, please point out Awesome’s threat. Oh wait, you cannot – for there is no threat.

    • Iekyll

      You need some serious help if you genuinely interpreted that as a threat. You made yourself look like a buffoon. Congratulations.

    • Awesome

      lies are lies habibi. You should not tell lies.

      So, you would tell the truth even at the expense of your own life? And you would expect everyone else to do the same, even considering it wrong not to?

    • JohnathanA

      lies are lies habibi. You should not tell lies.

    • Awesome

      And the practice of taqia is something you and your muslim brethren practice all the time even when denying it.

      “Taqiyya” refers to the Shi’i Muslim doctrine of concealing one’s faith under acute duress. For Sunni Muslims, concealing one’s faith under acute duress is only permitted, and is never really obligatory or even encouraged. Contrary to what some may believe or advocate, “taqiyya” is not about concealing the truth about Islam, but about concealing the fact that one is a Muslim.

    • Awesome

      I know it must be a pain to ask Muslims to condemn political savagery in the name of the prophet – the Iranian wackjob in the chocolate store and the death of of 140 children and their teachers in Pakistan. I know it is hard. The non-muslim world is worn out by the barbarism of the followers of the prophet. There is an excuse every time – this time the Iranian is nuts and the Pakistani Taliban are taking revenge against the military. As a non-muslim I look for the common denominator. It seems always to be Muslim. What’s up? What is in this belief that results in these behaviors?

      It isn’t a “common denominator”, when it is the basis by which such incidents are even mentioned in the first place. If you are only going to look at the violent crimes perpetrated by individuals who happen to be Muslim, then it is impossible for religious orientation to be a variable in such an assessment. There is no excuse for such behavior either. However, there is always some other factor involved besides religion.

      It’s “always Muslim” because that’s all you look for.

      Also, it is a false assumption that every criminal act by any Muslim in the world has to be because of Islam, simply because the perpetrator(s) happen to be Muslim. These criminals do not live in a vacuum where all they know is Islam. Rather, they are exposed to the rest of the world like everyone else, and therefore it cannot be reasonably ruled out that they have not been influenced by it or that it isn’t a motivation for their crimes. A few ignorantly sensationalized, cherry-picked quotes from Islamic religious texts are not enough assume a motivation unless the perpetrators actually reference it (which of course they almost never do). When the individual Muslims commit these crimes against others, they are only ever representing themselves, and therefore no matter how many such incidents like these occur, that is all they are ever going to amount to.

      Loonwatch heralds the Hindu and Jewish radicals. Good luck with that. Israel has indicted the Jews for setting the fire at Arab-Jewish school (no one died). Hindus yell and scream but don’t do much. Before you comment remember Bombay. Systematic killing of others is common among the Muslim extremists. We are getting worn out.

      The systematic killing of others is common to any active militant group (hence the militancy). Violent crimes against others happen all the time. Sometimes the perpetrator(s) are Muslim, and sometimes they are not. Sensationalism and hysteria about it can be very tiring, and I’m sure that it has worn a lot of people out, which is why they shouldn’t watch so much of it in the media. Not only is it tiring, it is also an inaccurate representation of reality. Unfortunately, people who have to live with violent crime every day were worn out by it a long time ago and they don’t have the option of tuning it out.

      A recent survey pointed out that in the US people were okay with torturing arabs held by the CIA. I don’t think people even care anymore whether these individuals had any actionable information. Empathy has been replaced with anger. When you waterboard someone nearly 200 times it is hard to imagine that payback was not involved. The American public has recalibrated – Muslim equals danger. Muslims must speak out. Muslims must be outraged. Their silence will be seen as acquiescence.

      Collective punishment is a war crime. Not only is it unethical and morally wrong, it is also counter-productive. Promoting collective responsibility, also encourages individual irresponsibility, and all of the negative results that entails for society. People who are okay with torturing innocent people because they are “angry” at the violence of their co-religionists, are nothing more than useful idiots, because they are indirectly justifying every violent crime perpetrated by Muslims against non-Muslims as a collective punishment. It also undermines the rule of law, because it is acting outside of it and contrary to it. I’m sure any sensible person can see the problem with doing what “feels good” at the expense of others, out of anger or stress, since no one is really up for getting as good as they give in this regard, and that is exactly what is going to result from it.

      A few helpful tips for accurately assessing reality:

      – Avoid collectivism, prejudices and stereotypes as much as possible – Avoid double-standards – Do not depend exclusively on news reports and superficiality – Keep things in perspective (don’t exaggerate or fall into sensationalism) – Don’t jump to conclusions (use critical thinking with reason and rationality)

    • Awesome

      Muslims NEED to apologise for the QUARTER of young Muslims who told British researchers that the 7/7 bomb attack on London was ‘understandable’ and ‘justified’.

      No, only that “quarter of young Muslims” who actually said that would need to apologize for it, and only if they honestly regret saying that and feel that they need to clarify that with those British researchers. The other 3 quarters of young Muslims who did not say this, have absolutely no obligation in this regard.

      They have to call for the aborted 7/7 enquiry, which the British Government refused to hold because talking about it would UPSET them!

      Not having a full public inquiry into the 7/7 attacks is only a failure on the part of the British government, which not a single Muslim likely had any actual say in. Therefore, calling for that inquiry is no more an obligation for a Muslim than it is for a non-Muslim.

      Our Deputy Prime Minster, the Liberal Nick Clegg said he wouldn’t teach British Values in British schools because it would OFFEND MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS!

      What public school teaches values to begin with? Aren’t values supposed to be taught and learned at home? Or has raising children inside the home gone out of style in the UK?

      Nick Clegg’s position on this issue isn’t a rejection of something that is already in place, but of something new that some want to introduce. It’s nothing anyone needs to apologize for.

      They need to beg our mercy when Pew found 75% of Muslims worldwide back death for apostasy.

      The 75% of Muslims from that research who believe in the death penalty for apostasy do not need to beg or apologize for anything, since believing in something that others disagree with (or find offensive) isn’t a crime. Additionally, the vast majority of Muslims who believe this have absolutely no say in the matter anyway. Then the other 25% from that PEW research who do not hold this view, have absolutely no obligation in this matter at all.

      They need to decry the so-called Arab Spring resulting in worse dictators than the ones deposed.

      No one needs to decry the “Arab Spring”, as it is the right of everyone, Arab or not, to protest against autocracy, tyranny, oppression and injustice, and demand change. Only the result of worse dictators being installed should be decried, and even then, it isn’t a collective responsibility for Muslims.

      They need to reassure us that Muslims being paid protection money… er, I mean ‘development grants’ to stop tearing Paris apart in riots is smething they can do just by being good people instead.

      That is something only the rioters can reassure, as this has nothing to do with Muslims who are not involved in it nor is it something that other Muslims can do anything about. It is the exclusive responsibility of the French government to deal with that problem. If they think that money is an effective way of placating the rioters then that’s their choice. However, not disenfranchising minorities is a very effective way of convincing them to stop rioting, since that is often the reason they riot in the first place.

      And Muslims need to purge their Koran of filthy verses telling them to kill or convert non-Muslims and regularly fine them for being nonbelievers (9:29) or even turn us all Muslim by force (8:39)!

      All the verses in the Qur’an are divinely-revealed, and therefore, all of them are going to remain. As for the verses in question, they are in regards to matters that are the exclusive responsibility of the state (not an individual obligation) and are only against hostile foes. Here are the verses:

      Qur’an 9:28-29: Believers, those who ascribe partners to God are truly unclean: do not let them come near the Sacred Mosque after this year. If you are afraid you may become poor, [bear in mind that] God will enrich you out of His bounty if He pleases: God is all knowing and wise. Fight those of the People of the Book who do not [truly] believe in God and the Last Day, who do not forbid what God and His Messenger have forbidden, who do not obey the rule of justice, until they pay the tax and agree to submit.

      This is clearly in regard to people who do more than simply not believe.

      Qur’an 8:38-40: [Prophet], tell the disbelievers that if they desist their past will be forgiven, but if they persist, they have an example in the fate of those who went before. [Believers], fight them until there is no more persecution, and all worship is devoted to God alone: if they desist, then God sees all that they do, but if they pay no heed, be sure that God is your protector, the best protector and the best helper.

      This verse mentions “persecution” which indicates that it is at least part of the reason for the fighting in the first place.

      These verses are of course precluded by other verses from the Qur’an, which say that “there is no compulsion in religion” (2:256), and to “only fight those who fight you” until you either prevail against them or they cease hostilities against you (2:190-193 and 4:89-91).

      When the guilty part makes the effort to bridle and make amends, THEN we may be able to talk!

      “Guilt” implies a crime has taken place. However, a crime is an action, not an opinion, and only the individual(s) involved are accountable for it.

      People are individuals and conclusions about a person are more reliable and accurate when they are based on actual first-person interactions and observations rather than on prejudices that are based on lies, half-truths and sensationalism. No individual, regardless of his/her beliefs or what rituals they observe, should ever have to apologize for what they are not responsible for, and no individual should ever be held responsible for what they have no control over. Collectivism socializes responsibility and accountability onto others for something that they have nothing to do with. Thus, it is inherently unethical, immoral and unjust. In addition, using it to assess reality produces an inherently inaccurate result.

      A few helpful tips for accurately assessing reality:

      – Avoid collectivism, prejudices and stereotypes as much as possible – Avoid double-standards – Do not depend exclusively on news reports and superficiality – Keep things in perspective (don’t exaggerate or fall into sensationalism) – Don’t jump to conclusions (use critical thinking with reason and rationality)

    • Sam Seed

      But he (JohnathanA) agrees, he has upvoted on the picture.

    • Jekyll

      A emo avatar talking against killing ?

    • Neil Burnett

      British colonialism made them do it? How? The 80 million Hindus were slaughtered well before the British arrived, and the Bangladeshi massacres occurred 23 years after they left.

    • Iekyll

      Volker Pispers

    • Reynardine

      Emmm… can you read a book at all?

Jerusalem court indicts 3 for arson at Jewish-Arab school

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Jerusalem court indicts 3 for arson at Jewish-Arab school

By and | Dec. 16, 2014 | 12:27 PM

Three members of a right-wing religious Jewish group have been charged in Jerusalem District Court of allegedly setting fire to and vandalizing the Max Rayne Hand in Hand bilingual school in Jerusalem last month.

The three young men – activists in the Lehava organization, which fights intermarriage – were charged Monday with arson, breaking and entering, and destroying property at the school, because Jewish and Arab children study there.

They were allegedly acting in keeping with their mission to battle assimilation and coexistence, according to the charge sheet, “after it became known to the accused that there had been a memorial ceremony for [the late Palestinian leader] Yasser Arafat a number of weeks previously, on the background of the terror attacks in the city and with the aim of committing an act that would resonate in the media.”

However, officials at the Hand in Hand school assert that no one could have had any information about such a ceremony, since one was never held at the school or by the members of its greater community.

“Such a claim may have been made during their interrogation, making its way into the charge sheet, but there is no truth to it,” said the school sources.

The sources added that “the fingerprints of the arsonists who defiled the school’s walls with their racist and hateful slogans left no doubt as to the motive for the attack. We insist that this error be rectified immediately lest it serve as a pretext for the next attack.”

The Jerusalem District Attorney’s office has asked that the three suspects – Yitzhak Gabai, 22, of Jerusalem, and brothers Shlomo and Nahman Twito (20 and 18, respectively) of Betar Ilit – be held in custody until the end of legal proceedings.

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    • Trimmercastle42

      Good on the authorities for handling this situation

    • GaribaldiOfLoonwatch

      They look really pleased with themselves.

    • mindy1

      At least they are being charged, let’s hope they get convicted

U.S. Jewish groups back Muslim teen in Employment Discrimination case against Abercrombie & Fitch

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Nice to see some unity among the Abrahamic faiths.

U.S. Jewish groups back Muslim teen in case against Abercrombie & Fitch

By and | Dec. 14, 2014 | 11:37 AM

Orthodox Jewish groups in the United States have thrown their support behind a Muslim teenager who was denied a job at retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she wears a head scarf.

Seven Jewish groups joined a Muslim civil rights group and a public interest law firm in filing briefs supporting the teen, Samantha Elauf, this week at the U.S. Supreme Court, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Elauf was turned down for a job at the Tulsa, Okla., branch of the youth-oriented clothing store because her hijab didn’t conform to the company’s “look policy” of what is calls “classic East Coast collegiate style of clothing,” according to court filings citing by the Times.

“This is a common experience that a lot of other Sabbath observers or people wearing yarmulkes have had in terms of applying for a position and being turned down because it is just a nuisance to employers,” Nathan Lewin, who filed a friend of the court brief for the Orthodox Jewish groups, told the paper.

“It is important that these Orthodox Jewish groups express support for this Muslim woman who has had a similar experience,” he added.

Rabbi Gershon Tannenbaum, director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America, another group that joined the brief said that the case could be “a possible infringement of the freedom of religion.”

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    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      Stupid jackets and a stupid jumper. Other than that, it’s not that bad.

    • Omar_the_Egyptian

      why?

    • Omar_the_Egyptian

      When you dress like an idiot.

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      What the hell is a “classic East Coast collegiate style of clothing,”?

    • John Smith

      In my first year of college, and I was looking at pictures. I realized what a dork I look like wearing Abercombie and Hollister styleclothes in high school.

    • Jekyll

      Where were my orthi brothers when my beard got all over someone at Hooters? Heck where was CAIR?

    • mindy1

      WOOT go co-operation :))) I wish them luck. I think that girl is pretty and would fit in fine, not that I buy from those crappy stores anyway.

‘Hate Crime’: Taxi Cab Driver Survives Brutal Attack

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‘Hate crime’: Taxi driver recounts brutal attack

By KOMO Staff Published: Dec 8, 2014 at 1:12 PM PST Last Updated: Dec 8, 2014 at 11:21 PM PST

SEATTLE – Officers arrested a 26-year-old man early Sunday after he called a taxi driver a “terrorist” and beat him unconscious, causing the cab to drift out of control and strike several parked cars before slamming into an apartment building in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood, police said. Investigators labeled the attack a “hate crime.”

Adam Gaal, the 34-year-old cab driver, told police the incident began when he picked up three men and a woman in Belltown just before 2 a.m. Sunday and drove them to the 4200 block of 27th Avenue West.

The suspect then gave Gaal his credit card to pay for the trip and apparently became angry at how long the transaction was taking, said Andrew Garber of the Seattle police.

“He says, ‘You know where you are? You’re in America, this is not where you come from. You are an immigrant this is not your country. You are terrorist. You are ISIS,” Gaal said.

The passenger, later identified as Jesse Fleming, then leaned across the seat and repeatedly punched Gaal in the face, Garber said.

Gaal lost consciousness and his foot slipped off the brake, causing the cab to roll downhill, strike several cars and eventually come to a stop after crashing into the stairs of an apartment building.

“He just jump on me and punching me, beating me, punching me and I become unconscious,” Gaal said.

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  • mindy1

    I am glad that the assailant got caught, and I want him to have a nice nation of islam roomie who’s in jail for steroids

The New Republic and the Beltway media’s race problem

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Then-owner of The New Republic Marty Peretz, at left, in 2005 Jemal Countess/WireImage

So there were ‘Mass resignations’ at The New Republic  (TNR) following the resignations of editors Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, over the direction the current owner  was taking the magazine. But where were these great principles when Marty Peretz former owner was using his position at TNR for his anti-Black, anti-Latino, anti-Arab, Islamophobic rants?

The New Republic and the Beltway media’s race problem

by Max Fisher on December 5, 2014, 2:50 p.m. ET @Max_Fisher max@vox.com

There’s little doubt that The New Republic’s young owner, Chris Hughes, treated its beloved editor, Frank Foer, poorly. Hughes’ new CEO, Guy Vidra, criticized Foer’s leadership while sitting right next to him at an all-staff meeting. Hughes hired a replacement before firing Foer — which Foer had to learn about through rumors. Hughes, a newcomer to journalism who bought his way, publicly humiliated Foer, along with also-fired literary editor Leon Wieseltier. It’s an ugly, unkind way to treat an editor, an employee, and the well-respected leader of a newsroom. Much of the publication’s masthead, outraged, has resigned in solidarity and protest.

But Hughes’ predecessor, Marty Peretz, did much worse. In the years of Peretz’s ownership, from 1974 to 2007 and then partially until 2012, he gave himself the title of editor-in-chief and regular space in the magazine and on its website, which he frequently used to issue rants that were breathtaking in their overt racism. The columns typically came during periods of turmoil for the minorities he targeted: often blacks and Latinos, later focusing especially on Muslims and Arabs.

“A publication that buoyed racism was tolerable. a publication that fired two beloved white men was not.”

The overwhelmingly white writers and editors who worked for Peretz knew his work was monstrous, and often struggled over the morality of accepting his money (as did I, during my brief internship there). But none ever resigned en masse as they did over the firing of two white male editors today. That fact is just a particularly egregious example of a much larger problem among the elite Beltway publications: a lack of diversity and a begrudging tolerance of racism that go hand-in-hand.

Here are the sorts of things that Peretz wrote or said over the years; all but the speeches here ran on the New Republic’s pages or website.

Quoted speaking on the “cultural deficiencies” of “the black population”:

Citing statistics on out-of-wedlock births among blacks, Martin Peretz, editor in chief of The New Republic, said, “So many in the black population are afflicted by cultural deficiencies.” Asked what he meant, Peretz responded, “I would guess that in the ghetto a lot of mothers don’t appreciate the importance of schooling.” Mfume challenged Peretz, saying, “You can’t really believe that. Every mother wants the best for their children.” Peretz agreed, then added, “But a mother who is on crack is in no position to help her children get through school.” Some in the audience of 2,600 young Jewish leaders hissed at Peretz’s remarks.

Writing on the “lives of Africans”:

The truth is that no one has ever really cared about the lives of Africans in Africa unless those lives are taken out by whites. No one has cared, not even African Americans like [Jesse] Jackson and [Susan] Rice. Frankly — I have not a scintilla of evidence for this but I do have my instincts and my grasp of his corruptibility — I suspect that Jackson was let in on the diamond trade or some other smarmy commerce.

Writing on the “deficiencies” of “Latin society”:

Well, I am extremely pessimistic about Mexican-American relations, not because the U.S. had done anything specifically wrong to our southern neighbor but because a (now not quite so) wealthy country has as its abutter a Latin society with all of its characteristic deficiencies: congenital corruption, authoritarian government, anarchic politics, near-tropical work habits, stifling social mores, Catholic dogma with the usual unacknowledged compromises, an anarchic counter-culture and increasingly violent modes of conflict.

By far his worst screeds, though, were reserved for Muslims and Arabs, whom he famously argued should all be stripped of free speech rights:

But, frankly, Muslim life is cheap, most notably to Muslims. And among those Muslims led by the Imaam Rauf there is hardly one who has raised a fuss about the routine and random bloodshed that defines their brotherhood. So, yes, I wonder whether I need honor these people and pretend that they are worthy of the privileges of the First Amendment which I have in my gut the sense that they will abuse.

On the “higher standards of civilization” that “we” (that most telling pronoun) hold than do Muslims:

I actually believe that Arabs are feigning outrage when they protest what they call American (or Israeli) “atrocities.” They are not shocked at all by what in truth must seem to them not atrocious at all. It is routine in their cultures. That comparison shouldn’t comfort us as Americans. We have higher standards of civilization than they do. But the mutilation of bodies and beheadings of people picked up at random in Iraq does not scandalize the people of Iraq unless victims are believers in their own sect or members of their own clan. And the truth is that we are less and less shocked by the mass death-happenings in the world of Islam. Yes, that’s the bitter truth. Frankly, even I–cynic that I am–was shocked in the beginning by the sectarian bloodshed in Iraq. But I am no longer surprised. And neither are you.

And no one resigned — including me, while I was an intern at the magazine for four months. Though I was unpaid, I eagerly accepted the resume-boosting prestige that came from working there. And, like the rest of the staff, I did it knowing it meant turning a blind eye to Peretz’s frequent screeds on the magazine’s website, fully aware that they were not just the crazy rants of an old racist but were in fact palpably damaging to the minority families who had to live in a society that was that much more intolerant because Peretz enjoyed a platform that legitimized his views.

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    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      Hell no.

    • Jekyll

      I’m in tears…hear I though I was the only one who cared for delicacies…

    • Jekyll

      Not on an Asian Toliet

    • Mehdi

      Ok tanveer, Okay!

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      A man’s bathroom is his honour. There are three rules about the bathroom. 1. The bathroom must be clean and dry. 2. The lighting must be good. 3. The bodna/lota must have a FLIPPING HANDLE.

      It is no laughing matter.

    • Mehdi

      Serious about your bathroom? You really want to talk about that again?

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      I was being very serious.

    • Mehdi

      I was teasing you.

      But I do confirm that I’m more interested in your usually smart comments.

    • Tanveer ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Khan

      Sorry, sometimes I forget that not everyone is as normal as my friends and I. We talk about such things often.

  • Mehdi

    Okay, but mentioning your bathroom is not always a very good idea

#ThingsThatAreNotMosques

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#ThingsThatAreNotMosques How did this hilarious hashtag get started? HOPE Not Hate explains

UKIP Mistake Cathedral For Mosque

by: Simon Cressy | on: Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 20:16

South Thanet UKIP branch have been left with egg on their face after making a huge mistake on the social network Twitter.

The BBC politics programme Daily Politics made a posting on their own Twitter feed that was attempting to demonstrate whether Nigel Farage had what it takes to become Prime Minister.

The BBC reporter Giles Dilnot posted a photo of two boxes, one labelled “Yes” and the other “No” and asked locals to take part in a simple opinion poll by posting a coloured ball in the appropriate box, with the results being revealed on the programme today.

South Thanet UKIP, the same area in Kent where Nigel Farage is aiming to become an MP in the general election next year to exception to the photograph posting a reply that said ” Perfect place to hold vote in front of a mosque in London. The BBC’s random means selective”

The BBC reporter attempted to explain that they might be wrong about their facts writing “You are SO wrong you might be embarrassed by that”

South Thanet UKIP asked Dilnot for the location and the BBC journalist was only too happy to oblige, informing the red faced Kippers that the photo was actually taken outside Westminster Cathedral !!

Here are some of the tweets
https://twitter.com/who_the_fa/status/537821277944549378
https://twitter.com/hannahgais/status/537817540790341632
https://twitter.com/Abdallah_172/status/537817511610552320
https://twitter.com/imraansiddiqi/status/537815749549916160

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    • downwithpants

      Maybe one day it will be a mosque….did I just hear a collective xenophobic butthole tighten?

    • Jekyll

      Jeez wiz, really?!? wow!

    • cmyfe .

      Have the box in front of a pub or better yet in front of a drug selling junkie and you might get a few “yes” votes.

    • HSkol

      So, what I’m hearing is that the dome does not involve indoor sporting events. Just joking. *runs fast* . . . *again* . . .

    • Zan

      From what I know domes in mosques are initiated but the Mughals.

  • HSkol

    Ha. Well, I can likely be labeled a social media nuisance.

Newcastle College bomb accused ‘planned Metro shooting

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Liam Lyburd has admitted nine charges relating to making five pipe bombs

Where is the sensationalist mass media coverage  in response to this revenge plotter.

Where was he radicalized?

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A man planned mass murder at his former college and a shooting spree on the Tyne and Wear Metro after building up an arsenal of weapons, a court heard.

Liam Lyburd, 19, admitted nine charges relating to making five pipe bombs on the first day of his trial.

But he denies eight charges of possessing the items with an intent to endanger life.

Newcastle Crown Court heard he told police he intended to “shoot a bunch of people” and blow up Newcastle College.

‘Kill bag’

The jury heard a document found on his computer read “people will die”.

Prosecutor Nick Dry told the court that following concerns raised about posts he had made on Facebook in November under the name Felix Burns, police went to the house on Hamilton Place, Newcastle, where he lived with his mother and sister and searched his room.

Officers found items including a black handgun and canisters of CS gas, along with a black “kill bag” which contained a balaclava, safety glasses, elbow and knee pads and a number of pipe bombs with nails taped around them.

Laughing as he was transported to the police station, after being arrested, he told detectives that it had been a “fantasy that he had no intention of carrying out”, the court heard.

The jury was told Investigations revealed images of Mr Lyburd he had taken of himself dressed for combat, armed with a Glock and brandishing a knife.

Detectives also found conversations he had on Skype with a girl in Iceland in which he spoke of his desire to kill and had referenced Norwegian killer Anders Breivik, as well as Jaylen Fryberg who shot high school five students in the United States.

He also discussed shooting commuters on the Tyne and Wear Metro system, saying he would be on “Valium at the time, and how he would resort to using his machete if the gun jammed”, the court heard.

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    • The greenmantle

      Do you want a list ?

    • Reynardine

      Hell, Mindy, it’s getting worse:

  • The greenmantle

    Although to be fair it is posted on that little known News site- the BBC

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