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Old 10-08-2013, 02:07 PM
 
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Pakistani Muslims Form Human Chain To Protect Christians During Mass (PHOTOS)

Amazing, how these people are risking their lives.
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Old 10-08-2013, 02:17 PM
 
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What would make you think that they lack the courage or bravery to do something that they believe in? Why does that "amaze" you? Because Fox News and the Tabloid Media never told you before that they have morals and courage?

By the way, the Pakistanis in the pictures are not risking their lives. Nobody objects to what they are doing. The number of Pakistanis who would publicly support the rights of Christians is probably much larger than the number of Americans who would publicly support the rights of Muslims. As we saw when Muslims wanted to construct a prayer center near the WTC site.

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Old 10-08-2013, 02:47 PM
 
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The number of Pakistanis who would publicly support the rights of Christians is probably much larger than the number of Americans who would publicly support the rights of Muslims. As we saw when Muslims wanted to construct a prayer center near the WTC site.
Are Americans supposed to feel bad about that?

I'll gladly participate in the public humiliation & shunning of members of the Westboro church, if you'll humiliate & shun some radical mullahs..

But whenever I read stories like this :

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I think of the backwoods Christians that my society has already pushed out of the mainstream. Don't get me wrong, we do allow religious zealouts to drink strychnine, dance with rattlesnakes & eat peyote, but we don't allow them to run our country.
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Old 10-08-2013, 03:16 PM
 
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The number of Pakistanis who would publicly support the rights of Christians is probably much larger than the number of Americans who would publicly support the rights of Muslims. As we saw when Muslims wanted to construct a prayer center near the WTC site.
You you take one situation and apply to across groups that are not related...
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Old 10-08-2013, 03:41 PM
 
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You you take one situation and apply to across groups that are not related...
or we could take any one of thousands of attacks by muslims against non-muslims based upon faith that happens regularly around the world
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Old 10-08-2013, 05:01 PM
 
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What would make you think that they lack the courage or bravery to do something that they believe in? Why does that "amaze" you? Because Fox News and the Tabloid Media never told you before that they have morals and courage?

By the way, the Pakistanis in the pictures are not risking their lives. Nobody objects to what they are doing. The number of Pakistanis who would publicly support the rights of Christians is probably much larger than the number of Americans who would publicly support the rights of Muslims. As we saw when Muslims wanted to construct a prayer center near the WTC site.
It does take courage for a Muslim to stand up to terrorists anywhere in the world, which is why there are so few that are seen doing this.

Pakistan is pretty much a militant fundamentalist Muslim state. They are constantly sending killers over the border into India and this is pretty much done with government approval.

Considering the killing that has been done recently of Christian groups in Pakistan, sure it take courage. Those fundies are heart eating rabid dogs.

I don't watch Fox. Don't be insulting.

Muslims have a LOT more freedom in the US than do other religions in Muslim countries. Here, and in all Western countries that I can think of I can say God is dead, or Jesus is a bastard. Can I say Mohammad was a pedophile in most Muslim countries? Come on, there were death threats here over a cartoon and look at what Salmon Rushdie went through. You've got to be kidding.
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Old 10-08-2013, 11:19 PM
 
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You you take one situation and apply to across groups that are not related...
Then maybe there shouldn't be a thread about "one situation", if you don't want us to apply our responses to it.

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or we could take any one of thousands of attacks by muslims against non-muslims based upon faith that happens regularly around the world
I lived in a Muslm country (as a non-Muslim) for two years, and never saw a single one of those thousands of attacks, nor ever even heard of one. Meanwhile, let's see if we can think of an attack by non-Muslims against Muslims. I'll help jog your memory. Afghanistan. Iraq.

I have an advantage over you, though. I'm old enough to remember in my lifetime when virtually the entire Muslim world was a British or a French colony. How is that for attacks based on faith?

Meanwhile, it always nice to see that there is a steady flow of fresh new mindless Muslim-bashing threads here for all the degenerate haters to gang up in.

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Old 10-09-2013, 06:37 AM
 
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Jutr, this is not a Muslim bashing thread. You're confused. It's a Muslim praising thread. Please don't take offense where none is meant.

There are violent groups of people the world over who are calling themselves Muslim and are hiding behind religion but by their actions we all know they are not religious. They are either power mad manipulators or simple minded dupes. I don't think you wish to embrace these as good examples of the faith.

Those are the people who deserve more than bashing.

Countries often make decisions that their people have no choice in. China and India have taken many jobs from the US. Do we hate the Chinese and Indian people - of course not. That makes no sense. Most Chinese and Indians are fine upstanding people. Don't use a countries' politician's choices to punish the people of the country. That's just insane.
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Old 10-09-2013, 07:42 AM
 
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Meanwhile, it always nice to see that there is a steady flow of fresh new mindless Muslim-bashing threads here for all the degenerate haters to gang up in.
I see a "thread of peace",not haterz - you can't blame us for the actions of a few radicals.
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Old 10-09-2013, 09:36 AM
 
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Then maybe there shouldn't be a thread about "one situation", if you don't want us to apply our responses to it.
My point was that you said Pakistanis support Christians more than Americans support Muslims and pointed to the Muslim mosque 2 blocks from the World Trade Center attack. I felt that was a bad example standing alone. That's it.

Here is an article, as a reminder, about the opening of the mosque. I rememebr thinking, why would they want to build a new mosque right near this terrible attack performed by fanatics of Islam? What are they trying to achieve? Lack of communication (with the families, first responders, and people living and working there), I believe, was the real problem. I was never for or against it in the beginning, especially not living in that community, as I didn't understand the purpose. Knowing their goals, I became for it.

Ground zero mosque opened to public Wednesday - CSMonitor.com
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