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It means "Allah (God) is Great". Go here and you'll hear that experession is common. Even I've heard several times, non-Muslim say that expression.
Media exageration, i think. If ISIS make fault, don't blame the whole religion.
I can't speak for Ariete, but I don't want to hear any of it where I live whether it's coming from a terrorist or not. Just like you have the right not to want to hear "USA! USA!" or "Jesus!" chants where you live and not to be overrun by a mass migration of American or European Christians.
I know it was a joke, and thought it was funny at the time. But after reading divisionzeros' response, I can see his point of view. Doubt it's funny to him to see his religion (which he does take seriously) being compared to an extremist terrorist group run by people thousands of miles away by a complete different culture and ethnicity without much in common other than the same religion. I find the "i'm being offended rants" tiring but I get why he might get a bit annoyed at hearing it.
Yeah, me too, but that reasoning was way too more thought through than my post. Of course I don't say every Muslim is an adherent of ISIS. The leader of the Egyptian Islamic congregation even vowed to stop using the IS-abbreviation, as the terrorist group has nothing to do with an Islamic State.
But there's no need to be hypersensitive either. I didn't meant it to be an insult. I was surprised to hear it on my street. Regularly you hear only drunken mutter or somebody shouting at their dog.
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Originally Posted by snj90
I can't speak for Ariete, but I don't want to hear any of it where I live whether it's coming from a terrorist or not. Just like you have the right not to want to hear "USA! USA!" or "Jesus!" chants where you live and not to be overrun by a mass migration of American or European Christians.
Well, it's a free country, so do what you like. I'm not the one telling people what to do on our streets.
Well, it's a free country, so do what you like. I'm not the one telling people what to do on our streets.
Nobody has an inherent right to live anywhere in the world they wish. That freedom does not exist and has never existed in the history of mankind. I simply want the freedom to live in a community governed and populated by my own people.
Nobody has an inherent right to live anywhere in the world they wish. That freedom does not exist and has never existed in the history of mankind. I simply want the freedom to live in a community governed and populated by my own people.
Don't completely agree. First, how do you define "your own people"? Personally, I don't really expect though don't object to a homogeneous place. A big city such as New York City always has been full of immigrants, expecting "your own people" however that might be defined is unreasonable there. In the 19th century there were no almost restrictions on entrance to the US.
Nobody has an inherent right to live anywhere in the world they wish. That freedom does not exist and has never existed in the history of mankind. I simply want the freedom to live in a community governed and populated by my own people.
Can't deny that, but I am happy living in a district 15% immigrant, which is high on Finnish standards and I like it. The neighbouring Ethiopian is "my people".
Nobody has an inherent right to live anywhere in the world they wish. That freedom does not exist and has never existed in the history of mankind. I simply want the freedom to live in a community governed and populated by my own people.
No issue if they integrate into the local population. But it REALLY bugs me when some come and cause increasing crime rates and want to live like they do back home (look at Sweden and increased rape and crime after immigration wave 2 decades ago).
That is all I'll say on this issue, don't want a ban for telling the truth.
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