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Complete elimination of such ideology from Africa will help Africans to live peacefully.
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BOKO HARAM AND THE HISTORY OF CHILD RAPE IN JIHAD
The world media calls this a "kidnapping" in Nigeria. It is not a "kidnapping." It is the face of Jihad, the way of Jihad. Boko Haram are not holding these girls for ransom, they are not willing to return them for money. They already view the girls as their God-given booty, and as sale-able property.
The girls are between the ages of twelve and fifteen. The Christian girls will be raped, converted to Islam, and then, like the Muslims girls, "married" to one of their captors. Some will be trafficked into the sex trade, which is pandemic throughout Africa and the Muslim Middle East. Sharia law allows men to purchase the sexual favors of a female child or a young woman for one hour, a week, or a month. Private and public brothels exist as well.
Please understand: Boko Haram are the Nigerian Taliban. Like their Pakistani and Afghan counterparts, they oppose education for girls and would rather marry and impregnate them instead--for Allah's sake.
This behavior is absolutely par for the course in Islamic history. Anyone who is surprised or shocked by this latest outrage in Nigeria simply does not know the facts.
Boko Haram's behavior is typical of any armed Muslim force beginning in Mohammed's time. The Prophet's warriors went on raids and systematically massacred the Jewish tribes in Arabia. The men who refused to convert were beheaded--and then the Prophet divided the women, children, houses, and chattels among the Muslims. The women were forcibly converted and kept as "wives" or slaves.
Thereafter, Muslim warriors in search of power, land, and gold, did much the same thing.
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http://tarekfatah.com/are-the-actions-o ... ic-sharia/
He is indeed brave man to say this in public on TV.
He is indeed brave man to say this in public on TV.
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In Mansehra in the Islamic Republic Of Pakistan, Mohammadden Cleric arrested for gang rape:
Seminary head among four held in rape case
Seminary head among four held in rape case
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Are there 4 muslim male witnessees who will testify? otherwise its the girl who is going to be put to deaath for adultery
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Is TSP had true shariat those four held would become the witnesses!
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Mohammaddens set Sikh religious flag ablaze, setting off a riot in Hyderabad :
Communal clashes between Sikhs and Muslims in Hyderabad, 4 killed in police firing
Communal clashes between Sikhs and Muslims in Hyderabad, 4 killed in police firing
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Italian Girls Fined $3,500 each for Wearing Swimsuits Near Muslims on Italian Beach
It seems euro-peons sickulars are as good as Indian sickulars.
Adder later: My apologies for posting a spoofing article, I did not know that.
It seems euro-peons sickulars are as good as Indian sickulars.
Adder later: My apologies for posting a spoofing article, I did not know that.
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Its a Hoax from an eyetalian satire site translated and propagated as a serious artecal by someone in the anglophone media.
Its a Hoax from an eyetalian satire site translated and propagated as a serious artecal by someone in the anglophone media.
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Trying to fathom the Mohammadden mindset in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Per below link, why on earth would the performing of what appears to be a Mohammadden religious hymn about the wedding of the daughter of Mohammaddenism’s founder in a wedding re-enactment have the beards of the pure and the pious quivering in righteous anger while having a section of the media abjectly apologising? Surely performing a religious hymn in a wedding and its re-enactments is correct more so when the hymn and the wedding are related to the same Mohammadden religion?
Any one knows where this clip can be viewed?.:
Pakistan’s Geo TV under fire for ‘blasphemy’
anupmisra wrote:This is the AoA moment worthy of a sitcom. Mammoth protests against Geo Television "Netwrok" for alleged blasphemy
Representatives of all sects, different political parties, religious groups and student organizations voiced against the alleged blasphemous act of Geo group for in which family of Holy Prophet Mohammed "PBHU" <sic> was ridiculed.Jamat-ud-Dawa’s chief Hafiz Saeed Ahmed held a protest in Lahore in which he said “Geo News’ apology cannot be accepted as it is not in the hands of any cleric or government to forgive a blasphemous act. Geo must take the responsibility of what it has done. Geo is facing the wrath of Allah for its sins.”Double AoA!!The already in troubled Geo Television Network had conferred with another grave accusation of blasphemy for allegedly insulting family of Holy Prophet Mohammed PBUH during the marriage drama of Veena Malik.
Trying to fathom the Mohammadden mindset in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
Per below link, why on earth would the performing of what appears to be a Mohammadden religious hymn about the wedding of the daughter of Mohammaddenism’s founder in a wedding re-enactment have the beards of the pure and the pious quivering in righteous anger while having a section of the media abjectly apologising? Surely performing a religious hymn in a wedding and its re-enactments is correct more so when the hymn and the wedding are related to the same Mohammadden religion?
Any one knows where this clip can be viewed?.:
Pakistan’s Geo TV under fire for ‘blasphemy’
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A dastardly act that does nothing to buttress the claim by followers of Mohammaddenism that their Religion is “The Religion Of Peace”:
Blasphemy accused Ahmadi man gunned down in Punjab
A dastardly act that does nothing to buttress the claim by followers of Mohammaddenism that their Religion is “The Religion Of Peace”:
Blasphemy accused Ahmadi man gunned down in Punjab
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More Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion based sectarian killing with “minority” Shia Mohammadden sect at the receiving end:
Estate agent killed in ‘sectarian’ attack
More Green on Green Intra-Mohammadden religion based sectarian killing with “minority” Shia Mohammadden sect at the receiving end:
Estate agent killed in ‘sectarian’ attack
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TOI reports that “BJP general-secretary Amit Shah said his party succeeded "because the number of people who are not part of the politics of vote bank are much more".”
May the results of LS Election 2014 be a lesson for the political parties with a penchant for pandering to communal Mohammadden vote under the pretext of being secular, that vote bank politics can only take one so far in the electoral battle:
Election results 2014: Reverse polarization is why Muslim votes did not count in UP and Bihar
Meanwhile expatriate Mohammadden Indians residing in that exemplar of religious tolerance, secularism and democracy , Saudi Arabia, hold a meeting they have termed as a “condolence meeting on the sad demise of secularism in India” :
Indian expats shocked at drubbing of secular parties in national polls
May the results of LS Election 2014 be a lesson for the political parties with a penchant for pandering to communal Mohammadden vote under the pretext of being secular, that vote bank politics can only take one so far in the electoral battle:
Election results 2014: Reverse polarization is why Muslim votes did not count in UP and Bihar
Meanwhile expatriate Mohammadden Indians residing in that exemplar of religious tolerance, secularism and democracy , Saudi Arabia, hold a meeting they have termed as a “condolence meeting on the sad demise of secularism in India” :
Indian expats shocked at drubbing of secular parties in national polls
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May the Gods protect us all from the need of ever having to appear before a Mohammadden Religious Court. From Sudan, the gross intolerance of Mohammadden Religious law on display.:
Islamic court permits pregnant woman to give birth before she is hanged
Sudanese court says that Meriam Yehya Ibrahim who faces a death sentence for apostasy can have her baby
By Lucy Kinder
7:36PM BST 16 May 2014
An Islamic court in the Sudanese capital has said that a pregnant woman sentenced to hang for apostasy after she married a Christian man will be allowed to give birth before she is executed.
Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, who was born to a Muslim father but brought up a Christian by her mother, was convicted on Sunday in Khartoum and given three days to recant her faith or face a possible death sentence.
“We gave you three days to recant but you insist on not returning to Islam. I sentence you to be hanged,” Judge Abbas Mohammed Al-Khalifa told Mrs Ibrahim, addressing her by her father’s name, Adraf Al-Hadi Mohammed Abdullah.
Mrs Ibrahim also faces a sentence of flogging for adultery on the grounds that her marriage to a Christian man from South Sudan is considered void under Islamic law. She will be given 100 lashes. Because her father was Muslim, she was considered by the court to be the same.
Mrs Ibrahim told the judge: “I am a Christian and I never committed apostasy.” ………………………….
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^ Horrible! Thats all I can say.
Reminds me of the horror that our ancestors would have gone through trying to protect their religion and culture.
Reminds me of the horror that our ancestors would have gone through trying to protect their religion and culture.
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Hitler's Face Will Appear On Twenty D.C. Buses for the Next Four Weeks
Brilliant!
Can one imagine if someone had done this India!!!
All the sickular's would have a field day!
Brilliant!
Can one imagine if someone had done this India!!!
All the sickular's would have a field day!
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Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria with Sanctions in 2013 for Fighting Boko Haram
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63066
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63066
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Ministers paid £1m to suspect 'seen at al-Qaeda terror camp’
Questions are raised over why Feroz Abbasi was given payment for his time in Guantánamo when Whitehall officials were told he had been at an al-Qaeda training camp planning attacks on Jewish and American targets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -camp.html
Questions are raised over why Feroz Abbasi was given payment for his time in Guantánamo when Whitehall officials were told he had been at an al-Qaeda training camp planning attacks on Jewish and American targets
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... -camp.html
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I hope , people now understand the usefuleness of Saudi and consequently Pakistan to the USA. When Nigerians want a greter say in thier natural resources and begin taking on the Big MNC oil companies.Haresh wrote:Obama Administration Threatened Nigeria with Sanctions in 2013 for Fighting Boko Haram
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/63066
One call from Washington to Riyadh and a call for from Riyadh to Lagos and viola Boko Haram is born to tie down the Nigerians and distract them controlling Oil revenues and development of thier economy.
From one standpoint Riyadh along with those who consider themselves thier slaves has delivered when Soviets attacked Afganistan, contain Nationalism in India, and keep India busy in Kashmir, ressitence to Iran influence, Syrian Rebillion, Libyan Rebillion, Chechnyan rebels.
The Dog has served its master very well
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So, is Nigeeria thee new Midle East?? Balle Balle
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/708086/reco ... realities/
"IIUI President Dr Al-Draiweesh said the university was considering establishing a fatwa institute by next year which would launch a degree programme to enable graduates to issue decrees" !!
Way to go ! Paki University to start a graduate program which will enable the graduates to start issuing fatwas , from the day they graduate !!
"IIUI President Dr Al-Draiweesh said the university was considering establishing a fatwa institute by next year which would launch a degree programme to enable graduates to issue decrees" !!
Way to go ! Paki University to start a graduate program which will enable the graduates to start issuing fatwas , from the day they graduate !!
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dada wrote:http://tribune.com.pk/story/708086/reco ... realities/
"IIUI President Dr Al-Draiweesh said the university was considering establishing a fatwa institute by next year which would launch a degree programme to enable graduates to issue decrees" !!
Way to go ! Paki University to start a graduate program which will enable the graduates to start issuing fatwas , from the day they graduate !!
Why an institute. I issue decrees before, after and during gulps of fine toddy in my lungi. No graduates, no pre-requisites, no forms to fill etc etc etc. Ofcourse, ahem..The number and absurdity of decrees increases as the bottle gets empty.
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Saudi Arabian vandalizes temple statues
A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested for vandalizing Buddhist statues at a temple in downtown Tokyo.
Police say they received an emergency call about a foreigner behaved violently at the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Taito Ward at around midnight on Wednesday.
They say officers who rushed to the scene found 4 Buddhist statues lying broken on the ground.
Police say they questioned a 31-year-old Saudi Arabian graduate school student nearby, and the man admitted that he had destroyed the statues.
The vandalism involved 3 stone statues measuring 60 to 100 centimeters tall and a 200-centimeter tall bronze one that was made about 300 years ago.
It has been designated as the ward's significant cultural property.
Police say the man told them that he has conducted similar vandalism at another temple.
Jun. 11, 2014 - Updated 12:27 UTC
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/english/ ... 11_43.html
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Is this the first instance of Jihad in Japan, Surasena-ji?Surasena wrote:Saudi Arabian vandalizes temple statues
A Saudi Arabian man has been arrested for vandalizing Buddhist statues at a temple in downtown Tokyo.
Police say they received an emergency call about a foreigner behaved violently at the Sensoji Temple in Asakusa, Taito Ward at around midnight on Wednesday.
They say officers who rushed to the scene found 4 Buddhist statues lying broken on the ground.
Police say they questioned a 31-year-old Saudi Arabian graduate school student nearby, and the man admitted that he had destroyed the statues.
The vandalism involved 3 stone statues measuring 60 to 100 centimeters tall and a 200-centimeter tall bronze one that was made about 300 years ago.
It has been designated as the ward's significant cultural property.
Police say the man told them that he has conducted similar vandalism at another temple.
Jun. 11, 2014 - Updated 12:27 UTC
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Depends on what you would consider Jihad.nageshks wrote:
Is this the first instance of Jihad in Japan, Surasena-ji?
See this:
Unfortunately the video has been taken down from all places."Muslim Punch, You Die".
Pakistani Muslim & his Burka Wife at a Japanese Airport Immigration embarrass themselves
https://www.facebook.com/tarekfatah/pos ... 8329510012
I also saw Muslims in Tokyo holding placards saying the Danish cartoonists should be beheaded during that issue.
But yes, this might be the first physical incident though I can't be 100% sure.
Reminds me of wise Aizawa Seishisai's warning in 1825:
The only nation besides our own that is not yet befouled by either Islam or Christianity is the Manchu Ch'ing empire. Countries such as Korea or Annam have also done an admirable job of maintaining their independence (tokuritsu) by remaining unconverted to those occult religions.
- Anti-foreignism and Western Learning in Early-modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825 by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi, p. 13
The biggest difference between earlier barbarians and those of today, Aizawa argued, was the unity and strength that contemporary Westerners derived from Christianity and Islam:
In eras past, their only means of winning and maintaining obedience among their vast hordes was to lure with promises of booty and intimidate with displays of force. As a result those hordes lacked integration and permanence. But now the religions (kyoho) of Islam and Christianity have provided Western leaders with these two elements and more. Today, each barbarian tribe, while maintaining its own territory, allies itself with all others to convert the entire world to their religion. This is indeed a far cry from the past.
- Anti-foreignism and Western Learning in Early-modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825 by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi, p. 110
After Japan won the Russo-Japanese war, the Muslims sent delegations hoping to convert Japan:In today's era of warring states, the Mogul and Turkish empires use Islam to strengthen their armies and enlarge their domains, Turkey being the more successful. But neither has attempted to invade our Middle Kingdom because they specialize in cavalry warfare to the detriment of naval operations.
- Anti-foreignism and Western Learning in Early-modern Japan: The New Theses of 1825 by Bob Tadashi Wakabayashi, p. 196
The first symptom of a change in attitude appeared during the Russo-Japanese War of 1904. So great had Islam's fear and hatred of the Christian West then become, that the triumph of an Asiatic people over Europeans was enthusiastically hailed by many Moslems, even though the victors were "Idolaters." It was quite in keeping with Pan-Islamism's strong missionary bent that many pious Moslems should have dreamed of bringing these heroes within the Islamic fold. Efforts to get in touch with Japan were made. Propagandist papers were founded, missionaries were selected, and the Sultan sent a warship to Japan with a Pan-Islamic delegation aboard. Throughout Islam the projected conversion of Japan was widely discussed. Said an Egyptian journal in the year 1906: "England, with her sixty million Indian Moslems, dreads this conversion. With a Mohammedan Japan, Mussulman policy would change entirely."[50] And, at the other end of the Moslem world, a Chinese Mohammedan sheikh wrote: "If Japan thinks of becoming some day a very great power and making Asia the dominator of the other continents, it will be only by adopting the blessed religion of Islam."[51]
Of course it soon became plain to these enthusiasts that while Japan received Islam's emissaries with smiling courtesy, she had not the faintest intention of turning Mohammedan. Nevertheless, the first step had been taken towards friendly relations with non-Moslem Asia, and the Balkan War drove Moslems much further in this direction. The change in Moslem sentiment can be gauged by the numerous appeals made by the Indian Mohammedans at this time to Hindus, as may be seen from the following sample entitled significantly "The Message of the East." "Spirit of the East," reads this noteworthy document, "arise and repel the swelling flood of Western aggression! Children of Hindustan, aid us with your wisdom, culture, and wealth; lend us your power, the birthright and heritage of the Hindu! Let the Spirit Powers hidden in the Himalayan mountain-peaks arise. Let prayers to the god of battles float upward; prayers that right may triumph over might; and call to your myriad gods to annihilate the armies of the foe!"[52]
To any one who realizes the traditional Moslem attitude towards "Idolaters" such words are simply amazing. They betoken a veritable revolution in outlook. And such sentiments were not confined to Indian Moslems; they were equally evident among Chinese Moslems as well. Said a Mohammedan newspaper of Chinese Turkestan, advocating a fraternal union of all Chinese against Western aggression: "Europe has grown too presumptuous. It will deprive us of our liberty; it will destroy us altogether if we do not bestir ourselves promptly and prepare for a powerful resistance."[53] During the troublous first stages of the Chinese revolution, the Mohammedans, emerging from their sulky aloofness, co-operated so loyally with their Buddhist and Confucian fellow-patriots that Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen, the Republican[Pg 61] leader, announced gratefully: "The Chinese will never forget the assistance which their Moslem fellow-countrymen have rendered in the interest of order and liberty."[54]
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24107/24 ... tm#Page_59
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@Surasena-ji,
Thanks for the info. This is fantastic stuff. Do you blog all this anywhere? If not, may I suggest that you do so? This stuff needs to be known by everyone, and you have very solid info on Japan (I didn't even know about Aizawa until you posted about him on the Buddhist thread).
Thanks for the info. This is fantastic stuff. Do you blog all this anywhere? If not, may I suggest that you do so? This stuff needs to be known by everyone, and you have very solid info on Japan (I didn't even know about Aizawa until you posted about him on the Buddhist thread).
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Japanese converts? Or immigrants? I know a couple who were married in Japan by a Japanese mulla.Surasena wrote:I also saw Muslims in Tokyo holding placards saying the Danish cartoonists should be beheaded during that issue.
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I saw posts in FB that Islam was banned in Japan. Is there any truth to that?
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I have this video downloaded on my disk.Surasena wrote:...
See this:Unfortunately the video has been taken down from all places."Muslim Punch, You Die".
Pakistani Muslim & his Burka Wife at a Japanese Airport Immigration embarrass themselves
https://www.facebook.com/tarekfatah/pos ... 8329510012
I also saw Muslims in Tokyo holding placards saying the Danish cartoonists should be beheaded during that issue.
But yes, this might be the first physical incident though I can't be 100% sure.
Reupped in Dailymotion here >> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zb5t ... papers_fun
Youtube however is rejecting this video at the upload stage itself (maybe some automatic lookup against past taken down videos)
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Lilo wrote:
Youtube however is rejecting this video at the upload stage itself (maybe some automatic lookup against past taken down videos)
maybe little editing of the video ( like shortening by a few secs) may help in case youtube just matches with some signature calculated on earlier version.
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See:nageshks wrote:@Surasena-ji,
Thanks for the info. This is fantastic stuff. Do you blog all this anywhere? If not, may I suggest that you do so? This stuff needs to be known by everyone, and you have very solid info on Japan (I didn't even know about Aizawa until you posted about him on the Buddhist thread).
http://vajrin.wordpress.com/2013/09/07/ ... velopment/
Several posts on Japan there.
Foreign muslims.Agnimitra wrote: Japanese converts? Or immigrants? I know a couple who were married in Japan by a Japanese mulla.
No truth to it.Yogi_G wrote:I saw posts in FB that Islam was banned in Japan. Is there any truth to that?
Japan has little immigration of all foreigners and they are unofficially especially wary of Muslims and monotheists in general including Christians.
Thanks for the re-upload, will spread it around. Keep it saved as they will try to get it taken down again.Lilo wrote:[I have this video downloaded on my disk.
Reupped in Dailymotion here >> http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1zb5t ... papers_fun
Youtube however is rejecting this video at the upload stage itself (maybe some automatic lookup against past taken down videos
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Anindya
Quote: Boko Haram are the Nigerian Taliban. Like their Pakistani and Afghan counterparts, they oppose education for girls and would rather marry and impregnate them instead--for Allah's sake.
We need a clear OPERATIONAL DEFINITION of ALLAH to deal with this menace.
ALLAH = a single whole = a collective of muslim males(slaves) in the age category of 12-90.
Boys till the age of 12 are thoroughly brainwashed-indoctrinated (after separating them from their mothers / female influence of all kinds. )
Boys in the age category 12-40 serves as soldiers of allah (allah ke bande), mercenaries , ready to kill & die in the process.
Males above 40 serve as philosopher-guide-teachers to produce the next generation of killers.
It is a self organising -self perpetuating whole ! whose shelf life is much longer than the average shelf life of mujahid-suicide killers
To manage ALLAH, we need to focus & eliminate the 3rd category thru targeted assasinations.
Quote: Boko Haram are the Nigerian Taliban. Like their Pakistani and Afghan counterparts, they oppose education for girls and would rather marry and impregnate them instead--for Allah's sake.
We need a clear OPERATIONAL DEFINITION of ALLAH to deal with this menace.
ALLAH = a single whole = a collective of muslim males(slaves) in the age category of 12-90.
Boys till the age of 12 are thoroughly brainwashed-indoctrinated (after separating them from their mothers / female influence of all kinds. )
Boys in the age category 12-40 serves as soldiers of allah (allah ke bande), mercenaries , ready to kill & die in the process.
Males above 40 serve as philosopher-guide-teachers to produce the next generation of killers.
It is a self organising -self perpetuating whole ! whose shelf life is much longer than the average shelf life of mujahid-suicide killers
To manage ALLAH, we need to focus & eliminate the 3rd category thru targeted assasinations.
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Atheism explodes in Saudi Arabia, despite state-enforced ban
In the "cradle of Islam," a growing number of people are quietly declaring themselves nonbelievers
“The idea of being irreligious and even atheist is spreading because of the contradiction between what Islamists say and what they do,”
The perception that atheism is no longer a taboo subject — at least two Gulf-produced television talk shows recently discussed it — may explain why the government has made talk of atheism a terrorist offense. The March 7 decree from the Ministry of Interior prohibited, among other things, “calling for atheist thought in any form, or calling into question the fundamentals of the Islamic religion on which this country is based.”
The number of people willing to admit to friends to being atheist or to declare themselves atheist online, usually under aliases, is certainly not big enough to be a movement or threaten the government. A 2012 poll by WIN-Gallup International of about 500 Saudis found that 5 percent described themselves as “convinced atheist.” This was well below the global average of 13 percent.
But the greater willingness to privately admit to being atheist reflects a general disillusionment with religion and what one Saudi called “a growing notion” that religion is being misused by authorities to control the population. This disillusionment is seen in a number of ways, ranging from ignoring clerical pronouncements to challenging and even mocking religious leaders on social media.
Together, the appearance of atheists, a growing wariness of religious controls on society, as well as the continuing lure of jihad and ultraconservatism signal a breakdown in the conformity and consensus that has marked the Saudi religious field in the recent past. It is becoming a more heterogenous and polarized faith scene.
“The mosques are full but society is losing its values. It’s more like a mechanical practice, like going church, you have to go on Sunday,” said a former employee of state media. “We no longer understand our religion, not because we don’t want to. But because our vision of it, our understanding of it, has been polluted by the monarchy…[and]…by the official religious establishment that only measures religion by what the monarchy wants and what pleases the monarchy.”
The growing skepticism about religion and clerics is more visible nowadays because of social media outlets, including tweets, blogs and Facebook pages.
At the same time, however, there is a countervailing trend in that some young Saudis are joining radical Islamist and jihadi movements, a trend reinforced by the war in Syria.
This attraction towards militant ultraconservatism is also apparent in the activities of unregulated religious vigilantes. Even as the government’s own religious police have come under stricter controls, these bands of young religious “volunteers” attack social gatherings to stop what they deem as prohibited activities, including music, dancing and gender mixing. In one famous incident in 2012, these “volunteers” raided the annual government-sponsored cultural festival known as Janadriya, where they clashed with security forces.
It is still dangerous to publicly admit one is an atheist because of the dire punishment one can face from a court system based on sharia, which regards disbelief in God as a capital offense.
In addition, conservative clerics who have considerable sway among Saudis, use the label ‘atheist’ to discredit those who question their strict interpretations of Islamic scriptures or express doubts about the dominant version of Islam known as Wahhabism.
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Why Aren't All Muslims Jihadists?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If5gXh7uVIo
The Political Side of Hijabs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQEcEYt ... e=youtu.be
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If5gXh7uVIo
The Political Side of Hijabs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQEcEYt ... e=youtu.be
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The map of mosques and terror - nice visual...