[PhiloBedo]

.......”and men shaving off their beards in a show of defiance”..

If only some of the hipsters would do the same.

[unixfox]

And to think that some women here in the U.S. are trying to make the burqa a fashion statement.

Pathetic.

[grania]

I’m a cynic. How many of those shaving their beards and abandoning their costumes are actually ISIS blending in?

[Petrosius]

Now only if we could convince them that ISIS is Islam.

[Oratam]

Now come out of the darkness and into the light. Except Jesus Christ and be baptized.

[HLPhat]

>>They killed my son because he wouldn't pray.

 

"...who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such endeavoring to impose them on others, hath established and maintained false religions over the greatest part of the world, and through all time;

 

...

 

 that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order; and finally, that truth is great and will prevail if left to herself, that she is the proper and sufficient antagonist to error, and has nothing to fear from the conflict, unless by human interposition disarmed of her natural weapons, free argument and debate, errors ceasing to be dangerous when it is permitted freely to contradict them. "

 

"I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF TYRANNY OVER THE MIND OF MAN"

--The Virginia Act For Establishing Religious Freedom
--Thomas Jefferson, 1786

https://www.google.com/webhp?#q=truth%20is%20great%20and%20will%20prevail%20if%20left%20to%20herself

 

[PGR88]

Should have left Saddam in place.

Iran owns the southern half of Iraq. Turkey, ISIS and Syria fighting over the remainder

[pharmacopeia]

“and men shaving off their beards in a show of defiance against ISIS”

I’ve read the Koran twice now and for the life of me I can’t find anything that says men have to grow beards. The closest is when he chastises someone for an unkempt beard. Other Islamic countries don’t do this. Just the ones driven by Arabic culture and Wahhabism.

Nothing serious to say here.