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All the rage - victim of US bloggers' cartoon hits back ('Islamic Rage Boy')
Guardian (UK) ^
| July 23, 2007
| Riazat Butt
Posted on 08/06/2007 8:47:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
With his clenched fists, wild eyes and gnashing teeth he has become the face of Muslim fury, protesting against the enemies of Islam. Shakeel Ahmad Bhat has been on the frontline of political activism in Srinagar, India, for more than a decade. His constant presence, captured by photographers and beamed across the world, has caught the imagination of rightwing bloggers who have dubbed him Islamic Rage Boy and turned him into an internet phenomenon.
Typing his nickname into a search engine yields more than 75,000 results. He has inspired a cartoon character and merchandise.
But the 30-year-old Kashmiri activist is puzzled, not angered, by his overseas fame. In his first interview with a British newspaper, he says he is carrying out Allah's wishes.
From his home in Fateh Kadal, Malik Angan, he says: "I am not happy with people joking about me or making me into a cartoon, but I have more important things to think about. My protests are for those Muslims who cannot go out onto the streets to cry out against injustice. This is my duty and I believe Allah has decided this for me."
Mr Bhat, a school dropout and former militant with a pro-Pakistan rebel group, has been arrested more than 300 times.
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Shakeel Ahmad BhatMoonbhat humor bump!
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posted on
08/07/2007 3:50:19 AM PDT
by
PGalt
To: beaversmom; dead
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posted on
08/07/2007 4:01:39 AM PDT
by
DCPatriot
("It aint what you don't know that kills you. It's what you know that aint so" Theodore Sturgeon))
To: dead
I think a Tigers fan might be more appropriate, but hell your the one with the talent.
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posted on
08/07/2007 4:09:00 AM PDT
by
normy
(Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; Slings and Arrows
This is The most genuinely funny thread on FR Ive ever read. IRB has the potential to jihad CheezBurgrCats. HOORAY to all!
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posted on
08/07/2007 4:09:42 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
To: indcons
Looks like the cops are thinking it’s pretty funny too! lol what a retard.
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posted on
08/07/2007 4:41:52 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:04:17 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:05:43 AM PDT
by
ovrtaxt
(Sworn to oppose control freaks, foreign and domestic.)
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To: dead; nutmeg
O.K.............I just needed the Heimlich maneuver during my bagel break.
This is absolutely the funniest thing on FR.
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:24:19 AM PDT
by
stanz
(Those who don't believe in evolution should go jump off the flat edge of the Earth.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet; MotleyGirl70
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:44:50 AM PDT
by
Cagey
(Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.......Thoreau)
To: ovrtaxt
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posted on
08/07/2007 5:50:04 AM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum)
To: indcons
To: lndrvr1972
Arrested 300 times I rest my case. I'll bet that I can guess what he likes about jail (Not that there's anything wrong with that...).
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posted on
08/07/2007 6:18:29 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(The Tree of Liberty thirsts.)
To: indcons
To: martin_fierro
Whenever, we see pictures of these demented/womanless Islamofascists, we know why the ACLU worked for years to prevent profiling in prevention of crime.
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posted on
08/07/2007 6:33:01 AM PDT
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Grampa Dave
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: PhilDragoo
SJS syndrome when connected with BDS and Hate America Syndrome produces some really butt ugly creatures.
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posted on
08/07/2007 6:37:30 AM PDT
by
Grampa Dave
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
What an ugly muslim male.
Would it be unseemly for me to assert that I am an enemy of Islam?
(guess I just did)
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posted on
08/07/2007 6:43:40 AM PDT
by
prairiebreeze
(PUT AMERICA AHEAD! VOTE FOR FRED!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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