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I Urge An End To Calls For Retaliation Against "Islam"
Self | September 11, 2001 | Self

Posted on 09/11/2001 4:07:58 PM PDT by Illbay

Just above the text box into which I'm typing, it says, and I quote, "NO racist or violence posts."

Ladies and Gentlemen, FReepers of every race, CREED and color, I urge an immediate moratorium on the nauseatingly bigoted comments directed against "Islam," or "Muslims," or any negative reference to anyone strictly because of his or her religion. FR is no place for this trash, and I'd like to publicly call on the Esteemed Moderators to hunt down and erase all such tripe from FR.


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To: Illbay
I urge that we keep the high road.

What exactly is the high road? Remain peaceful? Tell that to all the people that died this week and their families. I've heard this argument for years and it all boils down to a "not fighting" mantra. Well this is not fighting -- it's defending our way of life. Bin Laden has proven over the last 10-12 years that he's escalating his war on America. Are you going to "take the high road" until he's at your door or kills someone you love? No Patriotic Red-Blooded American would think that, but an emeny of this country sure would. Which are you?
201 posted on 09/16/2001 5:18:59 AM PDT by Ptaz
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To: Illbay
Do you feel a need to "apologize" for the shameful attacks against innocent schoolchildren in Belfast last week?

Back off. Everyone knows the Catholics are all terrorists. You know why they don't allow Protestants to take Communion? That's when they are handing out the bombs!!!

202 posted on 09/16/2001 5:20:26 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Leroy S. Mort
I have noticed also that the Constitution is waved about when it serves certain pet interests. But it is quickly discarded as inconvenient at times like this.

And we're HOW MUCH BETTER than the left?

203 posted on 09/16/2001 5:21:14 AM PDT by Illbay
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To: Deb
Also, please post a link to actual footage of abuse.

Read this entire thread. Lots of stuff here.

204 posted on 09/16/2001 5:21:59 AM PDT by Illbay
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To: Non-Sequitur
Satisfied?

Not in the least. I ask for bread, and you give me sawdust.

A fatwa was pronounced against a novelist - Salman Rushdie - condemning him to death. None of these fatwas you provide do the same for arapigfit or osama bin satan. Unless and until that exists, I am driven to certain inescapable conclusions about islam.

205 posted on 09/16/2001 5:22:01 AM PDT by neutrino (neutrino)
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To: Ptaz
The high road is not to ignorantly claim that everyone in a religion is a terrorist. That's what got those kids killed at Waco.
206 posted on 09/16/2001 5:22:51 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: rwfromkansas
If anyone, no matter their religion, "cheers" what has happened then they do not deserve to be among us.

But that wasn't my original point, was it?

207 posted on 09/16/2001 5:23:26 AM PDT by Illbay
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To: Leroy S. Mort
You know, I do believe that we should send home all citizens of Middle Eastern nations that are currently here on visas of any kind. I would draw the line at those whose citizenship application has been pending.

But for the sake of our safety, and that of these visitors to our shores, they need to leave.

That is not, however, limited to only those who are Muslim.

208 posted on 09/16/2001 5:25:53 AM PDT by Illbay
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To: Illbay, neutrino, TigersEye
Illbay, you are a hater of the Jews, God's Chosen People. You are a hater of the Church, Christ's body, all Christians. You are a hater of Americans, Confederates, and, it seems, anyone who does not come alongside you in your doctrine.

I thank God you still have time to repent, Illbay, but here is the Truth:

The Time Is Growing Short. Seek the Lord while He may be found.

Tuesday, the 18th: Rosh Hashanah
Thursday, the 27th: Yom Kippur.

209 posted on 09/16/2001 5:26:17 AM PDT by .30Carbine
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To: sinkspur
Can you read?

I agree that Satan is using the radicals. What if he is using them to destroy Islam and the Middle East?

210 posted on 09/16/2001 5:28:17 AM PDT by Skip Ripley
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To: Illbay
Thanks for the post. Bear in mind that Bin Laden has a history of moving in and around various racial groups. The Bin Laden activity is not limited to solely one racial group.
211 posted on 09/16/2001 5:31:40 AM PDT by BrucefromMtVernon
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To: DJ MacWoW
bookmark
212 posted on 09/16/2001 5:36:19 AM PDT by Stultis
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To: Illbay
This is as good a thread as any.

I have many concerns about the future of our nation. We are the United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave. We are at war and will be for years. Remember what this country stands for, liberty and freedom. Unless we all stand together as one, we will never prevail.

It seems rather silly now, but how many threads have been devoted to the South and the Confederacy and the debate on whether or not one can be proud of our Southern Heritage without embracing slavery? We in the South know what it is like to be regarded as evil racists based on nothing more than where we proudly call home. Blacks know what it is like to be judged and dismissed based on skin color alone. Every segment of our society has gone through a period when they were judged on race and/or creed. How many of us were sickened when Al Gore went to the black community and accused us of wanting to go back to the days of counting blacks as 3/5 of a person?

It is time for us to put our money where our mouth is. For if we condemn any segment of our society based on their religion, we are hypocrites.

We are land of the free and home of the brave. We need to support our country and our President 200% and then some. But we also must be ever vigilant that the battle is to protect our freedom, not destroy it. I do not want to have to card an National ID card. I do not want to be required to carry papers. I do not want the airlines or any other public agency to have a database to track my movements. I do not want to have to justify why I am entering South Carolina from Georgia. And as much as it would sicken me and everyone else on this forum, if Joe Blow wants to stand on a street corner and verbally trash our country, I want him to be able to do so without fear of arrest or retribution.

213 posted on 09/16/2001 5:36:55 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: veronica
Yeah, kill innocent women and children, that always solves the problem. Comeon, we are all angry and want vengeance, but let's think rationally here.
215 posted on 09/16/2001 5:41:40 AM PDT by Mr.Clark
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To: DistantVoice
The Catholics haven't condemned it either. Nor the Seventh Day Adventists. Wipe 'em all the terrorist religions.
216 posted on 09/16/2001 5:42:56 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: Mr.Clark
You miss the point of Doug's piece.

That is that we cannot allow the possiblity that innocents may die to deter us.

But if innocents do die, their blood in NOT ON OUR HANDS.

Meanwhile....

Islamic Jihad leader lauds attack against US

By Margot Dudkevitch

Islamic Jihad official in Gaza, Abdullah Shami, yesterday praised the terrorist attack on the US declaring he was glad that it had happened.

Speaking to reporters on Channel Two he said "What happened in the US made us extremely happy even if we were not responsible for it."

On Friday, Jerusalem Police detained the Mufti of Jerusalem Sheikh Ikrema Sabri for questioning for three hours on suspicions of contact with a foreign agent, travel without a permit to an enemy country, and incitement.

The allegations related to inflammatory statements he made in a sermon three weeks ago where he allegedly said that the White House will turn black, with God's help, and that America, England and Israel should be destroyed and a meeting he had last week with Hizbullah leader Hassan Nisrallah.

Sabri acknowledged that he had made statements against the US in the past but stressed that he had nothing to do with last week's terrorist attack in New York and Washington.

However he told reporters "clearly, we are against the American bias in Israel's favor."

Police waited until the end of prayers at the El Aksa mosque before taking Sabri for questioning.

Police officials said they suspected Sabri of coordinating resistance activities with Nasrallah who he met last week at a conference. They warned him not to enter Jerusalem again.

218 posted on 09/16/2001 5:53:44 AM PDT by veronica
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To: veronica
I understand that innocents will be killed in the attacks, but I responded to a post which I thought called for the deaths of innocent people.
219 posted on 09/16/2001 5:55:05 AM PDT by Mr.Clark
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To: DistantVoice
Hey, just because it hasn't happened doesn't mean it couldn't happen. Remember we were friends with the Germans before they bombed Pearl Harbor.
220 posted on 09/16/2001 5:58:04 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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