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To: Jonathon Edwards

Muslims were able to protect themselves and others because they were not enmeshed in the Hutu-Tutsi rivalry that was promoted by political extremists in Rwanda. As had been the case on the Indian subcontinent and more recently in Rwanda's neighbor, Burundi, those who converted to Islam abandoned distinctions of caste. Because of this (and their small numbers, about 1% or 2% of the population) Rwandan muslims not primary targets in the genocide, either as victims or killers.

To suggest that the people resposible for saving themselves and thousands of others from certain death is despicable. To talk about going to fight the "evil Muslim hordes" during the Rwandan genocide when hundreds of thousands of people were systematically, raped, tortured, terrorized, killed and butchered by professing Christians is at best an example of your religious bigotry leading you astray and at worst an example of your desire to participate in the largest mass muder since the Holoocaust.


86 posted on 08/30/2005 10:50:02 AM PDT by zimdog
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To: zimdog

"...an example of your desire to participate in the largest mass muder since the Holoocaust."

Wat!?

EZ dude!

I'm neither Hootie nor Tootie.


100 posted on 08/30/2005 5:18:05 PM PDT by Jonathon Edwards
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