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Atlanta Muslims decry U.S. raids on Iraq mosques
AJC ^ | October 15, 2004 | SHELIA M. POOLE

Posted on 10/16/2004 2:13:57 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen

A group of prominent Muslim community leaders in metro Atlanta voiced concerns Friday over U.S.-led raids on several mosques in Iraq. They said the raids violated the sanctity of the religious sites.

"There was no concern given to places of worship," said Amjad Taufique, a board member of Masjid Al-Hedaya in Marietta. "It's hurtful. . . . It's causing a lot of friction in the Muslim community."

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Imam Plemon El-Amin of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam compared the outrage many Muslims feel about the raids to what African-Americans felt after the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four young black girls.

"At some point during the 1960s, churches were under attack and the people who actually perpetrated the attack felt that they were justified because that's where the boycotts and sit-ins were being organized," El-Amin said. He stressed, however, that he does not condone insurgents turning mosques into "any kind of fortress."

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: gajihad; iraq; mosques; muslimamericans; paranoid; projection; religionofpeace
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It's bad enough for these people to be whining, but to compare what happened in Iraq to the 1963 Birmingham church bombing is beyond disgusting. There is no comparison.
1 posted on 10/16/2004 2:13:57 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen
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To: mhking; FreedomPoster; Travis McGee

Get a load of this.


2 posted on 10/16/2004 2:15:35 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Take the leaders names and red flag them.


3 posted on 10/16/2004 2:16:04 AM PDT by endthematrix (Bad news is good news for the Kerry campaign!)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
many Muslims feel about the raids to what African-Americans felt after the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four young black girls.

Those aren't young black girls in those mosques. Those are Black Panthers, if you insist on using the metaphor.

4 posted on 10/16/2004 2:17:09 AM PDT by Glenn (The two keys to character: 1) Learn how to keep a secret. 2) ...)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Where was the outrage when they were cutting off infidel heads?

Does anyone at all not understand what's going on? How there are zero moderate mooselimbs? They are 100% out to hurt infidels.


5 posted on 10/16/2004 2:18:45 AM PDT by Kornev
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Atlanta Masjid Of Al-Islam

Telephone: 404-378-1600


6 posted on 10/16/2004 2:20:50 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: Glenn

I hate it when people who flee their own culture come into another and give their best shot to praise the very culture that led to their ousting. Must be some kind of syndrome. We must make them aware of it. That's probably the only way these people will know they are sick in the mind.


7 posted on 10/16/2004 2:22:29 AM PDT by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
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8 posted on 10/16/2004 2:23:52 AM PDT by fso301
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Good spot on the phone number!

BUMP


9 posted on 10/16/2004 2:24:18 AM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno-World!")
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To: Vigilantcitizen
How many 9-11's can this country withstand?:

Islam, a Religion of Peace® ? Click this picture:


10 posted on 10/16/2004 2:25:57 AM PDT by backhoe (Just a Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the Trackball into the Dawn of Information...)
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Plemon El-Amin is a native....

A native Atlantan and graduate of Harvard University, he converted to the religion of Al-Islam in 1974.

Which makes his statements all the more disgusting.

11 posted on 10/16/2004 2:26:19 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

If only they had expressed this much outrage over 9/11.


12 posted on 10/16/2004 2:29:38 AM PDT by BunnySlippers ("F" Stands for FLIP-FLOP ...)
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To: Kornev
Atlanta Muslims decry U.S. raids on Iraq mosques

Where was the outrage when they were cutting off infidel heads?


agreed. and where was their outrage when Saddam was taking out the Kurds and others? ridiculous. they're just anti-American; they ought to get out of America. the USA doesn't have to idly sit by while terrorists launch attacks from within mosques.


13 posted on 10/16/2004 2:29:53 AM PDT by F15Eagle
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To: BunnySlippers
If only they had expressed this much outrage over 9/11.

Or when their neighbor, Jack Hensley, had his head sawed off.

F'in bast*rds.

14 posted on 10/16/2004 2:32:35 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

I understand portions of the Southern Sahara are grossly under populated....


15 posted on 10/16/2004 2:33:44 AM PDT by LeoWindhorse (I like Elephants .... a wise and noble creature....)
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To: endthematrix

Yep, add 'em to the target list, for sure.


16 posted on 10/16/2004 2:34:58 AM PDT by clee1 (Islam is a deadly plague; liberalism is the AIDS virus that prevents us from defending ourselves.)
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Or when their neighbor, Jack Hensley, had his head sawed off.

In the interest of fairness, this group did denounce Mr. Hensley's beheading...

From here.

MARIETTA, Ga., Sept. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Metro-Atlanta Muslims and Muslim organizations, including Marietta's Masjid Al- Hedaya (Islamic center of Marietta), the Islamic Speakers Bureau (ISB), the Council on American-Islamic Relations of North Georgia (CAIR-NGA), and other Georgia mosques will hold an interfaith service at 7 p.m. in Marietta Square for Jack Hensley, a construction worker from that city recently murdered in Iraq.

Masjid Al-Hedaya, ISB and CAIR-NGA recently launched a campaign called "Not in the Name of Islam," designed to disassociate Islam from the violent acts of a few Muslims. Advertisements were published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and Marietta Daily Journal on September 11th of this year.

The advertisements stated:

"We, the undersigned Muslims, wish to state clearly that those who commit acts of terror, murder and cruelty in the name of Islam are not only destroying innocent lives, but are also betraying the values of the faith they claim to represent. No injustice done to Muslims can ever justify the massacre of innocent people, and no act of terror will ever serve the cause of Islam. We repudiate and dissociate ourselves from any Muslim group or individual who commits such brutal and un-Islamic acts. We refuse to allow our faith to be held hostage by the criminal actions of a tiny minority acting outside the teachings of both the Quran and the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him."

17 posted on 10/16/2004 2:43:52 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

When will the mission to attack Atlanta Mosques come up. I have a holy site in my yard. A big rock that I throw my sins at.


18 posted on 10/16/2004 2:47:13 AM PDT by daddyOwe (If God wanted me to be a liberal he would of given me less brains)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

If they voiced some concerns over beheadings we might possibly listen to them.


19 posted on 10/16/2004 2:59:13 AM PDT by nonkultur
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To: Vigilantcitizen

We have to remember that it is the Left, our homegrown socialist b@st#rds, that taught these fascists the game. They are using the tactics of the Commu-fascist Left to defeat us. The same slobs who blame America first are aliies of these fifth-columnists.


20 posted on 10/16/2004 3:02:33 AM PDT by Sociopathocracy
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To: Vigilantcitizen
wish to state clearly that those who commit acts of terror

That is doublespeak and not a clear condemnation.
If you look at the AP there are no acts of Terror just Insurgents and Freedom Fighters.
21 posted on 10/16/2004 3:03:16 AM PDT by nonkultur
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To: Sociopathocracy
We have to remember that it is the Left, our homegrown socialist b@st#rds, that taught these fascists the game. They are using the tactics of the Commu-fascist Left to defeat us. The same slobs who blame America first are aliies of these fifth-columnists.

I have no doubt in my mind that the fascist Left has gotten into bed with the islamic fundamentalists for the sole purpose of defeating the right, but what they don't realize is; After defeating the right, the islamics will then turn on the left and eat them too.

22 posted on 10/16/2004 3:06:56 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: nonkultur

Someone please tell these people to shut up. We blasted every church steeple in Normandy and Germany that was used for military purposes and we did it without hesitation. We carpet bombed Cologne and Dresden and we did it without hesitation. In fact, the Queen of England is going to a benefit concert in Berlin to raise money to complete the repairs of a cathedral in Cologne the British destroyed in WWII.

I say, we back the Iraqi's with massive air and ground firepower, let the Iraqis clean out the armaments and explosives hidden in mosques and clinics. If they get shot at by their own people, pull the Iraqi troops back and annihilate the entire structure. We would only have to do it a couple of times to get the point across. Then the Iraqis could do their job of making safe, the sick streets of Fallujah.


23 posted on 10/16/2004 3:08:09 AM PDT by CalmCorrectConservPatriotCCCP (Tragically, it is what it is)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
A group of prominent Muslim community leaders in metro Atlanta voiced concerns Friday over U.S.-led raids on several mosques in Iraq. They said the raids violated the sanctity of the religious sites. "There was no concern given to places of worship," said Amjad Taufique, a board member of Masjid Al-Hedaya in Marietta. "It's hurtful. . . . It's causing a lot of friction in the Muslim community."

These boys are in the wrong state, wrong town.

24 posted on 10/16/2004 3:08:38 AM PDT by spodefly (A torpid disinclination negates the inclusion of a tagline with this post.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen; campfollower; RobFromGa; Jen; Guillermo; Phoenix44; "Be not afraid!"; ...

Boo-friggin-hoo.

A few pings.


25 posted on 10/16/2004 3:14:41 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (hoplophobia is a mental aberration rather than a mere attitude)
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To: Vigilantcitizen


26 posted on 10/16/2004 3:54:07 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.)
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To: spodefly
These boys are in the wrong state, wrong town.

Damn straight. That's what I said in the polite voice mail I left them.

27 posted on 10/16/2004 4:02:50 AM PDT by Vigilantcitizen (Have a burger and a beer and enjoy your liquid vegetables.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041016/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq&cid=540&ncid=716
Five Churches, Hospital Bombed in Baghdad

Those pesky nuisance terrorists are at it again....


28 posted on 10/16/2004 4:15:33 AM PDT by milford421
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To: Vigilantcitizen

This is something I have been waiting on. Lots of african-americans have converted. Whos side are they on?


29 posted on 10/16/2004 4:20:32 AM PDT by winodog (We need to water the liberty tree)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
"There was no concern given to places of worship,"...

Places of worship? I thought these funny shaped buildings were ammo dumps and staging areas for insurgements. Maybe terror is their equivalent of communion. Perhaps we should destroy the mosques instead of just returning fire! Think that would upset these guys even more?

30 posted on 10/16/2004 4:38:42 AM PDT by borisbob69 (Old shade is better than new shade!)
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To: Diogenesis
This sums it up, I'd say.

31 posted on 10/16/2004 4:39:10 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Vigilantcitizen

"No injustice done to Muslims can ever justify the massacre of innocent people,"

ALL of their "condemnations" Have a line like the one quoted above. ALL of them.


32 posted on 10/16/2004 5:53:31 AM PDT by TalBlack
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To: Vigilantcitizen

When terrorists hide weapons and use mosques as military headquarters, they are fair game. The circular dome makes a good siting target for gunships!


33 posted on 10/16/2004 5:56:30 AM PDT by 2nd Amendment
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To: CalmCorrectConservPatriotCCCP

I agree with you. War is hell and people seem to have forgot WWII and what we did to win, what we had to do, what was just and right to do.


34 posted on 10/16/2004 6:04:31 AM PDT by cajungirl (Jammies Up!!)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Anyone know the GPS coordinates of the Atlanta mosque to send to our military for the next bombing run?


35 posted on 10/16/2004 6:09:40 AM PDT by ArmedNReady (Islam, The Cancer on Humanity)
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To: ArmedNReady

You know, I'd give American based Muslims complaining about raids on mosques in Iraq more credibility if they would show even a scintilla of compassion and concern for AMERICA!

They come here and REAP the benefits and then they HATE us for their own freedoms.

I've known low-self esteemed girls with promiscuous attitudes who get treated better than that!


36 posted on 10/16/2004 6:17:12 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (The Measure of a Man is the Willingness to Accept Responsibility for Consequences of his Acts.)
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To: Buckeye Battle Cry

That is the main reason that I can only conclude that they support terror. There are at least 100 times as many "Moo-lahs" who preach terror in the mosques as those who speak up against it. And there are many more who remain silent. And this is in Western countries. In Muslim countries, essentially, none of them speak against terror.

Imagine if there were one Christian religious leader in the US who told his followers to kill Muslims. The "outrage" would be echoing for centuries....and looking at history, this is the case.


37 posted on 10/16/2004 6:34:36 AM PDT by ArmedNReady (Islam, The Cancer on Humanity)
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To: ArmedNReady

Turn around Pastor - you're preaching to the choir!

By the way, AMEN brother!


38 posted on 10/16/2004 6:39:39 AM PDT by Buckeye Battle Cry (The Measure of a Man is the Willingness to Accept Responsibility for Consequences of his Acts.)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Did they decry 9/11? Did they decry Beslan? The blood stained earth cries out for retribution!


39 posted on 10/16/2004 6:49:13 AM PDT by sheik yerbouty
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Why don't these bozos 'decry' the terrorists, the beheading, kidnapings, tortures and etc?


40 posted on 10/16/2004 7:03:30 AM PDT by NoClones
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To: Vigilantcitizen
Gee I wonder if these Muslims eat popcorn while they watch the latest beheading video. These sad souls are so lost it may not be possible to recover them into the human race.
41 posted on 10/16/2004 7:05:30 AM PDT by snooker
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Muslims or Idol worshippers?

Many of us to this day do not fall for Prophet Muhammad's lies. He claimed that he knew nothing about religion, yet the Qur'an has lots of copycat material. Many of the writings in it confirm the fact that he was a Jesus wanna be. The fact is that Jesus, not Muhammad, had already preached to us about submitting to God. All Muhammad did, was that, he took context from the bible and changed it around.

Muhammad's biography claims that he was illiterate, bull…how can a statesman and ruler be illiterate? He claims to have known nothing about religion, bull…how the hell would he know whom the angel Gabriel was. For instance, the appearance of the angel Gabriel to Muhammad is a story too much like the appearance of Gabriel to Mary and how Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth. There is of course one difference; Mary was pure when God chose her. Muhammad was not.

The truth is that Muhammad, like a snake, went into a cave named Hira' and for three years wrote out a religious business plan. This business plan would make him richer. He knew all the time what he was doing. His plan involved taking advantage of ignorant idol worshippers, to get his business up and running. He went to Hira' to pass long hours in retirement meditating and speculating over all aspects of his religious business plan.

The prophet of Islam, Muhammad, is a real documented and historical figure. He lived in the full light of history and most minute details of his life are known. What the blinded Muslims lacked to notice was that Muhammad was more that just a "prophet", he was also a greedy statesman and ruler.

Take note at how interested Muhammad was with the Pope, this is because the interest was not on the Pope but on the size of the Vatican and the size of Ka'bah. Muhammad being a successful merchant saw that the Vatican was growing in wealth and power, if only he too could find such real estate. A great big temple was all that was missing to complete his religious enterprising venture.

Muhammad saw that the temple of Ka'bah was huge like the Vatican and at the time full of no less than three hundred and sixty idols and a bunch of ignorant idol worshipers. Muhammad like many times throughout the Qur'an decided to act like a Jesus wanna be, Luke 20: verses 45 & 46. So, Muhammad swept clean the Holy Ka'bah from its heathen idols. It was he again who restored the original pilgrimage to its pristine purity, and so the ignorant idol worshipers followed him into a religion we now call Muslim. His business venture had become a reality.

How lucky could Muhammad get, he bought turnkey business. This turnkey business included a temple with idol worshippers who had no problem worshipping a Black Stone, nothing really changed for them and to this day they are still worshipping the idol (The Black Stone). The bottom line, Muhammad became rich like the Pope whom he was so jealous of.

To this day, the Muslims have a working procedure of the Tawaf, it consists of circling around the Ka'bah seven times. Each circle begins by kissing the Black Stone, or by caressing it, which is its normal procedure. Today the world wonders, who are these confused idol worshippers worshipping, God or the Black Stone?

The Muslim people need to open their eyes and realize that the last true prophet was Jesus. Jesus was the Son of God and totally submitted to God. Jesus never owned anything of this earth and Jesus was the only human being on earth that has performed any supernatural miracles.

Muhammad claims that his miracle is the Qur'an. I've got news for the Muslims, after the bible was written, "Any disturbed man can write a book of Prophecy. And that disturbed man will use the Bible as a reference point." The Bible is the greatest book on Earth. It is the word of God that is why the Christians kiss it.

Today I learned of a man named Brian David Mitchell who like Muhammad also wrote a book. Mitchell's book is called The Book of Emmanuel David Isaiah. It is a 27 page of densely packed text, filled with ramblings of a disturbed man. Ramblings that make no sense and like the Qur'an it is hard to interpret. The one thing that will make a difference in the public not falling for Mitchell's book is, that, today we are not as ignorant as the people were back in Muhammad's lifetime.

Note: Brian David Mitchell is the man who kidnapped Elizabeth Smart.


42 posted on 10/16/2004 7:05:35 AM PDT by Sadie789
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They said the raids violated the sanctity of the religious sites.

But of course, in Islam, running terrorist operations in or near a mosque
(to obtain cover) doesn't defile the sanctity.
In their view, it's a two-fer: the mosque can usually be used for cover
for their fellow-traveler terrorists and it enhances their "religious" blood-thirst
in Jihad.
43 posted on 10/16/2004 7:09:24 AM PDT by VOA
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To: Vigilantcitizen
"A group of prominent Muslim community leaders in metro Atlanta voiced concerns Friday over U.S.-led raids on several mosques in Iraq"

Properly rephrased:

A group of prominent Muslim community leaders in metro Atlanta voiced concerns Friday over U.S.-led raids on several weapons factories in Iraq.

A mosque is simply that, a weapons factory churning out robotic biped killing machines. The same raids need to be done in the USA. If Waco was alright for the clintons then these weapons factories should be a slam dunk.

44 posted on 10/16/2004 7:15:12 AM PDT by Wurlitzer (I have the biggest organ in my town {;o))
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To: backhoe
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45 posted on 10/16/2004 7:17:20 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Take some pictures.....


46 posted on 10/16/2004 7:20:03 AM PDT by OXENinFLA (RATED(R), for graphic crude & sexual behavior, violent images&strong language-all involving puppets)
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To: Vigilantcitizen
OK, I will believe yuns (The Moslems) more when yuns start to address the cancer the radicals bring to your religion, when yuns equally decry the evil that is wrought when your brethern fly planes into buildings, drive bombs on wheels to various locations and saw heads off of innocent people. Quit being a bunch of whiners and bring about the reforms Islam needs. Until that time, I believe Prime Choice had it right on his Sacred Cow Burgers site, Everything I ever needed to know about Islam, I learned on 9/11."
47 posted on 10/16/2004 7:21:09 AM PDT by Nowhere Man (We have enough youth, how about a Fountain of Smart?)
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Give 'em all plane tickets back to where they came from!

If they were born here then send them to live in Fallujah for two years.


48 posted on 10/16/2004 7:21:34 AM PDT by Fruitbat
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To: Vigilantcitizen
Imam Plemon El-Amin of the Atlanta Masjid of Al-Islam

Iman El-Amin, riss up a pope.

49 posted on 10/16/2004 7:23:49 AM PDT by hgro (<i>)
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To: VOA

Funny how Muslims living in the USA never condemn the burning of churches anywhere by Muslims, they never condemn the murder of millions of Christians, Jews, Hindus and others that is done by Muslims. We don't need these fascists in the USA.


50 posted on 10/16/2004 7:26:31 AM PDT by FITZ
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