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Spain Rethinks Burning Effigies Of Muhammad
The Daily Telegraph... NY Sun ^ | October 3, 2006 | FIONA GOVAN

Posted on 10/04/2006 7:14:47 AM PDT by george76

Spanish villages are abandoning the centuries-old tradition of burning effigies of the Prophet Muhammad for fear of offending Muslims.

The annual festivals...feature locals donning medieval costumes to re-enact battles between "Moors and Christians" during the Reconquista period.

The fiestas celebrate events in 1492, when the Catholic kings of northern Spain defeated and expelled Islamic forces, ending more than 800 years of Moorish rule in the Iberian Peninsula.

Traditionally the festivities have culminated with the burning of mannequins of the Mahoma, a figure based on the Prophet Muhammad, to represent the final defeat of Islam in the region.

(Excerpt) Read more at nysun.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; War on Terror
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To: george76
The original Christian churches are museums or mosques now.

Or destroyed. Most of them were simply sacked and burned.
41 posted on 10/04/2006 10:44:56 AM PDT by Antoninus (Rule 4: See Rules 1 and 3. Rule 5: NO FOLEYS!)
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To: george76

Gen Franco was right. He said that after he died, the atheists would take over Spain.


42 posted on 10/04/2006 11:01:04 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: redgolum

Instead of burning Mohammed in effigy, they can do something more in line with Islam, like blowing up a train full of people.


43 posted on 10/04/2006 11:44:48 AM PDT by Oppressed_Citizen
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To: george76

Spain -- gone from world empire to wimps.


44 posted on 10/04/2006 11:55:05 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Afghan protest - "Death to Dog Washers!")
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To: george76

I happened to see part of a SciFi film last night about genetically altered scorpions loose on a plane...and was amazed to see Muslims used as comic relief of all things! They weren't the bad guys, heaven forbid. Just standing in for the old Stepp-in-fetchit role. Surely they'll be offended when they figure out they 'got no respect'.


45 posted on 10/04/2006 11:59:12 AM PDT by hershey
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To: AmishDude
And it's not a fear of offense, it's a fear of violence.

That's true Islamophobia: the fear of the beat down.

46 posted on 10/04/2006 11:59:51 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: Oppressed_Citizen
Instead of burning Mohammed in effigy, they can do something more in line with Islam, like blowing up a train full of people.

If you're going to be offensive, may as well have a strong offense. ;-)

47 posted on 10/04/2006 12:00:55 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: BenLurkin
Bump for a conservative remake of "Red Dawn" featuring Islamofacists as the occupying tyrants!

A more plausible storyline would run like this:

PC blue state government forces attacking the red state militias for fighting the Islamic militiants who are wiping out the PC blue state government forces.

A love triangle, of sorts, where everyone is only fighting the people who aren't fighting them.

48 posted on 10/04/2006 12:06:24 PM PDT by Steel Wolf (As Ibn Warraq said, "There are moderate Muslims but there is no moderate Islam.")
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To: eyedigress

ALGIERS, 04 October 2006 (al-Reuters)

Tens of thousands of angry Algerian and Moroccan radical Islamists rioted today, breaking shop windows and burning dozens of cars, after finding out that in 1993, a fictitious TV character named George Costanza insulted their honor by calling them 'Moops'.


49 posted on 10/04/2006 12:13:27 PM PDT by rfp1234 (I've had it up to my keyster with these leaks!!! - - - Ronald Reagan)
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To: george76
The should rethink burning effigies. It contributes to global warming. < /sarc >

But pinatas are very celebratory.
50 posted on 10/04/2006 12:32:37 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: george76

At least one mosque was reclaimed as a church and a muslim group had the gall to ask if they could hold services there too (it stands on the ground of an old church that muslim hordes destroyed).

Funny how many muslim "religious" sites are on the ground of other religions' sites.

The Taliban blew up ancient Buddhist statues because they were a blasphemy to Islam. Take that as the golden rule of Islam. It is theocratic rule. It is an intolerant political ideology.


51 posted on 10/04/2006 12:36:20 PM PDT by weegee (Remember "Remember the Maine"? Well in the current war "Remember the Baby Milk Factory")
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To: george76

Las Fallas is a festival in Valencia when they parade these huge and beautiful sculptures in the streets, and then burn them right in town.

This is a link to the images on google:

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=las%20fallas&sa=N&tab=wi


52 posted on 10/04/2006 1:59:34 PM PDT by sasha123
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To: weegee

The dome of the rock was built on top of ...

The muzzies have no sense of shame.

They will steal anything and then claim exclusive ownership there after.


53 posted on 10/04/2006 2:05:38 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Good news: There is one country where the leader is not mincing words.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1713198/posts

Bad news: It's not in Europe.


54 posted on 10/04/2006 2:12:07 PM PDT by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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To: FreedomCalls

John Howard is the man.


55 posted on 10/04/2006 2:16:03 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

I am at a total loss for words. How can an entire region have so little spine? I am simply disgusted.


56 posted on 10/04/2006 2:16:49 PM PDT by publana (yes, I checked the preview box without previewing)
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To: publana

No spine today.

No country tomorrow.


57 posted on 10/04/2006 2:18:17 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: rfp1234

Are you serious? I feel like I'm being naive here because it seems so ridiculous. Would you happen to have the link because I'd love to read the article. Thx


58 posted on 10/04/2006 3:32:40 PM PDT by sasha123
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To: george76

This is why we will lose this war.


59 posted on 10/04/2006 3:35:07 PM PDT by SFC Chromey (We are at war with Islamofascists, now ACT LIKE IT!)
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To: Cacique

btt


60 posted on 10/04/2006 6:10:24 PM PDT by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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