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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: dead

For the love of God, never do that to me again. It was almost as bad as a Helen Thomas photograph. Almost.


101 posted on 08/06/2007 11:16:24 PM PDT by Rembrandt_fan
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To: FlyVet

“You know, after the first 200 or so arrests, they should think about leaving him in the slammer for a while.”

They can’t because of the leftist “human rights” crowd inc;. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty Intl. Additionally, the pro-Islamist/communist crowd is very strong in India and support the current state and federal governments.


102 posted on 08/06/2007 11:25:03 PM PDT by indcons
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To: indcons

BUMPING FOR GREAT JUSTICE


103 posted on 08/06/2007 11:30:27 PM PDT by expatguy (Support - "An American Expat in Southeast Asia")
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To: Rembrandt_fan

104 posted on 08/06/2007 11:30:59 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: dead
Oh man... WHY do I always see stuff like that on FR just before I go to bed? Looks like nightmares again tonight... ;-D
105 posted on 08/06/2007 11:46:47 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ...
This is one of the funniest threads I've come across on FR in a long time. Be sure to check out every post by dead on this thread!
106 posted on 08/06/2007 11:48:48 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: dead

I love #18, but where’s Tourist Guy?


107 posted on 08/06/2007 11:51:17 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: inkling

ROTFL!


108 posted on 08/06/2007 11:52:21 PM PDT by nutmeg ("We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Clinton 6/28/04)
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To: Monk; dead; Martin

Stop, yer killin me here.

21st century... the age of the stand up PhotoShop comedian.


109 posted on 08/07/2007 12:04:01 AM PDT by - Smokestack Lightning (End the Anchor Baby Law. Build the fence. Bounties on illegals and employers.Deport Libs Moos RINOs.)
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To: nicmarlo; potlatch
You ought to see me enraged in the streets, with other unspuns and merchant seamen.
110 posted on 08/07/2007 12:09:52 AM PDT by unspun (I hate grays.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

111 posted on 08/07/2007 12:20:57 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

To get your IRB fix....http://www.snappedshot.com/index.php?url=archives/976-Islamic-Rage-Boy-Parody-Roundup.html&serendipity[csuccess]=moderate


112 posted on 08/07/2007 1:37:20 AM PDT by I slam Islam
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To: DancesWithBolsheviks
My protests are for those Muslims who cannot go out onto the streets to cry out against injustice.”

Muslim women in their burkas, maybe?

113 posted on 08/07/2007 1:50:20 AM PDT by GiovannaNicoletta
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To: martin_fierro
Even in bright sunlight, someone with pupils this small has got to be chemically altered.



114 posted on 08/07/2007 1:53:29 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: PhilDragoo
Didn't realize that this nutbar was so famous ...

So many great pics to steal here, too .................. FRegards

115 posted on 08/07/2007 2:10:30 AM PDT by gonzo (In Florida, inmates make cigarettes in jail that I buy, and I can go to jail for smoking one! WTF?)
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To: indcons
Someone owed my car bomb!!!

LOL!

116 posted on 08/07/2007 2:14:24 AM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: indcons
This picture and statement is totally too funny. Thanks to the maker/poster. What a nut case and protesting without his straw hat!


117 posted on 08/07/2007 2:50:54 AM PDT by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"I do not like being called Islamic Rage Boy, it is not nice; but why should I care what people think of me in this life? The afterlife will decide my fate, not a mousemat."

Actually, God (the real one) will decide your fate. Without Christ in your life, your fate is Hell.

118 posted on 08/07/2007 3:16:34 AM PDT by SkyPilot
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Makes for a nice paper long distance target, especially the eyes.

Death to Islam.


119 posted on 08/07/2007 3:22:38 AM PDT by Eye of Unk
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To: Theresawithanh

>>”Someone is trying to link Islam with violence and anger and profiting from it.”<<

Alright now, who is doing the linking of Islam to violence and anger? This must stop at once. Nobody is leaving until we get to the bottom of this...


120 posted on 08/07/2007 3:38:57 AM PDT by ishabibble (ALL-AMERICAN INFIDEL)
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