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Facing backlash, U.S. Muslims counter with new (billboard) advertising campaign
Reuters ^ | June 16, 2015 | Sharon Bernstein

Posted on 06/17/2015 1:26:58 PM PDT by Zakeet

In California’s capital city of Sacramento this month, stark black billboards loomed over highways and faded commercial strips, offering solace to the troubled: “Looking for the answers in life?” one asked. “Discover Muhammad.”

With messages that are part religious invitation to explore the Muslim faith and part public relations, the billboards anchor a national campaign to showcase Islam as a religion of love and tolerance, aimed at Muslims and non-Muslims alike.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: advertising; billboards; islam
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21 posted on 06/17/2015 2:04:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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To: Zakeet

Reserve some venom for Reuters who did not exercise any journalism in this article. It is a puff piece of propaganda. Real journalists would ridicule the Islamists.


22 posted on 06/17/2015 2:05:04 PM PDT by mbarker12474
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To: Zakeet

If they are really sincere, they should at least include a drawing of Mohammed on their billboard. Just say’in....


23 posted on 06/17/2015 2:22:14 PM PDT by rbg81
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To: Zakeet

This article is such BS. These billboards are not “countering” some non-existent “backlash.” They are proselytizing for Islam, pure and simple. If the billboard said, “Looking for Answers in Life? Discover Christ”, Reuters would view it as a scary example of the resurgence of an intolerant, Christian theocracy in America.


24 posted on 06/17/2015 2:26:20 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Zakeet
“Looking for the answers in life?” one asked. “Discover Muhammed murder, mayhem, and savagery. Let Moe Hammerhead be your guide."
25 posted on 06/17/2015 2:29:50 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Zakeet

If I was “looking for the answers in life” I sure as hell wouldn’t be seeking out a murderous sociopath who was the Adolph Hitler and Al Capone of his day.


26 posted on 06/17/2015 2:32:25 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: Zakeet

How long will it be till Boudreaux starts putting holes in the signs????

I like the USMC sign better.

“Remember 9/11, and the Muslims who did the crime!”


27 posted on 06/17/2015 2:39:45 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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To: Zakeet

Wanna lose your heard, like crazy!??!!

Look to Mohammed. ...


28 posted on 06/17/2015 2:40:16 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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29 posted on 06/17/2015 2:42:09 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Vendome

LOL!!!!!!


30 posted on 06/17/2015 3:21:02 PM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: Zakeet

Muslim Opinion Polls

A “Tiny Minority of Extremists”?

“Strive hard against the unbelievers and the hypocrites and be
unyielding to them; and their abode is hell, and evil is their destination.”
Quran 9:73

Have you heard that Islam is a peaceful religion because most Muslims live peacefully and that only a “tiny minority of extremists” practice violence? That’s like saying that White supremacy must be perfectly fine since only a tiny minority of racists ever hurt anyone. Neither does it explain why religious violence is largely endemic to Islam, despite the tremendous persecution of religious minorities in Muslim countries.

In truth, even a tiny minority of “1%” of Muslims worldwide translates to 15 million believers - which is hardly an insignificant number. However, the “minority” of Muslims who approve of terrorists, their goals, or their means of achieving them is much greater than this. In fact, it isn’t even a true minority in some cases, depending on how goals and targets are defined.

The following polls convey what Muslims say are their attitudes toward terrorism, al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, the 9/11 attacks, violence in defense of Islam, Sharia, honor killings, and matters concerning assimilation in Western society. The results are all the more astonishing because most of the polls were conducted by organizations with an obvious interest in “discovering” agreeable statistics that downplay any cause for concern.

(These have been compiled over the years, so not all links remain active. We will continue adding to this)....

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/opinion-polls.htm


31 posted on 06/17/2015 3:42:11 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: Zakeet

A Pastor, a Rabbi and a Mullah were trapped on the roof of a tall burning building. The flames came closer and the trio had to decide whether to jump to their deaths or perish horribly in the fire.

Pastor: “Well brothers, I’m gonna jump. I accepted Jesus as my Lord and Savior so I am pretty sure I’m going to Heaven.”

Rabbi: My friends, I will jump as well. I have lived a good life and kept the Commandments so I am pretty sure I will arrive in Heaven.”

The Mullah then seized both men and held them firmly:
“Infidels! I am jumping too but I am taking you with me so I KNOW I’m going to Heaven!”


32 posted on 06/17/2015 3:52:57 PM PDT by Happy Rain ("You might as well legalize sodomy as recognize the Bolsheviks." Winston Churchill 1919)
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To: mbarker12474

There aren’t any real journalists.
They are all part of the Ministry Of Propaganda.

To call them the mainstream media is a disservice to truth.


33 posted on 06/17/2015 4:24:27 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: AlaskaErik

But people forget or are not being told that Hitler and Muslims ie Arabs were buddy-buddy as to killing US soldiers.


34 posted on 06/17/2015 4:37:40 PM PDT by noinfringers2
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To: Zakeet

IF ISLAM IS THE ANSWER IT MUST BE A REALLY STUPID QUESTION!


35 posted on 06/17/2015 5:17:51 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obama;America's Ambulance Chaser-In-Chief)
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To: Zakeet
How can Islamists submit to essential elements of our culture and not be apostates obligating them to kill one another?

Maybe this old tune explains how.. "Taqqiya"

. . .
♩♪♫
♫♩♪♫
tah-KEE-yuh
♩♪♫
♫♩♪♫
. . . .

36 posted on 06/17/2015 5:18:27 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael
♩♪♫ ♫♩♪♫ tah-KEE-yuh ♩♪♫ ♫♩♪♫


37 posted on 06/17/2015 5:22:18 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Mat_Helm
Want to join a group of professionals, become physically strong and fit, tour the world by land, by sea, and by air, visit exotic lands, meet exotic people (Charlie - Hodgie - Ruskie)and kill them? Than Ruck Up all you rotorheads, zoomies, and motars and join the Marines.

BTDT. Semper Fi.

38 posted on 06/17/2015 5:23:11 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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