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Swift dispute, radical Muslims DVD flare scrutiny of Islam
Greeley Tribune (Greeley, CO) ^ | September 21, 2008 | Chris Casey

Posted on 09/22/2008 2:08:27 AM PDT by Iron Munro

Abdiamar Bare, 21, walks up to the nondescript mosque in Greeley for noon prayers and pauses a moment to talk about his faith.

He is asked by a visitor if he's seen the DVD "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West." No, he says. He's asked if the principles of Islam allow other religions to coexist with it.

"Every religion is the same. No religion is better than another religion," Bare says. "I believe in Islam. I like my religion, and I don't want it to interfere with other religions."

Bare is one of about 120 Muslim workers recently fired by JBS Swift & Co. for walking off the job after a disagreement on prayer breaks. He enters the mosque, off 8th Avenue near the University of Northern Colorado campus, to join dozens more for prayer.

It's a low-profile, unmarked building in which Greeley Muslims come to practice their faith, which again finds itself in the crosshairs of scrutiny locally and nationally.

In Greeley, the dispute continues on prayer breaks for Muslim workers at the meatpacking plant. Sentiment has spread among some in the community that the newcomers are pushing too much, exhibiting a desire not to assimilate but rather impose their religion on others.

Nationally, the DVD arrived on 28 million doorsteps as rhetoric on homeland security heats up in the presidential race.

The confluence of recent events -- the Muslim workers' dispute and, on its heels, the "Obsession" DVD -- is the talk of the town. Many Greeley residents have noticed the 400 mostly Somali refugees who've arrived in the past 18 months to take jobs at JBS Swift. The workers say they are here to escape the oppression of their war-torn homeland, build a new life and peacefully practice their religion.

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


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; dvd; greeley; islam; muslims; obsession; radicalislam; swift; unions
Interesting read about the muslim conflict over prayer breaks at the Swift meatpacking plant.
1 posted on 09/22/2008 2:08:28 AM PDT by Iron Munro
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To: Iron Munro
"I believe in Islam. I like my religion, and I don't want it to interfere with other religions."

How can he believe in Islam AND not want to interfere in other faiths? Ah...forgot... Islam says it's OK to lie to further the cause.

2 posted on 09/22/2008 2:17:35 AM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Iron Munro

I’m thinking I’d get fired if I walked off the job here. But to a muzzie, it’s discrimination. Go back home to your hell home and even try to find a job a22ho44.


3 posted on 09/22/2008 2:18:37 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like what you say))
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ON THE INTERNET:

JIHAD WATCH.org: "MUSLIM BUS ADS GOOD, OBSESSION DISTRIBUTION BAD" (September 18, 2008)

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE.com: "OBSESSION DVD OFFENDS MUSLIMS" by Robert Spencer (September 17, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org (PATRIOT-NEWS, September 11, 2008): "PENNSYLVANIA WOMAN DEEPLY OFFENDED TO LEARN THAT THERE'S A JIHAD AGAINST THE U.S.A." (September 15, 2008)

JIHAD WATCH.org: "REACTION TO OBSESSION DVD DISTRIBUTION SHOWS MANY AMERICANS CLUELESS ABOUT JIHAD" (September 15, 2008)



4 posted on 09/22/2008 2:22:14 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Cindy

Thanks for the links Cindy.


5 posted on 09/22/2008 3:21:18 AM PDT by sneakers (Liberty is the answer to the human condition.)
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To: sneakers

You’re welcome sneakers.


6 posted on 09/22/2008 3:26:09 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: Iron Munro
"Every religion is the same. No religion is better than another religion," Bare says. "I believe in Islam. I like my religion, and I don't want it to interfere with other religions."

This statement is universally true for all religions. It is genuinely believed by the "rank and file." However, the leaders of Islam have different ideas, that they enforce upon all. Add to that the rank and file are taught submission to the will of Allah. Such a mindset prepares them to be ready and passive participants in connection with the intentions of their self-appointed Islamofascist leaders, IMO.

7 posted on 09/22/2008 4:08:57 AM PDT by olezip
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To: olezip

If something is different, they can not be the same.

Yep. You got to love it! Publik Skool edjamakting, welfare state, Bell Curve bump!


8 posted on 09/22/2008 5:29:08 AM PDT by Leisler
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To: Iron Munro
Hmmm...Greeley, CO. Right out of Sayyid Qtub's American back yard.

Lawrence Wright, The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and The Road To 9-11

9 posted on 09/22/2008 5:45:30 AM PDT by onedoug ( Barracuda!)
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To: Iron Munro

http://www.obsessionthemovie.com/index1.php


10 posted on 09/22/2008 6:37:36 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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I cannot see why these folks cannot do their worship on their own time. They are there to work not attend Church services.Considering where they came from and to now come here be gainfully working and walking off the job which get’s you fired. So now will this result in the use of public asstaiance as jobs are very hard to come by and very doubtful anybody else will hire them when this is the end result.
11 posted on 09/22/2008 11:35:16 AM PDT by HollyButler
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To: Iron Munro

Somalis have a reputation for being like that. They have a sense of entitlement and make outrageous demands. They just need to be slapped down in their places. I think it has something to do with their culture.


12 posted on 09/22/2008 6:32:54 PM PDT by oilfieldtrash
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