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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 20:14:20 +0000

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:14:19 +0000

"Also, if the coiners of the word "Apartheid" use it to describe the situation in Palestine, such as Nelson Mandela, I do believe the word is appropriate. " So prove it. Just because Mandela is a God in your mind he means very little to me on this particular subject. I can easily defend Israel against Mandela's muddled comments, and I can easily make a strong case that the most frequent and consistent practicioners of apartheid are, in fact, Muslims.

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 18:11:46 +0000

Why do I give American's {sic} a terrible name? For speaking truth to lies? For not being PC and playing the Muslim apologist game? For pointint out that according to the Qur'an and hadiths and in respect of the exmaple Mohammed set that Islam is a violent, supremacist insitution? Shy should doing this give America a horrible name? Isn't this exactly what our founding fathers did?

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 15:02:34 +0000

Conveniently you are no different than any other Muslim apologist, i.e., if the facts don't fit just lie instead. http://www.adl.org/Israel/israel_attacks.asp (These lives don't matter to Muslim apologists. You'll never hear Muslim apologists talk about women and infants killed in pizza parlors, but only about the poor, poor, Palestinians women and children killed like the following.) http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id... http://open.salon.com/blog/kemstone/2010/10/26/ai...

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:56:11 +0000

Are you confusing being Arab with being Muslim. The megalomaniac sadist --Mohammed-- was born some 2,000+ years after Judaism began. What are you even saying?

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:54:04 +0000

Are you referring to these roads? http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/07/muslims-say-tot...

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 14:34:24 +0000

true that faraz....anyways..update: faraz is a real Emory student...not some troll that stalks online university newspapers. comments are the same sh*t, different school. Here's proof: http://townhall.com/columnists/MichaelMedved/2010...

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:56:24 +0000

Part IV. Moreover, it is interesting that these students choose to target Israel when Palestinians suffer far greater legal discrimination at the hands of Muslim “Brothers” in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Many are denied political and employment rights. Additionally, the number of Muslims suffering for deviating from the “true path” in Africa, Iraq, Afghanistan and India is many multiple times greater. Have students decried these atrocities as well, or is the actual focus of the protests on Emory’s campus to defame Israel? Distorting facts and propagating hatred against Israel will not save lives, promote democracy or bring peace to the Middle East. These misguided tactics, particularly the use of inflammatory misnomers such as “apartheid,” work against the millions of Israelis and Palestinians who together want and deserve peace. Passionate students on campus — as well as interested members of the media and blogosphere — should strive to engage one another in a productive and respectful discourse. Promoting the sharpening of emotional divides, on the other hand, only prevents the dialogue from moving forward.

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:56:04 +0000

Part III. Many cite Israel’s security fence as proof of an “apartheid” system. But the Israeli government built the security barrier in 2006 as a measure to prevent terrorists from infiltrating Israel, not as an attempt to disadvantage Palestinians. The statistics speak for themselves: Between 2001 and 2003, before the security barrier was built, terrorists infiltrating from the West Bank and Gaza murdered 399 Israeli citizens. During the next two years, when the wall was partially built, the number of murdered citizens was significantly reduced to 78. In 2008, only one such death was recorded. This attack on Israel is also curious considering the rampant political, religious and gender-based oppression that exists in the Palestinian territories. Here, women are not allowed to vote — in fact, Israel is one of two countries in the Middle East in which women can vote at all (the other being Iraq). Palestinian officials make no effort to protect women from domestic violence, homosexuals are often tortured, beaten and killed and the Christian minority in the West Bank has been persecuted for decades.

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:55:39 +0000

Part II. Roughly 20 percent of the population in Israel is Arab and enjoys the exact same legal rights and opportunities as Jewish neighbors, including the right to vote, to live and to work. Additionally, Arabs hold numerous positions in the Israeli Knesset legislature and other governmental bodies, including the judiciary. The inaccuracy of the comparison additionally demeans the plight of the millions of oppressed black South Africans who endured the brutal and unequal system of real apartheid. Certainly, it is true that Palestinian Arabs living in the West Bank and Gaza are not Israeli citizens — nor do they wish to be. Instead, Gazan Palestinians live under the brutal terrorist regime of Hamas, which systematically liquidates political opponents, suppresses free speech and oppresses its women. No Jewish-Palestinian segregation exists in Gaza; no Jews live there following the withdrawal of the Israeli Defense Forces. Meanwhile, a historically corrupt and oppressive Palestinian Liberation Organization rules in the West Bank, but is now struggling toward building elements of a democratic society.

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Sat, 11 Dec 2010 03:55:15 +0000

Part I. •Like other derogatory terms that rely on their ability to appeal to people’s emotions, using the word “apartheid” to describe the situation in Israel is factually inaccurate. On a literal level, the word “apartheid” suggests certain practices. While there is no doubt that prejudices exist, the claim that Israelis ascribe to or practice ethnic supremacy over Palestinians is simply incorrect. Compare what children are being taught in the schools of the West Bank and Gaza to those in Israel. The Israeli education system is politically neutral and operates in an egalitarian environment, teaching subjects such as math, history and language. In contrast, in numerous Arab curriculums and textbooks, it is commonplace to teach hatred of Israel and of Jews specifically. The false parallel that some students have deliberately drawn between the racist and discriminatory laws in South Africa to those of modern day Israel is flawed. During the apartheid in South Africa, the white minority ruled over a large black majority with strict segregation laws while denying equal rights and opportunities. Blacks were not allowed entry to white-only trains, beaches and hospitals — no such segregation exists in Israel.

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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:30:35 +0000

"There is a sizable Arab-Christian population in Palestine, who are equally as oppressed. " This is the old "tkae your eye off the ball" trick. Could you enlighten as to how big a demogrpahic group this "sizable Arab-Christian" population represents? (Hint: 5%. Does that really deserve the "sizable" modifier?) Is it like all the Christian groups throughout the Islamic world and as described in the following article? http://www.hudson-ny.org/1685/muslim-genocide-of-...

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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:57:10 +0000

Part II. Let's look at another nearby country, that being Lebanon. Did you know that in the last few decades Lebanon's Christian population has plummeted from 60% of the population down to 30%? Are you trying to convince us this is because all the "perks" Islam has to offer Christians? Why don't you specifically enumerate what those "perks" are. One side note, while you are explaining the "facts" about all this why don't you also provide a list of all the Christian Lebanese political leaders who have been assassinated by Muslims. Wasn't it the King of Saudi Arabia who recently said that to destroy Iran we must "cut the head off of the snake". Is that what Muslims are doing to Christians in Lebanon? Is that one of the “perks” you were referring to? Killing those who disagree with you is quite a perk, eh?

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Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:56:54 +0000

Part I. Dear Tolerance is Key, Is your real name Faraz, or did he simply teach you the taqiyya way? ************************************************************** You write, "You realize (mainly Arafat) that Palestinians are not all Muslim right?" Of course I do. I believe 5% of Palestinians are Christians. Is that supposed to impress me? Is that supposed to make me believe Muslims tolerate diversity? Is that supposed to make me think that Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Somalia, Turkey, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Oman, Libya and other Islamic countries where the Muslim demographic group is 97% or higher are aberrations and not typical of what happens to minority religious populations living under Islamic rule?

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Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:58:11 +0000

Faraz, Shame the facts belie your lie. Diversity in Morocco or genocidal apartheid of all non-Muslims? You tell me. ************************************************************************************ Islam is the largest religion in Morocco, with roughly 98.7% of the population adhering to it.[1] [edit] History Islam was first brought to Morocco in 680 by an Arab invasion under Uqba ibn Nafi, who was a general serving under the Umayyads of Damascus. In 788, The Idrisids ruled Morocco, being the first dynasty to do so. After adopting Islam, several Berbers formed their own Islamic dynasties and reigned over the country. Most Berbers converted to Islam after more Arabs came to Morocco with their culture and customs. Islam has been the official religion since. In 2008, Iran-Morocco ties almost destroyed when Moroccan government accused Iranian embassy in Morocco in propagation of Shia Islam. Moroccan Sunnis have in the past accused Shias of proselytizing with Shia sermons to its citizens.[2][3][4]

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Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:51:35 +0000

Religion Main article: Religion in Algeria Islam is the predominant religion. Almost all Algerians Muslims follow Sunni Islam, with the exception of some 200,000 ibadis in the M'zab Valley in the region of Ghardaia.[65] There are also some 250,000 Christians in the country, including about 10,000 Roman Catholics and 170,000 to 250,000 evangelical Protestants (mainly Pentecostal), according to the Protestant Church of Algeria's leader Mustapha Krim.[66][67] Some sources claim more than one million Christians in Algeria, most of them live in the Kabylie area where there are more than 70 underground churches.[68] Algeria had an important Jewish community until the 1960s. Nearly all of this community emigrated following the country's independence, although a very small number of Jews continue to live in Algiers.[69] The nation has experienced a decline in Christianity as a result of Islamization for over a millennium. Catholic French missionaries converted some Muslim Algerians, and their descendants are called Evolves, who moved on to France in Europe.[citation

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Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:48:41 +0000

Salman Rushdie pulbished under his real name and now lives with 24/7 security thanks to Islamic compassion and tolerance. Kurt Westergaard published under his real name and now lives in hiding thanks to Islamic compassion and tolerance. Ayaan Ali Hirsi published under her real name and now lives under 24/7 security thanks to Islamic compassion and tolerance. Molly Norris published under her own name and now has a new identity and lives in hiding thanks to Islamic compassion and tolerance. Thei Van Gogh published under his own name and was killed by a tolerant and compassionate Muslim. Daniel Pearl published under his own name and was kidnapped and beheaded by a group of compassionate and tolerant Muslims. Thanks, but no thanks, I don't think I'll write any comments under my real name, Fataz, even though I have little doubt that you are nothing more than a compassionate and tolerant Muslim.

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Thu, 9 Dec 2010 04:08:30 +0000

Part IV. What happened to all the Jews in the Islamic countries? Tell me all about how Islam embraced them and their culture? Oh wait. I forgot we're talking about those apartheid-practicing Jews! We all know about them. It's little wonder when Ali writes that "I don't have time to spell out the errors with your logic" even though it should take no time at all. It should take no time to defend my accusations because there is not logical defense you can offer. All you can do is plea "no argument" or "no time" or I have no answer because you know what I write is true; and your propaganda and lies are transparent to anyone who has any affinity for facts, history and the truth. The quick, simple and honest answer contains' two words: "You're right." See. That didn’t take too long.

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Thu, 9 Dec 2010 04:08:05 +0000

Part III. Is that what Islam did in Pakistan and Bangladesh when it killed off somewhere around 80 million Hindus over the last millenia? Is that what Islam has done in Iran? Embraced diversity with an iron fist and a hangman's noose? Where are all the homosexuals in the Islamic community? Are they hanging by their neck from the Ghaybar trees? What of the transgenders? Where can they be found? And the women in Islamic countries? Most of them look identical under their black sacks. Diversity by any other name would be hideous monotony.

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Thu, 9 Dec 2010 04:07:39 +0000

Part II. Is that what Islam did in Saudi Arabia to the Jews, Zoroastrians and Christians who lived there before Mohammed began his military campaigns to rid the Arabian Peninsula of all non-Muslims? Why is it the seat of Islam (saudi Arabia) the home of Mecca and Medina does not have ONE single non-Muslim citizen? I must have diversity confsued with uniformity. Is that sort of like when Muslims tell us they love peace right before they blow up a bus full of children? Is that what Islam did in Afghanistan, once home of a thriving and great Buddhist civilization and culture? For today there is not one single Buddhist left living there. Is that what they call diveristy Islamic-style? Is that what Islam did in Algeria and Libya and Algiers where all the Berbers have disappeared? Today, of course, Algiers is 100% Islamic and Libya is 97% islamic, and Morocco is something close to that. Is that how Ali has in mind when she tells us Islam embraces diversity? Hmmm....