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In reply to the discussion: Pakistani activist murdered after praising London for electing first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,980 posts)123. Have you seen this one from The Onion?
It's an oldie but a goodie and reminds me of this thread's self-proclaimed truthspeaker and expert on Muslims
Man Already Knows Everything He Needs To Know About Muslims
SALINA, KSLocal man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the entire Muslim world.
Gentries, 48, said he had absolutely no interest in exposing himself to further knowledge of Islamic civilization or putting his sweeping opinions into a broader context of any kind, and confirmed he was "perfectly happy" to make a handful of emotionally charged words the basis of his mistrust toward all members of the world's second-largest religion.
"I learned all that really matters about the Muslim faith on 9/11," Gentries said in reference to the terrorist attacks on the United States undertaken by 19 of Islam's approximately 1.6 billion practitioners. "What more do I need to know to stigmatize Muslims everywhere as inherently violent radicals?"
"And now they want to build a mosque at Ground Zero," continued Gentries, eliminating any distinction between the 9/11 hijackers and Muslims in general. "No, I won't examine the accuracy of that statement, but yes, I will allow myself to be outraged by it and use it as evidence of these people's universal callousness toward Americans who lost loved ones when the Twin Towers fell."
"Even though I am not one of those people," he added.
When told that the proposed "Ground Zero mosque" is actually a community center two blocks north of the site that would include, in addition to a public prayer space, a 500-seat auditorium, a restaurant, and athletic facilities, Gentries shook his head and said, "I know all I'm going to let myself know."
Gentries explained that it "didn't take long" to find out as much about the tenets of Islam as he needed to. He said he knew Muslims stoned their women for committing adultery, trained for terrorist attacks at fundamentalist madrassas, and believed in jihad, which Gentries described as the thing they used to justify killing infidels.
"All Muslims are at war with America, and I will resist any attempt to challenge that assertion with potentially illuminating facts," said Gentries, who threatened to leave the room if presented with the number of Muslims who live peacefully in the United States, serve in the country's armed forces, or were victims themselves of the 9/11 attacks. "Period."
"If you don't believe me, wait until they put your wife in a burka," Gentries continued in reference to the face-and-body-covering worn by a small minority of Muslim women and banned in the universities of Turkey, Tunisia, and Syria. "Or worse, a rape camp. That's right: For reasons I am content being totally unable to articulate, I am choosing to associate Muslims with rape camps."
http://www.theonion.com/article/man-already-knows-everything-he-needs-to-know-abou-17990
SALINA, KSLocal man Scott Gentries told reporters Wednesday that his deliberately limited grasp of Islamic history and culture was still more than sufficient to shape his views of the entire Muslim world.
Gentries, 48, said he had absolutely no interest in exposing himself to further knowledge of Islamic civilization or putting his sweeping opinions into a broader context of any kind, and confirmed he was "perfectly happy" to make a handful of emotionally charged words the basis of his mistrust toward all members of the world's second-largest religion.
"I learned all that really matters about the Muslim faith on 9/11," Gentries said in reference to the terrorist attacks on the United States undertaken by 19 of Islam's approximately 1.6 billion practitioners. "What more do I need to know to stigmatize Muslims everywhere as inherently violent radicals?"
"And now they want to build a mosque at Ground Zero," continued Gentries, eliminating any distinction between the 9/11 hijackers and Muslims in general. "No, I won't examine the accuracy of that statement, but yes, I will allow myself to be outraged by it and use it as evidence of these people's universal callousness toward Americans who lost loved ones when the Twin Towers fell."
"Even though I am not one of those people," he added.
When told that the proposed "Ground Zero mosque" is actually a community center two blocks north of the site that would include, in addition to a public prayer space, a 500-seat auditorium, a restaurant, and athletic facilities, Gentries shook his head and said, "I know all I'm going to let myself know."
Gentries explained that it "didn't take long" to find out as much about the tenets of Islam as he needed to. He said he knew Muslims stoned their women for committing adultery, trained for terrorist attacks at fundamentalist madrassas, and believed in jihad, which Gentries described as the thing they used to justify killing infidels.
"All Muslims are at war with America, and I will resist any attempt to challenge that assertion with potentially illuminating facts," said Gentries, who threatened to leave the room if presented with the number of Muslims who live peacefully in the United States, serve in the country's armed forces, or were victims themselves of the 9/11 attacks. "Period."
"If you don't believe me, wait until they put your wife in a burka," Gentries continued in reference to the face-and-body-covering worn by a small minority of Muslim women and banned in the universities of Turkey, Tunisia, and Syria. "Or worse, a rape camp. That's right: For reasons I am content being totally unable to articulate, I am choosing to associate Muslims with rape camps."
http://www.theonion.com/article/man-already-knows-everything-he-needs-to-know-abou-17990
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Pakistani activist murdered after praising London for electing first Muslim mayor Sadiq Khan [View all]
oberliner
May 2016
OP
horrible. i was about to post a link to a similar article in the Times of India
MariaThinks
May 2016
#1
ironically and tragically, islam clearly kills the progressives and liberals when they get into the
MariaThinks
May 2016
#3
i'm not a bigot. i've studied world religions. Does anyone want to answer the following questions?
MariaThinks
May 2016
#6
still no answer to actual questions. I could bet that there won't be because the written truth is
MariaThinks
May 2016
#9
independent surveys of muslims in counties that allows surveys to be conducted
MariaThinks
May 2016
#38
its so difficult to type in 'pew research muslims' into google. what a find.
MariaThinks
May 2016
#62
I don't know what "us" you're trying to blend into but I'll give you something to read.
rug
May 2016
#54
you're the one with bias. 'scholars believe' may be enough for you to be content
MariaThinks
May 2016
#65
Of course I do. Along with the the many others who are being attacked, and not just by religion.
rug
May 2016
#77
look in the mirror. anyone who critisizes the barbaric practices in islam is labelled a bigot by you
MariaThinks
May 2016
#73
they do not apply to Christians and Jews. that mistruth is no longer effective.
MariaThinks
May 2016
#37
i've asked about one specific religion and their beliefs. Is it possible to get straight answers?
MariaThinks
May 2016
#12
Oh, so you think Islam is a monolithic bloc that kills liberals, then?
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#92
Also, it's nothing to do with "killing progressives and liberals", the claim you supported
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#113
If you're going to equate ISIS with 'Islam' - the subject of #3 -
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#115
i completely agree with you. anyone who cares about people and lives cannot keep
MariaThinks
May 2016
#14
islamists destory the moderate voices that come ouand scare anyone who is even thinking about coming
MariaThinks
May 2016
#41
I don't understand how some of the same liberals and progressives who are outraged by this killing
Akicita
May 2016
#36
Even though homosexuality may be illegal in the countries they are fleeing, shouldn't refugees be
Akicita
May 2016
#43
You're right. I read about the Swedish progressives being outraged about the gay pride march and I
Akicita
May 2016
#55
very elloquently put. The caring response was not outrage at the killing but rather outrage at you
MariaThinks
May 2016
#70
That poster seems to agree that there's not much chance of their post here
muriel_volestrangler
May 2016
#84