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10. THEY ARE THE WESTBORO VERSION OF ISLAM.

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:20 AM

Jun 2016

Which means basically DAESH is about as representative of Islam as Westboro is representative of Christianaity.... NOT!

http://indy100.independent.co.uk/article/why-isis-will-hate-it-if-we-start-calling-them-daesh--bkC822p_zl

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ISIS Video Shows Explosion Of A 3,000-Year-Old Assyrian Temple [View all] MariaThinks Jun 2016 OP

Shameful but ironic C_U_L8R Jun 2016 #1

Very Ironic. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #2

It seems logical to me. denbot Jun 2016 #3

Yep. Redneck yahoos always attack symbols of higher culture. sofa king Jun 2016 #4

Not sure it was the French that defaced the Sphinx 6chars Jun 2016 #26

No, but they tore a lot of other stuff up. sofa king Jun 2016 #27

Interesting set of pictures at that link 6chars Jun 2016 #28

Me too. sofa king Jun 2016 #29

Meh. ISIS doesn't care who they attack. DetlefK Jun 2016 #6

They sound like Westboro Baptist. secondwind Jun 2016 #8

THEY ARE THE WESTBORO VERSION OF ISLAM. Raster Jun 2016 #10

I'm just glad our government does not support them, and amazing that MariaThinks Jun 2016 #20

Right. romanic Jun 2016 #23

We have no grounds to judge. peace13 Jun 2016 #5

Seriously? DetlefK Jun 2016 #7

I don't think we stopped the looting for one thing. peace13 Jun 2016 #12

You know what that argument sounds to me like? DetlefK Jun 2016 #13

Think what you will. Your mind is made up! peace13 Jun 2016 #18

Don't let these anti-ISIS people get you down. PersonNumber503602 Jun 2016 #32

Thanks for the kind words. peace13 Jun 2016 #33

OMFG, you just can't resist can you? snooper2 Jun 2016 #15

You mean while we guarded the oil ministry? sulphurdunn Jun 2016 #22

Actually they research and preserve them. braddy Jun 2016 #31

It's a terrible loss for humanity and for the region askeptic Jun 2016 #14

The Taliban have destroyed ancient Buddhist statues and temples as well. MariaThinks Jun 2016 #19

Just sad. romanic Jun 2016 #21

K & R Quantess Jun 2016 #24

A Faustian bargain to destabilize Assad. Hope it was worth it. nilesobek Jun 2016 #25