Nigerian Muslim Riots Kill At Least 100
Published November 22, 2002
Muslim groups complain that the contest is immoral and degrading to women, and are also angry that preliminary events began during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, said BBC. And that makes it if not okay, then at least understandable is the clear implication here. No description of the murderous rioters as muderous rioters, just framing of the story in such leading terms as "slander," leaders trying to "calm anger" (justifed anger is the obvious implication), and the statement that "those responsible for the ThisDay article would be brought to book, for exceeding the bounds of responsible journalism." What about those responsible for the murder of at least 50 innocent passersby, who just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, or to be of the "wrong" religion. It is as if the "sin" committed by the writer is the equivalent of those who committed mass murder - no I take that back, the sin of the writer would appear to be worse.
Even more telling: read these headlines of "Related Links":
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At least IslamOnline mentions the riots, another site, IslamiCity.com doesn't even feel the murder of at least 50 innocents by rampaging Muslims is newsworthy. Here are their headlines:
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Every religion has its good points and its bad points - but Muslim fundamentalism is currently responsible for the deaths of millions in the Sudan, the enslavement of Christians there, terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, Pakistan, Yemen... This fundamentalist strain of Islam is a threat to people around the world, and it's not something to ignore.
every religion (when used for political purposes) is going to be bad. When a person tries to push his or her own agenda under the cloak of a religion, it discolours the person and the religion.
There are Muslums who are are good and sincere who wouldn't harm a fly, just like the majority of Christians wouldn't either.
But, I think that if one of them (as with anyone) is going for a position of power, they have are going to exploit thier religious beliefs to push thier agendas... wether or not they align with the religion's beliefs.
peace.
I can understand some of the resentment that the Muslim world has towards the west but this had caused me to lose almost all sympathy for them. It is becoming more and more obvious that the Islamic Fundamentalists have lost ability to reason or communicate. They do not have the right, to tell others how to think or speak.
Let's not forget that so-called Christian slave traders bought thier raw materials from Islamic slave harvesters
ok, what is like up with these people. Wasn't Muhammad a man too, even though he was a special prophet sent by GOD? He has hormones. He could've gone for the Miss World, who knows and plus wasn't Muhammad for peace? Why are his people resembling violence instead of peace? Even if Muhammad was alive, he wouldn't have killed 100s of people because of some newspaper mistake (plus they said it was a mistake and they apologized) offending him. He would've spoke words of wisdom and chose a more mature way, unlike his followers who acted before they thought. Next time, they need to think before they act, like us Christians, we think: What Would Jesus Do; yall Muslims think this: What Would Muhammad Do?
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Christianity was just fine with slavery, the crusades, and several instances of genocide. That's also supposed to be a "religion of peace". They're all bad.