Minarets are now constitutionally banned in Switzerland

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i thought you were australian

= ancestry

No, he's a douche through and through. Australia is just where he lived before coming to the united states.

Rob, you do realize where you are from?

LA = uber Douche

Ahhh BY, you don't have to hide your jealousy. It's 80+ here, no clouds or snow in sight. You can return to your doldrums.

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Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair, and Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director issued the following statement:

On November 29, the Swiss Muslim community fell victim to a populist political campaign of religious intolerance, led by the far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP). The Swiss government opposed the initiative during the campaign and underscored its commitment to religious freedom in a statement after the vote.

We urge the government to be vigilant in its defense of religious freedom, even though the SVP is the largest party in the Swiss Parliament and has two of the seven government ministries.

The Federation of Swiss Jewish Communities (FSJC) clearly stated its opposition to the initiative before the vote and expressed its disappointment at the result. This is not the first time a Swiss popular vote has been used to promote religious intolerance. A century ago, a Swiss referendum banned Jewish ritual slaughter in an attempt to drive out its Jewish population. We share the FSJC's stated concern that those who initiated the anti-minaret campaign could try to further erode religious freedom through similar means.

http://www.adl.org/PresRele/RelChStSep_90/5664_90.htm

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Probably the easiest way to sum this up is that Christianity is basically a pacifistic belief, but has been used by those with non pacifistic tendencies.

Allah (Glory be his name btw) on the other hand was a war leader, and therefore you have something more akin to The Little Red Book, Mein Kampf etc etc, in some respects Sun Tzu as well.

There are not any Christain countries left, it is amazing how things have changed so quickly.

There was a comment the other day that there was only about 100 members of Al Qaeda in Afghanistan, and somebody quipped that there was more than that in NY. Which could well be true.

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You do know that Allah is simply the Arabic word for God, right? Are you confusing Allah and Mohammed?

Another one who believes that Islam is an inherently violent religion and that the "moderate", peaceful Muslims are not practicing the religion as it was prescribed...

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Another one who believes that Islam is an inherently violent religion and that the "moderate", peaceful Muslims are not practicing the religion as it was prescribed...

Of course Islam is an inherently violent religion, it was founded by Muslims!

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Another one who believes that Islam is an inherently violent religion and that the "moderate", peaceful Muslims are not practicing the religion as it was prescribed...

Of course Islam is an inherently violent religion, it was founded by Muslims!

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Another one who believes that Islam is an inherently violent religion and that the "moderate", peaceful Muslims are not practicing the religion as it was prescribed...

Of course Islam is an inherently violent religion, it was founded by Muslims!

Muslims are like the rednecks of the middle east.

(I kid, I kid)

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Most religions are not pacifistic and those that are are often corrupted.

Islam is no different to many, there are some members who may well be pacifistic, but that does not make the religion that way.

One of the big issues non believers have is the inability to deal with reality.

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One of the big issues non believers have is the inability to deal with reality.

I am having a REALLY hard time parsing that.

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One of the big issues non believers have is the inability to deal with reality.

I am having a REALLY hard time parsing that.

Google Peace in our time, a classic example.

There are many other examples.

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One of the big issues non believers have is the inability to deal with reality.

I am having a REALLY hard time parsing that.

Google Peace in our time, a classic example.

There are many other examples.

Main Entry: 1parse

Pronunciation: \ˈpärs, chiefly British ˈpärz\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): parsed; pars·ing

Etymology: Latin pars orationis part of speech

Date: circa 1553

transitive verb 1 a : to resolve (as a sentence) into component parts of speech and describe them grammatically b : to describe grammatically by stating the part of speech and explaining the inflection and syntactical relationships

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Another one who believes that Islam is an inherently violent religion and that the "moderate", peaceful Muslims are not practicing the religion as it was prescribed...

Of course Islam is an inherently violent religion, it was founded by Muslims!

Muslims are like the rednecks of the middle east.

(I kid, I kid)

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Ignorance abounds and is still legal. Minarets are merely an architectural appendage to masjids. Few masjids even use them anymore for the call to prayer. They have nothing to do with ideology.

We have no use for "masjids" either.

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One step at a time.?

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One step at a time.?

So banning masjids is, or should be, next?