Militant group publishes global hitlist of bloggers, activists and writers

[Boiler 46,336]

Peace is inflammatory?

Who new?

[decocker 7,198]

Peace is inflammatory?

Who new?

i don't think any major religion deserves a #peace tag. but i'm biased, reason/history. ya know.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Are you really going to play that game?

That's nice. I'm not.

i don't think any major religion deserves a #peace tag. but i'm biased, reason/history. ya know.

Agreed.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Not surprising at all. All three monotheistic religions worship the one and same deity. It's not surprising their methods be the same.

Here is a snippet of Mark Twain's 'The Lowest Animal', published in 1896 - current today as back when it was written. The entire chronicle makes for an interesting read:

http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/The-Lowest-Animal-By-Mark-Twain_2.htm

Man is the Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Ani­mal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself, and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven. He was at it in the time of the Caesars, he was at it in Mahomet's time, he was at it in the time of the Inquisition, he was at it in France a couple of cen­turies, he was at it in England in Mary's day, he has been at it ever since he first saw the light, he is at it today in Crete (as per the telegrams quoted above), he will be at it somewhere else tomor­row. The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out, in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.

i don't think any major religion deserves a #peace tag. but i'm biased, reason/history. ya know.

[decocker 7,198]

Not surprising at all. All three monotheistic religions worship the one and same deity. It's not surprising their methods be the same.

Here is a snippet of Mark Twain's 'The Lowest Animal', published in 1896 - current today as back when it was written. The entire chronicle makes for an interesting read:

http://grammar.about.com/od/classicessays/a/The-Lowest-Animal-By-Mark-Twain_2.htm

Man is the Religious Animal. He is the only Religious Ani­mal. He is the only animal that has the True Religion--several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself, and cuts his throat if his theology isn't straight. He has made a graveyard of the globe in trying his honest best to smooth his brother's path to happiness and heaven. He was at it in the time of the Caesars, he was at it in Mahomet's time, he was at it in the time of the Inquisition, he was at it in France a couple of cen­turies, he was at it in England in Mary's day, he has been at it ever since he first saw the light, he is at it today in Crete (as per the telegrams quoted above), he will be at it somewhere else tomor­row. The higher animals have no religion. And we are told that they are going to be left out, in the Hereafter. I wonder why? It seems questionable taste.

lots of 'HE' in that. hmmmm

[JohnR! 5,495]

It was written in 1896. That was decades before God revealed her true self as an angry black atheist woman...

lots of 'HE' in that. hmmmm

[decocker 7,198]

It was written in 1896. That was decades before God revealed her true self as an angry black atheist woman...

i like the way you think

[Expat1 971]

An Islamic militant group in Bangladesh has issued a hitlist of secular bloggers, writers and activists around the world.......

Who's on the other computer in Bangladesh?

[X Factor 1,112]

Who's on the other computer in Bangladesh?

Lol. It's at an internet café

[Expat1 971]

Lol. It's at an internet café

If you (or SO) have ever used an internet café for banking, chatting, credit card payments, or preparation/printing of critical documents, you must be a VJ member

Edited September 25, 2015 by Expat1

[lostinblue 1,989]

A tabloid from England... More yellow journalism...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/23/militant-group-publishes-hit-list-of-bloggers-activists-and-writers

[insert facepalm here]

Extremists in Bangladesh publish global hit list of bloggers and writers

)Islamic extremists in Bangladesh appear to be taking their war on secular writers and bloggers beyond the South Asian country's borders.

A hit list purporting to be from the militant group Ansarullah Bangla Team has been sent out threatening people in Europe and North America.

"Let Bangladesh revoke the citizenship of these enemies of Islam," a statement accompanying the list says. "If not, we will hunt them down in whatever part of God's world we find them and kill them right there."

The list contains nine people in the United Kingdom, eight in Germany, two in the United States, one in Canada and one in Sweden. CNN isn't reporting any of the names on the list.

Islamist militants in Bangladesh have posted a hit list of writers they view as opponents of Islam before -- and acted on it.

Late last year, Reporters Without Borders said that a group calling itself Ansar al Islam Bangladesh published a list of writers it saw as opposing Islam.

Months later, blogger Asif Mohiuddin, whose name was on the list, said that at least nine of those on it had been killed and many others attacked.

Last month, police in Bangladesh arrested three suspected members of Ansarullah Bangla Team, one of them a British citizen, in connection with the killings of Avijit Roy and Anant Bijoy Das, two of the prominent bloggers attacked this year.

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/09/24/asia/bangladesh-bloggers-islamist-hit-list/index.html

Edited September 25, 2015 by lostinblue