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The same sort of thing happened in Afghanistan under the Taliban. Islam covers every aspect of life, say apologists. This article shows how that can become totalitarian, destructive, and murderous. From AP, with thanks to Twostellas:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) Umm Ali says militants killed her son last month for the most unlikely of reasons: He trims men's beards.In Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, residents say Sunni Muslim extremists have made barbers the new hunted, accusing them of violating a strict reading of Islamic teachings that say men should keep their beards long.
Some extremists also consider Western-style haircuts an offensive symbol of the hated, secularized culture of Europe and the United States.
To them, sporting a clipped beard or a modern haircut is an infraction worthy of death.
Black banners mourning the dead were strung up in the neighborhood as the unwitting violators fell one after another to the militants' harsh brand of justice. In one month alone, five barbers were shot dead, residents said.
``He was a haircutter. He only cuts hair,'' Umm Ali said of her son, Sadiq Abdul Hussein. ``He was handsome,'' she said, gazing at a photo of him.
Abdul Hussein was killed after he shrugged off a threat to stop shaving men's beards or lose his life.
Posted by Robert at February 7, 2005 8:35 AM
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OT~Today’s commentary on leftist hypocrisy over islam:
http://www.nationalreview.com/hanson/hanson200502040750.asp
http://www.therant.us/staff/fsalvato/fifth_column/a_kennedy_by_any_other_name_is_a_churchill.htm
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/caruba020105.htm
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/kmarsala020205.htm
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2005/tabor020305.htm
Iraq is Not Vietnam (By Senator Steve Pearce, a Vietnam Vet)
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/GuestColumns/Pearce20050205.shtml
Campus support for terrorism (any right-wingers here, giaour?)
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=16913
Blood for oil!
http://techcentralstation.com/020405A.html
Bush needs to stop coddling SA:
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/jj20050207.shtml
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at February 7, 2005 8:49 AM
Well, nice version of "Beards off? Heads off!" But this time the other way around...
Posted by: nippon at February 7, 2005 8:59 AM
I know many years ago, around the time my long haired friends were getting respectable, short, job hunting haircuts we would ask "Who did that to you? Dewhursts?" For non UK readers Dewhursts are a chain of butchers shops.
But this is not funny.
Has anyone ever read The Star Diaries by the Polish author Stanislaw Lem? The hero keeps landing on obscure planets, meeting and describing ever more bizarre totalitarian regimes with ridiculous requirements. It was supposed to be a humorous satire on the excesses of Soviet/communist domination. I thought it was far fetched, even for a science fantasy novel. He had nothing on this lot.
at February 7, 2005 10:15 AM
What an INSANE religion.
Posted by: Carolyn2 at February 7, 2005 1:40 PM
Gary, if you want some other campus support for terrorism, check out Bob Jones U.
Gary, practically everything you say is off topic. I bet that nobody here even bothers to visit your daily dozen-or-so links about how lib'ruls are ruining the world.
Hey Gary... did you see the title of the article on which your SUPPOSED to be commenting? It's "Islamic radicals hunt barbers in Baghdad."
Looks like "FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH!!!"
LOL.
The only thing left for us to do with Iraq is set up a pool wagering on WHEN Sharia will be imposed. But don't worry! "FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH"!!
Bush fixed our economy, then he fixed our counterterrorism efforts, then he fixed Iraq, and now he's going to fix Social Security!
Posted by: kj at February 7, 2005 3:13 PM
I appreciate your posts, Gary. From time to time I read the links you post, and I must admit, you're selecting good material.
Posted by: ted at February 7, 2005 3:39 PM
Thanks Ted. I do admit them being off-topic to the thread in question. But in regards to jihad they Are all related.
Posted by: Gary at February 7, 2005 4:17 PM
Gary, I appreciate your links and comments as well.
"The worth of a state, in the long run, is the woth of the individuals composing it".
John Stuart Mill
at February 7, 2005 6:43 PM
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