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Fifth Column
Muslim Football Team Names Spark Protest
2003-12-07
IRVINE, Calif. - It was planned as a way to bring young athletes together for a weekend of fun, but when participants in the Muslim Football tournament started naming their teams Intifada, Soldiers of Allah and Mujahideen, Jewish leaders took offense.

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"What exactly are they honoring here?" asked Rabbi Abraham Cooper, associate dean of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, the Los Angeles-based Jewish human rights organization. "The continued targeting of innocent women and children by homicide bombers deserves to be condemned across the board. It’s deeply, deeply disturbing."

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"A lot of the kids on our team are from Palestinian origin," said Tarek Shawky, Intifada’s 29-year-old captain and quarterback. "We are in solidarity with people in the uprising. It’s about human rights and basic freedoms."

Posted by:SamIII

#9  The best team name ever: 10 Pounds of Penis Between Us. Runners Up:
Turban Stompers
Ummah Thurman Fan Club
Fancy Pants Mahmoud.
Falafel Squad
Posted by: Rex Mundi   2003-12-8 12:26:32 AM  

#8  Anyone on Rantburg heard about the new Riddley Scott movie currently filming in Spain and Morocco? The working title is "The Crusades" that should get some turbans spinning!
Posted by: NotMikeMoore   2003-12-7 10:54:01 PM  

#7  "It’s about human rights and basic freedoms." Human rights protesters that target civilians with semetex - sounds about right.
Posted by: Super Hose   2003-12-7 9:59:37 PM  

#6  Once again we have a double standard--this misguided notion that Islam is off limits to any criticism, however it continues to be open season on the Judea/Christian heritage that founded this country.
Posted by: Douglas De Bono   2003-12-7 9:24:36 PM  

#5  Try fielding a team called the CRUSADERS at the Woodbridge Community Park. The ACLU will be there faster than you can say "Separation of church ..."
Posted by: Gasse Katze   2003-12-7 8:09:25 PM  

#4  Who cares what they name their teams? They have to live with their names. In college there was a great intramural team called the Piss Hard Ons.

Maybe they should call their teams "The Murdering Tikritis" or the "Shredder Feeders". Wait till they play the .50 Cal Snipers in the playoffs.

If you complain about everything, no one listens to you anyway. The story shouldn't be about the SWC complaining, it should be about what the typical American thinks.
Posted by: Penguin   2003-12-7 6:30:09 PM  

#3  "A lot of the kids on our team are from Palestinian origin," said Tarek Shawky, Intifada’s 29-year-old captain and quarterback. "We are in solidarity with people in the uprising. It’s about human rights and basic freedoms."

Sounds like a ham-ASS member to me trying to export their hatred. I would hope that the FBI is watching him since he is in 'solidarity' with murders and terrorists.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2003-12-7 6:08:14 PM  

#2  Yids need to be less sensitive and more imaginative. Golani Brigade is a good name for a team... The Wrath of God is not to bad either.... Or how about the 48'ers..... The F-15Is? The Dolphins? And for the overweight set... the Mighty Merkovas.... THE STERN GANG!
Posted by: Shipman   2003-12-7 4:53:36 PM  

#1  Sorry I screwed up the link.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=519&e=3&u=/ap/muslim_football

This is the link.
Posted by: SamIII   2003-12-7 3:38:13 PM  

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