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2003-05-16 Europe

Belgium’s Arab Nationalist Touches Nerve

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Posted by Steve 2003-05-16 08:14 am|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Is "Abou" his real name, or is it "Abou" as in "fighter's pseudonym"? Just wondering.

Posted by Anonymous 2003-05-16 08:40:59|| 2003-05-16 08:40:59|| Front Page Top

#2 hmmm...I don't know how Belgian politics works, but could it be that his purpose is to draw votes away from another candidate?

Posted by Becky 2003-05-16 08:49:13|| 2003-05-16 08:49:13|| Front Page Top

#3 Belgium's Arab Nationalist Touches Nerve

Wouldn't this be considered inappropriate touching?

Posted by Chuck 2003-05-16 10:21:59|| [blog.simmins.org] 2003-05-16 10:21:59|| Front Page Top

#4 "It made me even more combative," Abou Jahjah told The Associated Press. "When you're in jail and you realize you're innocent, you increasingly realize how politics work and you know your cause is a just one."

...Sounds like someone's been reading Mein Kampf , yeah? Time in a European jail will get ya every time...

Posted by Dripping sarcasm 2003-05-16 10:36:08|| 2003-05-16 10:36:08|| Front Page Top

#5 Prediction: We will see a resurgence of Nationalist European parties like the National Front. Reverse colonialsim is obvious trend here, France, Germany and elsewhere. But these colonialists are there to stay.

Posted by ColoradoConservative 2003-05-16 11:33:19|| 2003-05-16 11:33:19|| Front Page Top

His group opposes assimilation and demands that Muslims be educated in separate schools.

That kind of bulls**t is the reason we're where we are today.

He hit national headlines early last year when a march in Antwerp to support the Palestinian cause turned into a riot. Jewish businesses in the city's diamond district were attacked.

How many more of these racist freaks are we supposed to stomach?
If Western countries were smart, they would end immigration from Muslim nations.
But we won't. We'll have to have a few of these backward political terrorists in Congress before anyone makes a sensible move.
I just hope it's not too late.

Posted by Celissa 2003-05-16 12:29:41|| [www.celissasblog.com/weblog.php] 2003-05-16 12:29:41|| Front Page Top

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