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2004-07-19 Europe
Euros fear Muslim converts may give cover to extremism
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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-07-19 12:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 I offer a massively ironic "F**kin Duh".
Posted by .com 2004-07-19 12:33:07 AM||   2004-07-19 12:33:07 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Day late and a dollar short, but the NYT finally seems to be getting it. A little. Maybe.
Posted by Steve White  2004-07-19 12:38:40 AM||   2004-07-19 12:38:40 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Aw, Dr Steve, you're such a forgiving sweetie!
Posted by .com 2004-07-19 12:47:55 AM||   2004-07-19 12:47:55 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 There are a lot of people who find religion when they fall on hard times. Those who convert to Christianity, Buddism, Hinduism, etc, turn to do good and help other people. Those who convert to Islam, turn to destruction, murder, bigotry and terrorism. This is one of the most striking difference between any religion and Islam.
Posted by Anonymous4617 2004-07-19 12:55:47 AM||   2004-07-19 12:55:47 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 A4617 - Hey, Sis! Good to see you're still with us! And a terrific spot-on observation, though I think it's time to stop referring to Islam as a religion. I think of it as a pathogen, but then you may recall how much shit that term stirs up, heh. I hope your packing and arrangements are going well!
Posted by .com 2004-07-19 1:09:09 AM||   2004-07-19 1:09:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Hi .com,

I have been very busy packing. We will be out of hear on Wednesday! I will be in touch.
Posted by Anonymous4617 2004-07-19 1:22:18 AM||   2004-07-19 1:22:18 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 A4617 - Excellent news! Take great care and accept a (premature) Welcome Home! You'll be back in time to register & vote, too!
Posted by .com 2004-07-19 1:31:11 AM||   2004-07-19 1:31:11 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 4617 Dhahran is observing you....
Posted by Anonymous5854 2004-07-19 5:43:01 AM||   2004-07-19 5:43:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 the word that showed up nowhere in the NYT article - wahabism. Were these converts to wahabism? What percentage of Western converts to Islam are converting to Wahabism.

Wahabism - now THERES a pathogen. IMHO failing (as the MSM regularly does) to distinguish between Wahabism and other forms of Islam accounts for much of the current confusion between a religion (albeit one that, like Judaism, attempts to regulate parts of life that in Christianity are left to Caesar), and what is essentially a political ideology, and a hatefilled one at that.
Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-07-19 9:26:19 AM||   2004-07-19 9:26:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 We should take a page from their manual - beheadings for anyone converting to the ROP.
Posted by BH 2004-07-19 9:55:26 AM||   2004-07-19 9:55:26 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 raising concerns among antiterrorism officials on both sides of the Atlantic that the new recruits could provide foreign-born Islamic militants with invisibility and cover, by escaping the scrutiny often reserved for young men of Arab descent.

Now yer learnin, boy-o. Now yer learnin.
Posted by dreadnought 2004-07-19 10:20:02 AM||   2004-07-19 10:20:02 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 4617 Dhahran is observing you....

Anonymous5854,
Please explain for the less subtle among us.
Posted by trailing wife 2004-07-19 11:00:29 AM||   2004-07-19 11:00:29 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 Anon5854,

Is that a threat?
Posted by Anonymous4617 2004-07-19 11:26:00 AM||   2004-07-19 11:26:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 LH,

People don't convert to Wahabism or to Salafism, etc. (I'm pretty sure you know that). So it isn't clear how you would know even if good conversion records were kept. The more interesting stat is how many people attend mosques with raving lunatic Imans and donate to causes championed by raving lunatic Imans. The answer is a lot.
Posted by mhw 2004-07-19 11:52:19 AM||   2004-07-19 11:52:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 5854 - shut the fuck up, limp-wristed pissant. I won't watch you, I'll find you.
Posted by Raj  2004-07-19 12:28:57 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com]  2004-07-19 12:28:57 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Anonymous5854:

You are a friggin "girly-man"!!
Posted by anymouse  2004-07-19 2:56:55 PM||   2004-07-19 2:56:55 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Anonymous4617---Fred has done an IP search on what you wanted, as well as a search for the poster you requested on Rantburg. Email him and he will give you the information, or you can email me.
Posted by Alaska Paul  2004-07-19 10:49:55 PM||   2004-07-19 10:49:55 PM|| Front Page Top

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