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2006-11-20 Olde Tyme Religion

Morocco: Christian Conversions On The Rise

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Posted by mrp 2006-11-20 10:01|| || Front Page|| [11129 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Since when does religious beliefs fully define your race, pipsqueek? I applaud these moves and will pray for these believers.

Maybe this is the future, a'la Ann Coulter. Invade, make freedom possible, and convert. There are cracks gathering in the ponzi scheme that is Islam, but I fear for these converts. Anyone who uses civil law to FORCE belief systems is nothing more than a two-bit dictator hiding behind God. PTUI!

Posted by BA 2006-11-20 10:48|| 2006-11-20 10:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Since when does religious beliefs fully define your race, pipsqueek? I applaud these moves and will pray for these believers.

AFAIU, Islam is basically a vehicle for arab imperialism; even if one accepts old mo' existed, islam as we know it now was redefined after its creation to be the cement of the newly acquired arab empire (pray toward mecca, speak arabic, use arab names, arab dresses, arab customs, lunar calendar,...).
The current re-islamization of the muslim world is also an arabization. Here in RB there was articles written by somalis, malyas, indonesians, about the loss of their own cultural habits under arab ones coming along salafism and Gulf money. Cultural imperialism, with the arab way being the better way.
Islam = religion of the Masters, arabs (especially the profit's descendents) = Master Race.

Add the fact that islam is not a religion, but a coherent legal system/identity/civilizational belonging/behavioral prescription system/... and you've got it, renouncing islam is often renouncing arab identity.
That's what the kabyls, berbers, are doing; for them converting to christianity or becoming atheists is a step toward shedding the conquerors-imposed arab identity (enforced even now), and returning to their roots.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-20 11:02|| 2006-11-20 11:02|| Front Page Top

#3 The berbers have had a long history of clashing with the arabs anyway. I say we fully support them. We are looking at a long war anyway and this could be a nice weak spot in Islam's armor.

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2006-11-20 11:10|| 2006-11-20 11:10|| Front Page Top

#4 a5089: Maybe I should've put a sarc tag on that. I understand the Arab imperialism gig, seeing it in full effect (against other Muslims) in Darfur, Sudan. I guess I was sarcastically projecting a "western" POV on a completely backwards ~~civilization~~ piece of land known as the MME.

Posted by BA 2006-11-20 11:34|| 2006-11-20 11:34|| Front Page Top

#5 No big deal, it's just I'm in forced unemployment until 11 december or so (the big machinery is all broken down, and the guys with a real job have a lot on their hands), so I'm bored, and in a full-lecturing/poser mode.
Just ignore me, I'll eventually go away, and check if I can find a new stolen password to Blacksonblondes or something.

Posted by anonymous5089 2006-11-20 11:54|| 2006-11-20 11:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Other than language - which was imposed on them - most Moroccans have little in common with Arabs. Semitic culture originated between the "two rivers" of Mesopotamia. Islam prevents most Muslims from embracing their true national identity.

Posted by Sneaze Shaiting3550 2006-11-20 20:01|| 2006-11-20 20:01|| Front Page Top

#7 Didn't the Moroccans send some Jewish solders in to the first Gulf War?

Posted by DragonFly 2006-11-20 21:31|| 2006-11-20 21:31|| Front Page Top

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