This is a riot, nothing like the numbskull yanks to provide a barrel of laughs. And half you hicks here aren't that far behind them.

I actually remember quite a few years back when a Maronite Christian church got vandalised with anti-Islamic graffiti in Sydney, because obviously the knuckle dragging goons who did it couldn't read the big sign in English that said "CHURCH", they just saw the Arabic writing and that was it.

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Church in Arizona protested because it looks like a mosque

Islamophobia may have reached a point in this country where people condemn Christians that they suspect are Muslims without ever checking the facts.

In Phoenix, Arizona, a new Christian church has residents fearing that it is an Islamic mosque.

The Light of the World multidenominational church is being built just off of Interstate 10 and features a dome-like structure.

"Since the distinctive dome shape went up, church leaders said they have received phone calls from concerned neighbors who've mistaken the building for an Islamic mosque," KPHO reported.

"I heard many people, they came over and they say, 'Is this a Muslim temple?' No, it's not," church member Juan Calixto told KPNX.

"It is unfortunate that people are so intolerant to differences that they aren’t willing to see that the place of worship is not a mosque," said Tayyibah Amatullah of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Arizona chapter.

Church officials have hung a sign to let people know they aren't Muslim. "If you think we are different you are wrong," the sign reads. "We are building a Christian house of prayer."



"We're trying to let people know that we're Christian and our churches are modern," Uzieo Martinez, a church official told KPHO.

Officials are trying to avoid the type of backlash received by the Park51 Islamic center that is planned near Ground Zero.

The cultural center was largely ignored when The New York Times first reported about it in December 2009.

The project received wider notice in May 2010 when a community board considered the construction plans. Conservative bloggers Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer dubbed the proposed center the "Ground Zero Mosque" which started a national controversy.

"But with so many high-profile figures selling unfounded, anti-Muslim fear to the public, is it any wonder that all many Americans can see in Islam is a phantom menace?" asked Tanya Somanader at the liberal blog Think Progress.

Source: Raw Story

As I've mentioned before, I'm not too fond of the Iranian weather.

..And I'm scared of earthquakes.

abu_rashid wrote on Nov 17^th, 2010 at 9:09pm:



Well, at the rate you guys are killing off the Christians in 'your Muslim lands', who is surprised that in ordinary people's minds Arab = insufferable crazy Muslim.

I agree with Abu, irrational hatred of people based on appearances, or ill conceived ideas about their culture, is abhorrent.

We see it in a lot of communities, we see some Asians that are very prejudiced against other Asians, we see some Christians that are fanatically anti-Muslim, and some Muslims that are fanatically anti-Western, and they all can justify to themselves, why they consider their position, rational.

The simple truth is that we all have faults, and there are elements within most cultures that are worthy of disdain, but to expand that disdain to whole cultures is always wrong.
Not that long ago, we had many Aussies who hated all Japanese, with a passion, because of the war crimes committed by Japanese soldiers during WW2, but most normal people let go of the hatred, and forgive, so that everyone can move forward.
Any rationale for hatred, that relies upon holding onto historical enmities, sometimes dating back hundreds of years, is going to lead toward unnecessary division, when we could make much better decisions by putting the past behind us, and trying to deal with the issues of the day.

We can look to the turnaround we saw in Ireland, where hostilities had been going on for centuries, and then we saw a community led movement which said, enough was enough, it is time to let go of the past, bury our divisions, and move forward in peace.

They withdrew their support for the radicals and extremists who had made "The Struggle", the entire focus of their existence, and put their support behind peaceful dialogue and peaceful negotiations.

We need to emulate that lead from the Irish, when considering the conflict between Islam and The West, and just stop apportioning blame, and stop supporting extremism, no matter where it springs from.

seems the west does NOT want islam anywhere near us.
get the message ???

We don't like muslims.

How does that work for you ?

mozzaok wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 12:21pm:



Geez you're hilarious!

They didn't forgive... They died of old age!

You really think the Russians have forgiven the Germans?

Or the Poles forgiven the Russians and the Germans? (Apparently they don't mind the Austrians!)

Will Shia's ever forgive Sunnis?

The Orthodox Church the Catholic Church?

The Jews, the Germans?

The Palestinians the Israelis?

The Israelis the Palestinians?

The Pakistanis the Indians?

abu_rashid wrote on Nov 18^th, 2010 at 7:06am:




Asia Bibi, a mother of five children, is accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
She hasd been sentenced to death after a mob of angry villagers, spurred on by clerics, tried to attack the 45-year-old over a dispute about whether a Christian should be allowed to handle a container filled with drinking water for Muslims.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8142127/Pope-Benedict-XV...



Charlie don't surf, Muslims and modernity don't mix.