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kpete

(71,996 posts)
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 11:11 PM Aug 2016

"Hey ISIS, You Suck!!!"


https://twitter.com/JihadiJew/status/761370679056793600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw




What would the Prophet Muhammad think of the Islamic State group? Not much according to a non-profit US Muslim organisation that launched a poster campaign in the US this week.

Sound Vision used a giant billboard in a suburb of Chicago, saying "Hey ISIS, you suck", quoting the Quran's “Life is sacred” and signing it “From: #ActualMuslims”.

The Chicago stunt was a hit on the internet, became a most-read article on Reddit and was used by many on Twitter for their own messages that IS was not synonymous with Islam.


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http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/isis-suck-say-us-muslims-giant-billboard-Chicago-islamic-state-islamophobia-568002033
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"Hey ISIS, You Suck!!!" (Original Post) kpete Aug 2016 OP
Love it! anamandujano Aug 2016 #1
Brilliant!! Ms.Lib Aug 2016 #2
I'd like to see those all over the place Warpy Aug 2016 #3
There are undoubtedly millions of Muslims True Dough Aug 2016 #4
Cool! 2naSalit Aug 2016 #5
What took them so long? LittleGirl Aug 2016 #6
I'm always glad to hear more sane people make their voices heard, but... Marr Aug 2016 #7

Warpy

(111,277 posts)
3. I'd like to see those all over the place
Fri Aug 5, 2016, 11:32 PM
Aug 2016

maybe a few bigots out there would start to catch a clue.

After all, most of the victims of DAESH are Muslims.

True Dough

(17,306 posts)
4. There are undoubtedly millions of Muslims
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 12:20 AM
Aug 2016

across the U.S. who will applaud that billboard. But the next outburst of violence by a radicalized individual will result in bigots condemning all Muslims and lining up behind Trump. Some people are so narrow-minded. Sad, really.

 

Marr

(20,317 posts)
7. I'm always glad to hear more sane people make their voices heard, but...
Sat Aug 6, 2016, 02:40 AM
Aug 2016

...it seems to me that ISIS is infinitely more devout than any moderate. If either is not a 'real Muslim', it's the moderate.

Even that quote-- 'life is sacred', is wholly taken out of context. It's actually part of an accounting of the command that had been given to the Jews, and doesn't apply to Muslims whatsoever. The following passages not only mandate killing people who 'cause mischief in the land', they flatly state that the lives of non-believers are not equal to those of Muslims. In the Hadith, Mohammed said no Muslim should be punished for killing a non-believer.

So if your only moral guide is the Quran and Hadith, there is no way you could come away with the notion that 'all life is sacred'.

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