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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 11:48 PM
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Islamists spark anger after calling for gay-free zone in East London
Islamists in East London have sparked anger after flyposting stickers which called for a gay-free zone.

The stickers were distributed around the Whitechapel, Shoreditch and Poplar areas over the weekend. Specifically, they were targeted at schools and pubs, including the gay-friendly George and Dragon.

The professionally produced, anonymous stickers say: “Arise and Warn. Gay free zone. Verily Allah is severe in punishment.”

The 'Gay free zone' slogan is within a diagonal bar across a rainbow flag.

http://news.pinkpaper.com/NewsStory/4836/15/02/2011/islamists-spark-anger-after-calling-for-gay-free-zone-in-east-london.aspx
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 11:50 PM
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 11:52 PM
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2. Sickening. Yet another WTF moment. n/t
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 11:54 PM
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RKP5637 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 11:56 PM
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4. Yeah, all in the name of god, no doubt. Yet another reason I left any religion decades ago. Too much
hatred, intolerance and bigotry.
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QC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 12:09 AM
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5. If they want to live in an Islamist theocratic state, there are plenty of delightful ones
out there already. No need to make England into one.

Frankly, I think David Cameron has a point, though he got savaged for it and I despise the elitist SOB. People who cannot accept the most basic values of liberal democracies should not live in them.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 12:30 AM
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6. +1
couldn't have said it better myself
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Jmaxfie1 Donating Member (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 08:12 AM
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10. so true.
Someone should not move to a secular liberal state if they feel that tolerance is intolerable. Is it any wonder that Turkey, although no gem, is still a 10x better place to live than Iran.
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Raster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 11:29 PM
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18. People who cannot accept the most basic values of liberal democracies should not live in them.

Hear, hear!

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msongs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 12:37 AM
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7. perhaps they could leave England for Mecca? nt
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RetiredTrotskyite Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-16-11 05:37 PM
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8. Don't Hold Your Breath...
they are unlikely to leave Britain since the standard of living is so much higher there than in the theocrcies they left.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 02:40 AM
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9. you are kind of approaching a line here
the leave England part is OK but the Mecca part, crossing a line.
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mediator Donating Member (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 01:13 PM
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11. I don't understand what you mean
could you explain?
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 01:33 PM
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12. I think telling muslims to go back to Mecca
is uncomfortably close to telling Jews to go back to Israel or blacks to go back to Africa.
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Behind the Aegis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 08:20 PM
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13. Didn't you get the memo?
Jews are supposed "to go back to Germany, Poland....the United States" or "Russia." Apparently, to many here, that is perfectly acceptable thing to say.
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costahawk1987 Donating Member (97 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 03:12 AM
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14. Turn it around on them...
How would those fuckers like an Islam-free zone ? Better yet, how would they like a religion-free zone? I'm damn near convinced we'd all be more free and much better off if this were a religion-free planet.
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closeupready Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 02:33 PM
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15. Does anyone here know the passage(s) in the Koran where homosexuality is condemned?
Or do muslims who are homophobic quote the same Leviticus passage as Christians?
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Jmaxfie1 Donating Member (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:35 PM
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16. I found this. . . It just seems to be another version of Sodom and Gommorah
"We also sent Lut: He said to his people: Do ye commit lewdness such as no people in creation (ever) committed before you? For ye practice your lusts on men in preference to women: ye are indeed a people transgressing beyond bounds. And his people gave no answer but this: they said, "Drive them out of your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!"" (Qur'an 7:80-82)

"Of all the creatures in the world, will ye approach males, And leave those whom Allah has created for you to be your mates? Nay, ye are a people transgressing (all limits)! They said: "If thou desist not, O Lut! thou wilt assuredly be cast out!" He said: "I do detest your doings:" "O my Lord! deliver me and my family from such things as they do!" So We delivered him and his family,- all Except an old woman who lingered behind. But the rest We destroyed utterly. We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)! Verily in this is a Sign: but most of them do not believe. And verily thy Lord is He, the Exalted in Might, Most Merciful." (Qur'an 26:165-175)

"Would ye really approach men in your lusts rather than women? Nay, ye are a people (grossly) ignorant! But his people gave no other answer but this: They said, "Drive out the followers of Lut from your city: these are indeed men who want to be clean and pure!" But We saved him and his family, except his wife; her We destined to be of those who lagged behind. And We rained down on them a shower (of brimstone): and evil was the shower on those who were admonished (but heeded not)!" (Qur'an 27:55-58)

"And (remember) Lut: behold, he said to his people: "Ye do commit lewdness, such as no people in Creation (ever) committed before you. Do ye indeed approach men, and cut off the highway? - and practise wickedness (even) in your councils?" But his people gave no answer but this: they said: "Bring us the Wrath of Allah if thou tellest the truth." (Qur'an 29:28-29)
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mitchtv Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-23-11 10:47 PM
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17. those Brit Gays could do with
a second amendment remedy
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