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[Sean's Russia Blog] Anti-Gay Violence in Moscow: , The Orthodox Patriarch in Moscow called homosexuality a “glorification of sin”, the chief rabbi, Berel Lazar warned of “homosexual propaganda” and the head Muslim cleric, Talgat Tadzhuddin, called on worshipers to “bash” gay marchers. It is nice to see three of the world’s largest religions are able to unite around something.
[Elder of Ziyon] Persian Jews 1502-1925: when they were allowed to revert to Judaism thanks to an intervention by the French and British ambassadors, a mob killed 18 Jews of Barforush, burning two of them alive.[15][16] In 1910, the Jews of Shiraz were accused of ritual murder of a Muslim girl. Muslim dwellers of the city plundered the whole Jewish quarter, the first to start looting were the soldiers sent by the local governor to defend the Jews against the enraged mob.
[The Junkheap of History] Iraqi Police Kill 14-year old for being Gay: “The Badr Corps is committed to the sexual cleansing of Iraq,” said Ali Hili, a 33-year-old gay Iraqi exile in London who, with some 30 other gay Iraqis who have fled to the United Kingdom, five months ago founded the Abu Nawas Group there to support persecuted gay Iraqis. The group is named for a revered eighth-century classical poet of Arab and Persian descent known throughout Middle East cultures and famous for his poems in praise of same-sex love.
[Reasoning Repaired] Pope St. Alexander I and Springtime in Kyiv: Maciej Giertych””a Polish representative to the European Parliament who helped to set up a pro-life display stand in Brussels”¦ only to have it forcibly removed because it offended the sentiments of pro-abortion delegates. I wonder where the free speech police were taking their coffee-and-donut break at that time””the same ones who defended the “rights” of cartoonists to mock Islam and its prophet...
[Lassiter Space] Press Credential!! *SNAP*: I am headed to Manhattan tomorrow for the March for Peace, Justice and Democracy. (Or as my partner Greg calls it "the million hippie march.") Our mission at tomorrow's event:
[The Lone Voice] Political Correctness- The Decline of the... : The government has been mumbling loudly about "health warnings" on beer that would be similar to that seen on cigarette packets. Now as someone who remembers being able to buy a packet of smokes before they were plastered with huge labels warning that cigerettes cause all of the worlds evil upon and including global warming(probably) I can say that I know of not one person who has given up because of those warnings.
[Activistchat.com] BLOG-IRAN by Activistchat.com (Iran News & Views): Islamic ...: In its 25 years of existence, the Islamic Republic of Iran has executed thousands of Iranian dissidents, jailed hundreds of political activists, closed down all the newspapers for the slightest of criticisms of its outdated ideology, and assassinated scores of its opponents outside Iran, including in Europe and Britain.
[Azarmehr.blogspot.com] For a democratic secular Iran. For peace and prosperity in the ...: We believe that none of the above are neither Liberal nor Democratic values and at a time when the Iranian president calls for another country to be wiped off the map, and the Islamic Republic technology explosives is killing British soldiers in Iraq, the Lib Dem leadership by not publicly distancing itself from Baroness Nicholson has shown gross incompetence and misjudgement.
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