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Have you watched the video of James Foley’s death? I’ve only watched an edited version on YouTube. As in the original, it fades to black when the knife meets his throat. Prior to this Foley offered a (surely forced) verbal self-flagellation, climaxing with a statement of regret for being American. I’m told that in the full version (which I have no intention of viewing), the film ends with a shot of Foley’s decapitated corpse lying flat in the desert, his head resting on the small of his back.
Of course, by-itself, this episode doesn’t teach us anything new about Muslims, or about the motivating power of the Qur’an. Anyone who has even casually browsed the book will have noted a passage like the following:
“Therefore, when ye meet the Unbelievers (in fight), strike off their heads; at length; then when you have made wide Slaughter among them, carefully tie up the remaining captives: thereafter (is the time for) either generosity or ransom: Until the war lays down its burdens.” – 47:4
Some are calling Mr Foley unwise for having ventured into a desert filled with believers in such a text. I wouldn’t go that far. It is certainly something I would never do, and an intention I would discourage in friends. But there is an undeniably heroic quality to war journalism and – despite what his captors may have intended – Foley’s death has surely further dignified that profession.
This murder isn’t, I’m sad to say, a strictly American matter. While we in Britain had never heard of Foley before the news broke of his execution, we may have been unknowingly familiar with his murderer. In fact (altogether more chillingly), we may have rode the bus with him, sat next to him on the subway; we may have even shook the hand that slit Foley’s throat. His killer, you see, is ‘British’.
I’d like to use this occasion to take issue with something specific. Something broader than this isolated cruelty.
Having a British passport does not make you British. Being born in a Pakistanified hamlet of England does not make you English. To earn these historically illustrious definitions you must be part of the national community, speaks its language and concur with its moral standards. The butcher of Foley, as well as any other Muslim who has departed our shores for Jihad, checked their ‘British’ card at Heathrow.
No line (straight or crooked) can be drawn between these desert savages and Edward Gibbon. Don’t forget that to be called ‘British’ is in no way a small deal. This isn’t Luxembourg. Much of the modern age derives from British innovation. To make the definition of ‘British’ so cheap, to collapse its value to such an extent, betrays in one second a thousand years.
D, LDN
Why did you vote to let in all these people who hate your values?
…err…the government did let you vote on such a huge issue, didn’t they…??
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Sadly not.
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Isis is repeating what they used to do in the 7th.century The sword and knife to subdue people .Terrorism has one identity then and now.James Foley is a hero Christ will judge isis. sooner or later. Isis is defying their own humanity and deforming their believes.
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And they see comparisons with the 7th century as very flattering too. They aim to replicate the original wave of Muslim invaders.
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Hopefully The European will realize this .Best regards.
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Ah… The blessings of Multiculturalism.
Perhaps a China like response is needed
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/china-targets-ordinary-uighurs-beards-burkas-25100799
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I’m not sure banning beards would help. But a government crackdown on Mosques would be welcome.
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Reblogged this on Voice in the Desert and commented:
Neither are those leaving from France, Belgium, Holland, Germany etc. in any way “from” those countries. They only know one allegiance, and it hates all the West with a passion.
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Dear DTMW
You were absolutely, spectacularly right that the main problem with the Rel
igion Of Peace is not terrorism but social. I’m referring to the Rotherham Child Abuse Scandal. Do you and people like you feel like a Cassandra? Do you think that atleast this incident will be a wake-up call to Europe & the U.K or do you think that it will be back to a multi-culti sleep? Even the notoriously multicultural Beeb is running the story as headlines.
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The scale of it has shocked me. Alas, the only way people will wake up collectively is if these things become more common. It has to get worse before it gets better.
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This is just in one town. Imagine the numbers in the whole of U.K. It’s mind boggling! I just cannot understand why the establishment has allowed this. Is it not the primary job of any government to provide safety to its citizens? Are you not supposed to be a democracy. If this is the scenario when the % of population is under 5%, imagine what would happen in 10-20 years time when the projected populations are going to be much higher.
Sometimes, I feel I made a mistake of coming to the U.K (and I’ve been here for just under an year.) Leicester and Birmingham(The cities I visited) seemed more like little Pakistans in the heart of England. The fanatism and arrogance of the adherents of the Religion of Peace in the U.K. astounds me. Things are not so bad in South India ,where I come from, (although a there is a significant Wahabbisation going on there too,) but, India is less politically correct.
You English and West Europeans are far too tolerant of the intolerant!
“If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them”- Karl Popper
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Great entertainment as he wishes,,, terrorism is exciting/entertainment. Montana or Oklahoma
Mark 1 ;One killed and one wounded
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/okla-beheading-suspect-filled-facebook-terrorist-messages-article-1.1954910
Mark 2 ; a threatened beheading in Oklahoma.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/okla-beheading-suspect-filled-facebook-terrorist-messages-article-1.1954910
The numbers of attacks are not there yet, though warned in 1933 by Churchill the Polish and a lot of Europe sure put up with a lot from 1939.
Just also note the number of warnings and experience that Churchill also had about Islam.
Simpleton
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