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Islamic vigilantes enforce Sharia law in the UK

 
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madoka



Joined: 27 Mar 2008

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:57 am    Post subject: Islamic vigilantes enforce Sharia law in the UK Reply with quote

"Police in the UK have arrested two men who are said to be part of a vigliante group calling themselves the �Muslim Patrol�. Clips posted on Youtube show the youths walking around East London confronting people and telling them to obey Sharia law."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Hwu1mIA83s8

I guess it's an extension of what was reported last year:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN6CHtGGo4g
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Titus



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If the British have any soul left in them they will fight these thugs in the streets.
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catman



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The actions of these few fundies is being condemned by other Muslims:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDJTBBwrKM
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madoka



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Where is fromtheuk when you need him!
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recessiontime



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

catman wrote:
The actions of these few fundies is being condemned by other Muslims:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDJTBBwrKM


Once they become the majority you would have to be naive to believe their attitude would not change
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recessiontime



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

madoka wrote:
Where is fromtheuk when you need him!


Wasn't he the Guy that got knocked out trying to rape a girl in the streets of China?
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Konglishman



Joined: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Nanjing

PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 6:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

recessiontime wrote:
madoka wrote:
Where is fromtheuk when you need him!


Wasn't he the Guy that got knocked out trying to rape a girl in the streets of China?


You shouldn't stir up the pot like that man. As far as I know from what I remember him posting, he went to Saudi Arabia and never set foot in China.
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Captain Corea



Joined: 28 Feb 2005
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How old were these guys? Honestly, it sounds like some young guys trying to mess with people. Sure, it's more interesting because of the "muslim connection"... but it could have easily been a "hood tax", or a "colour (wearing) rule" that these thugs figured they'd enforce.

Asses will be asses. And they always seem to find new ways of showing that.
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12ax7



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I didn't even bother watching after I clicked on the links and saw the source of the videos. RT is Putin's English-language propaganda vehicle.
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bigverne



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The actions of these few fundies is being condemned by other Muslims:


Because they disagree with what these young men stand for, or because they're worried that actions like these are alerting infidels to the danger that Islam poses?
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Titus



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

12ax7 wrote:
I didn't even bother watching after I clicked on the links and saw the source of the videos. RT is Putin's English-language propaganda vehicle.


I like it.
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comm



Joined: 22 Jun 2010

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 3:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

catman wrote:
The actions of these few fundies is being condemned by other Muslims:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDJTBBwrKM

I love what was said there, but I wonder why this kind of thing is called "fundamentalism". Are we saying that forcing your way of life on others is 'fundamental' to the religion in some way?

I guess "authoritarian Islam" isn't as catchy...
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Leon



Joined: 31 May 2010

PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

comm wrote:
catman wrote:
The actions of these few fundies is being condemned by other Muslims:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpDJTBBwrKM

I love what was said there, but I wonder why this kind of thing is called "fundamentalism". Are we saying that forcing your way of life on others is 'fundamental' to the religion in some way?

I guess "authoritarian Islam" isn't as catchy...


Have you never heard of Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism, Hindu fundamentalism, etc.? It's a pretty standardized term.
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comm



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 8:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Leon wrote:
comm wrote:
I love what was said there, but I wonder why this kind of thing is called "fundamentalism". Are we saying that forcing your way of life on others is 'fundamental' to the religion in some way?


Have you never heard of Christian fundamentalism, Jewish fundamentalism, Hindu fundamentalism, etc.? It's a pretty standardized term.

True.
Despite my (tolerantly) anti-religious views and general opposition to political correctness, I think that calling authoritarian religious extremism "fundamental" is a poor choice of terms.
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