Perpetual Thursday: More on the Moors

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More on the Moors
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

(For those of you who don't know: by Moors, I mean Muslims.) Once upon a time, not very long ago at all, the current Pope made some completely true but rather un-PC comments about Muslims. (Check out my rather un-aptly named post Drugs, Alcohol, and Shopping for more info.) Among these comments was a reference to Mohammed's command to "spread by the sword" the Islamic faith.

The Muslims went nuts. The burned churched, threatened the Pope and all Catholics (and Christians), and killed a nun. That's right, Muslim activists SHOT and KILLED a nun in cold blood.

Its worth noting that (sadly) the Pope came out and apologized for his comments, saying there were not "his opinions" and could be easily "misinterpreted." Its too bad he apologized, really, because a) everything he said was true, and b) his apology hasn't been well excepted. The violence, protests, and mayhem continue.

Of course, not everyone is ready to administer blame where blame is due, with comments such as " (Islam) IS a peace loving religion. And Muslims doesn't equal to Middle East. They do not represent the billions of Muslims at other parts of the world," (comment from the Daily Mail) showing up all over. However, comments like these seem to be on shaky ground right now, as Muslim leaders don't seem to have come out against the violence. As a matter of fact, many of them seem to be its biggest supporters. For example, Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, a leader of Mutahida Majlis-e-Amal (a coalition of six Islamic parties), came out with this delightful comment: "If I get hold of the pope, I will hang him."

Now, I don't know about you, but to me, that sounds a hell of a lot like "spread by the sword" (ok, more like 'spread by the rope,' but you get it). Makes you wonder is Islam is really as 'peace-loving' as they claim to be. Somehow, I think not.

Another interesting note, pertaining to the same subject, is this ad, which appeared in the Washington Times, according to Spero News:

That's only the top part of the ad, which was paid for by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights and Jews Against Anti-Christian Defamation. The full ad is fairly large and, among other things, lists several quotes from Muslim leaders and groups, calling for the Pope's death. Its rather well done.

As a last note, I don't want to miss out on Rosie O'Donnell's little quote on ABC's "The View" last week: “Just a minute. Radical Christianity is just as threatening as radical Islam in a country like America where we have separation of church and state.” You can read a little more about this in FrontPage Magazine, but before you do, let me say that I don't agree with the entire article, as its very pro-war in Iraq (actually, I don't agree with a lot of FrontPage's stuff, for the same reason).

P.S. I Almost forgot! MLQ3, if you're reading this, let me explain about Quezon... First off, I'd like to clarify something that made by entire family laugh upon hearing it: Quezon isn't my son. He's my younger brother. (I suppose I haven't been very clear on the point, so I'm making sure that's straight now. At the moment I don't have any children, nor am I even married.)

Now on to the name... Unfortunately, the story isn't as interesting as it could be. Actually, his name isn't really Quezon. His full name (including conformation name) is: Christopher Joseph Francis Xavier Simmons. (Wordy, huh?) The reason Everyone calls him Quezon is a rather short, unexciting story, centering around cooking and television. Chris is a HUGE fan of the Japanese cooking show (shown dubbed in English on Food Network), the Iron Chef. The show, in essence, is a cooking competition between master chefs using special ingredients. During the cooking "battles," which last for one hour, commentators talk about the dishes, the ingredients, and the chefs. The head commentators name sounds very much like Quezon. So, because Chris watched the show so often, one day we started calling him Quezon, as a joke. And so the name stuck.

Not as interesting as it could be, but that's the true story. Hope I haven't disappointed you too much.

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Comments:
YES. The "Islam is a peace-loving religion" talk is BULL****. So many people make that ludicrous claim these days that it's very relieving to hear someone speak the truth on the issue.

As for Rosie O'Dumbbell, probably 90% of the things said by that stupid dyke would more appropriately be buried at the bottom of a landfill.

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Grant at 11:29 PM

so that's how Quezy go this name...ha! funny!
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