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  My son graduated last Friday

  by Captain Schmideo2 in

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  i have talked about him before on this forum.

  he is now a graduate from mit!.

  it was a lovely weekend.. i got to meet some of the friends he has made in the past four years, and some of their families.. they were very nice, decent, friendly, and enjoyable people.

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  humbled

  Your son got the right idea snd stayed with it. Congratulations to you too.

  Parents can definitely be the wind beneath the wings.
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  Austria Begins Closing Mosques and Deporting Imams

  by cofty in

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  austria, a member of the eu since 1995, is a country of 8.8 million people with a muslim population of around 600,000 mostly turkish immigrants.

  in 2015 it passed an 'islam law' prohibiting foreign funding of religious groups and creating a duty for muslim organisations to have 'a positive fundamental view towards state and society'.. many mosques in austria have continued to receive money from turkish muslim organisations so the new right-wing government have decided to enforce the law.

  seven mosques have been identified for closure and 60 imams are to be either deported or refused visas.

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  Slimboyfat—do you think that all systems of belief in Islam are the same?
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  Make America Great Again Hats...would you wear one?

  by minimus in

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  i like trump but i would be reticent wearing that hat.🤠.

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  MAGA?

  Most slogans are like Chinese fortune cookies.

  When you first hear them they make every kind of sense, then —in a flash —they don’t make any sense at all.
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  UK justice..

  by zeb in

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  tommie robinson has reported often about what he sees as the demise of british society by the imposition of 'sharia' norms.. https://www.infowars.com/update-tommy-robinson-gets-13-months-for-livestreaming-outside-courthouse/?utm_source=nightly+newsletter&utm_campaign=9e3ceb30f6-email_campaign_2018_05_25_03_10&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e12661a83c-9e3ceb30f6-38680565.

  yesterday he was jailed for 13 months for reporting outside a court in the uk.

  his was a non violent offence.. what no community service?

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  Diogenesister—Vulnerable children in care every where seem to fall into bad and worse treatment . A child that leaves its parent’s sight is at risk much less a child cut loose and marked “public ward”. Abuse is often overlooked

  Authorities, media, agencies make reports— who can trust them? Agendas, self preservation greed may color their stories. The critical and breakthrough report on the grooming gangs (tell me if I am wrong) came through that journalist Andrew Norfolk after four years of deep digging. He conclusions were damning of the authorities and Pakistani Muslim custom(the culture that has a high number of abusive actions toward women and little girls.)

  What do you think of this article by a Rotherham grooming gang survivor? Her account comments on:

  the distinction between paedophile rings and the Muslim grooming gangs

  attacks against all Muslims that she finds detrimental to fighting extremism

  the actions authorities have said they are taking to help but she says they are not

  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/voices/rotherham-grooming-gang-sexual-abuse-muslim-islamist-racism-white-girls-religious-extremism-a8261831.html%3famp

  edit: Realizing the different ways sexual abuse is reported Ivan help or hinder discussion. Sex rings and grooming gangs not the same can skew our understanding of this topic. It is specific: Viciously cruel Muslim grooming gangs.
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  I Think It’s Great That ExJWs Have Gotten Politically Involved!

  by minimus in

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  remember when we could never say an opinion regarding politics?

  it’s refreshing to see that we can tell everyone what our political stances are and have no fear of shunning .

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  Austria Begins Closing Mosques and Deporting Imams

  by cofty in

  1. social
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  austria, a member of the eu since 1995, is a country of 8.8 million people with a muslim population of around 600,000 mostly turkish immigrants.

  in 2015 it passed an 'islam law' prohibiting foreign funding of religious groups and creating a duty for muslim organisations to have 'a positive fundamental view towards state and society'.. many mosques in austria have continued to receive money from turkish muslim organisations so the new right-wing government have decided to enforce the law.

  seven mosques have been identified for closure and 60 imams are to be either deported or refused visas.

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  Have you read the article on young Muslims in Australia who want out of Islam, SBF? The poster no-zombie has it out. https://www.jehovahs-witness.com/topic/5955816503902208/problem-being-wanting-ex-muslinThe relevant feature of radical Islam is the violent coercive nature of it. The negative impact on host nations and on the oppressive conditions it forces upon its own members subverts the excercise of freedoms in a country. I am convinced that there should be thresholds of assimilation for citizens to enjoy benefits of residency. At least do no harm to the others. The ordinary rule of law could create and maintain order by simply legislating criteria for conduct that had been customary for long time residents but must be legally described for others

  Thats how I see the matter.
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  The problem of being (or wanting be to) an Ex-Muslin

  by no-zombie in

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  i just finished reading a long article about the young people wanting to break free of islam in australia and the problems they face in leaving their high control religion.

  the similarities between us and them is quite clear, as is how they woke up.

  it's worth a read.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-09/double-lives:-the-secret-ex-muslim-network-in-australia/9811340.

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  humbled

  Bump this.
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  Austria Begins Closing Mosques and Deporting Imams

  by cofty in

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  austria, a member of the eu since 1995, is a country of 8.8 million people with a muslim population of around 600,000 mostly turkish immigrants.

  in 2015 it passed an 'islam law' prohibiting foreign funding of religious groups and creating a duty for muslim organisations to have 'a positive fundamental view towards state and society'.. many mosques in austria have continued to receive money from turkish muslim organisations so the new right-wing government have decided to enforce the law.

  seven mosques have been identified for closure and 60 imams are to be either deported or refused visas.

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  SBF— come to think of it... in 1973 when l worked as an Au Pare in Nuremberg before my sojourn in Ireland there were a lot of Turks around the area clear to the suburb of Wendelstein where my employers lived.

  The question is whether radical Islam has come with the infusion of outside money. One needs healthy skepticism in these times.
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  Austria Begins Closing Mosques and Deporting Imams

  by cofty in

  1. social
  2. current

  austria, a member of the eu since 1995, is a country of 8.8 million people with a muslim population of around 600,000 mostly turkish immigrants.

  in 2015 it passed an 'islam law' prohibiting foreign funding of religious groups and creating a duty for muslim organisations to have 'a positive fundamental view towards state and society'.. many mosques in austria have continued to receive money from turkish muslim organisations so the new right-wing government have decided to enforce the law.

  seven mosques have been identified for closure and 60 imams are to be either deported or refused visas.

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  Slimboyfat— In a careful read of the OP it says there was a law passed in Austria three years ago that required mosques to not accept money from abroad. This kept allegiance with in their host country . Also a measure of goodwill was expected toward that same host country. As I understand it only the mosques that are out of compliance have been shut down for the preach also I’m measure of goodwill was expected toward that same host. Those out of compliance have been banned.

  If the extreme version of Islam were not so intolerable (and even at times deadly) there would be no problem. But if you read the plight of those who want to leave Islam or who disapprove of some teachings —they suffer grave or violent responses . Such communities as have those attitudes are adverse to progressive live-and-let-live culture.

  There are other measures that are cooperative between a government and the Muslim communities to help assimilate.

  Skinhead -jackboot type nationalism is not what will help. This is not what is coming l hope. But ignoring this problem is hurting everyone-progressive, gentle Muslims first and others as well.

  What measures do you think would work, SBF?
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  The problem of being (or wanting be to) an Ex-Muslin

  by no-zombie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i just finished reading a long article about the young people wanting to break free of islam in australia and the problems they face in leaving their high control religion.

  the similarities between us and them is quite clear, as is how they woke up.

  it's worth a read.. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-09/double-lives:-the-secret-ex-muslim-network-in-australia/9811340.

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  humbled

  Great to have information, no-zombie.

  I just posted on another thread an article from a Sydney paper on the Saudi funding of radical Islamist preachers in Australia. Needing oil makes politicians soft , complicit —even if Australian Muslims want out?

  l will read in the morning. Late here in Arkansas and l work tomorrow. But l will see what’s up later.

  edit: Started reading , couldn’t stop.

  Many said it was knowing Islam so well that allowed them to look at it critically.
  And they argued that regardless of their reasoning, they should be legally and socially able to opt out of a religion and to be safe from judgement and abuse.

  quote from article... sounds like one of us alright.