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	<title>Comments on: The Middle East needs its activist moment</title>
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		<title>By: Tmrw2044</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/09/13/the-middle-east-needs-its-activist-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-60719</link>
		<dc:creator>Tmrw2044</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 13:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And what does that say about Islam if you are murdering innocent people for it&#039;s sake. And just because of dumb film. If anything, that makes you look dumber. This has nothing to do with neocolonialism, anti-Islam Western imperial power, being attacked daily, etc. That&#039;s pure b.s.! No, it&#039;s just pure DUMB. And let it be known the law of Cause and Effect is very strict no matter what religion you profess to follow.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And what does that say about Islam if you are murdering innocent people for it&#8217;s sake. And just because of dumb film. If anything, that makes you look dumber. This has nothing to do with neocolonialism, anti-Islam Western imperial power, being attacked daily, etc. That&#8217;s pure b.s.! No, it&#8217;s just pure DUMB. And let it be known the law of Cause and Effect is very strict no matter what religion you profess to follow.</p>
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		<title>By: InfideHere</title>
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		<dc:creator>InfideHere</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 12:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Activist Movement?  Are you kidding me??  The United States, Great Britain, Russia and all corners of the Earth are among some of the nations targeted for attack and invasion by Universal Islam.  It is infantile to believe that these Islamists have brought their 1,400 hundred years war to the West because of America&#039;s support of Israel...or that a You Tube video was posted, of a French editorial cartoon of mohammad.

Universal Islamic Jihad PREDATES the birth of the United States and Israel by a 1,000 years, and already has conquered much the Middle East and parts of Europe…and this cancer is spreading.

America and the rest of Western Civilization is falling prey to the same overt and covert strategies and tactics.  Terrorism has been only one of those tactics…and hence it is really stupid (yet politically correct) to call it a “War on Terror” when terror is simply a tactic.  The “Who” are Muslims who practice “true” Islam and Sharia law and of course the “Why” is Islam as founded by their self proclaimed prophet muhammad!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Activist Movement?  Are you kidding me??  The United States, Great Britain, Russia and all corners of the Earth are among some of the nations targeted for attack and invasion by Universal Islam.  It is infantile to believe that these Islamists have brought their 1,400 hundred years war to the West because of America&#8217;s support of Israel&#8230;or that a You Tube video was posted, of a French editorial cartoon of mohammad.</p>
<p>Universal Islamic Jihad PREDATES the birth of the United States and Israel by a 1,000 years, and already has conquered much the Middle East and parts of Europe…and this cancer is spreading.</p>
<p>America and the rest of Western Civilization is falling prey to the same overt and covert strategies and tactics.  Terrorism has been only one of those tactics…and hence it is really stupid (yet politically correct) to call it a “War on Terror” when terror is simply a tactic.  The “Who” are Muslims who practice “true” Islam and Sharia law and of course the “Why” is Islam as founded by their self proclaimed prophet muhammad!</p>
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		<title>By: BajaArizona</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/09/13/the-middle-east-needs-its-activist-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-60248</link>
		<dc:creator>BajaArizona</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 11:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The world is drowning in ignorance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The world is drowning in ignorance.</p>
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		<title>By: Samrch</title>
		<link>http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2012/09/13/the-middle-east-needs-its-activist-moment/comment-page-1/#comment-60174</link>
		<dc:creator>Samrch</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 17:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is  an activist movement in near east it is the Muslim    fanatics&gt;  Be careful what you wish for.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is  an activist movement in near east it is the Muslim    fanatics>  Be careful what you wish for.</p>
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		<title>By: meleze</title>
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		<dc:creator>meleze</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:56:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The murder of Stevens and three of his aides in Libya seems to be the work of a paramilitary group using the protests for cover. &quot; No you are making a mistake the murder ot the American Ambassador is the work of the absurd and caricatural film maker.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The murder of Stevens and three of his aides in Libya seems to be the work of a paramilitary group using the protests for cover. &#8221; No you are making a mistake the murder ot the American Ambassador is the work of the absurd and caricatural film maker.</p>
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		<title>By: mustafaspeaks</title>
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		<dc:creator>mustafaspeaks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 07:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excuse me, but what&#039;s happening in the Muslim world today is the normal reaction of peoples who have been attacked daily for the past decade.  Are Americans so &quot;in the moment&quot; as to forget all the civilian Muslim dead at the hands of its military all these long years?  Get used to the violent reactions because this period is just the beginning of a long war to remove the neocolonialism of the latest anti-Islam Western imperial power. Have a nice day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excuse me, but what&#8217;s happening in the Muslim world today is the normal reaction of peoples who have been attacked daily for the past decade.  Are Americans so &#8220;in the moment&#8221; as to forget all the civilian Muslim dead at the hands of its military all these long years?  Get used to the violent reactions because this period is just the beginning of a long war to remove the neocolonialism of the latest anti-Islam Western imperial power. Have a nice day.</p>
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		<title>By: OneOfTheSheep</title>
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		<dc:creator>OneOfTheSheep</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 04:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I fundamentally disagree with your title and the statement that:  &quot;Egypt’s devout have no good mechanisms for registering their offended feelings, and some groups have obviously taken to violence to fill the vacuum.&quot;

Such logic would justify the &quot;necessity&quot; of Nazis in pre-WWII Germany if the bubbling prejudice of that violent minority against any and all influence of Jews in their society were to find an effective and pubic outlet.

Just as every child, immature Islamist fundamentalists must learn and accept the fact that a civilized society must be able and willing to control mobs, whether or not spontaneous.  If they do not learn this from wise leaders who love and understand them, they risk a much harsher lesson from nations able to turn sand into glass if and when their citizens and national interests are unreasonably threatened.

Self-restraint is an absolute necessity for responsible self-governance.  No exceptions!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I fundamentally disagree with your title and the statement that:  &#8220;Egypt’s devout have no good mechanisms for registering their offended feelings, and some groups have obviously taken to violence to fill the vacuum.&#8221;</p>
<p>Such logic would justify the &#8220;necessity&#8221; of Nazis in pre-WWII Germany if the bubbling prejudice of that violent minority against any and all influence of Jews in their society were to find an effective and pubic outlet.</p>
<p>Just as every child, immature Islamist fundamentalists must learn and accept the fact that a civilized society must be able and willing to control mobs, whether or not spontaneous.  If they do not learn this from wise leaders who love and understand them, they risk a much harsher lesson from nations able to turn sand into glass if and when their citizens and national interests are unreasonably threatened.</p>
<p>Self-restraint is an absolute necessity for responsible self-governance.  No exceptions!</p>
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		<title>By: syrians_in_need</title>
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		<dc:creator>syrians_in_need</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 00:41:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://www.newcivilisation.com/home/ideas-philosophy/obama-and-clinton-celebrate-freedom-to-insult-islam

An article from the other side</description>
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<p>An article from the other side</p>
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		<title>By: halligator</title>
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		<dc:creator>halligator</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 22:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Whoever we are, wherever we&#039;re from, we shoulda noticed by now our behaviour is dumb 
And if our chances expect to improve it&#039;s gonna take a lot more than tryin&#039; to remove the other race or the other whatever from the face of the planet altogether 
They call it &quot;The Earth&quot; which is a dumb kinda name but they named it right &#039;cause we behave the same 
We are dumb all over 
Dumb all over, yes we are, dumb all over, near and far, dumb all over, black &#039;n white, people, we is not wrapped tight 
And nerds on the left, nerds on the right 
Religious fanatics on the air every night, sayin&#039; the bible tells the story and makes the details sound real gory about what to do if the geeks over there don&#039;t believe in the book we got over here 
You can&#039;t run a race without no feet 
And pretty soon there won&#039;t be no street for dummies to jog on or doggies to dog on 
Religious fanatics can make it be all gone 
I mean it won&#039;t blow up and disappear, it&#039;ll just look ugly for a thousand years 
You can&#039;t run a country by a book of religion 
Not by a heap or a lump or a smidgeon of foolish rules of ancient date, designed to make you all feel great while you fold, spindle and mutilate those unbelievers from a neighbouring state 
To arms, to arms 
Hooray! That&#039;s great, two legs ain&#039;t bad 
Unless there&#039;s a crate they ship the parts to mama in 
For souvenirs: two ears (Get down) 
Not his, not hers but what the hey 
The good book says, &quot;It&#039;s gotta be that way&quot; 
But their book says, &quot;Revenge the crusades&quot; 
With whips &#039;n chains and hand grenades 
Two arms, two arms 
Have another and another 
Our Cod says, &quot;There ain&#039;t no other&quot; 
Our Cod says, &quot;It&#039;s all ok&quot; 
Our god says &quot;This is the way&quot; 
It says in the book, &quot;Burn and destroy&quot; 
And repent and redeem and revenge and deploy and rumble thee forth to the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side 
&#039;Cause they don&#039;t go for what&#039;s in the book and that makes &#039;em bad 
So verily we must choppeth them up and stompeth them down 
Or rent a nice French bomb to poof them out of existence while leaving their real estate just where we need it to use again for temples in which to praise our god, &#039;cause he can really take care of business 
And when his humble TV servant with humble white hair and humble glasses and a nice brown suit and maybe a blonde wife who takes phone calls, tells us our god says it&#039;s ok to do this stuff, then we gotta do it 
&#039;Cause if we don&#039;t do it we ain&#039;t &quot;Gwine up to hebbin&quot; 
Depending on which book you&#039;re using at the time 
Can&#039;t use theirs, it don&#039;t work, it&#039;s all lies, gotta use mine 
Ain&#039;t that right? 
That&#039;s what they say 
Every night, everyday 
Hey, we can&#039;t really be dumb if we&#039;re just following god&#039;s orders 
Well let&#039;s get serious, god knows what he&#039;s doin&#039; 
He wrote this book here and the book says, &quot;He made us all to be just like him&quot; 
So, if we&#039;re dumb, then god is dumb and maybe even a little ugly on the side 
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side 
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side 
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side 
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whoever we are, wherever we&#8217;re from, we shoulda noticed by now our behaviour is dumb<br />
And if our chances expect to improve it&#8217;s gonna take a lot more than tryin&#8217; to remove the other race or the other whatever from the face of the planet altogether<br />
They call it &#8220;The Earth&#8221; which is a dumb kinda name but they named it right &#8217;cause we behave the same<br />
We are dumb all over<br />
Dumb all over, yes we are, dumb all over, near and far, dumb all over, black &#8216;n white, people, we is not wrapped tight<br />
And nerds on the left, nerds on the right<br />
Religious fanatics on the air every night, sayin&#8217; the bible tells the story and makes the details sound real gory about what to do if the geeks over there don&#8217;t believe in the book we got over here<br />
You can&#8217;t run a race without no feet<br />
And pretty soon there won&#8217;t be no street for dummies to jog on or doggies to dog on<br />
Religious fanatics can make it be all gone<br />
I mean it won&#8217;t blow up and disappear, it&#8217;ll just look ugly for a thousand years<br />
You can&#8217;t run a country by a book of religion<br />
Not by a heap or a lump or a smidgeon of foolish rules of ancient date, designed to make you all feel great while you fold, spindle and mutilate those unbelievers from a neighbouring state<br />
To arms, to arms<br />
Hooray! That&#8217;s great, two legs ain&#8217;t bad<br />
Unless there&#8217;s a crate they ship the parts to mama in<br />
For souvenirs: two ears (Get down)<br />
Not his, not hers but what the hey<br />
The good book says, &#8220;It&#8217;s gotta be that way&#8221;<br />
But their book says, &#8220;Revenge the crusades&#8221;<br />
With whips &#8216;n chains and hand grenades<br />
Two arms, two arms<br />
Have another and another<br />
Our Cod says, &#8220;There ain&#8217;t no other&#8221;<br />
Our Cod says, &#8220;It&#8217;s all ok&#8221;<br />
Our god says &#8220;This is the way&#8221;<br />
It says in the book, &#8220;Burn and destroy&#8221;<br />
And repent and redeem and revenge and deploy and rumble thee forth to the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side<br />
&#8216;Cause they don&#8217;t go for what&#8217;s in the book and that makes &#8216;em bad<br />
So verily we must choppeth them up and stompeth them down<br />
Or rent a nice French bomb to poof them out of existence while leaving their real estate just where we need it to use again for temples in which to praise our god, &#8217;cause he can really take care of business<br />
And when his humble TV servant with humble white hair and humble glasses and a nice brown suit and maybe a blonde wife who takes phone calls, tells us our god says it&#8217;s ok to do this stuff, then we gotta do it<br />
&#8216;Cause if we don&#8217;t do it we ain&#8217;t &#8220;Gwine up to hebbin&#8221;<br />
Depending on which book you&#8217;re using at the time<br />
Can&#8217;t use theirs, it don&#8217;t work, it&#8217;s all lies, gotta use mine<br />
Ain&#8217;t that right?<br />
That&#8217;s what they say<br />
Every night, everyday<br />
Hey, we can&#8217;t really be dumb if we&#8217;re just following god&#8217;s orders<br />
Well let&#8217;s get serious, god knows what he&#8217;s doin&#8217;<br />
He wrote this book here and the book says, &#8220;He made us all to be just like him&#8221;<br />
So, if we&#8217;re dumb, then god is dumb and maybe even a little ugly on the side<br />
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side<br />
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side<br />
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side<br />
Dumb all over, a little ugly on the side</p>
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		<title>By: LinkedIn</title>
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		<dc:creator>LinkedIn</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 20:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Between Isms and values

Human behaviour is often closely linked to the social conditions and moral values. The further down the social ladder people find themselves, the more they are exposed to, and receptive to, social movements based on a certain religions, sects or set of values. Conflicts, war, the gap between rich and poor, the lack of social mobility and personal empowerment are also breeding grounds for a variety of movements that can have a positive as well as a negative effect on social progress.

There is no shortage of examples for the statements above. Just before the civil war broke out in Syria I visited Damascus, Aleppo, Palmira and Homs. I had good many discussions with people in the traditional Souk commercial centres. It was a history lesson that took me back to the period of trading and expansion along Palmyra, the Silk Route to China and Central Asia, as well as the churches and mosques that accommodated Christians and Muslims at different times. Places that are today being emptied of people and destroyed, and where centuries of history are being levelled to the ground.

Instead of developing trade and tourism, the Syrian regime chose to trail the same violence Bashar al-Assad’s father used against its citizens. Perhaps I, like many Syrians I met, believed that the young dictator would prove to be smart and choose to go down into history as the one that opened the Syrian economy and promoted social reforms. I can still remember the smile of two of the Aleppo carpet merchants that removed dollar and euro bills from their pockets and proudly said that the young Assad now allowed them to trade in foreign currency. Around the souks, there was widespread trust that the government would give the long awaited freedom to the class that for centuries constituted the fabric of Syrian secular society: its merchants.
Read more at http;//www.kajembren.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Between Isms and values</p>
<p>Human behaviour is often closely linked to the social conditions and moral values. The further down the social ladder people find themselves, the more they are exposed to, and receptive to, social movements based on a certain religions, sects or set of values. Conflicts, war, the gap between rich and poor, the lack of social mobility and personal empowerment are also breeding grounds for a variety of movements that can have a positive as well as a negative effect on social progress.</p>
<p>There is no shortage of examples for the statements above. Just before the civil war broke out in Syria I visited Damascus, Aleppo, Palmira and Homs. I had good many discussions with people in the traditional Souk commercial centres. It was a history lesson that took me back to the period of trading and expansion along Palmyra, the Silk Route to China and Central Asia, as well as the churches and mosques that accommodated Christians and Muslims at different times. Places that are today being emptied of people and destroyed, and where centuries of history are being levelled to the ground.</p>
<p>Instead of developing trade and tourism, the Syrian regime chose to trail the same violence Bashar al-Assad’s father used against its citizens. Perhaps I, like many Syrians I met, believed that the young dictator would prove to be smart and choose to go down into history as the one that opened the Syrian economy and promoted social reforms. I can still remember the smile of two of the Aleppo carpet merchants that removed dollar and euro bills from their pockets and proudly said that the young Assad now allowed them to trade in foreign currency. Around the souks, there was widespread trust that the government would give the long awaited freedom to the class that for centuries constituted the fabric of Syrian secular society: its merchants.<br />
Read more at http;//www.kajembren.com</p>
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