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Originally Posted by submarinepainter
....the religion of pieces
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Nice! "The Religion of Pieces" (as in pieces of body parts strewn around a blown-up DVD shop or music shop that dared to sell "un-Islamic" material, that happens in Pakistan and the Palestinian Territories with regular frequency.)
One of many articles showing these atrocities:
NPR: ISLAMIC GROUP'S WRATH STOKES FEARS IN GAZA
"....The attacks started in October 2006, and they’ve stretched from north to south, hitting a wide range of businesses in the seaside Palestinian territory. Modern music stores, DVD outlets, restaurants and cultural centers have all been hit. In December, a Rafah cafeteria that allowed card playing was torched.
Rami, who didn’t want his full name used, owns a DVD store in the south-central Gaza city of Khan Younis. He said that at first, he laughed off an anonymous cell phone call threatening to attack his small business for selling allegedly racy movies, including Western titles. Then another call came...."
From:
http://hikm.wordpress.com/2007/03/05...fears-in-gaza/
If Muslims could become more "Westernized", then many of these atrocities would stop, as they'd move into the modern world, where, uh, music and DVDs are not considered evil....amazing.