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June 20, 2007

Oh the times... they are a changing...

Sheikh Abu Saqer, leader of the group Jihadia Salafiya, said that Gaza's Muslims "expect our Christian neighbors to understand the new Hamas rule means real changes. They must be ready for Islamic rule if they want to live in peace in Gaza".

In case you were wondering what that might be like:

“A group of unknown people attacked, burnt and looted the nuns’ building. They destroyed everything inside and stole the computers,” Father Manuel said. “They then invade the chapel, broke the furniture, burnt the sacred images and holy books. They threw the Sacred Species to the ground and destroyed everything on their path: beds, chairs, tables, curtains, shooting at the walls and setting them on fire. We don’t know who the thugs were because they came at night when the sisters were not present.”

I shudder to think what might have happened if the sisters were present when Hamas came a calling.

For his final comment on the subject, Gaza priest Fr Manuel Musallam said: "Our relations with the Muslims are not only good, they are excellent."

If he says so, well, I guess the definition of excellent relations means the desecration of your church, and the burning of your sacred images and holy books.

Maybe "excellent relations" means they just let you live.

Posted by LindaSoG at June 20, 2007 07:49 AM


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He probably said that because he is afraid. And yes that G-d that no nuns were there.

But I just have to say this. The difference in men and women that make a difference in this world in a positive way are not men like Fr Manuel Musallam. The Bible says the Meek shall inherit the earth. But it is the warrior, the patriot, those that take a stand for what is right that deliever that "earth", that land of freedom from fear to those that are Meek and weak and afraid to stand up to those wanting to destroy the innocent and take the freedoms away.

Great post Linda thank you for always getting the word out for us to learn about. You make a difference in this world.

Posted by: Wild Thing at June 20, 2007 10:31 AM


Thanks Linda, looks to me like what Fr Manuel Musallam is really saying is Dhimmitude has been good up 'til now. Seems to me that a certain Pope maintained his neutrality under Nazi occupation, there are millions of markers as proof of it.

Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.
--Lajos Kossuth

The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality --Dante


Thank you for getting the word out Linda.

Posted by: Jack at June 20, 2007 01:59 PM


The times are definitely not "a' changing." It's been the same since Mohammed crawled out of his little sewer in Mecca.

Posted by: Vinnie at June 20, 2007 08:07 PM


I'm perhaps a little bit confused about the relationship(s) between devout Christians and the Muslim world. It has been my experience that the major player responsible for the relocation of "oppressed" Muslims into the US has been Christian groups trying to reach out and give these people a better place to live.

So they (in Europe, most often) sacrifice their churches to be turned into mosques, and in the US various Christian groups have succeeded in relocating tens of thousands of Muslims into areas that are, often, preposterously odd. A community in Maine springs to mind, where several thousand Somalian Muslims have been resettled, much to the consternation of the locals who had nothing to say about the matter. Call them bigots if you wish, but from what I hear the Muslims make a thousand demands about being accommodated while the locals scratch their heads and wonder what the hell happened to the character of their New England communities.

"We're just being good Christians," the Christians say. All fine and well.

1. So the US has no right to straighten out the mess in other countries, so we let the baddies run the show while we rescue the oppressed and bring them here. Somalia. Kosovo. Afghanistan. Iraq.

2. The "bad" Muslims see what is going on. They keep slaughtering their "bretheren" and we maintain an influx of Muslim refugees.

3. Can you spell s-u-c-k-e-r?

Posted by: k at June 20, 2007 09:29 PM


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