Surprise: ISIS Is Also Antigay

[William769]

A propaganda video hoping to recruit new fighters for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria warns about the dangers of gay teachers in 'infidel' schools.

The terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has already made headlines for its acts of violence and indiscriminate murder, including publishing videos that claim to show the beheading of American and British journalists and aid workers.

So it comes as no surprise that the radical, militant group also believes gay people are a danger to the public, the "worst of all creatures," and on par with "pedophiles."

In a recruitment video first posted online in late March, a masked ISIS fighter tells Muslims that they should emigrate to ISIS-controlled regions in the Middle East to lend their various skills to the ISIS cause, lest their children attend school with gay teachers.

The video was posted to YouTube by the Middle East Media Research Center, reports the Washington Blade. That Washington, D.C.-based LGBT outlet rightly notes that the antigay name-calling in the ISIS video pales in comparison to "the brutality demonstrated by ISIS in other messages."

http://www.advocate.com/world/2014/09/18/isis-propaganda-claims-gays-are-pedophiles-animals

I guess my dating pool just got a little smaller.

[Agschmid]

1. Shocked.

[Sopkoviak]

2. Well there you go

That's the final straw.

[sheshe2]

3. Why am I not surprised.

gay people are a danger to the public, the "worst of all creatures," and on par with "pedophiles."

Good to see you, William!

[William769]

6. Thanks sheshe.

You can't keep a gaad man down.

[CJCRANE]

4. They are pretty much anti-everything.

My idea is that if we can convince them they are heretics, they will attack themselves.

[hifiguy]

10. Religulous nihilists, i think.

[CJCRANE]

12. It's a kind of hypnotic reductionism.

About 18 months ago I stumbled across a jihadi extremist supporters' group on Facebook. Their messages just repeat the same ideas over and over again. Most don't seem to have much knowledge of history or religion beyond a few canned slogans. There's no nuance or philosophy or spirituality. It's religion-lite based on social media memes.

[Skittles]

14. that description sounds like teabaggers

yes indeed

[NYC_SKP]

7. Oh, William, you do NOT want to date an ISIS member!

Don't lose your head over this!



Seriously, just like Teabaggers, ISIS find LGBT abominations, along with most women, many children, scientists, sane people, and Visigoths.

I hope you catch the Visigoths reference from my favorite movie.

[William769]

8. I was only joking.

My dating pool is small to begin with. After I subtract all the people that hate the LGBTQ community and want to see us wiped off the face of the earth, The dating pool gets a lot smaller. Seems to coincide with the gene pool too.

[hifiguy]

9. Fanatical god-botherers always are.

It's one of the Things They Do.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. Hardly A Surprise

They appear to be "anti" nearly everything.

Or, that's the act they perform and really they're just mobsters looking for power.

[ZombieHorde]

13. Is there a pro-gay Islamic sect? nt

[cali]

17. It's my understanding that Sufism is more tolerant of GLBT folks than other Islamic sects

[ZombieHorde]

18. That may be.

Sufis are interesting. I started a book about Sufis, and the author was describing a debate within the Sufi community as whether or not they are Muslims. I don't care what label they chose, but I thought just the fact that was a debate within the community was interesting. I need to finish that book.

[pampango]

23. Cape Town pro-gay mosque opens in South Africa

The "Open Mosque" will accept people from all religions and sexual orientations

Women will also be allowed to lead prayers at Taj Hargey's "Open Mosque" in Cape Town.

"We are opening the mosque for open-minded people, not closed-minded people," Mr Hargey told the BBC. He says the mosque will help counter growing Islamic radicalism.

Mr Hargey, a professor at the Muslim Educational Centre of Oxford in the UK, told the BBC's Newsday programme it was time for a "religious revolution".

"In South Africa 20 years ago, there was a peaceful revolution changing from apartheid to democracy and we need to have a similar development in the area of religion," he said.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-29279879

I don't think this mosque will be much of a recruiting center for ISIS.

[ZombieHorde]

24. That is wonderful news.

Are they their own sect, nondenominational, or what?

[Amonester]

25. Thanks for posting! :)

[Erose999]

15. Well they have that in common with fundamentalist Christians and GOP congressmen. These bastards

would probably all hold hands and sing "kumbayyaa" if they knew how similar their worldviews are.

But then there's the small matter of oil....

[Sheepshank]

16. Kite Runner?

Against gay loving relationships, not so much gay sex.

[LittleBlue]

19. Islamist militants are anti-gay? No kidding. nt

[joeybee12]

20. True, but so are many of our "allies" who are helping to fight them...nt

[JEB]

21. So are many "Christians" right here in our own fold.

[joeybee12]

22. True also...there's definitely enough to go around...nt

[William769]

27. I hate to break it to you, but this subject matter is not funny.

[bluestateguy]

28. And yet you have some American progressives who will give them a pass

and some of those same people will excoriate Obama as anti-gay or for not moving fast enough on their issues.

[William769]

31. ...

[TeeYiYi]

29. You have a dating pool?...

Awesome!



TYY

[William769]

30. Actually my pool shots cannot be shown here.