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Berlin Expat

(961 posts)
18. Look at
Sat Jan 10, 2015, 05:17 PM
Jan 2015

what the takfiri in Boko Haram did - they killed something close to 2,000 people in northeast Nigeria in what I can only describe as an epic killing spree. That's a death toll that's damned near 9/11 levels.

And yet.....very little coverage on this atrocity.

Earlier today (Saturday) several were killed in Tripoli, Lebanon when two suicide bombers set themselves off in a cafe.

Perhaps it's what many in the West consider "run of the mill" for that part of the world. The sad reality remains that the bulk of those killed by groups like al-Qaeda or IS are Muslims.

The reason they end up dead? They're the 'wrong kind' of Muslims. IS in particular has, as one of its objectives, a "purification" of the Ummah in mind as their primary goal. And they intend to achieve that "purification" through mass murder.

I have my own view - the problem, quite bluntly, is Salafism/Wahhabism. It is a cancer that is destroying the Islamic world. And what's worse - America's putative allies, the House of Saud, has spent tens of billions of dollars since the mid-1970's to propagate this toxic and virulently fanatical doctrine on a global basis. Indeed, IS is perhaps the most extreme manifestation of Wahhabism, so extreme that they're now wanting to go after Saudi Arabia itself, viewing them as insufficiently "pure".

The logical end result of extremism. And Sufis such as myself know to keep our heads down because these fanatics have made it known in no uncertain terms that people like me are - in their view - apostates who are to be killed without question.

Wahhabists have killed more Muslims than in Pamela Geller's wildest fantasies. Sad but true.

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A man with a good and brave heart JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #1
He put his life on the line for those he protected. MohRokTah Jan 2015 #8
I suspect JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #9
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Shhhhh . . . Depaysement Jan 2015 #3
Then shout those facts out from the rooftops Jack Rabbit Jan 2015 #5
yep. get a bump in my throat reading about this PatrynXX Jan 2015 #6
no he is just a HERO we can't talk about religion. m-lekktor Jan 2015 #4
Absolutley ,thank you.... Burf-_- Jan 2015 #7
wow, way to prove his point (nt) a2liberal Jan 2015 #10
Actually, your saying much the same in reverse. Behind the Aegis Jan 2015 #11
Seems like basic human dignity oberliner Jan 2015 #12
Oh that's good to hear tblue Jan 2015 #13
I think the reason this is important is because sus453 Jan 2015 #14
Look at Berlin Expat Jan 2015 #18
880 views narnian60 Jan 2015 #15
age 24 from Mali, West Africa Liberal_in_LA Jan 2015 #16
I love him for this. We all need good hearted people, we can't afford to lose them. freshwest Jan 2015 #20
WAIT A MINUTE--IS THAT A HOODIE???!?! Dr. Strange Jan 2015 #23
A brave man. cwydro Jan 2015 #17
He deserves mylye2222 Jan 2015 #19
I was just thinking the same thing -- he should get an award of some kind HeiressofBickworth Jan 2015 #21
An award would be nice. A monetary, sizable reward would be nicer. He didn't do it for money kelliekat44 Jan 2015 #24
He is a good human being. Thank god smirkymonkey Jan 2015 #22
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