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In reply to the discussion: New IS video shows militants smashing ancient Iraq artifacts [View all]Nihil
(13,508 posts)52. Thank you for re-posting that.
(ETA: Not sarcastic - I'm not a Facebook person but that was a good response
and I'm glad I had chance to read it here.)
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No one has prevented the American media from broadcasting the propaganda videos repeatedly.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#7
Destroying Qurans and ancient Muslim artifacts and priceless texts...not Muslim, just pure evil.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#6
So..why are the KKK not burning Bibles - in the name of "Christianity"? Did I miss something there?
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#9
No Christian sect "reveres" the Bible? Really........again, I must be missing something.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#16
Christians have reverence for the Bible but don't go apeshit if one is destroyed
riderinthestorm
Feb 2015
#34
Since when is 'evil' a word meaning 'one who burns Bibles'? The KKK lynched human beings. Evil.
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#13
Burning Churches, burning Mosques. Same evil, same devils. What religion worships devilry?
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#17
Throughout history MANY Christians have destroyed books and art in the name of Christianity.
Coventina
Feb 2015
#20
It is not a "tradition"......it is evil. Is there nuance to pure evil I am not getting?
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#25
I'm fed up with whataboutery. Exactly how many hundreds ago did those events happen?
snagglepuss
Feb 2015
#48
Yes, after the thousands of "other Muslims" they have already killed and enslaved this should do it..??
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#21
Just another nail. And I do not know why the Muslim countries are holding back. Maybe the rulers
jwirr
Feb 2015
#23
There are 50 Muslims nations in the coalition...Jordan, Iran, Turkey are most active...and who do
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#24
This is sad, but the Saudis destroyed many of their own historical artifacts, and
closeupready
Feb 2015
#29
Sounds like ISIS is getting funded through American Evangelical groups.
blkmusclmachine
Feb 2015
#43