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2010-05-26 Africa North

Maghreb religious officials discuss curbing extreme fatwas

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Posted by Fred 2010-05-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 "Algeria's troubles in the 1990s had roots in similar fatwas from foreign sources"

Uhm, you might want to grab Sherman, hop in the wayback machine, and look at the causes of the French invasion of Algeria in the 19th century.

Basically it went like this:

Fanatics would enslave and/or murder people, they particularly liked to enslave and murder Christians. France would send a fleet down there, lob some cannon fire into a port, and get an agreement. As soon as the French ships were over the horizon, the Algerians would start up again. After a few iterations of this, the French finally took the primary city and got another agreement. Then they left and the Algerians started business as usual again. Finally France had enough and just took the entire country.

Don't get me started on that idiot in Sudan who proclaimed himself the Mahdi in the 19th century.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-05-26 02:19|| 2010-05-26 02:19|| Front Page Top

#2 Suppression of Islamic murder, enslavement, and kidnapping for ransom was a big driver of the Euros dealings with North Africa for centuries.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-05-26 14:11|| 2010-05-26 14:11|| Front Page Top

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