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2011-01-13 Iraq

Sunni-Shiite padres work to issue joint fatwa against anti-Christian violence

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Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 It must be the water.

Posted by Uleatch Dribble8106 2011-01-13 02:30|| 2011-01-13 02:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Stopping the offense is not enough, because Islam is decentralized. The Christians have to learn how to defend themselves.

Since one of the Christian sects is affiliated with the Vatican, the Vatican should offer to credential a volunteer Christian organization that would travel to Iraq to give the Christians security advice.

Most of these people would be prior service military, familiar with Iraq, and the organization would not be a non-profit, but a not-for-profit. Cost to the Vatican would be minimal, mostly diplomatic, and it would save the government of Iraq money and embarrassment.

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-01-13 09:44|| 2011-01-13 09:44|| Front Page Top

#3 The Christians have to learn how to defend themselves.

Then the fat would really be in the fire. Unbelievers are not permitted to raise their hands against Mohammedans. Mark Twain remarked upon that in Innocents Abroad, when he sought explanation for a gang of Istanbul boys beating an old Jewish man until he was bloody.

Posted by trailing wife 2011-01-13 19:21|| 2011-01-13 19:21|| Front Page Top

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