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Terrorists Ban Musical Ringtones
If you're a al Shabaab insurgent in Somalia with a Mylie Cyrus ringtone you probably have a lot of problems. The newest one is that your organization has formally banned musical ringtones. The official ring is "...to be only a Muslim cleric reading the Hadith or Koranic verse." Terrorist and Bollywood movie song aficionado Sacdiyo Sheeq says. "I used to listen to my favorite Indian songs on my cell phone, but now I have just thrown that memory away."
So, we've got a new way to identify terrorists... just dial their cell numbers, and listen to the ring tone!
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
That's a lot less royalty for ringtone sales of the ever-popular-with terrorists "Leavin' on a Jet Plane."
This is a public service. Do you really want Rihanna to be the last thing you hear before the remotely-detonated bomb goes off?
It's everyone in the place they've taken over. The article reports that someone got 25 lashes for "rejecting religion" after being caught listening to music.
Completely barking mad, but then if you believe as they do you can see how it is defended. Good job we're not run by religious fundamentalists of any kind.
The heavily armed group controls much of the south and parts of the capital Mogadishu, and courts run by its clerics have ordered executions, floggings and amputations in recent months.
It has also banned movies, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer in the areas under it control.
"We do not tolerate anything that may corrupt the people,"
So now there are thousands of Somali pirates, rolling in money from their ongoing exploits, who have now been told that it is illegal to have fun under threat of flogging, amputation, or death.
It's karmic in its own way.
If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
"It has also banned movies, dancing at wedding ceremonies and playing or watching soccer in the areas under it control."
do we really need to fight them then? Sounds like the people will eventually rebel or leave.
my karma will be here long after I'm gone
Mylie Cyrus
What. The. Fuck.
We can't even get her name right?
It's M-I-L-E-Y. Apparently I'm the only one who knows this.
Oh, and Emily Osment (Lily) is hotter.
Alexander Peter Kristopeit bought his basement from his mommy for one dollar.
Rebellions happened, it's just "rather difficult" to beat a regular army with a citizens militia, some people's wet dreams notwithstanding.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto_Uprising to name just one.
"Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
You may even have more time to hear them than you think...
I'm not sure but I think it is In Saudi Arabia that there was a ruling by a coranic council AGAINST Koran verses used as ringtone.
You, they are sacred... and picking up the phone would mean interrupting them...so if you use a coranic verse as your ringtone you have to wait until the call is picked up by voicemail...
It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
What if someone sampled the 2-second bit "Bismallah!"* from Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen? I suppose that *technically* it is musical -- Freddie Mercury sing-speaks it in a "G-C-G" progression -- but it is a perfectly good thing for a pious Muslim to say. It is also appropriate because it is often said before beginning a task.
*usually interpreted as "In the name of God!"
I suppose that requiring the ring-tone to be a Qu'ranic verse is probably a good idea -- you know that otherwise everyone would just use "Allahu Akbar"!
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