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ISIS Makes Direct Threats Against Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey (cnet.com)
wjcofkc writes: A group of ISIS supporters have threatened to take down Facebook and Twitter, as well as their leaders. In a 25-minute propaganda video released by a group calling itself "the sons of the Caliphate army," photographs of both technology leaders are riddled with bullets. The video was first spotted by Vocativ. The threats are being made over the two companies' efforts to seek out and remove terrorist-related content on their respective platforms. The group is quoted as saying, "If you close one account, we will take 10 in return and soon your names will be erased after we delete your sites, Allah willing, and will know that we say is true."
Those who think the Pen is mightier than the Sword are about to learn the unpoetic truth that a person with only a pen needs to have some really good friends with swords.
I think part of the reason why the threat is funny is because they are threatening to "delete" Facebook, like you can just click on it and press the Del key and, that's it, no more Facebook. It's also funny because you have some sort of international terrorist group threatening the founders of social networks because they keep getting kicked off. They don't sound so tough and scary when they're whining about getting kicked off Twitter.
Anyway, it's funny in the same way that Donald Trump being the GOP nominee for president is funny. You don't expect them to have success so it's funny to see the bluster. And, if they actually did have success, then yes, the entire world would recoil in shock and horror, stock markets would collapse, there would be a general panic, laws would be passed that restrict our rights, and the US military would immediately spring into action and start attacking everything in sight.
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..possibly Sikhs, Zorastrians, Mandeans, Hindus, and Buddhists.
This is from personal experiences, working in a British University for over 10 years, 60-80% foreign students, so make of it what you will. Bear in mind, I had to be aware of any undercurrents going on as the last thing I needed was to deal with an outbreak of violence in the Labs, unfortunately, these happened. And, bear in mind, I was dealing with Engineering/Computing/Science students here.
Regarding Muslims and their attitudes to 'The People of the Book(the extended edition)'
Sikhs: nope..friction between Sikhism and Islam has rumbled along merrily for centuries (one Muslim student described Sikhism to me as a 'piss take of Islam', general consensus of the Sikhs I knew was 'the only good Muslim was a dead one'..)
Hindus: not.a.bloody.chance. There was a general disdain of Hindu students by the Muslim students, this became outright open hostility towards Hindus on occasion by Pakistani and Central-North African Muslims (I had to break up fights).
Zorastrians: Tricky one this, I knew several Zorastrians, but they kept themselves to themselves, so cannot comment on their interactions with the Muslim students (other than to point out again that they made themselves inconspicuous)
Buddhists: See, the funny thing about not believing in any God as far as Islam is concerned is...The Muslim attitude I experienced ranged from total indifference from the liberals through to they're Kafir, kill with fire from the usual nutters.
Mandeans: never met any, that I know of (see remark above regarding Zorastrians and being inconspicuous)
I know there's some stuff out there about 'People of the Book' covering the above groups, but talking to Muslims over the years, even ones who could be described as liberal (e.g. taking Khayyam at his word when he said '..It is better to flourish in the street of the tavern than to wither in the mosque.'), they say it only covers Christians and Jews (the more militant ones would drop the Jews from the list if they dared..but that would eventually open up a large can of worms regarding the origins of Islam, so best left alone..at present).
Disclaimer: Atheist, but maintain a passing interest (in the spirit of know thy enemy) in religions and their funny ways..
Not where I live. Actually, a politician who even ponders thinking about mentioning something akin to resembling Creationism as a "valid theory" and something that should be taught in school would very certainly perform political suicide.
We don't elect lunatics. At least not of the religious kind.
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