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To: Lane3 who wrote (173118)	7/10/2006 7:44:01 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

As you probably found, it sources to the "Islamophobic blog" islamophobic.blogspot.com If I find further, I will post it to you. Meanwhile Europe continues to reconform for the Muslims: Church to remove Moor-slayer saint Spanish King Juan Carlos with a statue of St James The church wants to emphasise St James's kinder side A statue in a Spanish cathedral showing St James slicing the heads off Moorish invaders is to be removed to avoid causing offence to Muslims. Cathedral authorities in the pilgrim city of Santiago de Compostela, on Spain's north west coast, plan to move the statue to the museum. Among the reasons for the move is to avoid upsetting the "sensitivities of other ethnic groups". news.bbc.co.uk

To: Lane3 who wrote (173118)	7/10/2006 12:17:31 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Well, not exactly. Did find these links re "Dhimmi" on BBC: Dhimmi "People of the Book" bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk bbc.co.uk news.bbc.co.uk

To: Lane3 who wrote (173118)	7/13/2006 9:35:15 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793838

Here's your confirmation. They blocked it. Now they have backed down. No offence BBC * Vicky Taylor * 13 Jul 06, 12:49 PM Words, as any journalist knows, can be loaded. One which has cropped up and led to lots of conversations in some blogs is "dhimmi". It's not a very well-known word (it's not in the Oxford English Dictionary, for instance), but it is one which raises passions. A graphic of the BBC News website"Dhimmi" refers historically to non-Muslims living in Islamic states whose religion was tolerated as long as they accepted the supremacy of the Islamic state. It is now used, sometimes in the word "dhimmitude", to mean "situations where non-Muslims in the West are allegedly championing Islamic causes above others" (Wikipedia's definition). Recently in our Have Your Say discussions, "dhimmi" has been used in a context which breaches our house rules, specifically that posts should not be abusive, offensive or provocative. Some users have tried to register with names using variations of "dhimmi", again sometimes in an offensive way. When we spotted this trend, we put the word "dhimmi" on our automated list of blocked words, mostly swearing and racially offensive terms. That meant that any reference to "dhimmi" would mean the posting was automatically deleted. (Having a blocked list means it's possible to filter out abuse and ensure comments do not break any laws - especially useful since our debates get several thousand messages each day.) On reflection, though, it's clear that the word "dhimmi" can be used in the modern sense in a non-abusive way, so we've decided that it should not now be blocked. The list of blocked words is a moving object - words and meanings do change from time to time - so we'll monitor how the debate goes. Getting the balance right between freedom of speech and removing offensive content can be difficult at times. We do have our rules, which we enforce, because we want the debates on our site to reflect intelligent, informed and legally expressed opinions. But we're not interested in stopping discussion - that, after all, is the point. bbc.co.uk