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Politics : The Truth About Islam -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (4435)	2/3/2007 9:03:37 PM
From: Ichy Smith	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20106

I can think of something good islam does for society, and they do it every day. Islam gives CNN something horrible to report every day so the poor folk know that there is someplace worse they could live.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (4435)	2/4/2007 2:02:40 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

Year of the Pig sparks porkies('Multicultural' China cuts images to avoid offending Muslim minority) The Australian ^ \| February 01, 2007 09:36am \| Rowan Callick news.com.au ON February 18, the Chinese world will usher in the new year of an animal, but its identity will be suppressed. A billion people will view China's - and the world's - most-watched annual television show, the Chinese New Year's Eve variety spectacular, but the viewers will be no wiser as to which animal is involved. The Chinese Government has decreed that the Year of the Pig will be celebrated with the least possible offence to the country's 21 million Muslims, for whom the porker is a dirty, offensive animal whose flesh must not be eaten. So this year, China Central TV's big event will be more like a politically correct school Christmas pageant in which participants must not mention Jesus for fear of being seen as biased. The Shanghai Islamic Association told The Australian: "In the last festival TV show to celebrate this year (12 years ago), the program was full of images of pigs, some of them quite grotesque, and many Muslims were unhappy and complained. "So we're pleased the Government has made this move." (Excerpt) Read more at news.com.au ....