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To: lorne who wrote (5843)	3/5/2007 10:20:08 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Respond to of 20106

2 men killed, four injured in drive-by shootings in Muslim-dominated southern Thailand The Associated PressPublished: March 5, 2007 iht.com BANGKOK, Thailand: Suspected Muslim insurgents shot dead two men and wounded four others in a flurry of drive-by shootings in Thailand's restive south Monday, police said. A Muslim man was shot dead and his wife injured while riding a motorcycle back from work at a rubber plantation in the Raman district of Yala province, police Lt. Songkran Kankranond said. Nearby, another Muslim couple who worked at a rubber plantation was shot and severely injured, said Songkran. "We believe that the two incidents may have been perpetrated by the same people to cause fear and further unrest," said Songkran, blaming the attacks on insurgents. Drive-by shootings and bombings occur almost daily in Thailand's three Muslim-majority provinces — Yala, Narathiwat and Pattani — where more than 2,000 lives have been claimed since violence flared in 2004. Muslims as well as Buddhists are targeted. In Narathiwat's Kok Pho district, a 70-year-old Buddhist rubber plantation worker was shot and killed by drive-by gunmen, while another man was injured in the attack, police said. Violence in Thailand's restive south has escalated in recent months despite a major policy shift by the military-installed government, which has taken a conciliatory approach to ending the violence. The administration of Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a September coup, was criticized for heavy-handed policies that failed to stem the violence.

To: lorne who wrote (5843)	3/6/2007 10:11:46 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20106

Thank you. I have read articles from that Anti-Muslim site before but not this one... "I disagree...some religions are written or designed in such a way as to permit some people within said religion to hurt innocent people if they were to believe and follow literally the written words of a religion....islam is one of those religions. I think this is from some sort of religious site but I think the passages from the koran are accurate." At the core of all religions the use of force to make others serve God or to belief in God, is strictly forbidden. It's also a fact that all religions have been violated by extremists attempting to use force in this way, even though it is a practical impossibility to accomplish such a thing. It is also true that all religions, and especially religious messengers have been the targets of coercion by enemies of faith, we usually refer to that as persecution often intent on annihilation. If you've entertained such thoughts you know where you stand. The only war permitted in Islam is defensive war and only on the condition that the enemies initiate hostilities and raise sword against a weak, defenceless people for having committed the only crime of declaring that God is their Lord. All offensive wars according to Islam are unholy. Your quotes from the Quran were entirely couched in out of context implications. That is a practice Radical Extremists in Islam are well known for. There western counterpart extremists (you) serve them well as tools. If my pointing that out unnerves you in some way feel free to attack me for saying so or ... just a thought, stop doing it. Its your freedom to choose of course.