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	Comments on: Mark Steel: &#8220;Norway&#8217;s Christians didn&#8217;t have to apologise for Anders Breivik, and it&#8217;s the same for Muslims now&#8221;	</title>
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		By: H.P. Baxxter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[H.P. Baxxter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 19:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/mark-steel-norways-christians-didnt-have-to-apologise-for-anders-breivik-and-its-the-same-for-muslims-now/#comment-2972760&quot;&gt;Joe Fenech&lt;/a&gt;.

Does the Vatican endorse Angelik? Yet he and his followers claim to be the most devout Catholics.

I would rest my case, but this futile debate will continue.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/mark-steel-norways-christians-didnt-have-to-apologise-for-anders-breivik-and-its-the-same-for-muslims-now/#comment-2972760">Joe Fenech</a>.</p>
<p>Does the Vatican endorse Angelik? Yet he and his followers claim to be the most devout Catholics.</p>
<p>I would rest my case, but this futile debate will continue.</p>
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		By: Optimist		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Optimist]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 17:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/mark-steel-norways-christians-didnt-have-to-apologise-for-anders-breivik-and-its-the-same-for-muslims-now/#comment-2972384&quot;&gt;zz.&lt;/a&gt;.

Jewish Defense League?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2015/01/mark-steel-norways-christians-didnt-have-to-apologise-for-anders-breivik-and-its-the-same-for-muslims-now/#comment-2972384">zz.</a>.</p>
<p>Jewish Defense League?</p>
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		By: Mr Sen Sible		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mr Sen Sible]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 14:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you.

Breivik did not act on behalf of Christianity. He did it out of right-wing ideology.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>Breivik did not act on behalf of Christianity. He did it out of right-wing ideology.</p>
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		By: Freedom5		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Freedom5]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[John Doe,  dix points

May I just add that the peaceful majority are irrelevant when you have a minority who are being trained to die as martyrs, as instructed in their book.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Doe,  dix points</p>
<p>May I just add that the peaceful majority are irrelevant when you have a minority who are being trained to die as martyrs, as instructed in their book.</p>
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		By: Nighthawk		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nighthawk]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 08:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is true that there are 1.6 billion Muslims with no one central figure, but several authoritative and respected ones, but it is irrelevant. The main thing is not what a religion&#039;s fundamental doctrine is, but how literally it&#039;s adherents take it. Otherwise we should also take Christianity and Judaism to task for similar reasons.

Unlike Christianity and Judaism, who have their own sins to pay for (mostly in the past, with the exception of child rape and the hindrance of the battle against HIV), 100&#039;s of millions of Muslims approve of those terrorist&#039;s actions and do not condemn them or will partly condemn them and then go on to cite &#039;provocation&#039;.

Again, it is not the dogma we must judge directly, but Muslims approach to that dogma. And unfortunately they fail that test.

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/opinion-polls.htm]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is true that there are 1.6 billion Muslims with no one central figure, but several authoritative and respected ones, but it is irrelevant. The main thing is not what a religion&#8217;s fundamental doctrine is, but how literally it&#8217;s adherents take it. Otherwise we should also take Christianity and Judaism to task for similar reasons.</p>
<p>Unlike Christianity and Judaism, who have their own sins to pay for (mostly in the past, with the exception of child rape and the hindrance of the battle against HIV), 100&#8217;s of millions of Muslims approve of those terrorist&#8217;s actions and do not condemn them or will partly condemn them and then go on to cite &#8216;provocation&#8217;.</p>
<p>Again, it is not the dogma we must judge directly, but Muslims approach to that dogma. And unfortunately they fail that test.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/opinion-polls.htm" rel="nofollow ugc">http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/pages/opinion-polls.htm</a></p>
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		By: Jozef		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jozef]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2015 03:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trust a Brit to panic.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trust a Brit to panic.</p>
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		By: Joe Fenech		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Fenech]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 22:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Vatican is &#039;the Catholic Church&#039;. But who decides who the Muslims are?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Vatican is &#8216;the Catholic Church&#8217;. But who decides who the Muslims are?</p>
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		By: john doe		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[john doe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 21:29:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mark Steel&#039;s parallel is false and incongruous.

Breivik went on a shooting spree for some far-right ideology, some odd political belief - fascist or otherwise.

The attack on Charlie Hebdo was done in the name of Allah, in revenge for a perceived &quot;blasphemy&quot;; whether that was simply a pretext or not, we will never know.

At the end of the day both acts of terror are evil. One is done in the name of religion and the other was done for the sake of some political belief.

Drawing parallels between the two simply blurs the fact that France is in a situation where due to their laissez-faire, incompetence or disorganisation are letting terror cells flourish and have nothing to combat this with.

It is not unrealistic that in 20 years&#039; time France will be the first country in the EU with a Muslim majority.  And then what?

Yes, not all Muslims are terrorists.  Of course not.  

But let us face it, would I be wrong in believing that most terrorist acts in mainland Europe are done in the name of Islam? Sure, not all Muslims are terrorists but are most terrorists Muslim?

It is logical then to assume that in the same way secret services profile people for screening on various parameters, we as civilised westerners inadvertently screen people around us in the same way.

It is natural.  It is instinctive. We could be wrong in the process but we would be definitely happy to live with that wrong rather than risk terrorist attacks.

To be honest, I am not sure if I am being blasphemous here, but I simply want to share some thoughts.

I am very confused in my emotions and thoughts on the issues arising from the Charlie Hebdo attack.

Je suis Charlie Hebdo.

RIP]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mark Steel&#8217;s parallel is false and incongruous.</p>
<p>Breivik went on a shooting spree for some far-right ideology, some odd political belief &#8211; fascist or otherwise.</p>
<p>The attack on Charlie Hebdo was done in the name of Allah, in revenge for a perceived &#8220;blasphemy&#8221;; whether that was simply a pretext or not, we will never know.</p>
<p>At the end of the day both acts of terror are evil. One is done in the name of religion and the other was done for the sake of some political belief.</p>
<p>Drawing parallels between the two simply blurs the fact that France is in a situation where due to their laissez-faire, incompetence or disorganisation are letting terror cells flourish and have nothing to combat this with.</p>
<p>It is not unrealistic that in 20 years&#8217; time France will be the first country in the EU with a Muslim majority.  And then what?</p>
<p>Yes, not all Muslims are terrorists.  Of course not.  </p>
<p>But let us face it, would I be wrong in believing that most terrorist acts in mainland Europe are done in the name of Islam? Sure, not all Muslims are terrorists but are most terrorists Muslim?</p>
<p>It is logical then to assume that in the same way secret services profile people for screening on various parameters, we as civilised westerners inadvertently screen people around us in the same way.</p>
<p>It is natural.  It is instinctive. We could be wrong in the process but we would be definitely happy to live with that wrong rather than risk terrorist attacks.</p>
<p>To be honest, I am not sure if I am being blasphemous here, but I simply want to share some thoughts.</p>
<p>I am very confused in my emotions and thoughts on the issues arising from the Charlie Hebdo attack.</p>
<p>Je suis Charlie Hebdo.</p>
<p>RIP</p>
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		By: Lizz		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lizz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 21:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michelle Muscat only pulls out her rosary beads and presses her hands together in mock prayer in front of the Pope to impress the locals.

And her husband had declared in his CV (somewhere on the web) that he was &#039;brought up in a Roman Catholic family&#039;, not that he specifically follows that faith, to impress the liberal boys in Brussels.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Michelle Muscat only pulls out her rosary beads and presses her hands together in mock prayer in front of the Pope to impress the locals.</p>
<p>And her husband had declared in his CV (somewhere on the web) that he was &#8216;brought up in a Roman Catholic family&#8217;, not that he specifically follows that faith, to impress the liberal boys in Brussels.</p>
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		By: Alexander Ball		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Ball]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2015 20:50:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Did anyone ever apologise for setting fire to The Times of Malta offices whilst people inside were potentially trapped?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Did anyone ever apologise for setting fire to The Times of Malta offices whilst people inside were potentially trapped?</p>
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