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    Trump Adopts AAA Immigration Policy: No More Muslims

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    POLL: Who engages more in hate and fact distortion? Democrats or Republicans?

    Q http://edition.cnn.com/2006/US/03/27/quote.roosevelt/ Broken Borders: Teddy Roosevelt's words to live by The following is one of my favorite thoughts on the issue of immigration. It's from President Theodore Roosevelt in a letter to the American Defense Society in 1919, 10 years after his...
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    Hundreds of refugees caught with pictures of ISIS atrocities on their phone

    Q http://www.glocal.org.hk/archives/44243 Will ISIS Infect Bangladesh? Michael Kugelman,Atif Jalal Ahmad Written by Michael Kugelman,Atif Jalal Ahmad on 2015/12/14. Edited by Glocal Reporter on 2015/12/14. In a National Interest piece last August, we argued that ISIS’s prospects in...
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    Hundreds of refugees caught with pictures of ISIS atrocities on their phone

    Attack on Pearl Harbor 1941 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor Mexican peso crisis 1994 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_peso_crisis Humanitarian Crisis 2015 Q http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-13/magnitude-of-syrian-conflict-will-impact-world/6311090 Syrian conflict...
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    Hundreds of refugees caught with pictures of ISIS atrocities on their phone

    I think the main point would be why and how Germany can still largely keep the humanitarian policy after the current pressure today. My guess is it's all about economic modelling as well as risk-benefit analysis, with a long-term and systemic view. The decision highly likely must be made...
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    Trump Adopts AAA Immigration Policy: No More Muslims

    Is it possible and feasible that the new migrants could be settled down in some of the largest islands that currently have almost zero population? Perhaps under an UN appointed Governor and administration. Residents will use an UN issued passport for travelling/studying. The US will charge...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    " No need to buy Xmas presents for us this weekend. Instead, perhaps you could directly remit Xmas money to your subscribed overseas orphans for their living. Particularly if the orphans are Muslims living in war zone. Talk to your Christian friends doing anything similar. "
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    From one of the greatest historian: Q Chapter 50 Fall In The East — The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon http://www.ccel.org/g/gibbon/decline/volume2/chap50.htm Success of Mahomet. The talents of Mahomet are entitled to our applause; but his success has, perhaps, too...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    Just found today: (Note: George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. He is the only person to have been awarded both a Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938). ) Q...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    Q Evangelicals Reject Anti-Muslim Hatred http://www.redletterchristians.org/evangelicals-reject-anti-muslim-hatred/ Posted Nov 27 2015 by Mae Elise Cannon with 24 Comments Interfaith Former South Carolina governor David Beasley closed a recent three day gathering focused on Islamophobia and...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    It's indeed holy war, i.e. spiritual warfare! Rather than non-holy war, i.e. physical warfare! :)
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    Personally I think the historical Jesus is a peace-loving person. Jesus' teaching, just like the teaching of Muhammad ("peace be upon him" http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/religion/Islam.htm ), would bring worldly people spiritual warfare within an individual as well as...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    Q https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/abbott-gets-it-wrong-again-and-again,8479 Perhaps he was referring to these texts: ‘Do not think that I have come to bring peace on earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.’ Or this: ‘If you do wrong, be afraid, for he...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    A says wanting peace! B also says wanting peace! C knows how to build peace! ... When A, B, C, ... together fight for peace, there are wars!
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    Trump Adopts AAA Immigration Policy: No More Muslims

    http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/toronto-star-refugee-welcome-editorial Canada's Largest Paper Welcomes Refugees With Front-Page Editorial
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    Trump Adopts AAA Immigration Policy: No More Muslims

    Q http://media.theage.com.au/video-news/video-world-news/germany-seeing-refugee-benefits-7078198.html Germany seeing refugee benefits (01:30) The German economy is continuing to expand thanks to private consumption, with refugees providing a limited additional boost. 12/12/15 UQ
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_in_Islamic_philosophy Q https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacifism_in_Islam Pacifism in Islam is the tradition of nonviolence within Muslim theology. Contents 1 Quran 2 History 3 Recent movements 4 See also 5 Further reading 6...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    UQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Muslim_scientists This is a list of Muslim scientists who have contributed significantly to science and civilization. Contents 1 Astronomers and astrophysicists 2 Biologists, neuroscientists, and psychologists 3 Chemists and alchemists...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    Q http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/11/eight-portraits-of-muslim-americans 'This is who we are': eight portraits of Muslim Americans Muslim Americans are feeling targeted and misunderstood after comments by Donald Trump this week. Here are eight perspectives on what life is like for...
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    Islam - is it the Religion of Peace - the debate thread

    Q http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703369704575461503431290986 A Symposium: What Is Moderate Islam? The controversy over a proposed mosque in lower Manhattan has spurred a wider debate about the nature of Islam. We asked six leading thinkers—Anwar Ibrahim, Bernard Lewis, Ed...
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