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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015

    Daesh isn’t Islam, like Westboro isn’t Christianity. This doesn’t mean Islam/Christianity aren’t factors in the identities of these groups.

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      2. kylie4bob‏ @kayfourbee 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @CEMB_forum in what sense are Westboro not Christians?

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @kayfourbee

        @kayfourbee @CEMB_forum Read the tweet again. :) Westboro members do, no doubt, identify as Christian. (1/2)

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      2. Vinay Gupta‏ @leashless 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @aral

        .@aral wesrborough and daesh are close to the text of the Bible and the Koran: they are the heart of these traditions. Do not forgive this.

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      3. Walter van Holst‏ @whvholst 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @leashless

        @leashless @aral Even taking the views of St. Paul (without whom Christianity would be much better) into account, Westboro is way out there.

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      4. Ian Welsh‏ @iwelsh 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @whvholst

        @whvholst @leashless @aral the bible, like the Koran, can be used to justify anything from utopian love to the most horrid of violence.

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      5. Walter van Holst‏ @whvholst 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @iwelsh

        @iwelsh @leashless @aral ... same applies to Das Kapital etc. My objection is that Westboro isn't anywhere close to the heart of literalism.

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      1. citizen spooks‏ @rooneze2 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral @CEMB_forum westboro haven't killed anyone to my knowledge.

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      2. Ambreen‏ @Ambreenzaidi 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @aral

        @aral @CEMB_forum What is Daesh? Never heard of it before!

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      3. Tony Hopkinson‏ @TonyJHopkinson 15 Nov 2015
        Replying to @Ambreenzaidi

        @Ambreenzaidi @aral @CEMB_forum Daesh is the arabic for ISIS / ISIL. Or more correctly ISIS / ISIL is english for Daesh.

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      1. luminaria98‏ @Luminaria98 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral @CEMB_forum -- #ISIS Daesh appears to have unlimited funding and weapons and logistics -- is not another looney fringe group.

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      1. Carrie Ballard‏ @AtelierEnglish 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral Is the common theme fundamentalism? Or maybe just plain crazy people.

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      1. Tony Hopkinson‏ @TonyJHopkinson 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral >> Any attempt to deny this is a terrible fallacy. Not accusing you of it, but it could easily be taken as a no true scotsman.

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      1. Tony Hopkinson‏ @TonyJHopkinson 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral It's better to say Islam and christianity are not monocultures. ISIS and Westboro are both part of their respective cultures. >>

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      1. Doney den Ouden‏ @doney 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral the same name. I’d say modernize your books, take out what you say your religion “isn’t about”, but preferably follow no book at all.

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      1. Doney den Ouden‏ @doney 15 Nov 2015
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        @aral They think /they/ are the true believers of their religion. That’s the whole problem, too many people believe different things under

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