Tag: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Dancing in a war
Just come across the inspiring story of Ahmad Joudeh, fighting his own war to dance in Syria as a Palestinian, under the threat of being killed by terrorists. Very moving the shots of him dancing again at Palmyra, where he’d danced in 2007, and ISIS executions had previously happened, and is now destroyed. And dancing…
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London isn’t reeling, Britain isn’t under siege
I had to go through London Bridge shortly after the London attack coming back from the Depeche Mode gig at London Stadium, so yes, I can confirm: LONDON IS NOT REELING. We are NOT under siege. This from the US press which LEAKED vital info from the Manchester investigation which I am still fucking livid…
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Orlando: We’re Here, We’re Queer and We Will Not Live in Fear
I haven’t posted here about Orlando because a) I’ve been too gutted about the whole thing, a major attack on my community and b) it’s mostly been reposting what has been posted before. You’ll probably find that Jim Jefferies piece that is still going viral, surprised the Charlie Brooker piece hasn’t popped up yet (but…
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Quran vs Bible
This has been doing the rounds but I think it’s worth repeating here. I’ve heard a lot of crap about the Quran being ‘violent’ and Islam being the religion of violence from supposed Christians, people that like a lot of Muslims (including funnily those foot soldiers in Iraq and ISIL/Daesh) don’t know their own books.…
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War: Say it again
Sadly true GIF from Stewart Bremner. Really unhappy with what’s going on within the Government regarding Syria. Again, bombing and war is seen as the way to go after decades, even centuries of the same bloodthirsty tactics not working. So we get another generation of terrorists who saw their family slaughtered, and give Daesh/ISIS exactly…
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The Long Peace?
Interesting video/infographic detailing how many people died in World War 2 – very important to revisit this from time to time, lest we forget. I think people feel scared of ISIS, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc – but it is comforting to think these are tiny battles compared to what has gone before. I don’t think we…