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Kuwait Passes Law to Execute Those Who Slander Islam and the Prophet

Dec. 14, 2012 5:30pm Tiffany Gabbay

On Thursday, TheBlaze brought you the story of Alber Saber, an Egyptian Christian sentenced to three years in prison for producing a video critical of organized religion. Since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster and with the rise of the hard-line Muslim Brotherhood regime, Egypt has steadily increased its crackdown on those who slander Islam.

Following suit is Kuwait, where members of parliament just this week approved a law issuing the death penalty for Muslims who curse or slander God, the Quran, all of the prophets, and in particular the Prophet Mohammed and his many wives.

Non-Muslims who engage in these verboten acts may not meet the gallows, but they will be remitted to prison for no less than 10 years, according to the bill.

The National Secular Society (NSS) reports that defendants who repent in court are meant to be spared suffering capital punishment but will still serve five years in prison, incur a fine of $36,000, or both. Repeat offenders, according to the bill, will not be given any lenience but handed down the harshest sentence.

“We do not want to execute people with opinions or thought because Islam respects these people… But we need this legislation because incidents of cursing God have increased. We need to deter them,” Kuwaiti MP Ali al-Deqbasi said.

According to NSS, in March authorities arrested a Shiite man for allegedly slandering the Prophet Mohammed among others in a message posted on Twitter. He is still be detained pending trial later this month.

Shiites in the country meanwhile, think the bill doesn’t go far enough and insisted that capital punishment be extended to those who also condemn 12 highly regarded Shiite imams. The only marginally less hardline Sunnis, however, dominate parliament and rejected the opposing sect’s demands.

Interestingly, one Shiite MP, Abdulhameed Dashti, opposes the bill on the grounds said the bill, claiming its provisions go against the teachings of Islam.

“Why are we trying to show Islam as a religion of death and blood when it is actually the opposite of that,” he asked.

NSS reports that the bill is expected to go into effect in one month’s time, after it goes through an official approval process.

None of the above, however, should come as a shock. Immediately following the anniversary of September 11, American embassies and diplomatic outposts in Egypt and Libya came under vicious attack. The alleged catalyst was a low-budget YouTube video critical of Islam.

While the amateur movie was of course not the real motivation, Islamists have used it to drive home a point: When one slanders Islam, particularly the Prophet Mohammed, there will be a steep price to pay. What’s more, those same Islamists called for the maker of the YouTube video to be prosecuted for inciting violence with his production.

Nothing is a coincidence. Upon investigating the real catalyst for the embassy-sieges, TheBlaze learned that the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) — a 56 (57 if one counts the Palestinians) Islamic member-country organization that sets the standard for the Muslim world — has enacted a ten year plan to ensure that Islamic slander laws are enforced on an international level. While this might sound far-fetched, and indeed it may never come to fruition, Islamists’ goals are very much out in the open.

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DisgustedinUSA
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:56pm
I feel bad for the Christians in that country. They’re supposed to have freedom of religion according the the UN Laws. Looks like thats not the truth. And as for their foolish religion and laws, who cares? THEIR god allah is dead. My GOD JESUS CHRIST LIVES FOREVERMORE!!!

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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:09pm
  Get out of the U.N..
  
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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:10pm
  Amen!
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:48pm
  jerk……………….. and get the un out of the us
  
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- banjarmon
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:10am
  Trade them one bushel of grain for one barrel of oil!!! If they don’t like the trade, LET them EAT OIL!!
  
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- G-WHIZ
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 10:21am
  I thought, in Isalam women/wives wern’t worth shlitz…so “condemming” them would mean nothing. Y’a know, stones are “green” and can be reuseable.
  
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- Anamah
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 1:54am
  The U.N. should move to Kuwait, Saudi Arabia or any other of that kind, to enjoy these barbarian in situ…(and please stay there for ever. We do not need you here.
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 11:31am
  OH Brotherhood of the Damned, Start your Killing Spree. I Truly Believe that Your, ” Black Meteor Rock, ” that You claim fell from the Sky”, is nothing less than a False Idol That one of your Ancestors Carved a ” Crescent Moon “, into & started calling it ALLAH! As for Your CATHOLIC TAUGHT False Swine of a PROPHET< " Mohammad " , That adulterers, Piece of Camel Dung, Is no more a Prophet Than Obama is an Honest Man!
  In Fact your entire False Religion is Based on DEMON Worship & False gods/Idols. How Dare You Pass any law that list DEATH for Speaking ones mind!!
  When your man? in the White House Starts handing over AMERICAN CITIZENS for you Swine Chewing Morons, You'll Feel a Lot more Insecure in your Girlie Clothes !
  Their are Millions of us, coating our Ammo in Pig Fat, Good Luck with that 70 year old virgin GOAT in your Hell!
  
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- Quester55
  Posted on December 16, 2012 at 11:42am
  While it’s sad that The Converts to Faith in JESUS ALONE, Is a Death Sentence in those Nations that Preach Peace but Patrice DEATH, as a Form of their Hellenistic Cult & SATAN Worship! It’s somewhat fulfilling to Know that Jesus Warned all of us that this would happen, To all that Believe in Him.Jesus Stated, That The World would HATE us, For His Name Sake. And It’s True, as seen in the story above.
  May the Lord our GOD, JESUS Bless & Protect Those that Believe in Him & are Called By His NAME!
  
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- baker john
  Posted on December 17, 2012 at 7:16am
  UN laws, my foot they have NO Right to impose laws on any country, the U.N. has over reached it’s original mandate and is meddling in other countries personal affairs
  UN laws only apply to Western Non Muslim countries the Muslim countries only believe in their own laws the shariah laws and want to bring them to bear in ALL countries and the U.N. don’t and won’t do nothing about it.
  I think it’s time Westerrn Countries, Christian, and Judeo Christian countries start pushing back and calling for Laws to punish Muslims and others with the same punishment for crimes against God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit and Judeo Christian Profits and forefathers.
  What’s good for them should work the other way also, they come to the Western Countries for a better life, but try and tear the countries apart with their push for Shariah laws etc.
  
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The_Jerk
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:49pm
Not our business.

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- Oldguy89
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:58pm
  This becomes our business when you learn that Kuwait is in fact a current member of the U.N. Human Rights Commission until 2014. Wake people!!!!!!!!!!!
  
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- grayling646
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:03pm
  That never stopped you from commenting before.
  
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- Dr Vel
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:05pm
  Oh yes it is our business. Obviously you do not remember these pukes come whining and begging to us and the UN to free them from the grip of Saddam during His invasion, or is the Gulf war before your time. How dare they ask American men and women die to free them and then pass laws like this. To hell with them, next time they are in trouble they better not be asking us for aid.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:08pm
  Oldguy, if we get out of the U.N., as we should, it’s irrelevant.
  
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- The_Jerk
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:12pm
  Dr Vel, that was our fault and our stupidity. Stupid, progressive, one world, Bush l, made that mistake. Bush ll did an even more foolish thing, using 9/11 to attack Iraq.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:49pm
  don’t ya love the fact that we freed them from sadam and now this crap
  
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- garybkatz
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:49pm
  TheJerk, I somehow get the impression that “Not our business” would not be your reaction if a similar law was passed in Israel.
  
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- Jaysonrex
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 12:59pm
  OK, I agree that you are The (or A) Jerk, but this is no reason to insult yourself. The old saying “What happens in a Muslim country stays in a Muslim country” seems to have become invalid since the day Islamic terrorism took over the world’s entire Muslim community.
  
  On the other hand, one must admit that Kuwait is right. Since without such laws the entire planet laughs at them, their ideas and their so-called prophet, something had to be done in order to avoid Kuwaitis laughing all the way to the Christian churches on Sundays. Specifically, avoiding the mass conversion of Kuwaitis to Christianity.
  
  From a Muslim point of view, nothing can be worse than Kuwaitis converting to Christianity except, God forbid, seeing them convert to Judaism.
  
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- rootytoottootin
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 3:21pm
  @TheJerk– Actually, it IS OUR,business, because Hilary Clinton is pushing for (if I remember correctly), UN International Resolution 1618 to be passed which does NOT, ALLOW, ANYONE, ANYWHERE, to say ANYTHING against ANY religion, so, it IS, OUR RESPONSIBILITY, to let her & the UN KNOW THAT, WE, WILL, NOT, LET THIS BE ALLOWED.
  
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- Grubmeister
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 4:48pm
  @Jerk,
  You’re right about it not being our business, depending upon what you mean by our business. If you mean we should not be telling them how to run their country…maybe. We can say anything we want to another country. I don’t think we have an obligation to attack them militarily just because we don’t like their traffic laws.
  
  If they begin killing their own citizens who do not comply with the law…messy situation. When they are isolated cases, such as scattered executions it is difficult to say we should do more than complain. People can get out of the country or try to change their government if they’re unhappy.
  If wholesale atrocities are committed I think something should be done. I didn’t like the fact we sat out Rwanda when humanitarily most people would agree something should have been done. It wouldn’t even have been for our benefit that it was stopped. Are we obligated? Probably not but I doubt most people would have objected if we had lost a few troops over it.
  Looking back over history, there are many cases where intervention would have been for the benefit of everyone. Stopping Hitler from invading pretty much anything would have prevented WWII. He was emboldened by our inaction. Of course Kuwait is not Nazi Germany but I’m only using that as an example to demonstrate how foolish harcore isolationism can be.
  
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- Colorado7972
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:27pm
  Which also leads credence as to why we even helped free Kuwait from the invasion of Saddam Hussein of Iraq in the first Persian Gulf war of 1991. Just like we helped Afghanistan in 1980′s, both appear to have been failures on are part. In other words “A snake may shed it’s skin, but remains a snake”. God help us all, and damn those that trespass against us.
  
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freeamericanow
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:47pm
Woah woah woah. Kawait? Well, time to stay out of there, everybody, in case you might say the wrong thing! This is scary. I hope none of our tax money is being wasted over there.

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I Aint PC
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:39pm
Hey Kuwait, put me on your list. Muhammad was a murderous pedophile.

Sorry, that was not slander, but truth.

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- John Carter 101
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 11:11pm
  A new U.S. military handbook for troops deployed to the Middle East orders soldiers not to make derogatory comments about the Taliban or criticize pedophilia, among other outrageous things.
  
  The rest of the article can be seen here: http://patdollard.com/2012/12/new-army-manual-orders-soldiers-not-to-criticize-taliban/
  
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LeadNotFollow
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:28pm
Soon, B. Hussein Obama will implement this same law in America.
He will add his name to the blaspheme list.
It will be illegal to speak negatively of Islam (Muslims), Prophet Moo-Ham-Head, and Messiah Obama.

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- bb010864
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:27pm
  True !
  
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- MLeo
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:11pm
  Bingo.
  
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Gonzo
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:07pm
Great, let’s send them a few billion in foreign aide now.

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- momrules
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:15pm
  Gosh…..It’s good to see you back Gonzo.
  
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- Gonzo
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:22pm
  Thanks Mom, Merry Christmas!
  
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neverending
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:01pm
Wonder how long before this will be barry’s next executive order. It would not surprise me one bit.

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- Exrepublisheep
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:06pm
  Yours is a sad existence.
  
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1776freedomofspeech
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:00pm
And in the honor of the US Constitution and that true Americans hold dear; in the name of Christians and true believers everywhere on Gods earth, I quote: Islam Sucks!

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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:07pm
  Will they send death squads to kill me? I hope they try….I have something for them….
  
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- 1776freedomofspeech
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:13pm
  I seriously doubt islamists or muslims care about The Blaze
  
  I think the only people that hate on The Blaze are probably liberals….
  
  What say yo America?
  
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Gregb
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:57pm
this is not surprising… this is sharia law…pure and simple and obama and the liberals want us, in America, to obey sharia law. The welfare crowd had dictated our future path.

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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:57pm
Stop calling President Obama the first Black President of the USA because, yes, he made history in 2008, but, not as the first Black man to be elected President of the USA, but, as the first elected Yellow Belly Traitor to be elected as the President of the USA. He might not be totally responsible but he does have to except some of the blame.

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- neverending
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:00pm
  Amen to that one.
  
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- Mutiny
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:09pm
  I dont get it. We have been babying Kuwait for decades. We support them and protect them and have been doing it well before Obama was elected. While I agree Obama’s foreign policy is terrible, is it any different from Bush, Clinton, or Bush Sr.? Romney was the same also. We have a failing foreign policy that is bankrupting us. So many are worried about Israel’s safety yet ignore us supporting countries that hate Israel.
  
  Rand Paul was on the floor of the Senate the other day trying to convince people to no allow us to give Egypt 20 F-16s. He went on to say that he wouldnt be able to get 15 members to support him in trying to stop us from doing it. This is not a Democrat or Republican issue. This is both sides.
  
  Its time to wake up.
  
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- garbagecanlogic
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:34pm
  In the first place, he was not the first black president – Clinton was! Second, his father was arab, so that makes him our first arab/American pres – not first black pres.
  
  Praise Be To Obama. Psalm 109:8
  
  The U.S. Out Of The U.N.
  The U.N. Out Of The U.S.
  
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chips1
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:53pm
Don’t bunch up. Everyone form a single line. You will all get your turn.

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- gyro
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:00pm
  to the left people to the left
  
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SmarterThanTheAverageBear
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:52pm
Wait until the progressives try to push a similar law here….

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- freeberty
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:41pm
  The theocratic side of the republican party are the only ones that seem to have a religious agenda, for all Americans.
  
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- Marine25
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 8:59pm
  Progressives want religion and religious dogma separated from civil law and policy. That’s the opposite of a theocracy, which is what Kuwait currently has. When fundamentalists insist that ‘god’s law’ influence or supercede Constitutional law they are driving us toward theocracy. Don’t like Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iran and their theocratic legal systems? Better tell the fundamentalist christians to keep it in their church.
  
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G.E.R
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:52pm
This country isn’t any better. Some US states still have blasphemy laws on the books from the founding days.

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- chips1
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:02pm
  G.E.R.
  Did you get a ticket? Did it cost $20 like a seat belt violation?
  
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- G.E.R
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 7:09pm
  Actually depending on the state. It’s anywhere from $100-$300 in fines and 6 to 12 months in jail.
  
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- TIME_THE_AVENGER
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 7:40am
  Back from Newsbusters again, I see. Things a bit slow there, ger? There’s always the middle of a busy superhighway…
  
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- Grubmeister
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 4:52pm
  @G.E.R.,
  “Actually depending on the state. It’s anywhere from $100-$300 in fines and 6 to 12 months in jail.”
  
  Which is pretty much the same thing as being executed or put in jail for 10 years, right?
  
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The Third Archon
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:52pm
Yeah, religion commingled with government isn’t dangerous AT ALL…

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- UNALIEN
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:23pm
  good to see your inner Marxist emerge…
  
  Drawing the false equivalency between Islam and Judeo-Christain values that founded America is not just intellectually dishonest but indicative of those with unearned moral authority who lack a moral compass. You don’t need to be a “Christian” to be moral… but you need to be moral to know the difference between Islam and American values of individual liberty and freedoms….
  
  Islam is the precursor to Marxism, complete Authoritarian state control of all aspects of the Individual… Islam is the borderless State…. THAT is why the Progressives, socialists and Communists have aligned with the Islamists, they are all derivatives of Statism which subvert the individual and reward the elites.
  
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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:19am
  @Unalien Are you Mark Levin in disguise?
  
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azcowboy1
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:49pm
Didn’t we protect them from Saddum Hussian. Hell, now we have to protect them from Barrack Hussian. When it going to end.

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- TEXASGRANNY73
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 2:56am
  Don’t you mean Saddam Hussein and Barack Insane? I know this is the wrong time to do politics but did Obama cry when our ambassador was murdered and the navy seal? Did he cry about our soldiers in Texas who were murdered and gave a shout out before speaking to us; did he cry for Bryan Terry who was murdered and does he care that he does nothing about either of those incidents? Did he cry for the Arizona attack? Has anyone ever actually seen him cry or be responsible about anything he has done? Whoops, I forget. I “heard” he cried when he thought he lost the election.Did anyone see him shed a tear when he supports murdering the unborn? One lady from Chicago posted on Facebook asking why this shooting when he could care less about the children from his home town? I think it means he’s got that old time religion all of a sudden and feelings. But then, we’re coming up against gun control (key word control). He could win another million dollars and a Noble peace prize. Am I jaded or what? Yep, sure am.
  
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- SysAdminPgh
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 11:04pm
  You mean… As they watched in Real-Time? And where are the ones that survived the attack? Did oBoobo do away with them too?
  
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Gregb
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:49pm
facts prove that islam and sharia law need to be banned in America. It is violence – against our government and way of life. treason.

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- Grubmeister
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 4:55pm
  I’d agree with you and go one step further.
  I suggest all religious influence should be eliminated from our government.
  
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HotFixIt
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:48pm
Can you find the tolerance in this picture…. not going to find it…. much easier finding ‘Waldo’. When are we going to wash our hands of this?

Unfortunately, 47% will never even be aware of this!

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riseandshine
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:47pm
I’m an American…not a Kuwaiti,

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Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:46pm
And so nationalist Islam Extremism under Sharia is growing one step closer to the Caliphate and a land of tyranny and blood which will shock many.

What will it take for people to see and understand that Obama is supporting these extremists, and is seeking to do the same fundamental transformation of the USA into Communism?

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- Gregb
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:51pm
  I and most of the people that read the blaze agree with you. What do you do with the 51% of Americans that do not pay attention?
  
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- momrules
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:03pm
  It’s hard to reach people and get them to see the danger Islam and Sharia represent. Believe me I have tried.
  One of the reasons that I think we are hated is because we see through Obama and that makes him and his followers crazy. They attack us for knowing the truth.
  
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- rootytoottootin
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 3:30pm
  @SNOWLEOPARD–absolutely! In fact, right now, Hilary Clinton is pushing for UN International Resolution 1618 to be passed, which does NOT, ALLOW, ANYTHING, to be said AGAINST ANY, religion, ANYWHERE, including the USA!
  
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Jenny Lind
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:45pm
I was raised to respect others faiths, but I have to say I have a difficult time with Islam, and I despise what it’s “followers” do in it’s name. Good luck with that Kuwait, I am sure everyone’s lives will be better for that new law.

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- momrules
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:58pm
  There is only one religion that I truly hate Jenny and that is Islam. I make no apologies for that feeling either. It is evil to it’s core. Evil from it’s founding by an evil man and evil to this day.
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:43pm
How can you teach “don’t take the name of God in vain”, then kill people in his name? If God was born and raised today as a human and had no idea who these people were, would he ask himself as he grew older if these people were mentally hallucinating?

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momrules
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:42pm
This is not surprising at all. Islam is evil. Period. The OIC has been trying to institute the world wide ban on insulting their nasty religion and even nastier prophet for a long time now. It will be easier for this to happen now that Obama is in the White House for his 2nd term and is probably there for good. Remember he can be more flexible with his friends now.

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- Shasta
  Posted on December 14, 2012 at 6:40pm
  No, not surprising, but very scarey. And as OBlamo does more and more to liberate our liberties from us, the folks that elected him won’t squeak until their free stuff is in jeopardy.
  
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- roodstr2
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 1:30pm
  Makes me wonder if an assassin of Obama would be considered a villain or a hero….
  
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- Grubmeister
  Posted on December 15, 2012 at 5:00pm
  @Roodstr2,
  “Makes me wonder if an assassin of Obama would be considered a villain or a hero….”
  
  In your daydreams how are you received?
  
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TEIN
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:40pm
The perversion and dogma of religion when when the state takes over the religion…..The end game of the Progressive agenda…..

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Tri-ox
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:39pm
Coming soon to obama’s America.

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Mutiny
Posted on December 14, 2012 at 5:39pm
Good, now lets quit protecting them.

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