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Having come this far, it such a shame for a government to even dedicate government resource for such cause. I hope they get the constructive freedom they deserve in future. Wow to the all Sheikhs
Rawlings, the special envoy to Somalia has failed gargantually if after all his effort we now have the moslem taliban terrorists ruling Somalia.
JJ,KK,TT and K4 plus Kofi Annan cannot save Somalis and Muslims.
They have been like this since that pedophile Muhammad ascended unto earth.
THE LEADERS MAY BE BEYOND REDEMPTION BUT GOD WILL NOT ABANDON SOMALIA! THIS MAY BE LEADERSHIP WITHOUT A VISION OR THEY HAVE SECURITY CONCERNS AND RESPOND IN SUCH A NARROW WAY!
Should Ghana also ban ramanda and muslim festivities??????
MUSLIM HOLIDAYS ARE NO HOLIDAYS IN AMERICA..IF YOU WANT TO CELEBRATE THOSE DAYS IN USA YOU TAKE VACATION FROM WORK..MOST USA CALENDARS ONLY MENTION. CHRISTIAN AND JEWISH HOLIDAYS
What about other religious celebrations...If it is impossible to recognise others beliefs where logical and accept them, why then why do we accept gay and other extremism ideologies. WE ALL LIVE AND DIE and we should embrace ...
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This ban marks the beginning of THE END of this poor country. If the government thinks banning Christian activities will help his country,then I am sorry for them. And by the way the airwave that he used to make his announcem ...
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The majority in the USA are Christians, but they do not forbid Moslems to worship. Do you want the USA to be an Islamic country with Sharia law ?
Dan, you may have missed the point. The ban was not about a "holiday"; rather, a wholesale ban... Christians can still manage to celebrate their religious festival without necessarily having a holiday.. They could celebrate a ...
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pls learn to comment without provocation.by the way ghana cannot try it for seconds.
What has Ghana to with a struggling nation-state? THEY WILL RATHER LEARN FROM OUR RICH EXPERIENCE!
what do you think,do you think Ghana is the religion of your father??????you are really stupid
HOW DO YOU THINK THE PIRATES WORKED THE COASTAL AREAS DUE TO NO GOV.
I also believe, as soon as I read the story, that SECURITY CONCERNS may be the main issue, as this Government is very pro-Western and quite secular.
It looks like the jihadists have won, but I think the Government is just ...
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AYATOLLA,YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT.MAY GOD FORGIVE YOU IF YOU ARE REALLY INSULTING OUR WHOLY PROPHET MOHAMMED PEACE BE UPON HIM.
Do not use the prophets main loosely and threatining people. That is HARAM
I didn't know Apostle Rawlings was to have established a Christian Somali nation and invited the pope to the ceremonies.
So is this what we sent Rawlings to achieve? To establish a terrorist nation in Africa?
Now is the time for JJ to act in favour of the UN who has appointed him as a special envoy. Lawless country SO MARIA
worse happen in angola,somalia is better.compare banning a whole religion in angola.
a fake celebration. do you think there is an event like christmas that happened a long time ago? did the lord himself celebrate it? when was the first time christmas was celebrated and who caused it to be celebrated? google i ...
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This stupid order is not coming from the Al-Shebab fundamentalist group, which will not be as shocking but the regular government for whom many African countries and Africans, many of whom are Christians and western countrie ...
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It is stupid for any government, especially a NON-MUSLIM one to send peacekeepers to help sustain an islamic government. Let them duke it out and whoever wins, wins. Shedding Christian blood so a muslim government survives is ...
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THROUGHOUT HISTORY WHEN YOU GIVE RELIGIOUS LEADERS POWER, THEY TRY TO ENTRENCH THIER RELIGION AND DISCOURAGE OTHERS. BE IT ISLAM, CHRISTIANITY OR HINDUSIM,
CHRISTIAN LEADRS WOULD DO THE SAME IF THEY HAD THE POLITICAL POWER ...
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Where in your lifetime have you heard of any Christian leader or majority-Christian country banning the celebration of Muslim festivals or religious holidays?
These Muslim countries must be told that banning the celebratio ...
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there is no any christian nation in the world and no chrtian leader in the world
Spell check !
I think Mozambique or Angola just banned Islam. Very unfortunate!!!
That's right. Haven't you read about a muslim lady cashier in a departmental store in Britain who refused to receive a client who wanted to buy a bottle of Whisky? She refused because "her religion prohibits her handling alco ...
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THERE IS A VILLAGE CALLED NYINASIN ON THE CAPE COAST JUKWA ROAD. IT A TYPICAL MUSLIM VILLAGE THEY SELL AKPETESHIE THERE WHICH THE CONSIGNMENT DOES NOT STAY FOR THREE DAYS. ASK WHO DRINK IT?
You are my kind of guy. Too intelligent for most of the rag-heads in this forum. Now we have all these Somalians roaming around with their "doodoo" beliefs.
Be careful. It's stupid for such a broad statement.
MOHAMMED DID NOT RISE FROM THE DEAD AS JESUS DID.THEY ARE WAITING FOR HIM TO COME WITH THE THREE WISE MEN OF KIDNAPPING,PIRACY AND TERRORISM ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
WITH ALL YOUR GRAMMAR AND HATRED FOR ISLAM YOUR NOISE AND OTHERS LIKE YOU ENDS AT YOUR DOORSTEP. WE HAVE THE POWER AND IN ISLAM IS THE SOLUTION TO HUMANITY, AND IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE AN EQUIVALENT OR ANY INFLUENCE WITH YOUR ...
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Another dangerous fanatic hateful moslem ! No one hates Islam if you stop your ignorant behavior terrorizing people of other faiths. You are allowed to worship all of the world and return that generosity by hate. Shame on you ...
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yes we hate christians!
prevent them from selling alchohols in muslem cmmunities.period
You are displaying your ignorance. Learn to spell !
Deep seated inferiority complex!!!!!!!
Shut the fuck up then why do you want somebody to respect your bitch ass religion? You dont want nobody to exercise their religion...MOTHERFUCKER look at Somalia now shitty bitches
What is going in the world people open your eyes to see open your ayes to os all about
Power ...people's make their own but we need to love each other together as the children of ADAM..remember in the Bible and Quran the al ...
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WE WILL KILL YOU TERRORIST EVERY DAY,,YOU WILL LOOK IN SKIN AND THE USA WILL DROP BOMB ON YOUR HEAD, WETHER IN NIGERIA,SYRIA..ALLAH=SATAN...HE FUCKER UNDERAGE LITTLE GIRLS!
Satan feels uneasy where Christ is mentioned.The fact that "some people" feel uneasy about CHRISTmas means that Christians have got it right. What is important is selling Christ by all means possible in the hope that some may ...
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Satan feels uneasy where Christ is mentioned. The fact that "some people" feel uneasy about CHRISTmas shows that Christians have got it right. What is important is selling Christ by all means possible in the hope that some ma ...
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ANYBODY WHO CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS IS A DEVIL WORSHIPER.LET THEM PROVE THAT CHRIST TOLD THEM TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS.MUSLIN, THEY ARE BLIND MEN LEADING BLIND PEOPLE. MORDERN CHRISTAINS ARE LAZY THEY DON'T WANT TO READ/STUDY THEI ...
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MAKE THEM STAY IN THEIR COUNTRYS AND SUFFER..yOU CORRECT..LOTS OF TERRORIST ARE YOUNG PEOPLE BROUGHT TO USA AT YOUNG AGE..THEY SHOULD BEEN DEPORTED JUST LIKE MEXICANS BACK TO SOMILIA,SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER MUSLIM COUNTRYS
They also think they are something special, or a special people living in out space. These people are not till today fed up with the wars and killings in their society. Instead of joining hands to work feed the poor wretched ...
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Somaliais right.Jesus was not born on
the christmas eve.Christmas was wooed
into thesystem by the pagan Roman.There is nothing like Xtian birth day in the
bible.
The World cup is not in the bible or quran so we shouldn't go to Brazil abi?
Living in the same country with fools like you is soooo regrettable.
MR. AYATOLLA WE ARE TALKING ABOUT GOD SERVICE AND WORLD CUP IS NOT A GOD SERVICE
Foolish MR WISE, can't you read to understand? Where did you go to school? Did you ever learn "reading comprehension"? The Somali government did not ban Chrstmas because it is unscriptural. They did it out of ignorance and ha ...
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NO THE SOMALIANS FOUND OUT THAT XMAS IS PAGAN HOLIDAY STARTED BY CULT ROMAN CATHOLIC.SOMALIANS SAID THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO PAGANISM. IF YOU WILL WORSHIP SUN GOD WHOSE BIRTH DAY WAS 25TH DECEMBER IS UP TO U. AND YOU'RE BOUND ...
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Whether or not,what benefits do they derived
from that suppression !.
Does that order add to their membership or
decreased the suffering of the people !
Mr. Ignorant don’t display your lack of wisdom here.
There has been no occasion in the life of Christians has it ever been established, admitted, affirmed or confirmed Christmas is an act of faith or a dogmatic belief. ...
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I NAMED MY SON HANDSOME BUT HE GREW TO BE EXTRA UGLY. SO YOU ARE.
THERE IS NO WHERE IN THE BIBLE THAT SAYS WE SHOULD CELEBRATE THE BIRTH OF JESUS. MOREOVER JESUS WAS NOT BORN ON THAT DAY. YOU GUYS SHOULD RATHER DO SOME RESEARCH WORK AND STOP THESE UNNECESSARY ARGUMENTS.WE MUST WELCOME EVERY ...
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So since when did it become the duty of an Islamic government to enforce what is in the Bible? Whether it is in the Bible or not, the Christians should be able to celebrate whatever they want. I'm even surprised you believe i ...
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Whether Jesus rose or not its THEIR RELIGION bitch...Mohammed be fucking lil kids pedophile ass motherfucker...Somalians wants to exercise their religion outside somalia not just the all da Moslem countries bitch u dont want ...
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HOW DO YOU KNOW WETHER HE WAS OR NOT? WETHER IT WAS THE IDEA OF CARD COMPANY OR CHURCHS..YOUR A IDIOT!
motherfucker who's more idiot bitch...they want to force their on people. They want to fucken practice their religion in different countries but God damn it if somebody practice their religion at their backyard. You hypocrite ...
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This is one result of intolerance and naivety.
There were three couples, one elderly, one middle aged, and one newlywed, that wanted to join a church. So the minister tells them that in order to be members they must abstain from sex for two whole weeks. After two weeks, t ...
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I never knew u are f****king ass hole fucker!!!!!!
NO DOUBT,THEY ARE ALWAYS STARVING AND THERE IS DROUGHT THERE,IF ALL OTHER CHRISTIAN COUNTRY'S SHOULD BAN THE CELEBRATION OF ISLAMIC FESTIVITIES,WHAT WILL HAPPEN.THEY ARE SICK THEIR GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE.
WHEN A POOR PERSON BANS YOU FROM GOING TO HIS HOUSE, DON'T WORRY.
This should serve as an example to Africans in general who have been clinging mindlessly to the cultural practices of other people. Islam and Christianity are foreign to Africa, but Africans shamelessly and mindlessly adhere ...
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Kwame that's great. Religion, politics and tribalism is the cause of all our problems. Some of us are more than useless.
WHO GIVES A FUCK ABOUT SHITHOLE SOMALIA, YOU CAN'T EVEN ENJOY THE CHRISTMAS THERE ANYWAY, WHO KNOWS WHETHER ANY SOUND CAN BE DIFFERENTIATED AS A "KNOCKOUT" OR A REAL BOMB.LOOOOLL SAME LIKE IN NIGERIA, BOTH SHITHOLES
This is ubsurd. It confirms that Islamic dominated countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iran, Malaysia and Somalia among others are still intolerant, lack reasoning and rationality. Islam cannot coexist with the two most superior ...
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I hope Somalia is going to band Somalis from all Christian inventions. Let your people ride camels only, no western attires, flying on Airplanes, etc etc, why stop at Xmas!!
you are more like a pagand(devil)
Sir,
How would you feel if USA banned mosques? People should be allowed to practice their religious beliefs wherever they are.I bet you if Christian majority country had banned celebration of the id, some christians would ...
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WHO REALLY CARES ABOUT THIS FAILED STATE. A GROUPING OF HIJACKERS, TERRORIST AND CRAZIES RULING SOME COUNTRY CALLED SOMALIA. WHO HAS EVER HEARD ANY GOOD THING COMING FROM THIS COUNTRY? THEY CAN CONTINUE TO WALLOW IN THEIR STU ...
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what kind of leaders thus the somalians have? what a shame, is there any Christian countries that has band the muslim from celebrating their holidays? shame your leaders.
What is so important about Somalia , brainless people who are killing their own.
Is that not Somalia that Jesus spoke to the
Woman at the well?Father into your hands
I commit thier spirts..
The Somalians should be ashamed of themselves for this ban. They are allowed to practice their nefarious activities even in America and anywhere else but would not permit non-muslims to celebrate or preach their faith.What a ...
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Somalia is dominantly muslim society, why should they engage in an idolatrous festivity such as Christmas? Such a practice goes against the very core of Islam. You cannot elevate human beings to god like status like what Chri ...
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Muslims always wants to force their believes down everybody's throat, how foolish.
Back to the primitive days < what a shame < Christians lets arise and pray for Somalia.
Islam is really a curse to the world.Moslems are never tolerant and never believe in the peaceful co-existence of human beings.It is really a primitive religion.
we just hate christians
You will burn in hell for your hateful ignorant comment.
THE NORTHERNERS AND VOLTARIANS SHOULD BE THANKFUL TO OSAGYEFO DR. KWAME NKRUMAH . HE SHOULD HAS NOT ALLOWED ALL THESE MALI NIGER BURKINA TO SETTLE ON OUR LAND SIMPLE. WE WON'T HAVE HAD ANY MUSLIMS IN OUR LAND
Only a narrow minded person would think that all Northeners and Voltarians are Muslims. The way you think, you are no different from those muslim fanatics
u are even ignorant about ur root. did u came from ur prostitutes mums pussy with a land? Ghana existed before they gave birth to Nkrumah. stupid fool
we hate you christians and we shall keep on burning your prostitude buildings(churchs) across the world.it is high time we start destroying them now here in ghana
before then, the people who first settle in this land were dwarfs.
before then dwarfs were the only inhabiting this land.
wheather you like or not we muslems will ban christian festivals here in ghana soon.
Accra Psyciatric Hospital is waiting for you !
THE AFRICA NATIONS SHOULD BAN SOMALIS FROM VISITING CHRISTIAN NATIONS IN AFRICA.THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THEY CAN THINK OR SOMALIS IN EUROPE,CANADA,AMERICA,AUSTRALIA,AND NEW ZELAND SENT BACK HOME.
Damn
It is time for the Christians to pick the sword and annihilate the opposition period.
They call something African Union. With such people as part of the continent, how can there be a union?
End time, awhile ye no aben
WHETHER YOU BAN IT OR NOT IT DOESNT CHANGE WHO GOD IS. WETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT THE UNIVERSE IS HIS. HE CREATED IT AND STILL REIGHN SUPREME. HE GAVE US JESUS TO REDEEM US FROM OUR SINS. THOSE OF US WHO BELIEVE KNOW THE BENEF ...
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It is says Ministry of JUSTICE AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS. Does any such ministry actually exist in Somalia then?
this is a shame to Islam. This is where we are going to see those who are fundamentalists from true followers of Mohammed. Those who think this directive is right are fake muslims.
Where in the quran does it tell you to follow Muhammad? The quran teaches you to follow God..not Muhammad.
Really the ban itself does not matter but rather what it implies. That in some African countries and almost all Islamic countries the human rights of everybody is easily trampled upon by a bunch of religious fanatics who thin ...
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who in charge muslims or Christian
We should take cue from these Somali genius govt and ban ashantis from our land.These ashanti monkeys should go back to their ancestral land in Ivory Coast and leave Ghana to its rightful owners.
Know your history well. Ashantis were in Ghana before any other tribe did.
Why pay attention to this foolish donkey?
The Guans were the first.
yes! they were once dwarfs
Zaid. Ur posts reveal a defective thought process. Didnt ur "giantism" make u backwards?
Serious violation of the freedoms of my Christian friends.
But they can chop grawber
there is no Christians in Somalia, and all Somalis are Muslim that means no need to celebrate it.
if there are no Christians there why are they worried that somebody is gon celebrate it? THERE ARE CHRISTIANS there even in aghanistan
There is no need to ban it then. These people are just full of hate towards others that are different from them. They should also ban all christian nations from contributing Peace Keepers to that shithole of a country.
Big shame to Somalia
THERE ARE MOSQUES ALL OVER EUROPE
christians did thesame to muslems in Angola lets keep the fire burning.
Tit for Tat. That is a very typical moslem mentality. Your brother Moses instituted that law but Jesus abrogated that law long time ago!
Banning Christmas is unfortunate because most of UN Peace keepers are Christians. So the logic is that you don't expect Christians to protect your government and then ban them from celebrating Christmas.
THAT HATE ANYONE ELSE BUT MUSLIM
I never heard of any christian nation stoping Ramadam celebration.This is more than illiteracy and a bunch of shame on Somali leaders.Where on earth can one deny someone his/her religious freedom? Shame on the Somali governme ...
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NO CULT FESTIVALS IN ALLA COUNTRY.ANYBODY WHO EMBRASES CHRISTMAS IS AN ENIMEY OF GOD. SHOW ME WHERE IN THE BIBLE CHRIST/APOSTLE CELEBRATED CHRISMAS GAL 4:7-11;1COR 11:23 ONLY THE LORD'S SUPPER WE REMEMBER HIM WITH GOOD JOB S ...
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You are out of your mind. Are you going to celebrate mohommed
SHAME TO SOMALIA LEADERS.THEY WILL NOT LAST IN POWER.
Why all this nonsense about your coments. I don´t blame you, I blame the journalist who wrote this script without giving more details. The somali government did this because of security reasons. They did not ban christianity ...
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The article DID NOT say Christians are banned to celebrate Christmas in Somalia, but Muslims are banned from participating the Christian festive(for taking part such festive contradicts the Muslim faith. All of YOU failed to ...
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Mr. Rocardo. You are just simple minded. Are you trying to tell us that you are the ONE AND ONLY guy who understands this announcement made by
"the Ministry of Justice and Religious Affairs".Do you understand the following ...
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The directive is meant for Muslims an is being distributed at hotels for Muslims to avoid celebrating the festive, Kenyan soldiers did celebrated in Somalia yesterday and other foreigners who work in Somalia, this ban is JUST ...
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How did Mohammed became a prophet? Did he give any prophecy? What did he say?
Who talked about Mohamed you dimwit!
Address what I talked about, or else don't reply to me
ok
HE IS THE MESSENGER FROM ALLA(GOD ALMIGHTY) THAT IS THE MOSLIM BELIEVE.WHERE IN THE BIBLE JESUS TOLD HIS FOLLOWERS TO FREMEMBER HIS BIRTH DAY.25TH DECEMBER IS CULT(PAGAN HILIDAY)A TRUE CHRISTIAN WILL NEVER CELEBRATE THE SO C ...
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Christ is coming soon.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELL ON EARTH
They are going to hurt themselves and would be losers at the end. Any country that has freedom of religion prospers. For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not pe ...
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This very, very stupid laws . What other country bans you from worshipping ? This really really obnoxious law
i want to know why the ban on christmas
The Spirit of Antichrist is at work and it is the proof of the truthfulness of the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ. it should strengthen the faith of Christians.
Who told you Xmas is the birth day of Saviour Jesus?The man is right. Ask Constantan in 321 AD.
somalia wil continue to see intense hunger, even AGHANISTAN IS currently enjoying santa claus activities,,, t is a religious fanaticism,,, every knee shall bow,,
So why banning what does not exist? Somalia is an Islamic state 100%
^ The ban was meant for Somalis who participate the festive in some hotels that foreign workers in Mogadishu celebrate, so it is just reminding that celebrating some PAGAN festive contradicts their faith.
I said PAGAN, be ...
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I wIll not wIth e somalIan govt
Come folks, in the bible there is no mention of christmass.. Correct me if I am wrong plz.
Christmass is a pagan celebration incorporated by the roman church during the fall of the Roman Empire.
Moreover the Somalis ar ...
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Somalia is another messed up moslem country run by incompetent fanatics. The accomplishents are few, piracy, Al Shabab terrorism, religious intolerence etc.
they did that to prevent them from selling alcholic beweragies in a muslem community.
hommmmmmm soooo funny how christians are telling us about our religion yet they don,t even know about their own riligion.but they talk shit ,the more they talk shit the more people will resech islam and convert .soooo thanks ...
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really,but why soooooo many people convert to al.islam .noooooo one forcing them to convert to islam ,becoasue they know islam is tru.who convert to islam.they are prist.scientist.dr.and lots of smart people.may allah s.w.t.g ...
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Sorry Habib, but mullahs and imams all over that toilet called 'The Middle East' are quite vocal in lamenting the number of moozies who are leaving Muhammadanism and converting to other religions. The lie known as 'Islam' is ...
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