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Islamic terrorism in Thailand, 2,000 dead, Buddhists fleeing in fear

iht.com — Islamic terrorism in Thailand, 2,000 dead so far, many more thousands injured. Buddhist communities have fled in a "de facto ethnic cleansing."

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  • PatrioticKiwi, on 10/12/2007, -54/+159Don't forget the representatives of the so-called Religion of Peace are also murdering "Kafirs" (infidels) on a *daily* basis in the following places:

    - Philippines (Abu Sayyaf fighting in Mindanao)
    - Thailand (Yala, Pattani, Narathiwat, Songkla)
    - Iraq (Sunni vs Shiite)
    - India (Kashmir)
    - Israel
    - Sudan (southern Sudan + Darfur)
    - Nigeria (Muslims killing Christians)
    - Indonesia (Muslims killing Christians in Sulawesi)
    - Russia (Chechnya)
    - Pakistan (Sunni vs Shiite, and killings Christians)

    For further information, visit:

    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com
    • keysersoze9, on 10/12/2007, -21/+90Damn you and your facts!
    • junkalam, on 10/12/2007, -78/+20This is getting ridiculous....how much are you folks getting paid to submit these stories ? Digg is literrally getting hijacked by these folks.
    • deff, on 10/12/2007, -32/+157Christians & Jewish martyrs say; "I will die for what I believe".
      A Muslim martyr says; "you will die for what I believe"....
    • rstarr, on 10/12/2007, -10/+79These extremists talk the talk...
      While Buddhists walk the walk...

      As a fledgling Buddhist myself, my only wish is those extremists only learn to follow their prophet and not their spiritual leaders, the fundamentalist propaganda is poisoning the minds of people who wish to prove their faith. Follow the teaching of your prophet and interpret the words he spoke because those are the essence of your faith. Do not take any interpretation besides your own, blindness, even blind faith, often leads to negative outcomes.
    • keysersoze9, on 10/12/2007, -26/+2This site will me mine. Oh yes, you will be mine.
    • solarwinds, on 10/12/2007, -46/+14What about Christians who kill others? Like American soldiers in Iraq killing innocent civillians. What about the girl who was raped, then shot in the head by an Christian-American?

      (The Muslim perspective before anyone diggs me down. The point is NOT to generalize.)
    • HalFTW, on 10/12/2007, -9/+35Anyone remember this? http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/central/03/12/afghan.buddha.02/

      *****.

      Buddhism is a very interesting religion, worth reading about: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist
    • rabidstrikes, on 10/12/2007, -27/+25@rstaar

      mohammed was a sick pedophile...would you being buddhist allow sexual exploitation of 9 year olds?
    • affanjam, on 10/12/2007, -25/+7If you want to know what real Islam is like go to http://www.alsunnahfoundation.org
    • Tabou, on 10/12/2007, -13/+35The following fact is conveniently buried in the article: About half the victims in the conflict have been Muslim.
    • ronaldst, on 10/12/2007, -29/+7America has the same problem but instead of it's the other religion known as atheism that's causing all the troubles.

      The atheist says; "what your people believe in will be replaced by what I believe..."
    • Stevethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -26/+6"http://www.thereligionofpeace.com"
      Wow a site with the sole purpose to discriminate a whole religion, I'm wondering what does it try to make. I'm not questioning the facts of crimes done by Muslims, I'm questioning this site's goal, apart from discrimination. Posting facts somewhere is one thing, but posting one-sided facts on it is another. How do you feel about a site having all the crimes atheists or Christians did. The problem is not that it's untrue the problem is that their posts incite fear and retaliation in response. And "the religion of peace", what a ***** joke, if it was not for Bush to say so, nobody denies the fact that Islam -just like Catholicism- was through history a war-fronted religion having more ties with world politics than spirituality.

      Having said that Islam has a bent to extremism -just like Catholicism in its prime days, through the Medieval- and should be put in check (the extremism, not Islam). Our enemies are the extremists and the controlling freaks, so we have to prevent sharia-laws and suicide bombers but not -never- the existence of Islam, it's their right to believe in whatever they want. Whatever happens in Thailand is everything gone wrong when a religion and a certain way of life becomes a political weapon and then afterwards military action. What we're seeing here is not a clash of religions it's a clash of two entirely different ethnic groups....
    • wafflez, on 10/12/2007, -5/+38if any religion is one of 'peace', it's the Buddhists..why the hell did they get attacked? =(. I always have a soft spot for Buddhists.
    • Tsuyoi, on 10/12/2007, -8/+23"The following fact is conveniently buried in the article: About half the victims in the conflict have been Muslim."

      Yes, even fellow Muslims seen as sympathizers are being killed by this insurgency. It follows what we see in Iraq, although nothing was mentioned of a Shia / Sunni conflict within the religion. Although religion is what provided the spark here (and the subjugation of the Muslim population in the past) power is likely what keeps it going. Attacks aren't being restricted to religious targets. Anything associated with authority appears to be fair game, even their own people.
    • HalFTW, on 10/12/2007, -18/+13"America has the same problem but instead of it's the other religion known as atheism that's causing all the troubles.

      The atheist says; "what your people believe in will be replaced by what I believe...""

      Actually Atheists say "don't teach as fact things for which there is no evidence and are statistically incredibly improbable"
    • ronaldst, on 10/12/2007, -18/+9"Actually Atheists say "don't teach as fact things for which there is no evidence and are statistically incredibly improbable""

      Atheists actually don't like views that goes against theirs.
    • nypix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Halfwit,

      Since atheists are such a threat, when they start resorting to suicide bombings let us know.
    • Carlos1978, on 10/12/2007, -7/+21@jbarnett

      Yes, their god said "do not kill...", but you forget the rest of the sentence, "...people of your own religion". It is OK for these three religions to kill people of other religions. Jews and Christians don't kill in the name of their god anymore because their religions were kicked out of the middle ages. Islam is still in the middle ages, and it needs to be reformed urgently. Read these passages from the Koran:

      http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/2/index.htm#191
      http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/4/index.htm#89
      http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/9/index.htm#6
      http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/9/index.htm#11
    • goffy59, on 10/12/2007, -10/+17It seems like Islam is more bad then good. Perhaps good hearted Islams exist, but overall I think they are something that needs to be be destroyed from this earth. I ***** cant stand these people. What did Buddhists ever do to heart anyone? ***** goddamn Islamic retards.
    • jimmytheclaw, on 10/12/2007, -9/+5actually i would like to see a site that factually reports on murders and mass murders done in the NAME of jesus the christ or buhdda or thor or any other god besides allah however no matter how much i look i dont see christians murdering people en masse or worldwide while screaming jesus is greater. how about you randomly pick stories from the database at thereligionofpeace.com and check out the news stories on these then tell me wich ones are false. oh and aljazeera is not a reputable source and neither is al manar. now go to your room us adults are discussing things
    • affanjam, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2If you even clicked on the damn link you would know what I'm talking about I'm not spamming that site teaches exactly what real moderate Islam is and how its been practiced for the paste 1400 years. I'll give you the link again
      http://www.alsunnahfoundation.org - not my site
    • Stevethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2Since my original post was buried, give me a service that sick piece of propaganda and bigotry gives to people http://www.thereligionofpeace.com
      Just convince me that they are different from them http://nlr.friendpages.com/p/pages/cover.cgi?who=UmFuZG9tSVZ0jdW4rq1hI5VZpE4ZAbbjeX29BF7Nd2dMTMsflI2RAArCYfTAJvp/QehdUpEORStungi85cx1Jt2rbRSNlEFqQPPkjwEZYcnzHjMiRgk1ZQyRQrTpE06i7hj6enAwDpAJ2/nBXxacSQ7u3sue6lS07pMiRZg04rB/SqUCd_DcaVQ7VkEZ/BHDwJXh7jUqBIg-&pageid=nlr
    • smartass007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3OM the Jewel in the Lotus HUM

      H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama's definition

      "It is very good to recite the mantra Om mani padme hum, but while you are doing it, you should be thinking on its meaning, for the meaning of the six syllables is great and vast... The first, Om [...] symbolize the practitioner's impure body, speech, and mind; they also symbolize the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha[...]"

      "The path is indicated by the next four syllables. Mani, meaning jewel, symbolizes the factors of method-the altruistic intention to become enlightened, compassion, and love.[...]"

      "The two syllables, padme, meaning lotus, symbolize wisdom[...]"

      "Purity must be achieved by an indivisible unity of method and wisdom, symbolized by the final syllable hum, which indicates indivisibility[...]"

      "Thus the six syllables, om mani padme hum, mean that in dependence on the practice of a path which is an indivisible union of method and wisdom, you can transform your impure body, speech, and mind into the pure exalted body, speech, and mind of a Buddha[...]"

      -- H.H. Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama, "Om Mani Padme Hum"
    • d00ley, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"A harsh crackdown and martial law in recent years seem only to have fueled the insurgency, generating fear and anger and undermining moderate Muslim voices."

      Sounds familiar.
    • pkpkpkpk, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@wafflez
      In Sri Lanka, the buddhists give as hard as they get...Some of the most hardline have been buddhist monks....I was myself wondering why....
    • ashlvsya, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9The five rules of Buddhism we follow:

      1. To refrain from taking life. (i.e. non-violence towards sentient life forms)
      2. To refrain from taking that which is not given (i.e. not committing theft)
      3. To refrain from sensual misconduct (abstinence from immoral sexual behavior)
      4. To refrain from lying. (i.e. speaking truth always)
      5. To refrain from intoxicants which lead to loss of mindfulness (refrain from using drugs or alcohol)

      Or if you're a monk....http://www.bswa.org/PDF/Bhikkhus_Rules.pdf
    • pagit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9ah Islam
      the religion of peace...
      or is it pieces (after the destruction that it creates in it's wake)?
    • PatrioticKiwi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7@ ashlvsya

      Spot on! I am myself non-religious. However, if there ever was a religion that stood for peace and pacifism (and truly believes in it), Buddhism is as close as it gets. Sadly, it's also precisely because Buddhism is pacifist that when it is bordered by an expansionist and violent faith such as Islam, the peacful faith (Buddhism) get trampled on. This was the case in Afghanistan where the Taliban destroyed millenia-old Buddhist statues. Thailand is simply another front in the gloal War against Radical Islam (note: "War on Terror" is a misnomer because you can't fight against a tactic. Declaring a WoT makes as much sense as Roosevelt claiming in 1941 that the US was in a War against Aerial Bombing).
    • addicted44, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6@Tabou.

      I agree with that, however I dont think seeing who the victims are helps us solve the problem, unless you want to solve it by dislocating all the victims to another safer area.

      The question is, who are the perpetrators of the crime? In this case, I really doubt that 50% of the people doing the killing are Buddhist. I am almost certain (although the article makes no mention of this, so it is speculation) that they are Muslims. So the obvious conclusion that follows is that the cause of violence is not secular, or due to poverty (because then the Buddhists would also probably react the same way), but rather something that is specific to Muslims.

      It is possible that it is because the Muslims have been suppressed by the government which is causing them to react in this fashion, but if I were a betting man, I would believe the cause probably lay in local spiritual leaders convincing the populace that killing Buddhists, and people who help them (even if they may be Muslim) is the right thing to. In which case some steps must be taken to prevent the further poisoning of the Thai Muslim community. Whether the answer is eradication of Islam, or more likely, silencing the 'leaders' causing these problems is beyond my scope, but if the above assumptions hold true, then the problem definitely lies with Islam in this case.
    • kamisama, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3@ linkedlist : While I agree with your statement, it is however high time that the many do something about the actions of the few then.
    • opticalillusion, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Not all Muslims are terrorists, but nearly all terrorists are Muslims!
    • tomcpp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4And don't forget. muslim's paedophile racist mass-murdering slave-trading "prophet" defineately qualifies as a terrorist :

      http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Muhammad&oldid=111057587#Muhammad_and_the_Jewish_tribes_of_Medina
    • V1be, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's interesting how you rail on Christianity on digg all the time, but have no issues with Buddhism. I do not think they are so far apart in theory, just in practice (i.e. killing for Christianity) You guys should read "Jesus Lived in India." It basically gives this scenario of how Jesus was actually originally a Tibetan Buddhist monk, and the original teachings of Jesus were Buddhist, until Paul and the other guys ***** it up, and its history became lost in, well, time.
    • iceperson, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"The following fact is conveniently buried in the article: About half the victims in the conflict have been Muslim."

      So you're implying that as long as they're killing muslims we should care less? It's good to know that Muslim lives are less valuable in your eyes...
    • iceperson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Buddha promoted peace, love and compassion and encourage other to do the same. Stop trying to twist that passage out of context!"

      Funny, Jesus promoted the same things yet diggers don't seem to have a problem attributing everything bad ever done by someone claiming to be a Christian to Jesus and/or the billions of Christians alive today.
    • Stevethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Maybe I'm stupid or too naive, but I just can't get why am I dugg down. Why people suddenly became neo-nazi sympathizers?
    • mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0@rstarr

      not all buddhists "walk the walk", just like not all hindus, jews, christians, etc., walk the walk.

      in any religion you will find true devotees who "walk the walk", merely superficial adherents, and everything in between.
    • mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@wafflez

      i am not a buddhist, but i have lived among them for years, seen both their virtues and their flaws, and love them tremendously. although i have seen some instances of violence in buddhist populations, i must say that they are few and far between in comparison to what goes on in other groups. you are correct in calling it a religion of peace. when was the last time we heard of a buddhist terrorist?
    • mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@jbarnett

      you apparently misunderstand the bible. "thou shalt not kill" is a default commandment. there are many instances in the bible, however, in which God commanded His people to kill. furthermore, i think most people would agree that killing in self-defense, or in the defense of one's family or those too weak to defend themselves, is justified. "thou shalt not murder" would likely be a better translation.

      i am certainly no sympathizer with terrorists (of any persuasion), but we have to be honest. the bible is about as violent as the quran, especially when verses are taken out of context.

      buddhists, on the other hand are, by and large, extremely peaceful people. even when they protest, they do so peacefully. in regards to upholding peaceful principles, i have nothing but admiration and respect for them.
    • staticneuron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"The Muslims have complained of discrimination and attempts at forced assimilation since Thailand annexed the former Sultanate of Pattani a century ago. Armed insurgencies have risen and subsided over the past four decades, but the government may now be facing its most dangerous challenge."

      Maybe there is more to this? Extremists come in all flavors.

      "Christians & Jewish martyrs say; "I will die for what I believe".
      A Muslim martyr says; "you will die for what I believe"...."

      Most popular quote during the crusades.
    • staticneuron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Ignore it if you must but all of these muslim statements are met with blanket statements and condecending comments about it being a religion of peace. Almost every single one of these extremist groups
    • staticneuron, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Ignore it if you must but all of these muslim statements are met with blanket statements and condecending comments about it being a religion of peace. Almost every single one of these extremist groups even though being muslim, have thier own reasons for being violent and normally it is based on some sort of local conflict or belief.

      It is much easier to pass over christian extremist because most media and forms of communication would not label it that way. If a christian is violent then they are not really christion right? If that frame of thinking is used for christions why not the same for muslims?

      The crusades, Nazi's the KKK, the trouble in ireland, from the bombing of gay clubs, terrorizing abortion clinics and posioning waters. There are a lot of violent groups that claim to be christian. But they are not acknowledged so in the media.

      Ethnic cleansing? Christians? Well look up the National Liberation Front of Tripura. Extremist such as The Lambs of Christ, christian identity, army of god, gods army, Nagaland Rebels and Freedomites.

      sorry about the abuse had an error in last post
  • rosco01, on 10/12/2007, -41/+35Kiwi, perhaps it's time to take a break, pour yourself a drink, and stop thinking about evil Muslims for ten minutes.
    • Taqiyyotomist, on 10/12/2007, -20/+34Maybe people should start thinking about evil Muslims for a while, and save their civilizations.
    • DagDurnik, on 10/12/2007, -9/+18"Therefore, by their fruits you will know them."
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -15/+12macktwo is being buried because the LGF children with multiple accounts get on after school gets out.
  • kodak543, on 10/12/2007, -62/+18First, this isnt the full story, its greatly distorted. The Muslim in Thailand want their own homeland, as according to the UN charter, they have the right to self-determination, however, the military of Thailand won't allow it, and they started a program to bring ethnic thais to to the muslim homelands, to make it more loyal to the govt. However, it backfired, and the Muslims didn't like other groups taking their land, and demographically swamping them. So they started guerrilla warfare against any one loyal to the Thai govt. As of now, Muslims are treated as second class citizens in their own country, so they want there own, in the muslim majority south.

    See: http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/12/17/a6_13.php
    i.e.
    About 200 of the victims, of course, were Muslims who died at the hands of security forces in two notorious incidents: a bizarre series of attacks by machete-wielding teenagers on a string of military outposts in April, which led to the deaths of 107 militants and five military and police officers; and a government crackdown in October at Tak Bai in Narathiwat Province, where around 90 Muslim protesters died, most crushed or suffocated after being loaded into army trucks.
    .
    • hulehvalley, on 10/12/2007, -17/+63In other words you want Muslim-only apartheid state carved out of majority-Buddhist Thailand.
    • tredglx, on 10/12/2007, -19/+62Sooo,

      If I'm following your logic:

      Thai muslims are entitled to their own homeland via UN charter.

      Just like the world's Jews in 1948.

      But the Thais don't want an islamic state in their backyard.

      Just like the muslims in 1948.

      Ironic, isn't it?
    • kodak543, on 10/12/2007, -50/+17First of all , the Muslims who live there can trace their ancestry back 1000 years, when arab traders spread Islam there (so no, its not like israel, where millions of European jews (key word: EUROPEAN) flooded Palestine after ww2, and said it was theirs) . Second, they are already in an apartheid state, they cant get govt jobs, they are discriminated against, they "disappear" if they speak out, and all the resources (natural gas/oil) and valuable land have been taken from the Muslims and given to the ethnic Thais. Would you want to live in a place like that?
    • Flummoxer, on 10/12/2007, -17/+45And the Jews don't have ancestral ties to Israel? What's your point?
    • ChimaeraDvy, on 10/12/2007, -9/+29How would you feel if the Muslim population in your own country declared their right to self-determination?
    • truthteller, on 10/12/2007, -27/+13"And the Jews don't have ancestral ties to Israel?"

      No, they dont; because most of them in Israel are European. Being a specific religion doesnt tie you to any land. That's like saying black muslims in america have ties to the land in Mecca (Saudi Arabia) because they're muslim.
    • donnydarko319, on 10/12/2007, -19/+3Sooo,

      If I'm following your logic:

      Thai muslims are entitled to their own homeland via UN charter.

      Just like the world's Jews in 1948.

      But the Thais don't want an islamic state in their backyard.

      Just like the muslims in 1948.

      Ironic, isn't it?


      There's a difference between "backyard" and "house". Unless the Muslims in Thailand want the entirety of the nation for themselves, the analogy doesn't really hold up, does it?
    • rabidstrikes, on 10/12/2007, -20/+33every freaking muslim wants their own land... its only a matter of time before they demand the earth.. *****... islam sucks serious ass
    • boybunny, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7Kodak

      Before you get the impression that everyone in digg has to keep a finger lodged up their nose to deep their brain in position. You are 100% correct. I was disgusted with the article for their absolute bias trending toward anti mulsim propaganda.

      I have come to a realization. The quote "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it" is generally incorrect when history is only ever written by the victorious. American "Reds under the bed" propaganda is now laughed at by todays teens. Unfortunately they think that it can't happen to them while they are falling for the "Islam is evil" line they are being fed. Just watch as this post gets buried because they will incorrectly assume that I am muslim or communist, or both, or maybe a child molesting arab communist fascist (too many of them think that communism and fascism are the same).
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -10/+4@boybunny
      Don't worry about it, there's not as many of them as it seems. the LGF cult has just been sending people over here to make multiple accounts and spam this *****. Click on the names of some of the people going in and making one liners like "religion of peace!" or "kill all muslims!" or "destroy the ***** ragheads!". You'll find most of them are recently made accounts that have dugg nothing but LGF neofascist propaganda. These people are no better than the KKK or stormfront people, they're only acting tough because they think they're anonymous on the internet.
    • addicted44, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4A separate land has already been carved out for Muslims in South Asia (look up history of India/Pakistan). What has been the result? Four wars, and India being the target of Pakistani sponsored terrorism uptil at least into the 21st century. Pakistan now claims that it has stopped supporting terrorism in India (which the American media prefered calling militancy until 9/11, despite the fact that targets include military posts, as well as civilians), but even the Pakistani govt has admitted it did support terrorism/militancy in India till 1999.

      How would Thailand feel safe about breaking up considering the example set by this earlier division of a country on Muslim/non-muslim (India has more Muslims than Pakistan) lines?
  • hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -6/+32i got this from what appears to to be a travel agentsite

    Thai Buddhism
    "Buddhism, as practiced in Thailand, is not the other-worldly religion of Western conception. Here, ultimate salvation or nirvana, is a distant goal for most. Thai Buddhists pursue the law of "Karma". Meritorious acts are undertaken and demeritorious ones avoided so that one's future life may be improved. This is the law of cause and effect.

    It is also important to draw a distinction between 'academic' Buddhism, as it tends to be understood in the West, and 'popular' Buddhism, as is practiced in Thailand. In Thailand, Buddhism is a 'syncretic' religion that incorporates elements of Brahmanism, animism, and ancestor worship.

    One reason for Buddhism's strength is that there are few Thai Buddhist families where at least one male member has not studied the Buddha's teachings in a monastery. It has long been a custom for Buddhist males over 21 to be ordained for a period ranging from 5 days to 3 months, at least once in their lifetimes. This usually occurs during the annual Rains Retreat when all monks forego travel and stay inside the monasteries.
    link
    http://www.marimari.com/content/thailand/general_info/religion/religion.html


    i think Buddhism Rocks
    • NanoStuff, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10If I had to take up religion, it would probably be between buddhism and hinduism. In fact maybe I'll do just that if only to stick it to the christians and muslims.

      I'm very relieved that the two largest countries in the world have rational religious beliefs.
    • Tsuyoi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7The exact same analogy applies to Taoism. The difference between the philosophy and how it is practiced in general are distinctly different. The same could be said of any religion really. But Buddhism and Taoism are closer because of the "Brahmanism, animism, and ancestor worship."
    • mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2as a matter of fact, in thailand, young men are expected to "buad" (serve for a period of time as a monk) to assist in his parent's salvation. obviously, this leads to quite a bit of social and familial pressure for young men to buad - yet another reason for the continued success of their belief system.
    • mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0@nanostuff

      [[If I had to take up religion, it would probably be between buddhism and hinduism. In fact maybe I'll do just that if only to stick it to the christians and muslims.]]

      "sticking it" to any other religious group is a very immature and misguided reason to adopt any belief system. i hope you reconsider your motives.
  • yourbandsux, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11I hope this is not happening in my native country, Cambodia, because Thailand is Cambodia's neighbor, and I have relatives in southeast Asia.
    • TheSavageNation, on 10/12/2007, -6/+9I was just in Cambodia...I personally didn't see any Muslims. This is happening in the southern part of Thailand, not the bordering part to Cambodia.
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -26/+6Because you can definitely tell if someone's a muslim by looking at them can't you? Racist prick..
    • TheSavageNation, on 10/12/2007, -9/+21Krymore... racist? It's a religion, not a race. You throw the word "racist" around very easy, which only dilutes it's true meaning.
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -20/+5I never said Islam was a race, but that's certainly what you were implying when you said you didn't see any muslims. You can't "see" a religion. All you see is someone born with different color skin than you, and you think he deserves death for it. Tell your sick LGF friends to go find another site to harass.
    • pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -8/+4savagenation: you said you didn't "see" any muslims around. unless you have some kind of ability to read people's theological beliefs by just looking at them. i guess you can also pick out jews and stuff too. technically you are not a "racist", just a bigot.
    • Tsuyoi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12Digging you down, Krymore, because although at the heart you have a point you don't have to be such a prick to make it. People do make distinctions in dress, grooming and how they carry themselves. And if you are in the community long enough you'll be able to pick up on these things pretty easy.

      It would be like someone in the US saying that they were in Pennsylvania and didn't see any amish. It's not offensive at all since the amish are very distinctive.
    • DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6You can't see a religion but you can see the symbols of a religion.
    • tomcpp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Islam is a choice. A choice to follow the quran even when it contradicts reason. A choice to do this :

      (quran 8:12) When your Lord revealed to the angels: I am with you, therefore make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore strike off their heads and strike off every fingertip of them.

      (see http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/008.qmt.html )

      A choice to be a mass-murderer. There are almost 30 verses like this one in the quran, and 450 about fighting. There are barely 25 about peace, and even they are mostly about post-mortem peace (afterlife)
  • dizzyedge, on 10/12/2007, -27/+42great....pussy ass muslims using terror to get their way again
    • ericdano, on 10/12/2007, -22/+54Seriously. Muslims suck. They need to be dealt with. They go around saying you can't say anything bad about their prophet, but yet it is ok for them to blow people up, threaten people, put women in 10th century status.

      Yeah. Ok. Great religion there.
    • truthteller, on 10/12/2007, -16/+6@eric

      You have to understand that like in all religions, Islam is in it's dark ages. Every religion went through it, and now its Islam's turn.
    • solarwinds, on 10/12/2007, -14/+12Jesus once said -------> "Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. For I came to set a man against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; and a man’s enemies will be the members of his household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it." - (Matthew 10:34-39 NASB)

      All religions, especially Christianity, have the potential for violence. And those of you who are Christian and posting up anti-Islam posts may want to read the quote above carefully. It probably has caused the deaths of many within the past 2000 years.
    • shakeeb, on 10/12/2007, -13/+6Uh. The VAST (emphasis) majority of Muslims don't want anything to do with these so called "islamic terrorists."
    • rabidstrikes, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2@solarwinds

      you are an idiot..
      har har har
    • Rammsteined, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6Yes, it is Islams turn, it's turn to die of like the pack of lies it is.
    • sunsetprojects, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1The dark ages of Islam was when Turkey took it over.
    • catalysis, on 10/12/2007, -9/+9"And those of you who are Christian and posting up anti-Islam posts may want to read the quote above carefully. It probably has caused the deaths of many within the past 2000 years."

      What does that have to do with the killing happening right now in the name of Islam? A line in the bible may have caused death sometime in the past and now no one can criticize muslims who kill innocent civilians?
    • bloodmoney, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5@solarwinds
      "All religions, especially Christianity, have the potential for violence. And those of you who are Christian and posting up anti-Islam posts may want to read the quote above carefully. It probably has caused the deaths of many within the past 2000 years."

      Can I paraphrase Dawkins here? You don't see a bunch of atheists killing each other over their beliefs.
    • ahmerhussain, on 10/12/2007, -12/+5"great....pussy ass muslims using terror to get their way again"

      that's liek me (a muslim) saying:
      great....pussy ass jew using terror to get their way again
      great....pussy ass athiest using terror to get their way again
      great....pussy ass jesus freak using terror to get their way again (crusades?)
      great....pussy ass hindu using terror to get their way again



      ALL RELIGIONS HAVE HAD SOME USE OF VIOLENCE IN THIER PAST!

      In my onpoinon, these terrorists with thier Suicide bombing and stuff should not deserve the privlage of being called a Muslim. (BTW it is not allowed in Islam to do suicide.)
    • Berkana, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10@solarwinds:

      The passage only looks like it advocates violence when quoted in isolation and out of context. The passage you quote is about the violence and opposition Christians would face by following Jesus. (His followers were initially from among the Jews, and the Jews were not keen on followers of Jesus and often committed violence on those who did, including members of their own families; instances of this were recorded in the gospels and in the Acts of the Apostles. Stephen (a ethnic Jew), the first Christian martyr, for example, was stoned by a Jewish mob.) Jesus was not telling his followers to go and commit violence; this is made clear when one his apostle Peter picked up the sword and attacked the servant of a Roman guard who came to arrest Jesus. Jesus rebuked him sharply. Contrast that to the passages about violence in the Qur'an; these can be interpreted in light of the founder's behavior, and Muhammad's behavior (murdering critics, conquest, beheadings, etc.) leaves no doubt as to his violent intent and teachings.
    • bkrishnan, on 10/12/2007, -6/+2@ahmerhussain:
      Are you a moron?? Atheism is not a religion!
    • tiggersfriend, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Atheism is a religion it takes more faith to believe that God does not exist besides Atheists have no more proof then the rest of humanity.
      • chowda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1It takes faith to believe in something despite lack of evidence.

        faith is not required to disbelieve something because there is no evidence.

        You're argument is silly.
    • addicted44, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@solarwinds

      That is true. Most Abrahamic religions' (Islam/Christianity/Judaism) texts are not averse to using violence for the "way of God" as they define it. Hence the Crusades of the Middle Ages. However, Christianity for the most part has evolved, and realizes that the carrot is more useful for them than the stick, which is why you dont see too many Christians preaching violence (However, as the documentary Jesus Camp demonstrates, there is a disturbing trend towards violence and fanaticism growing in Christians, esp in Middle America).

      Unfortunately, Islam for the most part is now at the stage where Christianity was during the crusades. I have no doubt that given a few hundred years, it will also settle down, and become an almost completely peaceful religion, but the question is, what do you do about it in the meanwhile? If the world were as advanced, liberal (no political connotations, but rather referring to the belief that there is no 'wrong' "belief") and connected in the middle ages, there would be steps taken to stop the crusades. So how should the Islamic equivalent of the crusades be dealt with? The solution is further complicated by the fact that while the crusades were authorized by a central body, the Islamic revolution(?) is far more decentralized, making it harder to deal with in an effective manner.
    • mahdaeng, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@bloodmoney

      [[Can I paraphrase Dawkins here? You don't see a bunch of atheists killing each other over their beliefs.]]

      ummm...actually you do. explain to me how red china's violent, murderous takeover of weaker states in the 20th century was not a stunning example of atheist killing? we could include other communist atrocities in this discussion as well.
    • Myztry, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@mahdaeng
      It's their government. Not their people. People on Digg constantly stand back from the acts of their representing government but then view other people through their representative. It can't go both ways
  • Warptera, on 10/12/2007, -14/+46The title of this is misleading. It makes it seem that 2,000 people just died instead of 2,000 over a period of three years.
    • ozziegt, on 10/12/2007, -11/+33Indeed. It would be like sayiing "Americans invade Iraq. 50,000 Iraqis dead".
    • truthteller, on 10/12/2007, -12/+3Perfect analogy ozzie.
    • keysersoze9, on 10/12/2007, -10/+1Oh. Well then, never mind.
    • bloodmoney, on 10/12/2007, -5/+8Oh yeah because 2000 people is just really so insignificant. What if that was happening here in the U.S.?
    • angusm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1The whole summary is misleading, because the way it's worded implies that the 2,000 dead are (Buddhist) victims of 'Islamic terrorism', and that it is the Buddhists who are 'fleeing in fear'. The article itself makes clear that half the victims are in fact Muslim, many of whom were killed by Thai security forces (the article doesn't mention the Tak Bai massacre, where possibly as many as eighty Muslim protesters were 'accidentally' suffocated to death). Peaceful Muslim communities are also feeling the effect of the violence, and the 'ethnic cleansing' - as usual - cuts both ways, with both Buddhists and Muslims forced from their homes.

      There's also a whole lot more going on than the simple Islam/Buddhism split. Many of the Muslims in the South are ethnic Malays; the forces that drive the conflict are probably as much to do with separatism and ethnic hostility as with Islam.

      Yes, Muslim zealots have probably done a lot to create the present situation, and they've certainly committed some hideously brutal killings. But the whole business is a lot more complex than the Little Green Footballs-esque article summary would suggest, and reducing it to the usual "Evil Muslims making trouble everywhere" isn't actually useful.
    • desertdweller, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2How about "Americans in Cars, 42000 Killed Indiscriminately Annually." (check for yourself, we kill 3500 people monthly in our cars).
  • liverj00, on 10/12/2007, -29/+9Buried. Title is inflammatory and inaccurate.
  • jimohagan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Glad that coup brought stability to the country.
  • AsylumAleikum, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7The money quote is "A new policy of conciliation pursued by Thailand's junta since it took power in a coup five months ago has been met by increased violence".



    • jimmytheclaw, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3vox

      what about the jews of medina? oooops guess you havent studied your sunna 2 tribes expelled with only all they can carry third one women and children enslaved men beheaded
  • Taqiyyotomist, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14"Buried because the truth about Islam is too much for me to handle. Buried like my ostrichlike head in the sand."
  • taxman, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6So whats new?
  • wheresmyreagan, on 10/12/2007, -7/+5They should pull pull out, cut funding and redeploy their troops to another country.
    • KingMoses, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5LOL

      That is an excellent impersonation of spineless 'tolerant-to-the-death' liberals.
  • CompIsMyRx, on 10/12/2007, -5/+36Killing a Buddhist monk is like beating a handicapped kid. It's just plain wrong and everyone knows it.
    • insomuchas, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3Let's see them try that on the Shaolin Buddhist monks. In fact maybe the Shaolin ought to send some teachers over to Thailand to teach self defense, as they were taught.
    • affanjam, on 10/12/2007, -6/+15I agree that killing a Buddhist is crazy, Im a Muslim and I am 100 with you on that these savages are a evil sect in Islam they are called Wahhbbis they are all the muslim terrorist. They need to be stopped. go here if you want to know more about true islam http://www.alsunnahfoundation.org/
    • rabidstrikes, on 10/12/2007, -13/+3@Affanjam
      ***** off you spineless spammer..
    • affanjam, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9Im not spaming that not even my site, If you even clicked on the damn link you would know what im talking about
    • grinding, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Wrong AffanJam.

      I hate to post a link but in this case I must:

      http://www.thewahhabimyth.com/
    • tomcpp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Shaolin monks don't defend themselves. Yes they know how to fight, but only as a way towards enlightenment.

      They do not fight back when attacked. Perhaps you missed this little detail in karate class ?
  • MidnightWatcher, on 10/12/2007, -12/+7Militant Islam = The Beast Of Revelation.
    • jimmytheclaw, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1http://www.answering-islam.de/Main/Authors/JR/Future/index.htm

      Chapter Eighteen



      A Summary Of Comparisons Between The Islamic And Biblical Narrative Of The End-Times







      So in summary we conclude this section with a final review of the many startling similarities that exist between the biblical narrative of the last-days and the Islamic narrative of the same period.



      · Bible: The Antichrist is an unparalleled political, military and religious leader that will that emerge in the last-days.

      · Islam: The Mahdi is an unparalleled political, military and religious leader that will emerge in the last-days.





      · Bible: the False Prophet is a secondary prominent figure that will emerge in the last-days who will support the Antichrist.

      · Islam: the Muslim Jesus is a secondary prominent figure that will emerge in the last-days to support the Mahdi.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet together will have a powerful army that will do great damage to the earth in an effort to subdue every nation and dominate the World.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will have a powerful army that will attempt to control every nation of the earth and dominate the World.





      · Bible: The False Prophet is described essentially as a dragon in lamb’s clothing.

      · Islam: The Muslim Jesus literally comes bearing the name of the one that the world knows as “The Lamb of God: Jesus Christ.” Yet the Muslim Jesus comes to murder all those who do not submit to Islam.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet establish a New World Order.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus establish a New World Order.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet institute new laws for the whole earth.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus institute Islamic law all over the earth.





      · Bible: The Antichrist is said to “change the times.”

      · Islam: It is quite certain that if the Mahdi established Islam all over the earth, he would discontinue the use of Saturday and Sunday as the weekend or days of rest but rather Friday, the holy day of Islam. Also, he would most certainly eliminate the Gregorian calendar (A.D.), and replace it with the Islamic calendar (A. H.) as is used in every Islamic country.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will both be powerful religious leaders who will attempt to institute a universal world religion.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will institute Islam as the only religion in the earth.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will execute anyone who does not submit to their world religion.

      · Islam: Likewise, the Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will execute anyone who does not submit to Islam.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will specifically use beheading as the primary means of execution for non-conformists.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will use the Islamic practice of beheading for executions.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will have a specific agenda to kill as many Jews as possible.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will kill as many Jews as is possible until only a few are left hiding behind rocks and trees.





      · Bible: The Antichrist and the False Prophet will attack to conquer and seize Jerusalem.

      · Islam: The Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus will attack to re-conquer and seize Jerusalem for Islam.





      · Bible: The Antichrist will set himself up in the Jewish temple as his seat of authority.

      · Islam: The Mahdi will establish the Islamic Caliphate from Jerusalem.





      · Bible: The False Prophet is said to do many miracles to deceive as many as possible into supporting the Antichrist.

      · Islam: The Mahdi himself is said to control the weather and the crops. His face is said to glow. We can also assume that since Jesus is viewed as having been empowered by Allah to work miracles when he was here on earth the first time, he will most likely be expected to continue to do so when he returns.





      · Bible: The Antichrist is described as riding on a white horse in the Book of Revelation

      · Islam: The Mahdi is described as riding on a white horse (ironically from the same verse).





      · Bible: The Antichrist is said to make a peace treaty with Israel for seven years.

      · Islam: The Mahdi is said to make a peace treaty through a Jew (specifically a Levite) for exactly seven years.





      · Bible: Jesus the Jewish Messiah will return to defend the Jews in Israel from a military attack from a vast coalition of nations led by the Antichrist and the False Prophet.

      · Islam: The Dajjal, the Islamic Antichrist will gain a great Jewish following and claim to be Jesus Christ and fight against the Mahdi and the Muslim Jesus.





      · Bible: The antichrist spirit specifically denies the most unique and central doctrines of Christianity, namely the trinity, the incarnation and the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross.

      · Islam: Islam doctrinally and spiritually specifically denies the most unique and central doctrines of Christianity, namely the trinity, the incarnation and the substitutionary death of Jesus on the cross.





      · Bible: The primary warning of Jesus and the Apostle Paul was to warn Christians of the abundance of deceit and deception in the last-days.

      · Islam: Islam is perhaps the only religion in the earth that practices deceit as one of its tools to assist its own ascendancy. It actually has a specific doctrine which allows and even calls for deception to be used to achieve its desired end.





      · Bible: The specific nations pictured in the Bible as being part of the final empire of the Antichrist are all Islamic nations.

      · Islam: All Muslims are commanded to give their allegiance to The Mahdi as the final Caliph and Imam (leader) of Islam.





      · Bible: From the Bible and History we learn that the final Antichrist empire will be a revived version of the Empire that succeeds the Roman Empire

      · Islam: The Empire that succeeded the Roman/Byzantine Empire was the Islamic Ottoman Empire





      · Bible: When Antichrist emerges, there will already be some form of system in place that will be poised to receive him as a Savior and to give allegiance to him.

      · Islam is already the second largest religion and will at present growth rates become the largest religion within a few decades. Islam is awaiting the coming of the Mahdi with a universal anticipation.



  • rayrio, on 10/12/2007, -15/+11No matter where muslims move to they always want their homeland for themselves. Thailand is just another example.

    Islam must be destroyed.
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5Don't bottle up your emotions like that, tell us how you really feel.. GTFO LGF trash.
    • charlesmartel81, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6I can only think of a handful of small conflicts around the world that doesn't involve Muslims one way or another. Every major conflict either involves Muslims fighting infidels, or Muslims fighting Muslims because they consider the other party to be not Muslim enough.
  • Ricemanstm, on 10/12/2007, -10/+6A couple of kilotons over, oh I don't know...Mecca perhaps should do it. Ionize the area, leave the structures intact but uninhabitable for 10,000 or so years. Maybe by then they will have calmed down. Or, we can just roll over like Europe and be rolled over.
    • pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3mass genocide of people because of their religion. i believe someone has tried that before. i guess he's your hero.
    • DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3If you are talking about Hitler, the Holocaust really had little to do with religion, at least not directly.
  • tedlove, on 10/12/2007, -7/+7somehow im not surprised.
  • ahughes, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12The only thing that sickens me more than the actions of the people in this story, it's the world's choice of ignorance for action when these stories crop up. Look at how long it took for Darfur to get any attention. Even now, it is being largely ignored.
    • Ellsass, on 11/05/2008, -5/+4You're exactly right, yet you're being dugg down for no reason...
    • rabidstrikes, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5darfur is no immediate threat to me. but islam is... survival comes first then altruism.. media is capitalizing on the survival instincts of humans.. and i appreciate it.. bring me more.
    • RRRRComposer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Darfur is getting short shrift from Bush because Osama bin Laden holed up in Sudan for a long time, and Bush hopes the Sudan government will give us info on al Q'aeida. Meanwhile, untolled people get slaughtered. Thanks a pantload, Duya.
  • endtime, on 10/12/2007, -8/+10The comments in these topics are very different from those a year ago. It is heartening to see the people of the West beginning to wake up to what Islam is.
  • SwissCamel, on 10/12/2007, -9/+7I think we should enter into a dialogue with these Muslims, in an attempt to reach a successful compromise with them, like has been achieved elsewhere in the world....
    • rabidstrikes, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5you are too naive. or too stupid..
      muslims are logic less zombies..
    • SwissCamel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7You mean the Middle East hasn't been sorted out yet?
    • bloodmoney, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5That is too funny
  • verycheeky, on 10/12/2007, -13/+2killing a Buddhist's monk is like beating a handicapped kid? read this..
    http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=79&artid=20555.. well, aog does like the money!
    remember budism stemmed from Hinduism which was a white mans religion introduced by the Aryans in the Hindus valley. man you probably think karma is cute, in a western package it is.. well, this is all bush's fault anyways! and the muslims are victims! vote for hillary and bill and all those in hollywood and san fransicko will be worshiping the moon god allah very soon! not me! MARANATHA!
    • Ricemanstm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Verycheeky, sit down before you fall down. You're an idiot.
  • LowRentDiggs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5I hope at some point everyone realizes the true meaning of religion. All of the major religions have great messages that are almost totally lost on their adherents who spend all their time "hating fags" and fighting each other over the stupid rules of their religions. Keep demonising each other and keep fighting, it does a lot of good. People digging and submitting these stories are no different from Muslims who preach hate against Christians in this vicious cycle.
    • Rammsteined, on 10/12/2007, -6/+5And what else would you have us do? Sit around waiting for something to blow up?
    • LowRentDiggs, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3"And what else would you have us do? Sit around waiting for something to blow up?"

      Declaring war on Islam is going to prevent things from being blown up? No, it'll cause an increase in the support of terrorism when you isolate the 99.9999999999999999999999999999999999999999% of Muslims who are not terrorists. We've seen this effect increasingly since 2001 when war on Islam was all but declared. If I was Muslim I'd feel extremely threatened with all the wackos posting stuff like this. If the "beacon of democracy" has turned against them who does that leave for them to ally themselves with?
  • john2kx, on 10/12/2007, -6/+10buried for misleading topic.. it makes it sound as though a recent terrorist event has claimed 2000 lives.
  • Surfer51, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11These guys are really scary!

    Quote:
    "As a Muslim, I accept without question that the term "human being" has no meaning inside of Islam. There is no such thing as humanity; there is only the duality of believer and unbeliever. The Hadith instructs us that a Muslim should not lie, cheat, kill or steal from other Muslims. But we may lie, deceive or kill an unbeliever when it advances Islam. And this ethic is our basis for jihad. We view the unbeliever as less than human, so it is easy for us to kill, harm or deceive you."
    http://www.helium.com/tm/174665

    • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4Kewel, my ethic says that anyone who doesn't treat me as a human being is subhuman and may be tricked, cheated, killed, raped, robbed, or otherwise disposed of as I see fit, just like any other animal. We'll get along just fine...
    • jfh214, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4You know what, this is so true. I myself had been a victim because I'm a 'non-believer' to these jerks. And even if they are wrong, they would claim that "it's your fault" that's why they behaved that way. They believe that whatever they do is right and that you cannot go against them or else you will suffer. I haven't met a Muslim who didn't, in one way or another, took advantage of non-believers like me.
  • Spyscience, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Is it me or is religion responsible for many deaths on this planet? I could be ignorant here but my current view shows me that religion in any form it takes seems to be behind lots of killing or being killed in the name of or with the so called support or backing of religious right to do so. I have no issue with what people choose to do with religion and would like data to show what percentage of death on earth is due to some religious related/supported cause or actions. Anyone?
    • insomuchas, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4Satanists dont kill people, although we will use magic to make our enemies lives miserable, we don't kill them!
      • volcan11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Wrong, maybe it doesn't kill, but it is used as an ideology to make humans do what ever leaders ask them to do. Religion is used by leaders to gather people, influence them, radicalize them and use them.
  • Surfer51, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5What a Muslim says about Islam...
    http://www.helium.com/tm/174665

  • antechinus, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4The part of Thailand in question is ethnically very different to the rest of Thailand. The people in the troubled zone are ethnically Malays, and in fact their native language is not Thai it is Bahasa Malayu (the national language of Malaysia). This conflict is not Islam versus some other religion, it is an ethnic dispute.

    Of course the DiggMoron (TM) experts here whose world experience consists watching Fox cable TV and maybe a few trips down to Tijuana see this dispute in the context of the current Great Islamic Beatup.

    The Thai government is not innocent in this dispute, it has been very brutal in its approach to this issue and others. For example, the Thai police were summarily executing drug addicts and dealers in the streets of Bangkok until quite recently.
    • Krymore, on 10/12/2007, -8/+9It's not digg people, it's the LGF cultists. They migrated to digg a little while ago and spam their ***** with multiple accounts. They only get away with it here because digg isn't moderated.
  • ruprecht, on 10/12/2007, -7/+10Marked inaccurate - perhaps you could be more careful with your titles as it sounded like this was a single event (2000 dead in terrorist attack!) rather than an ongoing tally over 3 years (which is no less horrifying though).
  • xSEED, on 10/12/2007, -8/+5i see no difference between this and the crusades back in the day
    • Frisbinator, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5The Crusades were an excuse to pillage and rob. If I wanted to kill you and steal your stuff, wouldn't I need a good excuse? And what better excuse than it's God's will?

    • buggles, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6"Back in the day" literacy was reserved for leadership and the Bible was exclusively interpreted by "the church" which was corrupted by political power of the day.

      The Islamic slaughter of today and the Crusades have absolutely NOTHING in common but death at the will of governmental control. The Christian Bible does not direct followers of Christ to murder and kill. The Koran DOES.
    • pintomp3, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1i do. it's a political struggle for independence. half the people who died were muslim.
  • ahmerhussain, on 10/12/2007, -9/+15This is like the 10th anti-Muslim story I saw today on digg, I am sad to say this but Fox News has infiltrated Digg....
    • burkay, on 10/12/2007, -7/+8Yeah, digg used to be a good place. Now, it simply sucks.
    • DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8I dunno. The article itself was mostly unbiased. The comments here of course are not unbiased but are you really surprised by the reactions to what's happening around the world where Muslins are concerned?
    • bobbyi, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2"are you really surprised by the reactions to what's happening around the world where Muslins are concerned?"

      This isn't a worldwide reaction. This is digg, a site that used to have good discussion, getting invaded by a small band of hateful illiterate trolls who seem like they belong more on little green footballs or stormfront. Yes, it is somewhat surprising.
    • RealHyperX, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Truth hurts liberals - hard to defend Islam with this story.
    • rockhauler, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The article appeared in the International Herald Tribune, edited and published in Paris;
      owned and operated by the New York Times. You didn't know?
      http://www.ihtinfo.com/pages/ab_about.html

      What does Fox news have to do with this story?
    • volcan11, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Why ahmerhussain don't you start to acknowledge what is happening around the world? Why don't you apologies for all those terrorist acts over the last years? I am not from USA, but I used to work and travel around the world to see by myself how selfish you Muslim are. Yes I have Muslim friends, they are not the problem. The problem is that this ideology is hurting a lot of people, that this ideology is spreading violence against non-Muslim, that this ideology want to force us living like 2000 years ago, Afganistan is a good example of what is waiting us if we all join your sick camp. Women are like animals, weapon are spread like hamburgers, music forbidden, no more thinking, no time for humanity, just fear...
  • wowbagger, on 10/12/2007, -9/+11Wow, a muslim killing innocent people for something only he believes in. How unusual. /sarcasm

    When will the world wake up and realize that these people are so dangerous they need to be scrutinized at borders into civilized countries.
    Yes, that means profiling at airports. I think the leaders of this 'band of the useless' realize that another attack on US or UK soil would lead to much tougher times for them as a whole, I think they are waiting for the heat to 'die down' before another 9/11. It's coming and on the sooner we identify these unwanted people and deny them entry and/or boot them out the better.

    Muslim is a backward religion, there is no such thing as a "moderate" muslim, and they are quiet prepared to kill you for even looking at their book.
    • RRRRComposer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Wowbagger, ALL religions are backward religions. Christians believe a guy walked on water and became resurrected after he died. They believe that the Bible is the perfect word of a perfect God, yet that God somehow keeps contradicting himself throughout it. They believe that Jesus was universally kind, yet he called for those who didn't accept him as the son of God to be slaughtered. (Luke 19:27--"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.")

      I've never heard of even a solitary humanist using violence to force their beliefs on others, let alone a whole movement of them. But history is replete with religious people doing it. Humanists don't strap bombs to themselves and blow up innocent people in public places in the name of their beliefs, nor do they crash planes into buildings, nor start wars against people in other countries because the people there don't share their nonbelief.

      Aren't scientists responsible for nearly all of human progress? That's because they utilize
      reason rather than the silly superstitions on which most people rely. It’s religion, not science, that threatens people with violence, torture, death, and even eternal damnation if you don’t agree with its ideas. Physicists never bullied people into believing Einstein’s Relativity Theory, and did you ever hear of Catholics falling victim to a Galilean inquisition? When was the last time a war was fought over some scientific dispute? When you think about it, wars frequently fought over stupid religious differences, but not once over who's the most logical.
  • DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -7/+11Islam. Religion of peace (and beheadings).
  • orp2000, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3This is really sad.
  • nbcivic, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1***** these articles about islam. You hypocrites talk about muslims starting a youtube group and bashing against hate speech, then come in, start an anti islamic blog every 5 minutes and bash muslims.

    You're just as bad as they are, except, you're not living in third world countries trying to push islam through unethical means (which, let me say and hope you understand, not every muslim does).

    Maybe we need to compare americanized muslims to third world/extremist muslims eh?
  • buggles, on 10/12/2007, -6/+6Gotta love Islamic missionaries. Convert, or die. Resistance is futile.

  • reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5It's hard out here for a Muslim digger.
  • SlayerKid99, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Apparently these terrorists think that if you don't believe what they believe "you should die".
  • AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -13/+11Alright, seriously ***** this. ***** the stupid anti-Islamic sentiment, ***** Little Green Footballs, ***** all islamophobes, ***** everybody who gets a boner and drools to each anti-islamic story, ***** all intolerant asswipes who judge Islam, yet they wouldn't know a muslim if they were hit around the head with one, ***** each and every neocon bastard who supports the biased and bigoted media mob which has teamed up against a religion, ***** everything that has to do with that. And most of all, ***** everybody who actually welcomes this all. I'll see you all in hell.

    I'm done with digg. Was nice being around, but it has become ***** ridiculous. I'm out of here.
    • KingMoses, on 10/12/2007, -5/+10Let's forget religion for a moment; how about the guys who fly airplanes into the World Trade Center? Those guys didn't seem to make your list.
    • Newlow, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6Goddamn bigots being upset at Muslims killing Buddhists.

      Seriously, only racists would be upset at something so simple and fun as killing a Buddhist. Unbelievers aren't people, after all.
    • AhmedOmran, on 10/12/2007, -10/+8It's because at this very moment, nothing is pissing me off more than a bunch of kids jacking off to every muslim-bashing story they come accross, then flaming innocent muslims like myself for the actions of another few lunatics, who just happen to hit the sensationalist, pathetic headlines every now and then. (There's my opinion for you about those, by the way). It ends up in me being stereotyped, humiliated, and my religion being insulted like there's no tomorrow. And there is nothing that drives me batty more than stupid, intolerant and narrow-minded people like those.

      And Newlow, you're making a jackass out of yourself. Stop it. It's for your own good. Get a clue about Islam first, THEN open your hole to make a remark.

      That was all. Farewell digg, and for every sane person out there, show those wankers how hopelessly pathetic they are.
    • Ricemanstm, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Farewell AhmedOmran, in sh'Allah Allahu Akbar. Hope your vest fits well, remember to bathe before you put it on. And for God's, err I mean Allah's sake, make sure you tell your family that a closed casket will not be possible, but a Chinese food carton should suffice. Have fun with your virgins. G'bye!
    • AdmiralAdama, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Uh oh, Ahmed is "humiliated" -- doesn't that lead to blowing up school buses and synagogues and colleges and subways and etc etc etc.
    • jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4>> It ends up in me being stereotyped, humiliated, and my religion being insulted like there's no tomorrow.

      Oh, and somehow thats everyone elses problem, instead of being the fault of muslims who go around blowing everyone / thing up? That's probably the most retarded thing I've heard today. Look at all the world's conflicts at the moment.
  • reticulate, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Digg invasions FTW!

    ***** retards. You don't even begin to understand the faith you're trying so hard to ***** on.

    Seen Syrania? It's a movie, so you might actually have the attention span to pay attention. Although, people do like, talk and ***** in it, so maybe not.
    • MooHamHead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A man who gets his knowledge from Hollywood movies. And he's the one on some kind of rickety intellectual high-horse!!!

      *****!
  • Ricemanstm, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Islam brings this upon itself. Sharia law, subjugation, segregation, what do you expect? Islam exists because it has everything a cult needs to flourish. Mass indoctrination via ignorance, poverty, and hopelessness. Islam used to lead the world with innovation and scientific excellence, now the only thing they export is murder. Islam invented the concept of zero and they've been celebrating it ever since by contributing absolutely nothing to the world. The Mullahs want to keep their people poor and uneducated. An uneducated mind knows only the truth they are told, they are unable to question that which is because they know not that which isn't. There is no room in this world for Islam. It is not a religion of peace. It is a cult that glorifies murder in return for sexual gratification and, thanks to all those delicious dates, diarrhea. One day soon the world will decide it has had enough of the "Poor me, poor me this is the West's and the Jews' fault" and Islam will finally get what it deserves. Nothing.
  • vaduzl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Humans stop killing each other , we can work it out, to quote a human "why cant we all just get along"
    • Ricemanstm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Vaduzl, just so you know. You're quoting a drug addict who won millions of dollars in a police beating lawsuit, spent himself into bankruptcy soon after. Since then he has been in and out of jail for domestic assault, domestic abuse, battery, DUI, felony evading, and a host of other charges including possession, drugs, weapons, and God know what else. Neat quote, but in the end, utterly worthless. As long as differences exist, humans will always fight.
  • lzfootball, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5ROP strikes again
  • PRlME, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1We need to form a new union one that will rid the world of hate. One that will bring peace to all religions and people, and I wont mind pushing others out the way to do so.
  • rheaume, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5What the ***** have those godamn ***** done to my beautiful Thailand.. Another paradise lost to religious fanatics, lovely.
  • calvmari, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Wow.
    A smear campaign going on about Islam in the West.
    A smear campaign going on about outside religions in the East.

    The *****'s going to hit the fan some time :(. I really wonder, what the internet would be like if the people of the east could visit our webpages freely, and the people of the west could visit their webpages freely, and they could communicate smoothly between each other. Would we find out we're really all the same or would we find truth in the propaganda?

    Gogo technology we're waiting!
  • Arhat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As a Theravadan Buddhist myself born into a Buddhist family, I just wanted to say, its really not fair how much Buddhism has been trampled on by other religions.

    But anyway, I think as a Buddhist (even its totally contradictory to my religion), that there will probably in the future be some sort of large scale war, maybe even a World War III.

    I have a lot of Muslim friends, on my best friends is Muslim. However, what I don't like and cannot respect is when acts of violence are unleashed by fundamentalists and radical Muslim groups and there is no united stance against the violence. The Western, if not the whole Muslim population should PUBLICLY be against it but they are silent. Mosques, interest groups, Muslim students should speak out against these terrorists. (I know some groups do, but it is nowhere near a unified effort)

    In my college campus (which shall remain nameless), we already have the Israeli student organization against the Muslim student organization with last year almost having a full scale physical confrontation. There needs to be a change in attitude first before any violence will stop unfortunately or else future generations of hate will continue to cause destruction.
    • jimmytheclaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3they do not speak publicly because IF they are true believers and studied their religion they know the "radicals" are the pious ones walking in the footsteps of THEIR prophet. or they are afraid of being killed or hurt by the "fanatics" for fitnah or its just good ol taquiya (sp) or kitman
  • jellygraph, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The way I see it... if these bastards want so desperately to murder in the name of their religion, why doesn't the Thai government round them all up and ship them off to Iraq? It's almost as if they are begging for it.

    At least they made one point clear: Buddhism is the superior religion.
  • jimmytheclaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2jbarnett

    i never said anything bad about buhddists i was asking someone who said all religions are equal why are ALMOST every religously motivated murder singular or enmasse confined to being a muslim conducting jihad
  • hcmc, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1I was wondering why Digg is suddenly dominated by anti-moslem news items. Finally I figured it out. Here is the logic as it applies to this item:

    Moslems are fighting for independence in southern Thailand
    -- therefore --
    All moslems are bad
    -- therefore --
    We should support the Israeli ethnic cleansing of Palestine

    It's all clear now. I hate moslems !! Kill them before they kill us. Sorry I was so slow to get it.
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