Apparently you are on the muzzie bandwagon but you were have more credibility if you cited the reasons for the first crusade and I will give you a hint if had something to do with Muslims being the first aggressor.
Sent from my iPhone On Oct 30, 2012, at 5:49 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > some don't forget. > > During the First Crusade and the massacre at Jerusalem, it has been > reported that the Crusaders "circled the screaming, flame-tortured > humanity singing 'Christ We Adore Thee!' with their Crusader crosses > held high". > Muslims were indiscriminately killed, and Jews who had taken refuge in > their Synagogue were murdered when it was burnt down by the Crusaders. > > American Muslims are increasingly concerned about persecutions of > Muslims in American society. I would urge more of them who can do so > to make their way to the Salem Witch Museum. However, taking a short > tour of the Salem Witch Museum is to be recommended as an important > educational experience for anyone concerned about fear-driven > persecution of any group or individual in our society today. > > The story of the persecutions and witch trials in Salem is very > moving. The first museum exhibit should be acceptable to Muslims and > it tells the story of the Salem witch trials with a mannequin display > and a recorded narration. In a setting of fear and hysteria in Puritan > New England, innocents were falsely accused, persecuted in witch > trials, and numbers executed by hanging. Others were driven into debt, > their lives destroyed. One man had stones piled on his chest until he > was crushed to death. Of course this all turned out to be utter > hysterical nonsense and finally, in 2001 the governor of Massachusetts > signed into law the posthumous exoneration of those remaining victims > of the hysteria not already exonerated. This exhibit itself is > excellent and makes a visit to the Salem Witch Museum worthwhile. The > museum staff was notably at all times professional, courteous and > charming. > > I should warn that the second museum exhibit does have some content > that Muslims may find unacceptable and may wish to ignore or avoid. > Nonetheless, what is interesting is some material in the exhibit that > is relevant for civil rights activism generally. The exhibit ends with > a mannequin exhibit of a couple of present-day practitioners of a New > Age religion, presenting themselves as good, quite misunderstood but > harmless, and wanting to be protected by the US Constitution. Although > I am not personally interested in the New Age religion in the exhibit > nor do I agree with it, this part of the exhibit successfully -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
