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Jihadists murder barbers
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Dang! Looks like one of the first things the new Iraq National Assembly needs to do is arrange some kind of hazard pay for barbers:
Islamic Radicals Hunt Barbers in Baghdad Mon Feb 7, 2:05 AM ET ?Middle East - AP By OMAR SINAN, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Umm Ali says militants killed her son last month for the most unlikely of reasons: He trims men's beard
In Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, residents say Sunni Muslim extremists have made barbers the new hunted, accusing them of violating a strict reading of Islamic teachings that say men should keep their beards long.
Some extremists also consider Western-style haircuts an offensive symbol of the hated, secularized culture of Europe and the United States.
To them, sporting a clipped beard or a modern haircut is an infraction worthy of death.
Black banners mourning the dead were strung up in the neighborhood as the unwitting violators fell one after another to the militants' harsh brand of justice. In one month alone, five barbers were shot dead, residents said.
"He was a haircutter. He only cuts hair," Umm Ali said of her son, Sadiq Abdul Hussein. "He was handsome," she said, gazing at a photo of him.
Abdul Hussein was killed after he shrugged off a threat to stop shaving men's beards or lose his life.
A black mourning banner said only that he died due to a "regrettable incident."
Dora's streets are a battleground for rebels fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces. Drive-by shootings targeting government officials are frequent. It's a symbol of the chaos that has followed Saddam Hussein's ouster nearly two years ago.
Masked, gun-totting militants freely roam its streets, issuing orders and threats and meting out punishment to those who challenge them.
Among the many offenses that run afoul of Dora's new extremist gangs are men with long hair, goatees and even sideburns.
Wesam Noori, a 19-year-old art student, is careful to keep his long hair tucked under a hat.
"We are trying to hide our hair under baseball caps or ski hats," he said.
Iraqi Christians have also been targeted here by insurgents who consider them close to American and other foreign occupiers because they share the same religion. Four churches have been attacked in Dora in deadly car bombings.
Islamic militants have also publicly flogged and killed women's hairdressers in several places throughout Iraq.
On Jan. 27, Sadiq Abdul Hussein was cutting a customer's hair when a tall man with a scarf wrapped around his face walked through the door. He opened fire with an assault rifle, killing Abdul Hussein and wounding his customer, Imad Hammad, a 26-year-old engineer.
"I saw the flash from the gun's muzzle and after that I passed out," said Imad, who was shot in the belly.
Imad's father, Hamad al-Dulaimi blamed foreigners for the killings and said they sought to create turmoil here.
"Those Arab extremists are butchering our sons simply to create a disturbance," he said. "We will not be stopped by this sedition."
As if to illustrate his promise that life here couldn't be stopped by violence, a tranquil street scene unfolded on a recent afternoon. Barefoot children kicked around a dented Pepsi can. Mothers sat on front stoops, chatting and gesturing with hands decorated with traditional green tattoos.
But Ali Hussein, a 25-year-old barber who owns a salon in Dora, says the threat is real enough to threaten his livelihood.
Like other barbers, he's gotten the flyers from militants bearing their instructions for how to cut hair and promising death for those who violate the rules.
"They are even forbidding us to hang posters showing the most recent haircuts," Hussein said.
He now cuts customers' hair in secret inside his house.
"I don't want to be killed, but I don't want to be broke either," he said.
Link -- http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=st...q_islamic_rules
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: Phred]
#3745175 - 02/07/05 11:58 AM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Thank Allah I was born in the West.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3745637 - 02/07/05 01:41 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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At least you acknowledge Him as your Life Giver.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zahudulallah]
#3745710 - 02/07/05 01:56 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Allah and the Christian and Hebrew god are the same god correct.
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Along with Ram, Dios, or whatever culture/language calls the Logos. There is only One God who is called many things.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zahudulallah]
#3745935 - 02/07/05 03:01 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Wow, fucking lame insurgents. I hope they all die. It's a goddamn haircut for christ sake's. Im going to go shave, and then get a hair cut right now.
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That's right, do your part! God bless America.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zahudulallah]
#3746415 - 02/07/05 04:28 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Quote:
zahudulallah said: Along with Ram, Dios, or whatever culture/language calls the Logos. There is only One God who is called many things.
than praise allah,god,or yahweh.
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i call him gary
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zahudulallah]
#3746681 - 02/07/05 05:18 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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I think you know who I praise
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zappaisgod]
#3746689 - 02/07/05 05:20 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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There's your religion of peace in action.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: downforpot]
#3746710 - 02/07/05 05:25 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Peace is for wimps.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zappaisgod]
#3746717 - 02/07/05 05:26 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Probably John Lennon, or Michael Jackson or something.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: downforpot]
#3746753 - 02/07/05 05:32 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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downforpot said: There's your religion of peace in action.
haha name a religion of peace. Even Buddhism has commited atrocities against fellow man.
I have nothing against Islam in itself... sure fundamentalist Islam has done horrible things, but fundamentalist religions are like that.
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
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Fundamentalist Islam: 10,000
Fundamentalist Christianity: Lost Count
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zahudulallah]
#3746845 - 02/07/05 05:45 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ive been fascinated about religions. Ive studied them in my spare time. Certain religions have grabbed my attention and Sufism from Islam has been one of the most fascinating to me.
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Even Buddhism has commited atrocities against fellow man.
I would be interested in what these 'attrocities' are that were committed in the name of Buddha.
There is a big difference between individuals that have done bad things and people that have done bad things in the name of their religion. To my knowledge, I can't think of any wars waged by people in Buddhas name.
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: Rono]
#3748355 - 02/07/05 10:23 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Believe it or not their has been much violence. Sri Lanka would be the most of where its happened. They have the Sinhalese majority killing the minority hindus.
Edited by The_Red_Crayon (02/07/05 10:24 PM)
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Re: Jihadists murder barbers [Re: zahudulallah]
#3748814 - 02/07/05 11:26 PM (19 years, 1 month ago) |
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Fundamentalist Islam: 10,000
Fundamentalist Christianity: Lost Count
No, the score's quite even. Islam has committed a great number of atrocities in the past.. but it's just so much more fashionable to harp upon christian atrocities that it seems like they are more numerable.
Really, the only difference is fundamentalist christians don't kill nearly as many people. they mostly just yell till they're red in the face anymore.
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